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INDEX. 



Areeniuret of iron, 101. 

 Asbestos, 105. 

 Atacamite, 88. 

 Athene cunicularia, 178. 

 patagonica, 178. 

 Atherina microlepidota, 238. 

 Attagis gajii, 192. 

 Atuel river, 25, 53. 

 Auchenia llama, 159-162. 

 Avecasina, 194. 



pintada, 194. 

 Azara's plover, 195. 

 Azurite, 92. 



B. 



Bagre, 243. 

 Bailarin, 175. 

 Balde, el, 25, 50. 



elevation of, 76. 

 meteorology of, 79. 

 Banded plover, 195. 

 Bandurria, 197. 

 Barometers used, 71-73. 

 Barranquitos, los, 32, 49. 

 Barrial, el, 21. 

 Barriales, los, elevation of, 76. 



meteorology of, 79. 

 Basiliehthys microlepidotus, 238, 239. 

 Bdellostoma polytrema, 252, 253. 

 Bebedero, salt lake, 24, 25, 53. 

 Bernicla antaretica, 200. 



magellaniea, 201. 



melanoptera, 201. 

 Bichos, 36. 

 Jiien tc vco, 42. 

 Birds, 172-206. 

 Biscaciias, 30, 53, 54. 

 Bismuth, 103. 

 Bismuth silver, 95. 

 Black-faced ibis, 197. 

 Black-necked swan, 200. 

 Black oxide of copper, 88. 

 Black oyster-catcher, 198. 

 Black vulture, 173. 

 Black-winged goose, 201 . 

 Blende, 104. 



Blue carbonate of copper, 92. 

 E'.ue-headed Tanager, 181. 

 Blue vitriol, 93. 

 Bolns, 54. 



Brazilian cormorant, 205, 206. 

 Bromic silver, 96. 

 Bubo crassirostris, 177. 

 Buenos Ayres, custom-house, 42. 



latitude and longitude, 76. 

 meteorology, 81, 82. 

 Buitre, 172. 

 Burrowing owl, 178. 

 Buteo erythronotiis, 175. 



tricolor and unicolor, 175. 



Buteo unicinctus, 174. 

 Buzzards, 55. 



C. 



Cabeza del Tigre, 39, 46. 



elevation of, 76. 

 meteorology of, 80. 

 Cabral, 47. 



Cachorino de Mato, 155. 

 Caguil, 204. 

 Calandrias, 13,55,183. 

 Cakareous spar, 105. 

 Caleta, la, 10. 

 Calidris arenaria, 194. 



tringoides, 194. 

 Calliste eyanicollis, 181. 

 cyanoventris, 182. 

 desmarestii, 182. 

 gyroloides, 182. 

 larvata, 182. 

 Callomys aureus, 156. 

 Cahoncillas, 27. 

 Caflada de Luca, 47. 

 Candelaria post-house, 45. 

 Canis azarte, 1.54, 155. 

 braeiliensis, 154. 

 magellauicus, 1.54. 

 melanostomus, 154. 

 Capillary red copper, 88. 

 Caprimulgus bifaseiatus, 186. 



parvulus, 186. 

 Caracara chimango, 174. 

 eagle, 173. 

 vulgaris, 173. 

 Carbonate of iron and manganese, 102. 

 Carduelis atratus, 181. 

 Carpintero, 190. 

 Carranchae, 55. 

 Carolina gold mines, 28, 29. 

 Castor coypus, 158. 

 Caaucha de la Cumbre, 6. 



latitude, longitude, and elevation of, 75. 

 meteorology of, 77. 

 Casucha de las Calaveras, 6. 

 Casueha de los Ojos de Agua, 6. 

 Casucha de los Puquios, 8. 



latitude, longitude, and elevation of, 75. 

 meteorology of, 77. 

 Casucha del Portillo, 6. 

 Cathartes atratus, 173. 

 aura, 172. 

 jota, 172, 173. 

 urubu, 173. 

 Catitas hamlet, 23. 

 Cavia australis, 150. 

 Cernicalo, 176. 

 Cerro de los Penitentes, 10. 

 del Yeso, 60. 

 Dorado, 13. 

 Chacabuco, Cuesta de, elevation of, 75. 



