INDEX 



345 



Moro, 290 



Musters, Capt. G. C, 79, 88, 93, 99, loi, 



247. 251, 332 

 Musters, Lake, 61 

 Mylodon, antiquity, 312-313, 315, 317-329 



330 

 description of auditory ossicles, 321 



brain cavity, 320 

 excrement, 323-324 

 skin, 305-309, 322-323 

 skull and mandible, 317-320 

 vertebrse and limb-bones, 321 



discovery of remains, 302-304, 315- 

 316 



identification, 309-315, 324-325 



number, 316 



Tehuelche Legends, 330-333 



Olin, River, 172 

 Onas, 



hunting, 107 



ill-treatment of, 109 



physique, loS 



weapons, 7 



women, 108 

 Onohippidium saldiasi. 327 

 Orchids, 276 

 Ostrich, 26, 42, 43, ic6, 231, 239 



eggs, 45, 63, 146, 163 



feathers, 119 



habits, 136, 163, 239 



hunting, 136,. 137 

 Otter, 260 

 Overo, 41, 52 

 Owl, 275 



pigmy, 269 

 Oyster-catchers, 117 



Pampas, i, 2, 4, 29, 30, 192 

 Paradox, 233 

 Parrot, 275 

 Patagonia, 



climate, 5, 294 



exploration, 5, 6-10 



physical features, 2-4, 13 



settlements, 11, 21-23 

 Pearson, Lake, 283-286, 334-335 

 Pearson's puma, 155, 253 

 Phcenicopterus ignipalliatus, see flamingo 

 Picnics. 278 



Pigafetta, 6 



Pigeon, 158 



Pintails, brown, 58, 74-78, 136 



Plover, cayenne, 27 



Primero de Mayo, 15-19 



Puerto Belgrano, 17 



Puerto Madryn, 19 



Puma, 



description, 45, 251 



destructiveness, 30, 252 



habitat, 44, 68, 212, 251 



habits, 62, 242-244, 252 



hunting, 62, 251 



number, 251 



size, 251 

 Punta Arenas, 2, 292 



QuERQUEDULA cyauoptcra, see blue- 

 winged teal 

 Querquedula versicolor, see grey teal 



Redwood, 275 

 Rhea Darwini, see ostrich 

 Rica Lake, see Lake Argentine 

 Roble-wood, 265, 269 

 Rosada, 34, 52, 53 



Saxta Cruz, 178-1S0, 1S2, 192 



Santa Cruz, River, 181, 184, 198-199 



Sarcorhamphus gryphus, see condor 



Scorpion, 127 



Scrivenor, J. B., 17, 39, 49, 170, iSi 



Senguerr, River, 71, 72 



Sheep farming, 17, 29, 62, 177, 294-295 



Shoveller, red, 136 



Skunk, 260 



Snipe, 76, 1S9 



Spatula platalea, see red shoveller 



Swan, blacknecked, 78, 136 



Teal, grey, 61 



blue-winged, 77, 136 

 yellow-billed, i6g 

 Tehuelches, 82-115 

 cacique, 7, loi 

 ceremonies at birth, 96 

 at marriage, 93 

 at burial, 97 

 character, 87, 90, gi, 92, 101-103 

 comparison with I-^sfjuimaux. 100 



