xii CONTENTS. 



SOUTHERN REGIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



CHAPTER I. 



GEOGRAPHY AND NATIVE TRIBES. 



The pampero — Natives of La Plata and its tributaries — -The Pampas and Patagonia — 

 Tlie Guaranis and their descendants — The Querandis or Pehuelches — The Payaguas — ■ 

 Indians of Bolivia — Native apothecaries — Tribes of the Gran Chaco — Jesuit missions- 

 Language 692 



CHAPTER II. 



PARAGUAY. 



The Parana — Natives — Mountain scenery — Gregarious spiders —The chigo, or sandflea — Fish 

 in the Parana 707 



CHAPTER III. 



THE PAMPAS. 



Gauchos of the Pampas — Patagonians— Breaking-in colts — Deer of the Pampas — Nata cattle 

 • — The bizcacha — The Peruvian bizcacha and chinchilla — The tucutuco (Ctenomys Brazili- 

 ensis — The rhea — Caracara polyborus — Owls of the Pampas (Athene cuniculai-ia) — The 

 Pampas cuckoo (Molothrus niger' — The calandria (Mina Orpheus) — Flamingoes — Oven- 

 birds — The little house-builder — The scissor-beak — Parrots —The boat-bill heron — Con- 

 clusion 715 



