INDEX 



345 



Moro, 290 



Musters, Capt. G. C, 79, 88, 93, 99, loi, 



247, 251, 332 

 Musters, Lake, 61 



Mylodon, antiquity, 312-313, 315, 317,329 

 330 

 description of auditory ossicles, 321 

 brain cavity, 320 

 excrement, 323-324 

 skin, 305-309, 322-323 

 skull and mandible, 317-320 

 vertebrae and limb-bones, 321 

 discovery of remains, 302-304, 315- 



316 

 identification, 309-315, 324-325 

 number, 316 

 Tehuelche Legends, 330-333 



Olin, River, 172 

 Onas, 



hunting, 107 



ill-treatment of, 109 



physique, 108 



weapons, 7 



women, 108 

 Onohippidium saldiasi, 327 

 Orchids, 276 

 Ostrich, 26, 42, 43, ic6, 231, 239 



eggs, 45, 63, 146, 163 



feathers, 119 



habits, 136, 163, 239 



hunting, 136, 137 

 Otter, 260 

 Overo, 41, 52 

 Owl, 275 



pigmy, 269 

 Oyster-catchers, 117 



Pampas, i, 2, 4, 29, 30, 192 

 Paradox, 233 

 Parrot, 275 

 Patagonia, 



climate, 5, 294 



-exploration, 5, 6-10 



physical features, 2-4, 13 



settlements, 11, 21-23 

 Pearson, Lake, 283-286, 334-335 

 Pearson's puma, 155, 253 

 Phcenicopterus ignipalliatus, see flamingo 

 Picnics, 278 



Pigafetta, 6 



Pigeon, 158 



Pintails, brown, 58, 74-78, 136 



Plover, cayenne, 27 



Primero de Mayo, 15-19 



Puerto Belgrano, 17 



Puerto Madryn, 19 



Puma, 



description, 45, 251 

 destructiveness, 30, 252 

 habitat, 44, 68, 212, 251 

 habits, 62, 242-244, 252 

 hunting, 62, 251 

 number, 251 

 size, 251 



Punta Arenas, 2, 292 



cyanoptera, see blue- 



QUERQUEDULA 



winged teal 

 Querquedula versicolor, see grey teal 



Redwood, 275 

 Rhea Darwini, see ostrich 

 Rica Lake, see Lake Argentine 

 Robk-wood, 265, 269 

 Rosada, 34, 52, 53 



Santa Cruz, 178-180, 182, 192 



Santa Cruz, River, 181, 184, 198-199 



Sarcorhamphus gryphus, see condor 



Scorpion, 127 



Scrivenor, J. B., 17, 39, 49, 170, i8i 



Senguerr, River, 71, 72 



Sheep farming, 17, 29, 62, 177, 294-295 



Shoveller, red, 136 



Skunk, 260 



Snipe, 76, 189 



Spatula platalea, see red shoveller 



Swan, blacknecked, 78, 136 



Teal, grey, 61 



blue-winged, 77, 136 



yellow-billed, 169 

 Tehuelches, 82-115 

 cacique, 7, loi 

 ceremonies at birth, g6 



at marriage, 93 



at burial, 97 

 character, 87, go, gi, 92, 101-103 

 comparison with Esquimaux, loo 



