INDEX. 



ALBINISM, Herman Melville on, 

 115- why we are unpleasantly 

 affected by, 115, 116. 



Animism, Dr. Tylor on, 119. 



Anumbius acuticaudatus, nest- 

 building habits of, 10. 



Apple Country, 105. 



Armadilloes, 11, 13; bones of, 38; 

 defective sight of, 184. 



Arrow-heads, Paleolithic and 

 Neolithic, 38; highly-finished, 

 39. 



Asturina pucherani, a white-eyed 

 hawk, 186. 



Azara, Felix de, on song birds in 

 Paraguay, 157, 161. 



BACON, on embroidery, 54. 



Bain, on duration of senSe-im- 



pressions, 243, 246, 249. 

 Bates, on bird music in South 

 America, 154; on Cyphorhinus 

 cantans, 159. 



Bird music, in Patagonia, 146 ; in 

 South America, 148-163; diffi- 

 cult to describe, 148-151 ; aerial 

 character of, 151-157. 

 Birds, song, number of species in 



South America, 156. 

 Blackbird, Argentine (Turdus fus- 



cater), 155. 

 Brazilians, attack on El Carmen 



by, 94-98. 

 Broca, Dr. Paul, classification of 



eyes, 191. 



Bubo magellanicus, see Owl. 

 Buffon, a fancy of, 44 ; on Amen 



can song biras, 157. 

 Burroughs, Mr. John, on British 



and American song birds, 153. 

 Buteo erythronotus, conspicuous 



ness of, 213. 

 Buzzard, white-breasted, 213. 



CACHALOTE, 10. 



Cacti, fruit of, 49. 



Calandria mocking-bird (Mimas 

 modulator), song of, 146-148. 



Calodromus elegans, voice and 

 habits of, 133-135. 



Carancho, 175. 



Carmen de Patagones, 20 ; at- 

 tacked by a Brazilian force, 94- 

 98. 



Carrion-hawk (Milvago chimango), 



25. 

 Carter, Dr. Brudenell, on weak 



sight in civilized man, 182. 

 Cathartes atratus, 53. 

 Cavia australis bones of, 38. 

 Chafiar tree, 15; fruit of, 49; 



flowers of, 50. 

 Chi-chi, 106. 



Children in Patagonia, 48. 

 Chloephaga magellanica, 81. 

 Chrysomitris magellanica, ses sis- 



Colley-dog, character of, 59, 60. 

 Columba maculosa, depredations 



of, 80; song, 125. 

 Condalia spinosa, fruit of, v>0. 

 Condor, 56, 79. 



Conspicuousness, ettects or, no. 

 Coots, wheat destroyed by, 79. 

 Courage, instinct of, 217-219. 

 Cow and pigs, friendship between, 



57, 58. 

 Coypu (Myiopotamus coypu), 



bones of, 38. 



Craspedocephalus alternatus, Jo. 

 Ctenomys magellanica, bones of, 



38; habits of, 131-133. 

 Cusar-leofii, 35. 

 Cuvier, effect of some odours on, 



242. 

 Cyphorhiuus cantans, Bates on, 



159. 



