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third when a wee little one came into the clear and distracted my 

 attention standing on a small flat rock directly below me and whining 

 plaintively. Meanwhile there was much scurrying in the underbrush 

 and the squealing abruptly stopped. Suddenly a half-dozen good-sized 

 ones came up my side of the bank and broke through the bushes not 

 fifteen feet away, making directly toward me. While I hurriedly jammed 

 in fresh cartridges, they took one look at me and immediately veered 

 into cover, evidently having no idea of attacking. The herd numbered 

 about twenty and of these a considerable proportion were not full 

 grown. 



The two killed were male and female, adult, but not old and among 

 those indistinctly seen was one apparently somewhat larger. I esti- 

 mated their weight to be 60 to 75 pounds. The measurements of the 

 fresh specimens are as follows: Total length 1,185, i>ioo; height at 

 shoulder 590, 565; circumference of chest 750, 710; shoulder to hip 570, 

 530; hind foot 235, 220. They had scarcely any fat on them and their 

 skins were thin and easily removed. The meat, which is highly regarded 

 by the natives, was not especially well-flavored and reminded of young 

 venison. 



These peccaries, living in the cool rain forests of the eastern slopes 

 of the Andes, are certainly subjected to climatic conditions quite 

 different from those of eastern Brazil and the Amazon valley, but their 

 general characters are not peculiar and material is not available to 

 determine how far they may be distinguished by combinations of slight 

 characters. 



Mazama americana (Erxleben).* RED BROCKET. 



Two adults, male and female, were obtained at Moyobamba from a 

 native who killed them in late twilight as they came to the edge of his 

 cornfield. Tracks seen near Tambo Yaku probably were of this species 

 and it may range upward to an elevation of four to five thousand feet. 



Material from eastern Brazil and Guiana is lacking, but as judged 

 by descriptions, the Peruvian specimens do not differ from typical 

 americana in any obvious respect. 



Odocoileus peruvianus (Gray). PERUVIAN WHITE-TAILED DEER. 



One imperfect skull of a young male with permanent dentition was 

 obtained at Menocucho. Although the animals were not uncommon, 



* M. rufus of authors; see Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), XI, p. 585, 

 June, 1913. 



