The fauna of Guatemala has been almost as much neglected as the flora; but although insect-life seems abundant, and many of the rivers swarm with fish, I believe that animal life is comparatively scarce. Game certainly is, red-deer, peccaries, javias, turkeys, and pigeons being almost the whole bag. Among the mammals the monkeys are here fairly represented, the little white-faced (_Cebus albifrons_) being the most attractive. This monkey has a face nearly devoid of hair, and as white as a European. The hands and feet are very well formed, the nails especially so, and the tail is quite long. It seems less difficult for him to stand erect than for most monkeys, and when domesticated (an easy process) he is an affectionate pet. The howling-monkeys (_Mycetes stentor_) will be remembered by every traveller as the noisiest of the nocturnal animals. Several other small _monos_ are common in the forests (_Simia apella_, _S. fatuellus_, and _S. capucina_), where they feed on wild-figs and other fruits. The pezote (_Nassua solitaria_) is found in the forests of the eastern mountain-ranges. The manatee, or lamantin (_Manatus Americanus_), once found in the Golfo Dulce, is now seldom, if ever, seen on the coast of Guatemala, although still found in British Honduras, where the hide is used for whips, canes, etc. I have seen the tracks of the danta (_Tapirus Americanus_) in the Chocon forests, but never the animal, as its habits are more nocturnal than mine. Conies (_Lepus Douglassi_), taltusas (_Geomys heterodus_), mapachines (_Procyon cancrivorus_), and armadillos (_Dasypus sp._) are common articles of food among the Indios. Red-deer (_Cervus dama_) are found in the interior. Peccaries (_Jabali_, _Dicotyles tajaçu_) feed in droves in the bottom-lands, and are perhaps the most dangerous of the wild animals of Guatemala; their sharp tusks will cut terribly, and the little beast is too stupid to be frightened away when thoroughly angered. It is said that even the jaguar fears to attack a drove, but skulks behind, hoping to pick up a straggler. They can, however, be tamed, and I have seen them with domestic pigs about the streets of San Felipe, Pansos, and other places. The white-lipped peccary, jaguilla, or warree (_Dicotyles torquatus_), makes its presence known at a considerable distance by the peculiar odor emitted from a small pouch on its back. The hunter, when killing, takes care to cut this sack out at once, or it would quickly taint the entire body of this otherwise good pork. In the open forests I have often found peccary tracks, but never unaccompanied by the full, round print of the jaguar. When pursued, the peccary takes readily to the water, and swims rivers. The jaguar, or tigre, as he is always called in Central America, is not a very dangerous animal, as he fears man much more than man fears him. The tigre is especially fond of dogs, and will enter a house at night to carry off the prized morsel;