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side of the nostrils so as to widen this part into a glan- 

 dulous appearance : there is a suborbital sinus before the 

 eye, and the male has canines ; the horns are always simple 

 with a small burr at base, and the pricket about five inches 

 long ; the body is of a lively reddish-bay, excepting the face 

 and feet, which are red-brown ; the lips, chin, surface be- 

 tween the under jaws, under part of the tail, and lower ab- 

 domen, are white ; the throat and internal face of the 

 thighs whitish-gray ; the tail with the hair is nearly nine 

 inches long, and red-bay above ; a circle round the eyes is 

 occasionally paler than the rest of the head : the females 

 have the same colours, but are smaller in stature. The 

 species resides in the deep forests of the level parts of 

 eastern South America, along the bay of Honduras, and the 

 neighbouring countries : they live in large herds, and ap- 

 pear to be the only gregarious ruminants known who do 

 not prefer the plain. 



The Apara Brocket. (Cervus Simplicicornis. Nob.) There 

 is a second species of red Pricket-deer very like the fore- 

 going, but six inches lower at the shoulder, and it is be- 

 lieved destitute of canines. The colours are the same, but 

 brighter, the tail shorter, and the hair upon it longer; 

 round the eyes there is a ring of darkish colour, and a 

 dusky mark on the mouth. Baron Cuvier (Oss. Fossiles) 

 first indicated it as a separate species, and Laborde seems 

 to point it out in his second or smaller Biche des Bois, the 

 above being designated by him as the Biche de Barrallou. 

 This appears to be the species in the Museum of Prince 

 Maxmilian of Nuied, to whose politeness we owe the draw- 

 ing of both sexes. Messrs. St. Hilaire and Lalande have 

 likewise brought a specimen from Brazil. There is also 

 little doubt that so early as the time of Marcgrave and 

 Piso, who were both in the suit of Prince John of Nassau 

 during his campaigns in northern Brazil, this species was 

 observed by them under the name of Cuguazu Apara ; but, 



