Excerpt from The Deseado Formation of Patagonia The results of the Amherst Patagonian Expedition were divided into two parts, the general features, together with the narrative, were reported in a separate volume entitled, "Hunting Extinct Animals in the Patagonian Pampas," published in 1913. For this volume has been reserved the description of the material found and such conclusions as are directly derived from that material. The material on which this work is based has been prepared out and placed on exhibition at Amherst College. The material here described forms a unified body of data, which adds materially to our knowledge of the complete animals of the Tertiary period in Patagonia. There are beside this some small collections which offer some isolated new facts, but the working up of these has been reserved for the future for small articles, as the work may come to maturity. The field has only been touched and a vast amount of further work can be profitably done on the horizons immediately preceding and following the one described in this volume, after which an interesting study can be made on the evolution of a fauna which developed in a considerable degree of isolation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.