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Mr. Hatcher, in his "Narrative" (p. 247), in his account of the Channel 

 Indians, refers to them incidentally as being hunted by these Indians, 

 from the skins of which and of fur seals they make their scanty clothing. 

 Mr. Barnum Brown met with them along the southern shore of Tierra 

 del Fuego, and has kindly furnished the following from his MSS. Notes : 



"Otters are numerous on the islands south of Tierra del Fuego and in 

 Beagle and Darwin Channels. The Channel Indians spear them and 

 sell their pelts to traders for a mere pittance. One canoe stopped our 

 schooner and an Indian brought on board seven pelts which the captain 

 secured for a gallon of aguardiente and a small bag of ship's biscuit." 



LUTRA PARANENSIS RcnggCr. 



Liitra paranensis Rengger, Naturg. Saeug. von Paraguay, 1830, 128- 

 138. Paraguay. — Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saug., II, 1842, 261 

 (based on Rengger). — Burmeister, Reise durch La Plata Staaten, 

 II, 1861, 410; Descrip. phys. Repub. Argen., Ill, 1879, 166. — Nehr- 

 ing, Sitzungsb. Ges. naturf Freunde Berlin, 1886, 146. Rio Grande 

 do Sul. — Thomas, P. Z. S., 1889, 199, in text, and footnote to p. 

 198. Straits of Magellan. 

 Lutra platensis Waterhouse, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Mamm., 1839, 21, pi. 

 XXXV, figs. 4.a-4.c, skull. — Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saug., II, 1842, 

 262 (ex Waterhouse). — Thomas, P. Z. S., 1889, 199, in text. 

 ? Lutni solitaria Wagner, Arch. f. Naturg., 1842, i, 358. Ypenema, 



Brazil. — Thomas, P. Z. S., 1889, 199, in text. 

 Lutra felina Thomas, P. Z. S., 1881, 3 (in part only; cf. ibid., 1889, 198, 



footnote). 

 Lutra paraguensis Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, 128; Cat. Carniv. Brit. Mus., 



1869, 107 (in error for L. paranensis Rengger). 

 Lutra latifrons Nehring, Sitzungsb. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1887, 

 23, in text; in part only. 

 Lutra paranensis was described in 1830 by Rengger from Paraguay, 

 who refers to it as common along the larger rivers, as the Parana and 

 Paraguay. Waterhouse, in the " Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle" 

 (/. c), redescribed it as Lutra platensis, from a specimen killed near 

 Maldonado, near the mouth of the estuary of the La Plata. Burmeister, 

 in his "Description physique de la Rcpublique Argentine" (III, p. 167), 

 says it is common along the banks of the Rio Parana, Rio Dulce, and Rio 



