io8 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



WOOD-BROCKET (Mazama nemorivaga). 



The brockets are some of the smallest deer included in the genus 

 Mazama, of which they are the typical representatives. 1 They are 

 recognisable by their simple spike -like antlers, the tufted crown of 

 the head, and the radiation of the hair of the face from two whorls, 

 which causes that on the nose to be directed downwards. The 

 present species is distinguished by its small size (height at shoulder 

 about 19 inches), its pale pepper-and-salt brownish or gray colour, the 

 streak on the forehead, and the absence of a gland and tuft on the hock. 



Distribution. Guiana, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, and Trinidad. 



Length 



fronof 

 horn. 



Girth " 



-4 3f 4 Trinidad ..... Dr. Percy Rendall. 



-3 2j 2 Do. ...... Dr. Albert von Stephani. 



MUSK-DEER (Moschus moschiferus). 



From all living deer except the Chinese water-deer this species is 

 distinguished by the absence of antlers, whose function as weapons is 

 discharged in the male by long upper tusks. The tail is rudimentary, 

 the fur coarse and brittle, and the lateral hoofs are very large. The 

 males have a glandular pouch which secretes the musk from which the 

 species takes its name. Height at shoulder about 20 inches, at rump 

 22 inches. 

 Distribution. The forest districts of the Himalaya as far west as Gilgit, 



at elevations of 8000 feet or more in summer, to Tibet, Siberia, 



Western China, and Amurland. 



Length of Tusk TV r\ 



on outside curve. Locahty. Owner. 



-3$ Himalaya ...... Major W. Anstruther Thomson. 



3 Gurhwal . . . . . . A. O. Hume. 



3 Amurland ...... British Museum. 



2f Himalaya ...... Rowland Ward. 



2H Do ....... Dr. Percy Rendall. 



2^ Kashmir ...... Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



2j Do. ...... Major A. Nugent. 



1 Many naturalists include only the brockets in this genus ; taking the name Odocoilus, or Dorcelaphus for 

 the white-tail and its allies (see p. 99). 



