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North-Eastern Siberia and called L. hyperboreus . Of the latter, four varieties are described 
and figured by Schrenk 1 2 from, the Amur. 
Erom the western portion of Central Asia two species have been obtained : L. rufescens, 
described by Gray 3 from Afghanistan, and since found by myself in Persia; 3 and L. rutilus 
recently described by Severtzoff 4 from Western Turkestan. The latter is described as greyish- 
yellow in winter, with a black admixture (? down the back) beginning from the nape. In 
summer it is light fiery-red above, with the throat chesnut. Length 8| inches. Some notes 
on this species were sent to me by Mr. Dresser who obtained them from Dr. Severtzoff. 
L. rutilus is distinguished from L. rufescens by complete absence of white on the muzzle 
and middle of the neck, and inner parts of all four legs, all these parts being light buff; the 
flanks, throat, and outside of the legs fulvescent rufous. Upper parts greyish fulvous mixed 
with some black hairs, ears large, covered with short, harsh, greyish fulvous hair, moustachial 
bristles ( vibrissce) fulvous, a few being black, nails black. The above is the winter dress. 
L. rutilus has been found in the ranges near Vernoe and Auliata, north and north-west of 
Kashghar. 
Order—UNGULATA. 
Sub-order ARTIODACTYLA. 
Family— 5 UID2E. 
50. Sirs sceoea, vae. nigeipes. 
W. Blanf., J. A. S. B„ 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 112. 
1, 2. Thian-Shan mountains near Kaslighar. 
The two specimens brought, skins with skulls, are of large size, and appear to agree 
fairly in external characters with the common European wild boar, except that the whole 
of the fore and hind-feet, with the greater part of the legs, are nearly black. Elsewhere 
the general colour is dull, rather light-brown, the fur consisting as usual of long bristles and 
shorter woolly hairs; the former black, except towards the ends, where they are pale yellowish- 
brown ; the latter rather light hair-brown ; just around the eye is black; and the ears are clothed 
with brown hair, darker than that of the head and back. 
The skulls are very similar to those of the European wild boar, but present, nevertheless, 
several marked differences from the only example I have for comparison, that of a male from 
Hungary. The first difference to be noticed is that, in both the skulls from Turkestan, the 
occipital plane makes a more obtuse angle with the base of the skull, and a more acute one 
with the superior surface than in the European skull. In the Turkestan skulls the styliform 
paroccipital processes are longer, straighter and less divergent; the auditory bullae larger ; 
the nasal septum less ossified posteriorly, so that the hindermost portion of the nasal 
1 Reis. u. Forsch, im Amur-laude, i, p. 147, pi. VII, VIII. 
2 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1842, Ser. 1, x, p. 266. 
3 Eastern Persia, ii, p. 83, pi. VI, fig. 2. 
4 Turk. Jev., p. 83, Ann. Mag., Nat. Hist,, Ser. 4, xviii, p. 168. 
