Peruvian Guemal 367 



In size the pampas deer is a comparatively small species, standing only 

 about 2}, feet at the shoulder. The general colour of the hair of the upper- 

 parts is light rufous fawn ; the inner sides of the ears, a ring round each 

 eye, the chin, lower jaw, and throat, as well as the under-parts generally, 

 the inner side of the upper half of the legs and buttocks, and the lower 

 surfice of the tail being white. Except at the tip, the tail is black 

 above, the black extending to a very small extent on to the rump. When 

 running it is probable that the tail is raised after the manner ot the white- 

 tailed deer, so as to expose a large white area. 



The antlers of the pampas deer are almost invariably three-pointed, the 

 upper prong only of the main fork subdividing. At the main tork the 

 antler is much flattened and expanded, so that the base of the fork itself 

 forms a sharp edge. In old specimens the surface of the antler becomes 

 very rugose and knotted below and for some distance above the fork, thus 

 recalling roe -antlers, with which those of the present species agree in 

 being three-pointed. The largest pair of antlers recorded by Mr. Rowland 

 Ward is in the collection of the British Museum ; they measure 14^ 

 inches along the outer curve, 2^ in basal girth, and i^j inches between 

 the tips. Out of ten specimens recorded only one has more than the 

 normal three points a side ; in that example, which is from Uruguay, there 

 are no less than twelve points on one side and eleven on the other. 



THE PERUVIAN GUEMAL 



[Mazaiiia \Xenelaphiis\ antisiensis) 



Two closely-allied species of South American deer form a group readily 

 distinguished, among other characters, from the foregoing kinds by their 

 comparatively simple antlers, which form a single dichotomous fork, of 

 which the hinder prong is the longer and stronger. Among other features 



