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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
specimen of “female dwarf elephant” ap¬ 
pears on page 478 of the eighth edition of 
“Records of Big Game.” 
Mr. Evans’ second specimen, a male five feet 
and ten inches in shoulder height, was presented 
to the British Museum of Natural History at 
South Kensington. 
The skin and skeleton of our late lamented 
“Congo” are in the American Museum of Na¬ 
tural History. 
SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIR. AND YOUNG 
The bizarre markings are a striking characteristic of the young of this species 
HUNTING IN CHIRIQUI 
By E. R. Cuthbert 
Illustrations from Photographs by Elwin R. Sanborn in the Zoological Park 
In our long quest for live specimens of the giant tapir of Central America (Tapir ella 
baircli good fortune brought us in touch with Mr. Cuthbert, a confirmed wilderness 
dweller, a keen and correct observer of wild animals, a good jungle naturalist and a tire¬ 
less hunter of big game. His correct knowledge of species was recognized as a valuable 
asset and the richness of the animal life of the country wherein Mr. Cuthbert lives will 
appeal to the imagination of every zoologist. We find the following article, written at 
our solicitation for the readers of the Bulletin, of thrilling interest and replete with 
valuable information. 
It is well for the reader to remember that in dense jungles such as those described 
by the author, the hunter who does not employ dogs finds very little game, and with 
many of the most important species it is a case of no dog, no game. W. T. H. 
I HAVE been living here in Chiriqui, Repub¬ 
lic of Panama, for over six years. Boquete, 
where I now reside, is a little settlement up 
in the mountains and it is 4,000 feet above sea 
level. We are thirty-four miles from Boquete 
to Pedregal, which is the principal port. Steam¬ 
ers make the trip from Panama to Pedregal 
three times a month. Chiriqui is the most west¬ 
ern province of the Republic of Panama, is 
very thinly populated and very mountainous. 
This is a rough country in which to hunt. The 
volcano of Chiriqui looms right above us, 
and reaches a height of 11,500 feet above sea 
level. The climate here is quite cool. The ther¬ 
mometer will show about 60 degrees F. at 6:00 
A. M. and about 78 degrees F. at 12:00 M. 
I keep a pack of hounds and hunt every week 
in the year. The game found here is as fol¬ 
lows: two kinds of deer, the brocket, and the 
white-tailed deer; puma, peccaries, paca, tapir, 
agouti, quail and turkeys. Once in a while a 
jaguar shows up, but not often. 
Tap ir: We hunt the tapir (T apirella bairdi ) 
with dogs. They are found on the side of the 
Volcano of Chiriqui and they have deep trails 
