302 American Deer 



p. 239 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 92 (1872), Hand-list Ruminants 

 Brit. Mus. p. 160 (1873). 



Cervus (Subulo) superciliaris, Wagner, Schreber's Saugethiere, vol. v. 

 p. 386 (1855). 



Subulo superciliaris , Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 360 

 (1873), lxxix. part i. p. 18 (1879). 



Cariacus superciliaris, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 926. 



Characters. — Very closely allied to the last, of which it is not improb- 

 ably merely a local variety or colour-phase. General colour of pelage 

 shining brownish red ; neck, head, hocks, and front of fore-legs whitish 

 gray ; forehead blackish, with a distinct streak over the eye. 



The type specimen is in the British Museum. 



Distribution. — Probably Brazi 1 . 



3. The Black-faced Brocket — Mazama tema 



Mazama tenia, Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 44 (18 17). 



Cervus rujinus, Pucheran, Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. vi. p. 491 (1851). 



Coassus rujinus, Gray, Hand-list Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 162 (1873). 



Subulo rujinus, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 360 (1873), 

 lxxix. part i. p. 17 (1879). 



Cariacus rujinus, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 925. 



Cariacus tema, Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer. — Mamm. p. 118 (1879) ; 

 Rhoads, Amer. Naturalist, vol. xxviii. p. 526 (1894). 



Characters. — Smaller than the red brocket, the height at the shoulder 

 being about 25^ inches. General colour of pelage bright shining brownish 

 red ; throat, chest, and under-parts blackish red, becoming darker on the 

 abdomen ; lower part of hind-leg, front and outer side of fore-leg, and lower 

 part of face shaded with bluish black ; hinder and inner side of fore-leg like 

 the under-parts, upper part of hind-leg like the back ; tail like back above, 

 white below ; the usual white spots on the lips ; antlers whitish horn- 

 colour, and less rugose than those of the red brocket. 



The distinctive features of this species are the size, the dark shading of 

 the face and limbs, and the blackish red (instead of whitish) throat. The 

 tvpe specimen is in the museum at Paris. 



Distribution. — Ecuador, at elevations of 12,000 feet and over. 



