THE DEER TRIBE 263 
in the wild state, being apparently only known in China in the Imperial Park at Pekin. This 
deer. approaches in size the red deer of Europe. The general colouring is greyish brown, 
white about the eyes, ears, rump, and under-parts; the horns, which lack the brow-tine, are 
very singular in shape, and measure as much as 32 inches in length; the tail is long, reaching 
to the hocks; the gait is “lolloping’ and mule-like. This is a marsh-loving species, and at a 
certain park, where specimens are kept, “they may be seen wading far into the lakes and even 
swimming in the deeper water.” 
In South America are to be found several kinds of marsh-deer, of which the best ‘known is 
the handsome MarsH-peEer, having its range from Brazil to the forest country of the Argentine 
Republic. Little is known of this and other South American deer of similar species. The 
marsh-deer is almost equal in size to the red deer of Scotland, but somewhat less stout of 
build; the colouring is bright chestnut in summer, brown in winter; the coat is long and 
coarse, as befits a swamp-loving creature; the antlers usually display ten points, and measure 
in fine specimens as much as 23 or 24 inches. 
The PAMPAS-DEER, a species closely allied to the marsh-deer, is of small size, standing 
about 2 feet 6 inches at the shoulder. The antlers, usually three-pointed, measure no more 
than from 12 to 14 inches in fine specimens. This deer is found from Brazil to Northern 
Patagonia. 
The Peruvian and Cuitian GueMaLs are small deer, found on the high Andes, and are 
somewhat inferior in size to the Virginian deer. The males carry simple antlers forming a 
single fork, and measuring about 9 inches. The coat, yellowish brown in hue, is coarse, thick, 
and brittle. The Chilian guemal is found also in most parts of Patagonia; unlike its congener 
of Peru, which delights in altitudes of from 14,000 to 16,000 feet, its habitat lies chiefly in deep 
valleys, thick forest, and even the adjacent plains, to which it resorts in winter. 
The Brocxets, of which seven species are found in South and Central America and Trini- 
dad, are small deer, having spike-like antlers and tufted crowns. The largest is the Rep 
Brocket, found in Guiana, Brazil, and Paraguay, which stands 27 inches at the shoulder. 
The body-colouring is brownish red. Like most of the group, this brocket is extremely shy ; 
although fond of dense covert, it is found also on open campos. The Pycmy BrockeEt, a 
tiny dark brown deer, less than 19 inches in height, found in Central Brazil, is the smallest 
of these very small deer. 
Two other diminutive deer, known as Pupus, closely allied to the brockets, are found in 
South America. These are the Cuit1an and Ecuapor Pupus, of which the former is no more 
than 13%4 inches in height, the latter about 14 or 15 inches. Little is known of the history 
and life habits of these charming little creatures, one of which, the Chilian species, has occa- 
sionally been seen in Zoological Gardens. 
Tue MuskK-DEER, 
This brief account of the deer of the world closes with the MusxK-peEEr, which differ from 
almost all others of their kind—the Chinese water-deer being the sole exception—in the 
absence of antlers. In place of these defensive and offensive weapons, nature has provided the 
musk-deer with long canine tusks, projecting downwards from the upper jaw. The musk, from 
which these curious deer take their name, is secreted during the rutting-season—in the male 
only—in a pouch or gland contained in the skin of the stomach. 
The well-known HimaLayaAn Musk-DEER, is a stout, heavily made deer for its size, meas- 
uring 20 inches at the shoulder, about 2 inches higher at the rump, and having a coat of coarse, 
brittle hair of a dark brown colour. This musk-deer, which is nowadays by no means common, 
is found in the forests of the Himalaya, Tibet, Siberia, and Western China, often at altitudes 
of about 8,c00 feet. These animals are extraordinary mountaineers, active, daring, and 
apparently quite unconscious of or indifferent to danger. 
