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THE GUAZUTI-DEER. 
Mazwma campestris Smith. 
PLATE XVIL 
Del Guazuti, Azara, Apvntamientos, p. 41. No. 5 Cerviis 
campestris, Desm. Mammuloffie, 444 — Griffith's Cnv. It. 
p. 136 — Lichtenstein, Saugethiere, pi. xix., male, female, 
and young. 
This is another of the beautiful South American 
deer, recorded in the works of Azai a, hut which for 
long after remained in comparative obscurity, and is 
now rarely met with in a collection. A figure is given 
by Major Smith, from a specimen e.xhibited in Lon- 
don, under the name of Cushetu ; but we have again 
recourse to the plate of Lichtenstein, of a later date, 
for the accompanying illustration. It is not nearly 
so l^ge as the former, standing only about two feet 
SIX inches high at the shoulder. The horns are more 
slender, also, about a foot in length, and with gene- 
rally two snags. It inhabits the open plains, instead 
of the foiests or thickets, and pos.sesses great swift- 
ness, so much so, that Azara mentions a horse can- 
not overtake it. According to the same author, 'the 
flesh of the young is delicate, but that of the adult 
