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be not also a variety or a young individual of the Ma- 

 zame. 



The Chichiltic. {A. Temmamazama.) In the above- 

 mentioned paper, this supposed species is likewise noticed 

 as derived from a drawing taken from a specimen shot 

 near the sources of the Red River, or towards the base of 

 the mountains of New Mexico ; but no additional informa- 

 tion has been obtained on this head. Its form is light and 

 slender; the nose small and ovine; the ears long, narrow, 

 and rounded at tip ; the tail several inches long, and often 

 carried erect. Its size equal to a kid ; the horns about five 

 inches and a half long, black, slender, wrinkled at base, 

 lying straight along the prolongation of the forehead, di- 

 verging and bending back at a slight angle ; the eyes dark 

 and full, and the colour that of a roebuck, with some white 

 on the throat, belly, and inside of the limbs. This description 

 agrees with Ovis Pudu of Molina; but the figure in Seba, 

 and still more the description coincide, excepting that ours 

 appears a young individual : he says in the explanation of 

 table xlii. figure 4, that " the Macatl Chichiltic, or Tem- 

 mamazame, ranges in great numbers along the elevated 

 mountains of New Spain, feeding on grasses and herbs, 

 and that they are fleet and active in leaping ; their horns 

 are spirally annulated, ending in a point, increasing an- 

 nually by an additional ring, which marks their age ; they 

 are dark coloured ; the ears and eyes large ; the teeth 

 broad ; the tail furnished with longish hair, that on the 

 body shorter and wholly brown." In the illuminated copy 

 before mentioned, the figure is entirely pale chestnut-brown, 

 and the horns black. In Hernandes, page 325, we suspect 

 the description to refer to a deer of the Broket group ; both, 

 however, figure their animals with heavier proportions, 

 and in this respect are probably right. 



Considerable doubt is generally attached to characters 

 derived from mere drawings, especially if they be without 



