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North-Eastern Sibe * 
4ri (l figured bv q . )eria an d called L. hyperboreus. Of the latter, four varieties are described 
From from the Amur. 
<S(> ribed by O rav 2 r'* n ^ K)l ' , ' 1 2 ' 0J1 °f Central Asia two species have been obtained: L. rufescens, 
l((, ently described 1 ^^hamistan, and since found by myself in Persia; 3 4 and L. rutilus 
• V( Ho\v m winter wh'l evei 't z f>ff 1 from Western Turkestan. The latter is described as greyish- 
su mmer it i s ^ „ 1 a admixture (? down the back) beginning from the nape. In 
( ' n ffris species wer iei ^' re ^ akove) w hh the throat chesnut. Length 8| inches. Some notes 
^ r stilus j s distbiw ^ t0 me ^ Nfr. Dresser who obtained them from Dr. Severtzoff. 
4n( l middle of t] H . ln ^ L | is * iec t from L. rufescens by complete absence of white on the muzzle 
aaks > throat, and o' 3 1 ^ * nner P ar t s of all four legs, all these parts being light buff ; the 
Ini ' SOnie hlack hair S1< * 0 ^ le fulveseent rufous. Upper parts greyish fulvous mixed 
j lls tles (vibri S(la ^ £ S , ears ^rge, covered with short, harsh, greyish fulvous hair, moustaehial 
v’Mfi^hag ^ ee ’! Vous > a few being black, nails black. The above is the winter dress. 
' sll "har. ound in the ranges near Vernoe and Auliata, north and north-west of 
Order— UNGULATA. 
Sub-order ARTIODACTYLA. 
Xh, 
lj 2 > Thian-Shi 
6 t\Vo 
Family — S UIDJE. 
50. SUS SOKOVA, VAB. NIGBIPES. 
W - Flanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 112. 
mountains near Kashehar. 
of ^ in external^cil^ brou §' ll t» skins with skulls, are of large size, and appear to agree 
the 1(! ^ 0re and h; Clarac ters with the common European tvild boar, except that the whole 
«l„!^ ^ the 
greater part of the legs, arc nearly black. Elsewhere 
l °rter ° Ur is dull +i — 
br 0|Vn w °°lly hairs • t,l U5 ' mtlier fight-brown, the fur consisting as usual of long bristles and 
With h’. ^tter rathe ^1 ^ 0rUler hlack, except towards the ends, where they are pale yellowish- 
>i ,() wn hair davi' 61 1 ~' lt Fair-brown ; just around the eye is black ; and the ears are clothed 
seve ra j 6 sku F s are yj* tka t °f the head and back. 
1 1 Un,,. u marke d Fifferenc Slm ^ ar ^ 10se °f the European wild boar, but present, nevertheless, 
o Cei M 1 y* The first, r u° S ^ rorri the only example I have for comparison, that of a male from 
With th Ffane makes _ erence t° he noticed is that, in both the skulls from Turkestan, the 
pav 0( . ( , U . Su P ( wior SUr f S a more °htuse angle with the base of the skull, and a more acute 
the Phal a< l than in the Eiivrvnpnn cl-ril 1 Tn flm Tnvlrpsfn.n slrulls flip st.vlif 
one 
iu the European skull. In the Turkestan skulls the styliform 
Lll! _ J °nger, straighter and less divergent; the auditory bullae larger ; 
ossified posteriorly, so that the hindermost portion of the nasal 
1 t> • 
2 Ih ' 11 ■ Forsch. im Amur-lande, i , p. 147, pi. VII, VIII. 
3 p' 11 ' - Ma " Nat. Hist., 1842, Ser. 1, x, p. 266. 
4 Inrl- ' r P ° rsia ’ P- 83, pi. VI, %. 2. 
‘ JeV- ’ P- 83, Ann. Mag., Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, xviii, p. 168. 
