NO. 5 MAMMALS OF PANAMA — GOLDMAN 75 



usually through parts of the forest remote from civilization. The 

 " puerco de monte " is regarded by the natives here, as elsewhere in 

 Middle America, as more dangerous than the " zahino " or collared 

 peccary, which besides being much smaller, travels in fewer numbers. 

 According to report a herd of white-lipped peccaries may, if un- 

 molested, pass very near and apparently pay no attention to hunters ; 

 but if one is wounded or attacked by dogs the entire herd may gather 

 and force the hunters to climb trees. Dogs are said to be not infre- 

 quently killed by them. 



On Cerro Azul several broad, conspicuous trails left by moving 

 herds of white-lipped peccaries were seen at about 1,500 feet altitude. 

 These trails made by the single passage of a herd were marked by 

 many tracks, freshly mutilated, low growing vegetation, and spots 

 where the animals had stopped to root in the soft soil. Similar trails 

 were noted at about 5,000 feet altitude on the upper slopes of the 

 Pirre Mountains. On one occasion I was near enough to detect the 

 strong characteristic odor of these animals, but when I reached their 

 trail it was nearly dark and I was obliged to return to camp. On the 

 following morning, accompanied by one of my Colombian packers, I 

 followed the trail with difficulty for some distance; it led through 

 densely matted vegetation along a rugged shoulder of the mountain 

 and we were finally obliged to turn back. According to my men the 

 peccaries nearly always skirt a mountain, traveling across the slope 

 rather than choosing a route directly over the top. 



Anthony (1916, p. 365) reports encountering a small band sup- 

 posed to be of this species at 5,000 feet in the vicinity of Mount 

 Tacarcuna, but no specimens were secured by him. 



The quaint accounts by Lionel Wafer (1729, pp. 328, 368) apply 

 in part to this species which he calls " warree " and in part to the 

 collared peccary. Referring to the hunting of peccaries by the 

 Indians of eastern Panama, he says : 



" The Warree is another kind of Wild-Hog they have, which is 

 also very good Meat. It has little Ears, but very great Tusks ; and 

 the Hair or Bristles 'tis covered with are long, strong and thickset, 

 like a coarse Furr all over its Body. The Warree is fierce, and fights 

 with the Pecary, or any other Creature that comes his way. The 

 Indians hunt these also as the other, and manage their Flesh the same 

 way, except only as to what concerns the Navel ; the Singularity of 

 which is peculiar to the Pecary. 



" Their chief Game are the Pecary and Warree; neither of which 

 are swift of Foot. They go in Droves, often 2 or 300 ; so that if the 

 Indians come upon them unawares, they usually kill some by random 



