And now for the indigenous hogs of America, the _Peccaries_. Of these, also, there are two species described by naturalists; though certainly a third kind exists in the South American forests, distinct from the two that are known. These are the _Collared Peccary_, or _Coyametl_; and the _White-lipped Peccary_, or _Tagassou_. For a long time these two species were confounded with each other; but it is now proved that they are distinct--not only in size and colour, but to some extent also in their geographical distribution, their haunts, and habits. The Collared Peccary is of small stature: not larger than a half-grown Berkshire pig. It is thickly covered with hairy bristles of a greyish-brown colour, and has a whitish band or collar around the neck-- from which circumstance it derives its trivial specific name. Its geographical range is more extensive than that of its congener. It is found not only in South America, but throughout the whole of Central and North America, as far as the borders of the United States territory: in other words, the limits of its range are co-extensive with what was formerly _Spanish America_. It exists in Texas; and still further to the north-west, in New Mexico and California--though nowhere to the east of the Mississippi river. In Texas it is common enough; and stories are related of many a redoubtable Texan hunter having been "tree'd"--that is, forced to take shelter in a tree from a band of peccaries, whose rage he may have provoked while wandering in their haunts, and too recklessly making use of his rifle. The same is related as occurring to South American hunters with the white-lipped peccaries--that have a similar habit of trooping together in droves, and acting in concert, both for defence and attack, against the common enemy.