372^ Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



THE BLACK-FACED BROCKET 



[Mazama tcimi) 



This is a smaller animal than the red hrocket, standing about 25-^ 

 inches at the withers. The general colour is bright brownish red, with 

 the throat, neck, under -parts, and the front of the lower portion of 

 the fore-legs blackish red ; thus differing markedly from the red brocket, 

 in which these parts are much lighter than the back. This is a 

 mountain form, inhabiting the highlands of Ecuador at elevations of 

 12,000 feet or more. 



THE CENTRAL AMERICAN BROCKET 



[Mazama sartorii) 



(Plate VIL Fig. 10) 



In Central America the red brocket is represented by a smaller form, 

 standing about 20. \ inches at the shoulder, and distinguished by the light 

 fawn-coloured throat, neck, and chest, and the white abdomen. The dark 

 shading of the hair of the upper-parts appears on the lower part of the 

 face, the front of the fore-legs, and the outer side of the hinder pair. 



THE WOOD-BROCKET 



[Mazci/iui }u'/iior/V(igii) 



The speckled brown, greyish, or whitish coat, as well as its small 

 size (19 inches at the shoulder), serves at once to distinguish this species 

 from both the retl and the black-faced brocket. There is also a light 

 streak on the forehead below the eyes ; and the tarsal gland and tuft are 



