1915.] Allen, American Deer of the Genus Mazama. 030 
1734. Seba. 
Cervula surinamensis, albis macula notata Seb. thes. I » p. 71 tab 44 fig. 2. 
“Num. 2, Cervula, Surinamensis, subruba, albis maculis notata. 
“Caput, pectus, abdomen, & pedes exceperis, quze unicoloria sunt; reliquum, 
ex ruffo luteum, maculis albis undique, Tygridis in modum, variegatur. Auriculee 
grandes, longee: cauda brevis, obtusa. Cursts rapiditate incredibili vel magnum 
Cervum superat. Memorabile est, Cervos Americanos aded pusillos esse: quum, 
dentur, leporem qui magnitudine haud excedunt ; & omnium maxima species altero 
tanto circiter major sit, quam que hdc TabulA representatur. Cornua verd nun- 
quam gerunt, & pro sapidissim4 feriné habentur.”’ 
This clearly indicates a small reddish deer, spotted with white, of Surinam; in 
all probability a faun of the red (not the brown) brocket of Surinam. 
1751. Klein. 
Tragulus surinamensis Klein. quadrup. p. 22. Based exclusively on Seba. 
1756. Brisson. 
Le Chevrotain de Surinam: Tragulus (surinamensis) ex rufo luteus, macula albis 
variegatis Briss. regn. an. p. 96, n. 3. 
Based exclusively on Seba and Klein, therefore primarily on Seba. 
1757. Hallen. 
Das Surinamische rothliche Hirschen mit weissen Flekken und langen Ohren 
Hall vierf. p. 321. 
Not seen, but obviously from Seba. 
1759. Dictionn. etc. 
Chevrotain de Surinam Dictionn. anim. I, p. 602. 
This edition not seen, but in a later edition (1776) this reference is based exclu- 
sively on Klein, therefore originally on Seba. | 
1769. Bancroft. | 
The Wirrebocerra Bancr. Guian. p. 123. 
“Of deer, in Guiana, there are two kinds, one large, and the other small. The 
former is both by the Natives and Europeans termed Baieu, and the latter Wirrebo- 
cerra. The Baieu is a stag, about the size of the European Buck,...” (p. 122). 
“The Wirrebocerra is at least one third less than the Baieu, and entirely destitute of 
horns. ‘These seem to be of the same species which Father Labat describes at Cay- 
enne.t. Their whole structure is extremely slender and delicate. Their heads are 
small, ears narrow and short, necks long and arched, eyes lively and piercing, tails 
small and short, feet cloven, and their legs slender and nervous, and peculiarly 
adapted to that velocity of motion, by which alone they are able to preserve them- 
selves from the attacks of the Tiger and other voracious animals, whom the great deli- 
cacy of their flesh has rendered their enemies. They are covered with a short soft: 
hair, of a reddish fallow colour....”’ (pp. 123, 124). | 
The above is Bancroft’s entire description in so far as it relates to the physical 
characters of the Wirrebocerra, which may be only a female or a young male of his 
Baiew. ‘The evidence is not conclusive that it is a brocket, and less so that it is a red 
brocket. Theonly tangible character given is that the “short soft hair”’ is of ‘a red- 
dish fallow colour.” The few words of description are obviously from Des Marchais 
(Li, RED 
‘‘1 Voyage du Chev. de Marchais en Guinée & 4 Cayenne, &c.’’ [See above, the first 
citation. ] 
