THE COLLARED PECCARY. 411 



the neck is a somewhat erectile mane of long black bristles, 

 which become gradually longer as they approach the buttocks j 

 a curved collar of yellow-pointed hairs intersects the neck and 

 body j the legs are rather slender and nearly black ; the hind 

 feet have only three toes , the tail is pendulous, remarkably 

 flat, very short, and scarcely perceptible among the bristles. 



This species does not associate in vast herds, as the white- 

 lipped peccary does, but lives only in pairs, or at most in small 

 families, which seldom quit their native forests. The peculiar 

 grunt of both species may be heard a long way off ; but either 

 may be more easily traced to their abodes by the strong odour 

 that exhales from a fluid matter, which is copiously secreted by 

 a large gland situated beneath the skin on the middle of the 

 loins, but concealed by the bristles. D'Azara, Ray, and others, 

 speak of this odour as being musky, sweet, and agreeable - } but 

 Buffon, Sonnini, Bennett, and others, call it unsavoury and 

 disgusting. Both species grub up the earth in search of roots, 

 and sometimes commit great ravages among the sugar-canes, 

 maize, maiiihot, and potatoe crops. They also devour fish, and 

 are said to be expert in killing reptiles, not excepting the rattle- 

 snake. 



The females, of both species, produce each only two young 

 ones in a year. If a young one be captured, it will become 

 nearly as tame and familiar in confinement as the common 

 hog ; but its flesh is said to be inferior to pork in flavour and 

 fatness, and to partake of the strong smell, unless the gland 

 has been removed immediately after death. 



THE COMMON INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 

 (Rhinoceros Indicus, Cuv.) 



Animals of this genus are peculiar to Asia and Africa. The 

 Asiatic species are three in number, namely the common, or 

 one-horned Indian rhinoceros (R. Indicus), the Javanese one- 



