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third when a wee little one came into the clear and distracted my 
attention standing on a small flat rock directly below me and whining 
plaintively. Meanwhile there was much scurrying in the underbrush 
and the squealing abruptly stopped. Suddenly a half-dozen good-sized 
ones came up my side of the bank and broke through the bushes not 
fifteen feet away, making directly toward me. While I hurriedly jammed 
in fresh cartridges, they took one look at me and immediately veered 
into cover, evidently having no idea of attacking. The herd numbered 
about twenty and of these a considerable proportion were not full 
grown. 
The two killed were male and female, adult, but not old and among 
those indistinctly seen was one apparently somewhat larger. I esti- 
mated their weight to be 60 to 75 pounds. The measurements of the 
fresh specimens are as follows: Total length 1,185, 1,100; height at 
shoulder 590, 565; circumference of chest 750, 710; shoulder to hip 570, 
530; hind foot 235, 220. They had scarcely any fat on them and their 
skins were thin and easily removed. The meat, which is highly regarded 
by the natives, was not especially well-flavored and reminded of young 
venison. 
These peccaries, living in the cool rain forests of the eastern slopes 
of the Andes, are certainly subjected to climatic conditions quite 
different from those of eastern Brazil and the Amazon valley, but their 
general characters are not peculiar and material is not available to 
determine how far they may be distinguished by combinations of slight _ 
characters. 
Mazama americana (Erxleben).* Rep BrRockeEt. 
Two adults, male and female, were obtained at Moyobamba from a 
native who killed them in late twilight as they came to the edge of his 
cornfield. Tracks seen near Tambo Yaku probably were of this species 
and it may range upward to an elevation of four to five thousand feet. 
Material from eastern Brazil and Guiana is lacking, but as judged 
by descriptions, the Peruvian specimens do not differ from typical 
americana in any obvious respect. 
Odocoileus peruvianus (Gray). PrRUVIAN WHITE-TAILED DEER. 
One imperfect skull of a young male with permanent dentition was 
obtained at Menocucho. Although the animals were not uncommon, 
* M. rufus of authors; see Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), XI, p. 585, 
June, 1913. 
