230 MR. R.SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN. [Apr. 28, 
colour of its fur, in its broader and flatter ear, its minute abrupt 
nails, and its much smaller size. 
By its long well-webbed toes and shape of underfoot it approaches 
Lutra; but in the blunt form of the claws it is a true donyz. 
The first toe of the hind foot is proportionally much longer than 
in L. chinensis ; its second and fifth are nearly equal, reaching to 
the middle of the second digit of the third and fourth toes, which 
are also nearly equal in length. The immature skin has the right 
hind foot remaining, which shows the same build of toes and nails. 
While at Amoy in 1867 I procured a live Otter, from a ship which 
brought it from Saigon, Cochin China. When alive it was very tame, 
and followed its keeper about like a Dog. It was handled and 
caressed without its ever attempting to bite; but when put into a 
cage, or otherwise confined, it uttered a loud unceasing cry, which 
was most annoying. From the shortness of its head and its small 
size it was distinguishable at a glance from the common Chinese 
species. It would eat almost any thing in the way of food. This 
specimen has the peculiar short claws of Lutra leptonyx of Hors- 
field, but has a shorter, deeper-brown fur, and diminutive toes. 
Dr. J. E. Gray has examined the skull, and pronounced it not to 
differ from that of a specimen from India, figured in P. Z. S. 
1865, p. 130; and its external form, I find, agrees with that of skins 
of the short-toed race from Madras in the British Museum. Dr. 
Jerdon (Mamm. of India) does not separate the Indian donyw from 
that of Java; no more does Dr. J. E. Gray, though the latter con- 
siders A. indigitata (Hodgs.), of Nepaul, distinct. Unfortunately, 
there is no skull of the Nepaulese animal in the Museum; but the 
skin there has a similar foot to that of the Madras Otter above re- 
ferred to, but differs in being paler with lighter underparts. 
Short-toed Otter from Saigon, ¢. Length 26 inches; tail 93 
length of head 4, from ear to ear across head 3, eye (outer angle) to 
eye across head 1:1; fore leg (shoulder to tip of toes) 7°8, ulnar joint 
to tip of toes 4°25; hind leg 9, tibial joint to tip of toes 3:4; sole 
of fore foot 1:25, from sole to tip of fourth toe beyond °4, breadth 
of sole *75; length of hind sole 1-6, toes beyond *5, breadth of hind 
sole 65. Toes imperfectly webbed. 
Lips, cheeks, sides of neck, throat, and face-bristles buff-white. 
The rest of the fur dark brown, paler on the underparts, and much 
so on the chest. Down short and close, yellowish or buff-white on 
the lighter parts, browner on the upper or darker parts. Pelage very 
short and glossy. Ears small and rounded, covered with short hair. 
Hair on fore feet extremely short, on tail short and close. 
11. Tar Tureetan Buack Bear. Ursus tibetanus (F. Cuv.). 
A large black shaggy skin was shown me in Hainan as having been 
taken from an animal in that island. I judged it to be of this spe- 
cies rather than of Ursus malayanus, Horsf. Bears are shot with 
poisoned arrows by the wild tribes of the mountains. The Hainan 
Gazetteer has the following passage :—‘‘ Heung [or Bear] is fond of 
climbing trees and panting. Its gall in spring is in its heel, in 
