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dish tint, with a white spot above the nose and on 

 the upper lip. 



Another species mentioned by Azara, and enter- 

 ing this division, is the Guazu-bira, the Bira Roe of 

 Major Smith, and the Cervus nemorivagus of Lich- 

 tenstein. This pretty deer inhabits the woody parts 

 of the same country with the former, and also owes 

 its rirst notice to Azara. It is about twenty- six incfies 

 in length. The aspect of the animal is said to be 

 less deer-like than the preceding, and to approach 

 somewhat to some of the sheep. The ears are more 

 rounded at the extremity, and the lachrymal sinus 

 is nearly imperceptible. The lower part of the head 

 and lips are whitish ; around the eyes, the inside of 

 the fore legs, and from the lower part of the breast 

 to the buttocks, is of a whitish cinnamon colour. 

 The whole neck, and all the other parts of the ani- 

 mal, are of a brownish shade, approaching to greyish, 

 from each hair having a delicate tip of white. The 

 horns are short and simple. To these Major Smith 

 adds another animal, from the collection of Prince 

 Maximilian of Neuweid, very similar to the first, but 

 about six inches lower at the shoulder. He has 

 given it the title of A para Brocket, Cervus (subulo) 

 simplicicornis. 



The next animals are now known under the title 

 of Muntjak, and have been placed by Major Smith, 

 apparently with propriety, at the conclusion of the 

 true deer, from the remarkable structure of the horns, 



