640 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. [June 23, 
black, with the exception of the moustache-mark ; the top of the 
head and upper parts show light yellowish brown, and the under- 
parts black. 
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Molar series of Sus /ewcomystax. 
The want of warts on the face, the small ear, and the absence of a 
beard distinguish this animal at once from Sus scrofa, L, ; the want 
of a crest aud beard and the black hoofs from Sus indicus, Schinz, 
of India. 
This Pig is now abundant, and to be found of fully developed 
size, in a country where, before the devastations of the Taiping 
rebels, the land was highly cultivated and not a wild pig was known. 
The natives declare that they are merely the descendants of the pigs 
of their farmsteads, which were abandoned and ran wild. 
The skin and skull from Shanghai I have brought home; and 
Dr. Giinther was so kind as to help me to compare the latter with 
skulls of Sus scrofa, L., of Europe, and 8. indicus, Schinz, of India, 
