i. r v F. R r A \ M i .59 



of Guiana rail them 1'irhcs or 1 )< iuse, 



notwithstanding their ic-M-miilum-i- to I)crr. both 



! arc without horns, Both Mr. IVnnant and 

 (imclin, in his edition of the SyMcma Naturae, 



i to consider a small spotted .sprcii s li^ured 

 h\ .Vba a> the same \\itli this: hut it appears, at 

 least so far as sixe and colour eau eoji-.titute a dif- 

 r'erence, to be very distiiu 



I ./ VERIAN MUSK. 



Mochus Delicatulus. M.fvsco-ferrugincus, svpra maculis aUkt 



notatus. Museum Inerianuin, vol. i.j>. 149. /. 36. 

 Ferruginous-brown Musk, spotted above with white. 

 Small spotted Musk. Muxcum Lercrianum i. /;. i$i.pl. 36. 

 Cervula Surinamensis subrubra albis maculis notata. Stb. mm. 

 . i.p. 7i.f.44./. a. 



THIS species, if such it really In 1 . seem> to have 

 hec-n lirst figured hy Seba, \\ho assures us that it 



native of Surinam, and describes it as of a 

 ferruginous colour, thickly spotted \\ith white, 

 except on the head, breast, and belly. He is not 

 very clear in bis expressions relative to its size, 

 but it seems to rank among the \n\ v !n all spe- 

 cies, such as the Javanicus, Pygma^us, &c. The 

 animal described and figured in the first volume 

 of the Museum Leverianum under the title of 



.-hus dclicatulus or small spotted J///.vA\ appears 

 so very nearly allied to that of Seba, that it is in 

 all probability the same. It is, however, whitish 

 beneath the neck and breast, and the tail is a 



