236 MR. R.SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN. [Apr. 28, 
in a footnote to the second reference, ‘‘ Hares are unknown in Arakan 
and in the Tenasserim provinces, also throughout the Malayan penin- 
sula and archipelago, with the exception of Lepus nigricollis, F. Cuv., 
in Java, which has most probably been introduced from 8S. India or 
Ceylon, as it doubtless likewise has in the Mauritius; but we have 
met with several notices of Hares in the Indo-Chinese countries, even 
in Cochin-China, the species being as yet undetermined.” 
The Gazetteer says of the Too (or Hare), “In the Buddhist books 
it is called Shay-hia; is as large as a fox and of a brownish colour ; 
its anus has nine apertures; the female gets impregnated by licking 
the bristles of the male.” 
20. WHITE-WHISKERED WILD Boar. ?Sus leucomystax,Temm. 
et Schleg. Faun. Japon. 
I heard of a Wild Hog occurring in the island, but never got 
sight of it. The Hainan Gazetteer speaks of it as if it were the 
ordinary Wild Boar, and merely quotes from the Puntsao (the great 
Chinese Herbal) the following remarks in illustration :—‘** Yaychoo 
(Wild Pig), Kow Tungshe says, is in form like the domestic Pig, but 
has a small belly, long feet, and brown hair; roams about in herds. 
The hunters dare only shoot arrows at the hindmost animal ; if they 
hit the foremost, or one in the centre of the herd, the rest scatter 
and wound the sportsmen. The pork of the Wild Boar is red, like 
horse-flesh, but is more excellent eating than that of tame Pig.” 
Du Halde (op. cit.) tells of the ‘ Cochons-marrons (which are a 
species of Wild Boar)’’ being very common there. 
At Yu-lin-kan (S. Hainan) the Le people trap the Wild Pigs by 
clearing a space on the edge of the jungle and enclosing it with a 
wooden stockade, with an opening on one side. The stockade is 
angular; and at each angle is built a cone-shaped trap, formed of 
strips of wood, pointing outwards and downwards. The Pigs that 
venture inside the stockade are driven, and in their attempt to escape 
jump head foremost into these wooden pockets, and, not being able 
to back out of them in their hurry, are easily taken. 
At the bartering-place. Lingmun (Central Hainan) I picked out 
two Pigs’ skulls from a lot of bones brought in by the Le to dispose 
of to the Chinese for manuring-purposes. These skulls are evidently 
not of a wild Pig. 
Du Halde must mean by “ Cochons-marrons” runaway, or feral, 
domestic pigs; but it is scarcely probable that a large island like 
Hainan has been stocked by runaway pigs. I did not see any pecu- 
liar Pig in the possession of the Le people, nor did I hear of any. 
21. Scary AnT-EATER. Manis dalmanni, Sundevall. 
Pholidotus dalmanni, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 366. 
I procured the skins of an adult and of a young Scaly Ant-eater at 
Hainan, which have much in common with the South-China species. 
Adult. Total length 33 inches; tail 12°75 inches. Ears deve- 
loped much as in the Chinese species. Scales rather darker. Red- 
dish hair on underparts, and between scales much darker. Scales 
