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4. Genus AUCHENIA, llUijer, Prodromus, p. 103 (1811). 



1. AucHENiA LAMA {Linn.). — The Llama. — The Guanaco. 

 Camelus Gluma, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 91 (1766). 



Though several species of this genus have been indicated by natu- 

 ralists, we are at present unable to determine to which of them the 

 notes in Dr. Pickering's journal, now about to be given, are appli- 

 cable ; and insert them, therefore, as the species was regarded by the 

 earlier naturalists, under the name above given. We tind notes at 

 various points in South America, the first of which is at the Rio Negro: 



"A species of guanaco is found here, though not mentioned by 

 Azara. Several robes have been obtained, and a living specimen of 

 the young was brought on board, but died almost immediately after its 

 arrival." 



Also at Tierra del Fuego : 



" Skins of a guanaco were worn by the natives at Good Success 

 Bay, but it was not ascertained that the animal inhabited this region, 

 and probably is not found south of the Straits of Magellan." 



Subsequently, in Chili, the species inhabiting that country, probably 

 different from that alluded to at the Rio Negro, came under Dr, 

 Pickering's personal observation in its native wilds; with reference 

 to which we introduce the following from his journal : 



" The Chilian guanaco inhabits a district which may aptly be termed 

 the Alpine desert of the Cordilleras, in which cold and desolate region 

 the herbage is so scanty, that it has very few or no rivals. We saw 

 this animal in large numbers, looking down at us as we passed along 

 the valleys, and apparently scolding in a very peculiar and remarkable 

 voice, which reminded me of a toy called the ' parchment rattle,' and 

 'locust,' by the boys in Philadelphia. 



" This animal was by no means shy, and an instance occurred in 

 which one approached within pistol-shot, from no other motive than 

 curiosity, that I could assign. On another occasion, two crossed my 

 path at about the same distance. The Chilian guanaco appears to 

 me to be an entirely different species from that of the Rio Negro, and 



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