This people had lived from time immemorial in the valleys of Rioja and Catamarca, and had been under the suzerainty of the Incas.
Catamarca is connected by railways with Rioja and Patquia and with Cordoba.
Tanning leather is another industry of the province, some of the trees growing in the Catamarca forests being rich in tannin.
Cholla, a suburb of Catamarca, is inhabited wholly by Calchaqui Indians, a remnant of the original inhabitants of this region.
White obtained examples of this species at Concepcion and Catamarca.
White found this bird “not uncommon around Andalgala in Catamarca, in hedges and thickets.”
A town in the Province of Catamarca, near its eastern boundary.
White obtained specimens in Catamarca and Salta, and Durnford, during his last expedition, in the latter locality.
In Aconquija also we find mines of copper which must be a continuation of those of Catamarca.
This river rises in the province of Catamarca, forty leagues off, running from south to north with little variation.
