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him who did not take every day one or two. This species 

 is much more easily to be caught, as it quits its burrow at 

 all times, as well by day as night. 



It is said that this species is carnivorous, and that When 

 it finds the dead body of a Horse, it burrows a way through 

 the lower sides of the carcass, and feeds on the interior of 

 it, particularly the putrefied parts, leaving the bones and 

 skin untouched. 



In the Encyclopedic Methodique, M. Desmarest seems to 

 doubt the existence of this species as distinct from the 

 Encoubert, and there is a contradiction in the history of 

 its habits from the statement in the Nouveau Dictionnaire 

 d'Histoire Naturelle, as in the former work the species is 

 said not to dig burrows. We have engraved a figure which 

 seems referable to it. 



The Pichiy of D'Azara is more like the Hairy Armadillo 

 than any other species 5 in its thickness, the size of the 

 body, and head, the number of toes, and the general ap- 

 pearance ; but it is rather less than that species, and has 

 less and shorter hair. 



. The number of the moveable bands of this species varies 

 according to the age and sex of the individual. In a young 

 male, and in an adult female, D'Azara found seven ; but 

 there were but six in an old male. The edges of the plates 

 are indented ; there is a single long hair to each plate of 

 the back, but those on the body are in small clusters. The 

 colour of the whole animal is dark, with whitish interstices. 

 The skin under the body, the hair, and the feet, are like 

 the same parts in the Hairy Armadillo. The female has 

 but two mammas. 



The habits of this animal are described as similar to 

 those of the last, and it quits its burrow by day as well as 

 night, in the manner of that species. It is said, also, to be 

 good food. 



