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open to correction. I can merely state that, during the time I spent 

 at Lake Buenos Aires and Lake Argentino, I never saw a pampa 

 fox, although evidences of their presence in the way of tracks were 

 frequent, upon the north shore of the former lake. Yet directly 

 one ascended the range of the hills towards the River Fenix, pampa 

 foxes were to be seen. On the top of Mount Frias I saw a pampa 

 fox in the snow. I never came upon the pampa fox in the forests 

 which grow upon the slopes of the Cordillera. 



The fearlessness of the grey pampa fox is remarkable, even in 

 districts where it is chased by the Indians and their dogs. The 

 pelts are much used for making capas or fur cloaks. During the 

 early part of January 1901, upon the pampa outside the Cordillera, 

 we continually came upon half-grown pampa foxes in twos and 

 threes. Until they saw the dogs they never took to flight. 



No. 8. Cordillera Wolf (Canis magellanicus). 

 rhis is the animal locally known as the Cordillera fox. I have 

 elsewhere touched upon its strongest characteristic of courage, 

 and also the dread it inspires among horses. It is, of course, a 

 much larger animal than the pampa fox, which latter can wander 

 about among the troop without causing any disturbance. A single 

 Cordillera wolf will attack young huemules as well as the young of 

 the guanaco. Although found in the forest, this animal also 

 frequents the plains at the foothills of the Cordillera. Personally 

 I never observed it farther east than the River Fenix. In the one 

 case that came under my observation, when sheep had been 

 brought within its range, its depredations among them were 

 considerable. 



The measurements which I made of three of these animals 

 were as follows : Female killed at the River Fenix, Lake Buenos 

 Aires, thirty-nin^ inches ; dog- wolf killed at the same place, forty- 

 one inches ; dog-wolf killed at the Lake Argentino, forty-one 

 inches. These measurements were taken from the teeth to the 

 end of the tail directly after the shooting of the animals. 



When with young the Cordillera wolf, indeed I may say the 

 Cordillera wolves, both male and female, will run growling towards 

 man if he attempts to approach their litter. As far as could be 

 judged from an examination of the lair of one, their bill of fare 



