. Das große und kleine Spiel von Europa, West- und Nordasien und Amerika; ihre Verteilung, Gewohnheiten und Struktur . ng die Kette der Anden in das Hochland von Peru und Bolivien. Trotz der Tatsache, dass Guanaco waren seenby Darwin schwimmen im Meer von Insel zu Insel in der Nachbarschaft von Port Valdez, im Golf von San Matias, scheint es unwahrscheinlich, dass sie in der Lage, die stürmische Straße von Magellan überqueren. Und wenn das so ist, müssen diese Tiere Südamerika aus dem Norden erreicht haben, zu einer Zeit, als Feuerland noch mit dem Festland verbunden war. Die Gewohnheiten des W
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. The great and small game of Europe, western & northern Asia and America; their distribution, habits, and structure . ng the chain of the Andes into thehighlands of Peru and Bolivia. In spite of the fact that guanaco were seenby Darwin swimming in the sea from islet to islet in the neighbourhoodof Port Valdez, in the Gulf of San Matias, it seems improbable that theywould be able to cross the stormy Strait of Magellan. And if this be so, these animals must have reached South America from the north at a-timewhen Tierra del Fuego was still united with the mainland. Accounts ot the habits of the wild guanaco and ot guanaco-huntinghave been given by several writers. Among these may be mentionedDarwin in A Niitnrci/isfs Voyage; Dr. R. O. Cunningham in his workentitled Natural History of the Strait of Magellan (1871) ; Lady Florence PLATE VIII 1. Guanaco. 8. Ocelot. 2. Vicugna. 9- Tiger-Cat. 3. Collared Peccary. 10. Red Lynx. 4. Roulins Tapir. H- Coyote. 5. Common Tapir. 12- Maned Wolf. 6. Jaguar. ^3- American Black Bear. 7. Puma. 4- Spectacled Bear. Game or Europe, W.&cN . Asia &t America. Plate VIII. AMERICAN TYPES. BjdUsKexL hy RawlcLn<l Ward.Ltd, Guanaco 377 Dixie in Across Patagonia (1880); and Mr. W. H. Hudson in TheNaturalist in La Plata (1892). Unfortunately neither the guanaco northe vicugna possess anything in the way of trophies to attract the sports-man, so that the main inducement to their pursuit is the excitement ofthe chase itselt. It should, however, be added that the skins of bothspecies make beautiful rugs, and that guanaco-meat is of excellent quality;a favourite honnc-houc/ie, accordingly to Lady Florence Dixie, being thefat behind the eye. Guanaco are diurnal and gregarious, usually found in small troops, buton the stony plateaux of the southern districts of Patagonia occasionallycollecting in herds, whose members may be numbered by hundreds. Barrento all appearance as are the districts where these animals are mostnumerous, yet guanaco always manage
