622 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. (June 23, 
do various tricks at fairs. These will probably be of the species 
acquired by the Society in 1867, and figured in woodcut as Ursus 
piscator, Pucheran (P. Z. S. 1867, p. 817). 
29. MeLes LEPTORHYNCHUS, Alph. M.-Edwards. (Chinese 
Badger.) 
M. chinensis, Gray, P. Z.S. 1868, p. 207 (figures of skull). 
Of this species “the skull,” remarks Dr. J. E. Gray, “ is so like 
that of Meles leueurus from Thibet that I should have regarded 
them as the same, if there were not so much difference in the length, 
and flaccidness and coloration of the fur, and the abundance of the 
under-fur. This may depend on the climate. The shortness and 
peculiar colour of the fur are exactly alike in the specimens sent by 
Dr. Harland from Hongkong, and by Mr. Consul Swinhoe from 
Amoy. I may observe that when Dr. Harland’s specimen was sent 
it was regarded as a young Arctonyz collaris.”” (Cat. Mamm. 1869, 
Less) 
a The first of this species was brought to me at Amoy on the 17th 
July, 1867, in so badly wounded a state that it soon died. It was a 
male, and measured from the snout to the root of the tail 22 inches: 
tail 6; from carpal joint of fore leg to tips of claws 4°75; from 
shoulder to carpal joint 8°25; sole of fore foot 22 long, 1:1 broad, 
longest claw °6; hind foot 2°8. Length of head 51; tip of nose to 
corner of eye 1‘7; from ear to ear across head 2°45; breadth of 
ear 1:5; edge of upper lip to base of projecting nose *75. 
_ Hair of upper body coarse, about 1°5 inch long. Nose and nails 
brownish flesh-colour. Soles of feet pale flesh-colour. Band under 
nose brown, with a narrow side border of same to lower lip. A 
band of black about an inch wide runs along either side of the head, 
from near the snout across the eyes, and terminates broader just 
behind the ear. A broad stripe of buff-white runs from the nose to 
the occiput, and another of the same colour on either side of the 
face (including angle of mouth, with a narrow strip round chin) to 
below and beyond the ear; ear black, with a buff-white border to 
its upper half. Underparts and limbs black; upper parts some- 
what densely clothed with short pale buff woolly under-fur; the 
upper-fur long and coarse, and also pale buff with dark centres, 
giving a grizzly appearance to the coat. Tail plain light buff. Teeth 
somewhat worn. The fur had many lice, but I only detected one 
flea. 
On the 19th July a male and female were brought to me, the 
latter very large and very old, with few teeth remaining, and these 
quite worn down. They were both fresh killed. The female had 
four teats on the belly, and two on the abdomen, just between the 
fore part of the thighs. She measured 31°5 inches, with a tail of 
7°25 to its bony tip, and hairs-extending 2:25 beyond ; between ears 
across head 2°75. Her hair was much longer, especially on the 
tail; and she was much more tawny on the upper parts. Neither of 
them had the black and white face-markings so distinct as in the 
younger animal of the 18th June. 
