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the Expedition which had come out in the S.S. Bel- 

 gica, Senor Don Luis A. Alvarez, an engineer, and 

 Dr. Rodolfo Hauthal, the Curator of the Section of 

 Geology in the Museum in La Plata, visited the region, 

 and Dr. Moreno succeeded in obtaining from Captain 

 Eberhard the large piece of the hide, which the latter 



Fig. 21 Skin of Grypotkerium domesticum Roth, a, Under side 



of skin from a fragment in the Carnegie Museum, b, Section of 



skin showing ossicles and outer hairs, j nat. size. (After Arthur 

 Smith Woodward.) 



still retained in his possession. This specimen together 

 with other remains, evidently belonging to the same 

 species, was taken by Dr. Moreno to London, and by 

 him presented to the British Museum. In the year 

 1899 these things were made the subject of an address 

 delivered by Dr. Moreno before the Zoological vSociety 

 of London, which in their Proceedings for that year 



