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CERTID.E. 



Smith, p. 141, t. ; Sdwrnhnrgk, Seisen in Britisch Guiana, iii. 

 p. 7^0. 

 Coassus nemorivagus (part.), Gerrard, List Lours in B. M. p. 268. 



Hah. Brazil; Balua ; British Guiana (<S'cAom/j(m//,'). B.M. 



The colouring of II. Smith's figure is incorrect as regards the white 

 on the mouth. 



The skull figured by Cuvier is 2)robablj* a C. nemorivagus, as it 

 came from British Guiana. 



3. Coassus rufas. B.M. 



Fur bright shiny red-brown, or with minute dark tips to the 

 hairs. 



Coassus rufus, Gray, Cat. Ungnl. B. M. p. 2-38, t. -30. f. 4 ; Knorcsley 

 Menag. t. 47, 48 (summer aiid winter) ; P. Z. S. 1850, t. 24, t. 27. 

 f. 2 (head and animal). 



Cervus rufus, Lichtenstein, Darstellung, t. 20 (rufous brown). 



Hah. Brazil (male and female in B. M.) ; Para ; Surinam. 



4. Coassus superciliaris. (The Eyebrowed Brocket.) B.M. 



Fur bright shining red-brown ; neck and head, hocks and front 

 of fore legs wliitish grey ; forehead blackish, with a distinct streak 

 over the front part of the orbit. SkuU with a moderate-sized 

 triangular suborbital pit. Fawn red-brown, with many white spots, 

 not confluent into a streak on the haunches. Skull with a very small 

 suborbital pit in a slight concavity. 



Coassus superciliaris, Graxf, Cat. V)i(/ul. B. M. p. 239 ; Knowski/ 

 Menag. t. 48; P. Z. S. 1850, t. 27. f. 4 (head), t. 25 (animal). 



Hah. Brazil (B. M., purchased of Hulse) ; St. Catharine's, male 

 and young {Parzudal-i, B.M.). 



The large male has the edge of the upper lip white. 



a. Cervus rafinus, Pucheran, Arch, du Mus. vi. p. 491, t. 30 

 (animal); Bourc. »fe Puch. in liev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, iii. p. 361. 

 Dark red-bay ; feet and sides of nose blackish. Bah. Venezuela 

 and New Granada. 



b. Coassus auritus (the Large-eared Brocket), Gray, Cat. Ungul. 

 B. M. p. 239; P. Z. S. 1850, t. 27. f. 6, t. 2(3 (animal). Hah. Bra- 

 zil ? The skin of this species does not seem to have been pre- 

 served. 



c. Coassus toltecus. Hah. Mexico (fide Svlater). 



17. PUDU. 



Antlers simple, rudimentary, shelving back^vard. Ears rounded, 

 covered with short hair. Head sliort. Crumen distinct. Tail 

 short. Skull short and high ; infraorbital pits oblong, deep ; in- 

 termaxillaries short, not reaching the nasals. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. 

 B. M. p. 240, t. 36. f. 1.) 



