THE GUANACO OF SOUTH AMERICA. 493 
While there appears much confusion in the descriptions 
of our systematic writers on this subject, their engraved 
figures seem to be httle calculated to aid our conceptions 
of their forms. 
Several living specimens have been, at different times, 
brought from South America to Liverpool, under the 
name of Guanaco ; and I availed myself of the opportu- 
nity to procure an accurate drawing of one from the pencil 
of Mr Alexander Mosses, a very promising artist of this 
town. The animal is represented in profile, and its head, 
of which the expression is very peculiar, is drawn in front. 
The following description was drawn up on September 23. 
1819, from two hving animals, one of which is represented 
}i\ the drawing. (Plate XVI. fig. 2.) 
Camelus Guanaco. 
Char, specific. — Camelus pilis lanosis^ coTifertis; dorso 
arcuato ; cruribus posteHorihus maculo nigrescenti 
acute elliptico utrinque distinctis ; caudd penduld. 
Camel with thick set woolly hair ; an arched back ; the 
hind legs marked, on both sides, by an acutely ellipti- 
cal, blackish spot; tail pendulous. 
Description. The general colour of the animal is a 
russet-brown above, and an ash-grey passing into greyish- 
white below. The head is fawn-coloured, which is deepest 
on the nose. The upper part of the neck, the shoulders, 
and back, have a pale russet-brown hue, dashed with a 
purplish tint, which is most discernible on the shoulders. 
The lower jaw, chin, throat, belly, outside of the lower 
part of the legs, are ash-grey ; the inside of the legs, and 
middle of the belly, are greyish-white. The fur is thickly 
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