x4^ Zoological Society. 



X\Gervu8 paludosuSy Desm. Mamm. 443; H. Smith, iv. 134. t. . 

 yM-7^C) ; Fischer, Syn. 444, 616 ; Licht. Darst. t. 17; Sundev. Pe- 

 cora, 59, — C. palustris, Desmoul. Diet. Class. H. N. iii. 379.-— 

 Cervus dichotomus {Guatzupucu), Illiger, Ahhand. Akad. d. W. 1804 

 -1811, 117; Pr. Max. Neuw. Isis, 1821, 650. t. 6.—Blastocercus 

 paludosus, Gray, Knows. Menag. 68. 



ai/Var.? Mazama furcata, Gray, Cat, Osteol. B. M. ^^>w^^^"!olfv) .0 

 ?,vr^nhabits the Brazils. t .IT ,9Ib9*I ; Gt^t^ 



' t^jZ.^ Blastocerus campestris. The Mazam^ o?-|d|uA^Tj4'i^ 



Fulvous brown ; the hairs of the lower part of the nape and front 

 of the back reversed ; the hoofs narrow. Young : middle of bOfCk 

 not spotted ; sides with small white spots, the upper series formingln 

 regular line. ' ' i 



Mazame, Hernandez, Mex.; Buff on, H.N.xii.317. — Veado brancOj 

 Veado campo, Anchieta, Notic. i. 127. — Cervus hezoarticuSy Linn. 

 S. N. ed. 10. Q7.—C. campestrisy F. Cuvier, Diet. Sci. Nat. vii. 484 ? ; 

 Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 51. t. 3. f. 46, 47. — C. campestrisy Licht. Darst. 

 t. 19 ; Pr. Max. Abbild. t. ; Darwin, Zool. Beagle, 29. fig. horns ; 

 H. Smith, G. A. K. iv. 136. t. . v. 797.--C. leucogaster, Goldfuss, 

 Schreb. Saugth. 1127. — Mazama campestriSy H. Smith ; Gray, Cat. 

 Osteol. B. M. 64. — Biche de Savatme, Buffon, Supp. iii. 126. — Gou- 

 azoutiy Azara, Essai, i. 77. — Furcifer campestris , Gray, Knows. Me- 

 nag. 68. . II 



Inhabits S, America j N. Patagonia. Collection of British Museum. 



The figure of C. campestris in F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithog., is evi- 

 dently a Cariacus, and not of this genus. The horns from Brazils 

 figured by Cuvier (Oss. Foss. iv. t. 3. f. 48) appear to belong to quite 

 a different species. It may bejthe yarietypf ,|;lie, Jl9^buc£,,fig|ivQ4 

 in Gi-iffitljj,4.j%i)^ t^|^4. |vfeiJ> ^mt»!>mlll a»m^O adf A 



14» Cariacus, Gray; Mazamay Sundev.; M«^«m«, part. H? Smith. 

 Horns cylindrical, arched, with a central, internal snag, the tip 

 bent forwards, and with the lower branches on the hinder edge ; they 

 are covered with soft thin hair, have a moderate tail furnished with 

 long hair on the under side, a white anal disk, rather elongated, 

 large, rounded ears ; they generally have a tuft of white hair on the 

 outer side of the hind-leg, rather below the middle of the metacarpus, 

 but it is sometimes not to be seen ; the skull has a very small, shallow, 

 suborbital pit, and the nasal bone is broad and subtriangular behind ; 

 the tail is elongate, slender, pale, with the lower part dark, and reach- 

 ing nearly to the hocks in summer ; much shorter and broader, and 

 8llJ^4^rk olive in the winter. Confined to North America.f^^j ^^r^ 



-lut . * Hoofs narrow, elongate ; tail hairy beneatHl'^ bsiOTOO 



y i. Qariacus Virginianus. The American Deer,^^ '^;, j^^,,, 

 Bright fulvous in summer, greyer in winter ; tail fulvous above, 

 the tip- black, beneath white ; carried erect when running ; nose 

 brown ; side of mouth white, with an oblique black band from the 

 nostrils ; hoofs narrow, elongate. 

 , Dama Firginiana, Raii Syn, 86, — Fallow Deer, Lawson, Carol, 23; 



