rte RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Frontlet and Antlers of Marsh-Deer. 
The MARSH-DEER (Mazama [Blastoceros] dichotoma). 
(Otherwise Carzacus, or Blastoceros, paludosus.) 
Antlers without a sub-basal snag, forking regularly, with both 
prongs again dividing, and the upper one usually more complex than 
the lower. Ears large, with white hair internally. Hair long and 
coarse, reversed on the withers for a short distance. General colour of 
upper-parts bright rufous chestnut in summer, browner in winter ; legs 
black from the knees and hocks downward. No gland on hind cannon- 
bone. Size, approximately that of a red deer. Although ten is the 
usual number of points, sports are common. 
Distribution.—From Brazil to the inner wooded districts of Argentina. 
Length 
on out- Circum- Tip to Widest points iaeaihiny Owner 
side ference. Tip. inside. RY = ve : 
curve. 
= ae 22) aus 64-7 Paraguay . . Dr. Albert von Stephani. 
25 53 18} 214 5+4 Do. : . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
244 5 16 We) Bae} Do. : . Admiral Sir William Kennedy. 
244 64 21 205 6+5 N. Argentina ee emuadas 
238 8654 15? 164 5+4 Paraguay . . British Museum. 
234 ~6 19s 12 Do. 5 5 (5 IRS Siatends 
- Owner’s measurements. 
