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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
SAPAJOUS 
One of the best known species of monkeys 
ing. It is one of the few animals that can run 
at full speed through the thickest jungle. He 
goes through like a knife blade and seldom comes 
out into the open, which makes the shooting- 
very hard. 
A hunter who is not a good snap shot will not 
have much success here. Your ride should come 
up to the shoulder already aimed, as there is no 
time to hunt for your sights. A carbine is the 
correct arm. It needs a good scabbard so that 
it can be carried on your saddle. I use a 30-30 
Winchester. Peccaries, as far as I have ob¬ 
served, have two young at a litter. The skins 
are sold here at twenty-five cents each. I do 
not know whether they are exported or not, but 
the natives tan the skins and use them. 
OCELLATED TURKEY 
One of (he three species found in Central 
America 
Jaguar: The jaguar is not very abundant up 
here in the mountains. I think that they prefer 
the warm coast climate, and dense jungle. 
Their principal food no doubt is the peccary, 
as their tracks can be found nearly always in 
the wake of a band of peccaries. Of course they 
kill cattle and horses, and when once they start 
this act they will keep at it until killed by some 
hunter. 
The hunter is generally paid from ten to fif¬ 
teen dollars to hunt and kill them. Dogs are 
used in hunting the jaguar and they will run 
longer than the puma before they take to a tree, 
and also will swim a river, which I have never 
known a puma to do. I have never known either 
a jaguar or a puma to attack any one when met 
in the wood, and I here state that there are no 
dangerous animals in any part of the tropics, 
where I have hunted, if left alone. 
PUMA 
The puma is smaller than the jaguar, and lacks 
his courage 
All this talk of dangerous animals is purely 
imagination. Most any animal brought to bay 
and harassed with dogs will fight, not otherwise. 
I have seen several skins of the black jaguar, 
though I have never killed one. I have an idea 
that it is only a freak. 
Puma: The mountains around Boquete where 
food is very abundant, seem to be the natural 
home of the puma. They have three kinds of 
monkeys, agouti, paca, peccaries and the little 
red deer (brocket) to feed on. 
The pumas very rarely trouble cattle and 
horses. Once in a while they kill a calf or a 
hog—not often. They are hunted with dogs and 
soon take to a tree. 
Ocelot: We have the ocelot and also several 
other varieties of the smaller cat family. 
