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of Guiana call them Biches or Does, because, 

 notwithstanding their resemblance to Deer, both 

 sexes are without horns. Both Mr. Pennant and 

 Gmelin, in his edition of the Systema Naturae, 

 seem to consider a small spotted species figured 

 by Seba as the same with this : but it appears, at 

 least so far as size and colour can constitute a dit« 

 ference, to be very distinct. 



LEVERIAN MUSK. 



Moschus Delicatulus. M./usco-ferrugmeus, supra macuiis albu 

 notatus. Museum Leverianum, vol. i.p. 149. t. 36. 



Ferruginous-brown Musk, spotted above with white. 



Small spotted Musk. Museum Leverianurn 1. p. 1^1. pi. 36. 



Cervula Surinamensis subrubra albis macuiis notata. Seb. mus, 

 up. 71. ^.44./ 2- 



This species, if such it really be, seems to have 

 been first figured by Seba, who assures us that it 

 is a native of Surinam, and describes it as of a 

 ferruginous colour, thickly spotted with white, 

 except on the head, breast, and belly. He is not 

 very clear in his expressions relative to its size, 

 but it seems to rank among the very small spe- 

 cies, such as the Javanicus, Pygm^eus, &c. The 

 animal described and figured in the first volume 

 of the Museum Leverianum under the title of 

 Moschus delicatulus or small spotted Ahisk, appears 

 so very nearly allied to that of Seba, that it is in 

 all probability the same. It is, however, whitish 

 beneath the neck and breast and the tail is a 



