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ON EUROPEAN WILD SWINE. 



older male of *S'ms scrofa from Baden, Germany, (3) of tlie type 

 skull of S. s. castiliamos, and (4) that of 6'. s. bceticus, intermediate 

 in age between the first two : — - 



Stis attila. 



s. ■ 



Occipito-iiasal length 452 



Coiidy lo-basal length 407 



Zygomatic breadth 174 



Interorbital breadth 102 



Nasals, length 250 



„ breadth 53 



Median occipital height 159 



„ „ , skull on 



lower jaw 271 



Height at antoorbital foramen ... 84 



Upper cheek-tooth series 134 



Lower molar series 84 



Breadth of antero-internal face of 



lower canine 25'5 



M^ 40X23-5 



M., 41X19 



21-5 23 20 



35X21 43X22 355X21 



36X17 42x17-5 36 Xl7 



The results arrived at were as follows : — 



1. Sus SCROFA Linn. 



Upper length of skull not exceeding about 410 mm. ; height, 

 including lower jaw, at most 210 mm. 



Subspecies : — 



1 A. Sus SCROFA SCROFA. 



Synn. setosus, aper, europceus, celtica. 



Upper length of skull of male about 380-410 mm. Woolly 

 underfur present. 



Jiange, Central .Europe, from Germany to the Pyrenees. 

 2^j/pe locality/. Germany. 



1 B. Sus SCROFA CASTILIANUS. 



Thos. Abstract P. Z. S. 1912, p. 13 (March 12). 



Upper length of skull of male 353 mm., of female 331. 

 Underfur present. 



Mange. Northern Spain. 



Tyjie locality. Quintanar de la Sierra, near Burgos. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. No. 11.10.5.3. Collected by Rev. 

 Saturio Gonzalez ; presented by the Hon. IST. Charles Roth- 

 schild. 



* An old female skull of S. s, castilianm measured 331 mm. in occinito-uasal 

 length. 



