CONTENTS. 

 SOUTHERN REGIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



( 'HAPTER I. 



GEOGRAPHY AND NATIVE TRIBES. 



The pampero — Natives of La Plata and its tributaries — The Pampas and Patagonia — 

 The Guaranis and their descendants — The Querandis or Pehuelches — The Payaguas — 

 Indians of Bolivia — Native apothecaries — Tribes of the Gran Chaco — Jesuit missions - 

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( HAPTER II. 



PARAGUAY. 



The Parana — Natives — Mountain scenery — Gregarious spiders —The chigo, or sand-flea— Fish 

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CHAPTER III. 



THE PAMPAS. 



Gauchos of the Pampas — Patagonians — Breaking-in colts — Deer of the Pampas — Nata cattle 

 — The bizcacha — The Peruvian bizcacha and chinchilla — The tucutuco (Ctenomys Brazili- 

 ensis — The rhea — Caracara polyborus — Owls of the Pampas (Athene cunicularia) — The 

 Pampas cuckoo (Molothrus niger) — The calandria (Mina Orpheus) — Flamingoes — Oven- 

 birds — The little house-builder — The scissor-beak -Parrots — The boat-bill heron — Con- 

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