OS AZAllVJ* LKJtI. 



part of Soutii America catt of (be Andr* , hut wc know no* tliai il 

 occurs on \h>1\\ tides uf that uiouiitun'chain. Hen{;grr Irlls us thai in 

 Pamguay it dwells in hushy di»lncis. whriirr it makes eirursKms 

 into the ((rcat fnrrst on the one liand. and into the o|im ro<intrr on 

 the other, seeking its prrjr in the f ' and Rt night I(% fdcxi 



consists of smnll f|un'!- * tind hiiii« , I'ui it tlur« imM rrfusc fn>g» 

 and hur<l< »' ' - frrat damage amoog^t tli< kh^* ir canrs 



hy the (| *t artf! wn'^«-» only e»' '■ titfl 



uiiirh it ttnds to be the bw< obaener - 



when camping out at night, was able in bnght roonnhght to study the 

 nniiual, and, when in a locality wherr d^trks were kept. n(»ticrd it* 

 cautious i\ ■ the wind, by « ' ' 'dd 



l>c the li«-lt< r ».-ini'>; ..li.! * '" i»<ii»ur 



Ik' li-ns |»rntivcd. A ■. i.»xr and 



cm"um»|Mx-tion, il wo . . , -' '* '"T ''**' 



nock to that it could not rrr out. It wmild then make off. I. !>:..: up 

 it* victim as much as it rotild. that <• lit the less im|irde its 



rrtrt-at. If alnrtiird. during its .■\ by the smell ttf tnao or dog. 



It would ijuirkly rrlreat to (' ittid Utrr make another apprrtach 



by n dilTi-reiit n>u* - * ' ' ' ' mrs. On «me 



ocTAoion, nflcr li i. he had llie 



aiuiunl wnlchctl _ f if although 



its footprints were visible in the m<>r first n . watch 



wa.« relaxed, a fntal visit was made to the hm>mist. 



Wlu-ii luiiitiiig Its prey the crvaturr runs with its nosr to the earth 

 like n hound, but every now and then raises its bead to the wind. 



In siiiiiiurr and nutumn thrfto anil >anner . 



but in wintiT the m-\«-» A*Miciatr. an>i ; 



their luud criex are to U* heanl. Hut they ;> 



s<>A.soiis, e«|>erially when a change in the weather hr.^- . « 



The male and female inhabit the same nc*' . u sometime* 



innde in the densest scnib, sometimes under the roots of trees, and 

 sunietimes in the abandoned burrow of an armadillo , but tliey do not 

 make an rnrtli for '.<», as Kuro|)can foxes do. In the spnng 



the female brings L. >,. ;...iu three to five young, rarely leaving her 



