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of the last upper molar and apparently in certain other details it 

 approximates to that of the red river-hog. According to the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, p. 632), the males of 

 this race are distinguished by their intense blackness. 



In south-west Africa the bush-pig may attain a height of about 

 3 I inches at the shoulder, with a weight of some 3 5 lb. Lower tusks 

 average from 6^ to 7 inches in length. 



The following notes on the habits of bush -pigs in south -cast 



Fk;. 8 ^- Head of the Bush-Pit 



Africa are abbreviated from an account furnished by Mr. F. 

 Vaughan Kirby : — 



" Bush-pigs range from the south-eastern districts of Cape Colony 

 throughout the forested tracts of the east coast to the Zambesi ; but 

 are only really common in rough, broken, well -wooded and well- 

 watered country, and being retiring in their habits, are seldom seen 

 unless systematically hunted. During the day they He- up in long 

 jungle-grass, in patches of thick scrub on the edge of a kloof or forest, 

 or in dense reed-beds. In the rains they make cunningly-devised 

 shelters amongst thick bush and long grass, boring their way in, and 



