476 HI l.l.KlIN: MISKIM OF ( O.M!'AUATl\ K Z()(')L()C;Y. 



trtv-wool. its lirad and h'vl tied t»)gi'tluM'. In tho size of its skull 

 and It-y-hont's it was said to hv like the oi'dinary Inoa Dog of the collie- 

 Hke type, l)ut elothed with unusually long hair, especially on the feet 

 antl tail. The hair is described as of a dull yellow. This dog must 

 have heen very similar to the Long-haired Fuehlo Dog previously 

 mentioned as di.scovered l)y Messrs. (luernsey and Kidder in e.xcava- 

 tiojis at Marsh Pass. Arizona. 



P.\T.\Go.\ I A X Dog. 



Characicr.s. — A mediiun-sized dog, as big as a large Foxhound, 

 coat usually short and wiry, or longer and of softer texture; ears 

 short and erect; color dark, more or less unifonn, rarely spotted; 

 dark brownish l)lack, dark tan, or occasionally black; tail btishy. 

 General appearance like a small Wolf. 



Distrihidion. — Found among the Foot Indians of the eastern parts 

 of Tierra del Fuego, northward into Patagonia, the northw^estward 

 limits of distril)ution not clearly known. 



Rnnarks. — Hamilton Smith (1840, p. 213) quotes a letter from 

 Captain Fitzroy of the Beaglk, that the Patagonian Dog is strong, 

 about the size of a large Foxhound, coat short and wiry, though 

 sometimes soft and long, like that of a Nevvfoundiand Dog. In color 

 it is dark, nearly unifonn, rarely spotted. It is wolfish in appearance, 

 somewhat resembles the Shepherd Dog, will growl and bark loudly. 



It is doubtless a dog of this breed that is meant by Furlong in his 

 statement that of the two types of dogs foimd among the Onas of 

 Tierra del Fuego, one is like a Wolf. 



Cunningham (1871, p. 307) mentions that while near Gente Grande 

 Bay, Sandy Point, in the Strait of Magellan, three dogs wandered 

 about in the neighborhood of his landing party, "barking and howling 

 dismally. The first was very much like a fox in size and general 

 appearance, and of a reddish-gray colour; the second had a piebald 

 smooth coat, with drooping ears; while the third was clothed with long 

 dark brownish-black hair, had erect ears, and presented a marked 

 resemblance to a small wolf." The first was probably a Fuegian Dog, 

 obtained through intercourse with tribes of the western part of the 

 Magellanic Archipelago; the second was possibly a mongrel European 

 dog; the last periiaps a Patagonian Dog. 



Of this animal, Spegazzini (1882, p. 176) writes that it differs greatly 

 from the Fuegian Dogs of the Canoe Indians, "y para mi serian 6 



