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Show 1875.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CERVUS CHILENSIS. 45 and other species of Cervus found on the western slope of the in Peru and Chili:- " Mr. Reed having requested information as to the correct generic and specific names of this Deer, I answer that, according to my views, Left horn of Cervus chilensis (side view), a. Brow-antler. . already expressed in a short note in the 'Annals' for 1873, it simply Cervus chilensis. "The following appear to be its more recent synonyms:- " CERVUS CHILENSIS. " Cervus chilensis, Gay et Gerv. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. v. p. 91 (1846) Gay, Hist, de Chile, Zool. i. p. 159, pl. ii.; Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1870, pt. i. p. 46; Sclater, Ann. N. H. xi. p. 213 (1873). "Capreolus leucotis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 64, Mamm. pl. xii. " Huamela leucotis, Gray, Ann. N. H. x. p. 445 (1872), et ej. xi. p. 219 (cum tab.) et p. 309 ; Gray, Hand-1. of Edent. &c. p. 160. " As regards Capreolus leucotis, the female specimen originally exhibited by Dr. Gray before this Society and figured in our «Pro- |
