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The three Boqueron specimens (females), measure respec- 

 tively: Total length, 1165, 1240, 1120; head and body, 610, 

 580, 540; tail, 555, 600, 580; hind foot (without claws), go, 

 100, 90; ear, 45, 50, 40. 



9. Tatu novemcinctus (Linn.). Three specimens, Bo- 

 queron, Oct. 14-26. Total length, $ 735, 9 680; head and 

 body, $ 365, ? 340; tail, $ 370, ? 340; hind foot (without 

 claws), $ 70, ? 70; ear, $ 40, 9 37.5. Each has 10 free 

 bands. 



Dasypus novemcinctus Linn, was based primarily on refer- 

 ences to the South American animal. In case the Central 

 American and Mexican representatives prove separable from 

 true novemcinctus there are already several names for them, 

 as Dasypus jenestratus Peters (1864, Guatemala), D. novem- 

 cinctus var. mexicana Peters (1864, Mexico), and Tatusia 

 leptorhyncka Gray (1873, Guatemala). 



10. Odocoileus rothschildi (Thomas). Seven specimens, 

 topotypes, from Coiba Island, consisting of 3 adult males, 2 

 adult females, and 2 young in spotted coat, collected May 10 

 to June 15. (Figs. 13-15* PP- 5&, 59, 62.) 



The three males, though adult, vary greatly in size and in 

 the development of the antlers, and show that Mr. Thomas's 

 two specimens on which he based the species were young or 

 undersized adults. As regards the external characters, there 

 is little to add to Mr. Thomas's description, except that the 

 upper surface of the tail in most of these .examples is dark 

 reddish brown above instead of "fawn." The ears in most 

 of the specimens are externally nearly naked. 



Young, in spotted coat. Above, deep yellowish rusty brown, darker 

 along the median line, forming a well-defined dorsal stripe to a point 

 considerably behind the middle of the back; sides lighter and more 

 yellowish; whole dorsal surface thickly spotted with white, with a 

 tendency to. a linear arrangement of the spots; they form two distinct 

 median parallel lines (one on each side of the middle of the back) , and 

 the spots are more or less in lines elsewhere; white of under parts and 

 other markings as in the adults. 



Mr. Batty has given me the measurements of 10 adults of this 

 species, taken in the flesh, but owing to his omission to number some 



