5«t THE rAR.\S18SI. 



tikins of thin *|Ht-u», "Iik n mi ii ixnnplify its * . . for thin iin- 



IruiiMliiiiinl fi)riii« wliich n|t|M-nr Ui hntl^* its- r . . % iK-twccn the 



(lurktftt ati<i liu- |Mili-»l, thr gn-vi-^l and iIh' r> ' iiiuiiImt. 



W'c linvc M-ii*clc<l fur illuMrniioii (I*talr XV.) one from Goto which 

 wrll hIiuw» the hun> nf that vanrty in which the rolonUion i« •onirwhat 

 inU-n»c. It i% prubablc that Ulrr rr»<-an-hc» and more abundant 

 rulliTiiunii will shuw that vanatjuiu in coluur go citlirr with traMinal 

 or l<ical diirfnn«v«, or lioth ; wc ha\ • t. howi'^cr, no dirrct 



f»idcncc on llii'M? |M)iiiti wiih rr;*™?.' '■•• «•> 



Thf anininl raiigr* ihrtnij'h tli' _ i« of Anionca, 



from the Oriiiuou down to tlic la Plata, but dor* not extend into the 

 l'ain|MiK. It frcdn on •luall aniinala, turh at af^iitu and |Mca». on 

 birdu, and aiko upon crayBth (whence ilt Kn(;h»h name), and it will 

 n1m> |Niitake of > ' - food. Mr. ^ V wai aiuured by 



IndiniiH ihnl pa<i>.^ ^i tni-v animalt wom.i mn <i<i«rn drrr. In hit 



1111. mil! iif till* r\iir«lii '" nil.', f.. r;. .1 ■> ti. t<11. II. t1,-if when 



I.. . farly one ii _ ■{ Untl- 



print«. like thoM- of a dog, on the luindy |»atb leading to a nati%e village. 

 Ills Indian eom|ianioni a»»urrd him tliat thry liad lieen made the 

 iiiglit iH-fore by a |uirk of C*ani»iMi (the native name of C. canrriroru) 

 in M-an'h of fowU ; and on etc ■• and exrUtna* 



t ions of the M|unwk p ' n,. tfutn .-i tu. ' '.id 



rrceivetl and llie ron^ ""' "^ .! ••ni •. thr i .,.;.iri 



had catisi-d. At the tune of hu > . were al . in the 



wildiT inland |mrt». though they had grown scarre in titc neighbour- 

 hood of the »ea«coast. Tliey pursue their prry by the e)-e in the o|M-n 

 rountr)', but in the woods follow it readily by socnU .\Iongn-U between 

 this animal and (he donie»lic dog were much priced by the Indians as 

 l»fing exo'llent hunters. Mr. Shuinburgk piircluised a \ .iic 



which he considen-d to be about thnv wtxks old, and it wa> ...,„. . m 

 colour tliiin the adult individuals he naw. He fed i( on lidili-d yam», 

 plantains, and tish, but it ap|M'ared to prefer plantains. It would follow 

 those who fetl it, a.>i a dog would. When angry it would growl like a 

 puppy, und emit a liar^h grating sound as if in |>ain. 



Amongst what apiK'ar to us to be varieties of this s|>ocica wc must 



