THREE-BANDED AKMAOIttQ* 
of Chili, mentions a Four-Banded Armadillo* 
in addition to the disputed authority of Colum^ 
na's dried specimen, the animadversions of the 
^great French naturalist do not fairly apply to 
the illustrious Swede. 
We may also observe, that Buffon has evi* 
dently formed his description of our Three- 
Banded Armadillo without any actual view of 
the animal ; tnough, on the whole, it is tole*= 
rably correct. However, he did not know, 
whether the animal had four or five toes on 
each foot; has erroneously described their size 
and proportions; and even seems to be unac- 
quainted with the peculiar character of this 
animal's armour, which is in fact curiously 
studded, or tuberculated, on the surface. The 
claws, in truth, are smaller than in most of 
the other species, as faithfully represented by 
the figure annexed. 
