CONTENTS. 



SOUTHERN REGIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



CHAPTER I. 



GEOGKAPHY AND NATIVE TRIBES. 



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

 The Guaranis and their descendants The Querandls or Pehuelches The Payaguas 

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

 Language 092 



CHAPTER II. 



PARAGUAY. 



The Parana Natives Mountain scenery Gregarious spiders The chigo, or sand-flea 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 cunicularia) The 

 Pampas cuckoo (Molothrus niger) The calandria (Mlna Orpheus) Flamingoes Oven- 

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

 clusion . . 715 



