LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Pampas Grass : Indians on the look-out for strayed
Horses ....... Frontispiece
Coypú .......... 12
Puma killed by Cow ....... 39
Puma attacking Jaguar ..... To face 48
Armadillo killing Snake ....... 72
Wrestler Frog . . . . . . . . .77
Ceratrophrys ornata ........ 80
Didelphys azaree and young . . . . . . 102
Pampa Sheep ......... 109
Skunk and Dog . . . . . . . .123
Storm, of Dragon-flies ..... To face, 132
Ixodes; before and after a blood diet . . . .142
Fire-wood gatherer and Bird-fly .. . . . .147
A Bee's Kevengo . . . . . . . .165
Mygale fusca, threatening ....... 191
Loddigesia Mirabilis . . . . . . . .215
Crested Screamer . . . . . . . . 224
Some Woodhewers' beaks . . . . . . .239
Dance of Ypecaha Rails ....... 267
Wing-display of Jacanas ....... 268
Dance of Spur-winged Lapwings ..... 270
White-banded Mocking-bird ...... 277
Vizcachas ......... 290
The Dying Huanaco ...... To face 318
Gaucho . . . . . . , , . . 350
A lost Humming-bird ....... 367
Small Spine-tail and Nest ,...,. 371