INDEX. 
ALBiInisM, Herman Melville on, 
115; why we are unpleasantly 
affected by, 115, 116. 
Animism, Dr. Tylor on, 119. 
Anumbius acuticaudatus, 
building habits of, 10. 
Apple Country, 105. 
Armadilloes, 11, 13; bones of, 38; 
defective sight of, 184. 
Arrow-heads, Peleolithic and 
peenetis, 38; highly-finished, 
9, 
nest- 
Asturina pucherani, a white-eyed 
hawk, 186. 
Azara, Felix de, on song birds in 
Paraguay, 157, 161. 
Bacon, on embroidery, 54. 
Bain, on duration of sense-im- 
pressions, 243, 246, 24.9. 
Bates, on bird music in South 
America, 154; on Cyphorhinus 
cantans, 159. 
Bird music, in Patagonia, 146 ; in 
South America, 146-163; diffi- 
cult to describe, 148-151 ; aerial 
character of, 151-157. 
Birds, song, number of species in 
South America, 156. 
Blackbird, Argentine (Turdus fus- 
cater), 155. 
Brazilians, attack on El Carmen 
by, 94-98. 
Broca, Dr. Paul, classification of 
eyes, 191. 
Bubo magellanicus, see Owl. 
Buffon, a fancy of, 44; on Ameri- 
can song birds, 157. 
Burroughs, Mr. John, on British 
and American song birds, 153. 
Buteo erythronotus, conspicuous- 
ness of, 213. 
Buzzard, white-breasted, 213. 
CacHatore, 10. 
Cacti, fruit of, 49. 
Calandria mocking-bird (Mimus 
modulator), song of, 146-148. 
Calodromus elegans, voice and 
habits of, 133-135. 
Carancho, 175. 
Carmen de Patagones, 20; at- 
tacked by a Brazilian force, 94—- 
98 
Carrion-hawk (Milvago chimango), 
25. 
Carter, Dr. Brudenell, on weak 
sight in civilized man, 182. 
Cathartes atratus, 53. 
Cavia australis, bones of, 38. 
Chafiar tree, 15; fruit of, 49; 
flowers of, 50. 
Chi-chi, 106. 
Children in Patagonia, 48. 
Chloephaga magellanica, 81. 
Chrysomitris magellanica, see sis- 
kip. 
Colley-dog, character of, 59, 60. 
Columba maculosa, depredations 
of, 80; song, 125. 
Condalia spinosa, fruit of, 50. 
Condor, 56, 79. 
Conspicuousness, effects of, 116. 
Coots, wheat destroyed by, 79. 
Courage, instinct of, 217-219. 
Cow and pigs, friendship between, 
57, 58. 
Coypi (Myiopotamus 
bones of, 38. 
Craspedocephalus alternatus, 26. 
Ctenomys magellanica, bones of, 
88; habits of, 131-133. 
Cusar-leofti, 35. 
Cuvier, effect of some odours on, 
242. 
Cyphorhinus cantans, Bates on, 
coypu), 
