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indeed, from analysis, with fair probability, that they were 

 specimens with their prickets or first horns, and, therefore, 

 not adults. This second question, when it began to be 

 cleared up, involved the difficulty of distinguishing those 

 who in reality never bear antlered horns, or the true Subu- 

 lones from the young males, who are so only temporarily, 

 and bear antlered horns at a later period ; and next of in- 

 dicating what number of species might be distinctly cha- 

 racterized. Some of these desiderata are not as yet satis- 

 factorily determined, although some species have been long 

 observed in Guiana and at Honduras, where we have seen 

 them many years ago. M. D'Azara first gave a distinct 

 description of them. The Subulonine group is clearly dis- 

 tinguished by the simplicity of their horns, they being desti- 

 tute of branches or processes at every age. They are of 

 middling and below the middling stature ; their nose is 

 pointed, with a small muzzle extending at the side of the 

 nostrils into a glandular termination ; they have a small 

 lachrymary sinus, and are of uniform colours, in which the 

 bright rufous predominates. In their manners they are 

 polygamous, and prefer swampy woods to the open plains. 

 In the Brazilian, Guarani, and Tapuia dialects, these, to- 

 gether with all the lightfooted Ruminants, whether Deer or 

 not, are distinguished by the generic name of Guazu, 

 from whence the French have derived the word Couaesou : 

 but these nations invariably add an adjective or a trivial 

 appellation to it. We have adopted the term Subulo or 

 Brocket, to distinguish this group from the others: the 

 word itself designating, in the technical phraseology of the 

 chase, the Stag with his first or simple horns. 



The Pita Brocket. (Cervus Rufus.) The Buck of the 

 Guazu Pita of the Brazilians, is about four feet long, two 

 feet seven high at the shoulders, and three feet at the 

 croup, and, therefore, stands higher than the Roebuck. The 

 head is very pointed, with a small muzzle extending at the 



