1904.] Allen, Mammals from Santa Marta, Colombia. 429 



often seeking streams and pools where they can wallow. 

 Their food consists largely of forest fruits, but they are as 

 omnivorous as domestic swine, eating roots, grubs, fish thrown 

 up on the beach, and so on. 



"The saina sows have four, six, or more pigs in a litter; the 

 puercos seldom more than three or four. We tried vainly 

 to rear the young; they were readily tamed, but soon died, 

 no doubt because of the changed diet. 



" Both the saina and puerco are much infested with the larva 

 of a fly (CEstridae, called gusano here) which burrows under the 

 skin and causes running sores. These larvae also attack mon- 

 keys, dogs, and other animals, as well as man." H. H. S. 



14. Mazama memorivaga F. Cuvier. Twenty-one speci- 

 mens (skins and skulls), and several additional skeletons, as 

 follows: 6 adult males, 12 adult females, 2 half -grown 

 females, and i fawn in spotted coat; all taken in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of Bonda, as follows: Jan. 12 and 13, Feb. 10, 

 March 5, 23, and 28, April 21, June 21 and 22, July 6, Oct. 12 

 and 13, and Dec. 20. Only six have external measurements, 

 and these give only the total length, the length of the tail, 

 and the girth of the chest and neck. While girth measure- 

 ments are useful to the taxidermist as an aid in mounting 

 specimens, they are hardly citable in the present connection. 



The total length for 3 males is given as: 1118, 1146, 1154; 

 length of tail for the two last, 86, 89. The measurements 

 given for a single female are: Total length, 1168; tail, 127. 



Five adult male skulls and 7 adult female skulls measure 

 as follows: 



At lower edge of orbits; the zygomatic breadth is 2 to 4 mm. less. 

 2 The oldest and also the smallest of the series of males. 



