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Andes, if it is not proved in the future that this dimension 

 is subject to individual variation, vvhich the present material 

 appears to contradict. 



Consul Söderström has recently informed me in a letter 

 that Dinomys appears to be very rare in Ecuador, and that 

 the people, who lives in the woods, where the present spe- 

 cimens were found, say that »there is none left now». From 

 this may be concluded that the Dinomys of Ecuador is an 

 forest animal, and that it is very difficult to get hold of. 



Since the above was written, I have had the pleasure 

 of receiving a letter from Consul Söderström, in which he 

 tells me that he had had the opportunity of seeing a living 

 Dinomys caught at S:to Domingo de los Colorados. It was 

 very tame and took a »platano» from the hand and sitting 

 on the hind legs like a Squirrel it ate the fruit very quickly. 



Sylvilagus andinus Thomas. 

 8 skulls without skins belong probably to this species. 



Mazama rufiiia Puch. 



1 ^ juv. ^0/5 1912, Pichincha, 11,000—13,000 feet; 1 ? 

 ^Ve 1915, Pichincha, above Quito N. W., 11,000 feet; 1 c? V? 

 1915, above Nono, 11,000 feet; 1 $ ^^o 1915, above Nono 

 10,500 feet; head of ^ ad. ^^5 1918, above Nono, N. W. 

 Pichincha, 11,000 feet (»caught in a trap, skin and body 

 carried off by Indians»); $ ad. with kid ^Vi 1920 near Nono, 

 11,000 feet. 



The colour of these specimens is very similar, but the 

 5 ^^9 1^ li^s the forehead more purely black than the others 

 in which the colour of this part is »warm sepia» or dark 

 smoky brown, paler than the black or blackish nose. In all 

 specimens there are two hair whorls side by side between 

 the ears. By this is effected that the hairs of the crown are 

 directed forward to the antiers, or to the place where these 

 organs are situated in the males, there they meet the back- 

 ward directed hairs of the forehead. The hairs of the nape 

 and upper neck behind the whorls mentioned, are evenly 

 directed backwards (not reverted). 



