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judged to be four years old, rising five. We have seen that 

 the Virginian Deer sometimes has a similar white and long 

 fur on the belly, and therefore no character of importance 

 belongs to it. It were to be wished that we could have 

 determined exactly from what part of South America he 

 had been brought, but think it was Pernambuco : it is pro- 

 bably the Badgew, or more correctly Gadgew, of the Suri- 

 nam Negroes ; and we think that the large palmed horns be- 

 fore described might belong to a variety of this species 

 residing far to the south. 



The Guazuti Deer (Cervas Campestris) likewise first 

 described by M. D'Azara. This species is considerably 

 less than the former, being only about two feet six inches 

 at the shoulder, and two feet eight and a half at the croup ; 

 the horns are a foot long, slender, with the beam suberect, 

 a branch anteriorly placed, bent upwards, and posteriorly 

 one or two snags towards the summit ; the eyes are large 

 and brown, with a suborbital fold; the ears erect and 

 pointed ; the fur smooth and close, is reddish-bay, the hair 

 being reddish-bay at the point, and dull brown at the base ; 

 the inferior parts of the body, the under side of the head 

 and tail, which measures six inches, are white, as also the 

 hinder part of the buttocks, and internal face of the thighs, 

 a circle round the eyes and inside of the ears ; the hair on 

 the lower abdomen and between the thighs long. 



A specimen at Exeter 'Change shewn under the name of 

 Cushew (Couassou), the vulgar pronunciation of Guazu, 

 somewhat taller than D'Azara's, agreed in all respects with 

 his description, excepting that the long hair on the belly 

 was wanting, and that part and inside of the thighs were 

 of an ashy colour ; the tail was black. The smell of onions 

 with which they are infested was not observed, it arises 

 probably from feeding on bulbs of that plant in its native 

 country, and vanishes when other vegetables are substituted ; 

 the fawns are spotted with white. M. D'Azara says that 



