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bands being well exemplified in the photograph, as well as the 

 general effect of the body when stretched out. The hairs under- 

 neath the body of this species are also shown in Fig. 72. 



In the carapace of the Tatouay there are twelve or thirteen 

 movable bands ; the slender tail is almost naked, but in point of 

 size this species is the largest of the group next to the Giant 

 Armadillo last under review. 



PICHICIAGO.— The Pichiciago, or Pink Fairy Armadillo, also 

 deserves mention before passing on, as although only a few 

 inches in length this animal is of such importance zoologically that 

 ir has been relegated to a subfamily of its own. 



It was not discovered until as recently as 1824, when Harlan, 

 an American naturalist, found it at Mendoza, which is not a great 

 distance from Santiago. 



The armour is pink in colour and the fur snowy-white, whilst 

 there are structural features of interest to the anatomist, but which 

 need not be detailed here. The Pichiciago is quite a rare species 

 and is not found outside the western portion of the Argentine, 

 but in the neighbourhood of Mendoza it is, curious to relate, the 

 least uncommon. It inhabits "open, sandy dunes, or their 

 proximity, the vegetation in such spots consisting of thorny brush- 

 wood and cacti." 



It appears that this species — which is really not a true Arma- 

 dillo — is, unlike those already treated of, very susceptible to cold, 

 so much, indeed, that one observer has stated that a specimen he 

 captured shivered violently under a Mendozan midday sun. 

 Whether this was through chill or fear, queries the same observer, 

 it is difficult to say, but if the action of some Bank Voles, which 

 are at present in my possession, is any comparison, I am strongly 

 of opinion that fear and not cold often accounts for the "shivering " 

 above referred to. 



The Pichiciago is much more fond of burrowing than the other 

 Armadillos, and has been aptly referred to as "a sort of armour- 

 plated Mole." It has one relative that is deserving of mention, 

 but this species, an inhabitant of Bolivia, although diminutive in 

 stature, is not of such small dimensions as the species from Western 

 Argentina. 



PANGOLIN. — This interesting animal is represented in the 

 coloured plate, and, as may be surmised, is not very distantly 

 related to the Armadillos. As a matter of fact, it has been placed 



