The skin was bought by Mr. Prichard from Indians in the region mentioned, so that neither flesh-measurements nor skull were obtained.
The second skin is that of a young male, killed on the Senguerr River, in March 1897, by one of the collectors from the La Plata Museum, by whom it was presented to the British Museum. Owing to its youth, its peculiarities had not been previously noticed.
F. c. Pearsoni is distinguished from F. c. puma not only by its very different general colour, but also by its shorter tail, light-coloured ear-backs, and the absence of the dark markings round the digital pads.
APPENDIX C
LIST OF PLANTS.[67] By James Britten, F.L.S., and A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc.
GLOSSARY
- Alazan, a chestnut horse.
- Alpargatas, shoes made of canvas with jute or hemp soles.
- Asado, roast meat. In the camp cooked on a spit over the fire.
- Asador, the spit on which meat is roasted.
- Asulejo, a blue-eyed, grey and white horse.
- Bandurria, an ibis.
- Barranca, cliff-like banks of river or lagoon.
- Bayo, a cream-coloured dun horse.
- Blanco, white; a white horse or cow.
- Bocado, a thong of raw hide passed twice round the lower jaw of a young horse as a bit.
- Bolas, Boleadores, three balls of stone covered with raw hide and attached to one another by twisted thongs of raw hide; used for catching wild animals.
- Boliche, a small drinking-store.
- Bombilla, a metal tube for sucking the tea from the maté cup.
- Bozal, a halter.
- Cabresto, a leading rein always attached to the bozal for tying up the horse; from the Spanish word cabestro.
- Cacique, an Indian chief or leader.
- Cañadon, a dale or dip of low land between stretches of high land.
- Capa, a cape or cloak.
- Carancho, the large, eagle-like carrion hawk (Polyborus tharus).
- Carguero, a pack-horse or mule.
- Carpa, a tent, or shelter of a movable kind.
- Casa, a house, even if only a mud hut.
- Cebruno, a dark mouse-coloured horse with a reddish tinge.
- Chico, little.
- Chimango, a harrier-like carrion hawk (Milvago Chimango).
- China, Indian woman; also a native Criska woman.
- Chiripá, a loin-cloth the size of a poncho, and worn so as to form loose, baggy trousers.
- Cinch, English spelling of "Cincha," the raw-hide girth used with native saddles.
- Colorado, red; a bay horse.
- Cordillera, the chain of mountains called the Andes.
- Cruzado, a horse having crossed white feet—i.e., one fore-foot white and one hind-foot of opposite sides; always expected to be good horses.
- Estancia, a farm in Argentina.
- Estanciero, a stock-farmer in Argentina.
- Gateado, a yellow dun horse with a black stripe down the back.
- Gaucho, the Argentine cowboy.
- Horqueta, a fork; the separation of two streams forming a fork; name of a horse with a forked cutting in the ear.
- Macho, a male animal; especially a mule.
- Madrina, the bell-mare followed by all the horses or mules of a tropilla.
- Manada, a herd of mares.
- Manea, hobbles for a horse made of raw hide generally.
- Mañero, a cunning, tricky horse or person.
- Martineta, the "large partridge" (Calo dromas elegans).
- Maté, the small gourd in which the Yerba tea is made; also the tea itself.
- Moro, a dark blue roan horse.
- Mula, female mule.
- Muy limpio, literally "very clean."
- Oscuro, a dark or black horse.
- Overo, a spotted or splashed horse.
- Palenque, posts or rails put up for tying-up horses.
- Pampa, the great plains of South America.
- Pampero, the south-west wind, often a hurricane in South America, blowing across the Pampas.
- Pangaré, a bay horse, with the peculiar mule-like colouring of the nozzle.
- Pantano, a mud hole; a sticky muddy place.
- Peon, a working man or porter.
- Picaso, a black horse with white feet and face.
- Plaza, open square in a town.
- Poncho, the rug or shawl, with a hole in middle, to slip over the head.
- Potro, a colt or wild horse.
- Puchero, mutton or beef boiled with rice, and vegetables when there are any.
- Rincon, a corner.
- Rosado, a light strawberry roan horse.
- Rosillo, a red-roan horse.
- Soga, a cord or strip of hide.
- Toldo, an awning; the Indian tent of raw hides.
- Tordillo, a grey horse.
- Tostado, a dark chestnut horse.
- Travesia, a desert.
- Tropilla, the troop of horses or mules driven in front of travellers in South America.
- Vaqueano, a guide.
- Vega, a valley.
- Yerba, the Paraguayan tea, universal in Argentina.
- Zaino, a brown horse.