The Naturalist on the River Amazons/Volume 2/Index

by Henry Walter Bates

 

INDEX.

• Agrias, i. 297.
• Air-roots, i. 50.
• Aiyussá turtle, ii. 281.
• Alligators, i. 227; ii. 185, 265, 278, 281, 286, 289, 297, 391.
• Amazons, province, population of, i. 339.
• Amazons,— valley, contraction of, i. 232.
• Amazons,— Lower, rising and sinking of, i. 274.
• Amazons,— Upper, rising and sinking of, ii. 220.
• Amphisbæna snakes, i. 101.
• Ampullaria, i. 124; ii. 30.
• Anacá parrot, i. 227.
• Anaconda, ii. 113.
• Animals, large, scarcity of, i. 70.
• Ant-eaters, i. 177.
• Arára Indians, i. 315.
• Arboreal nature of Fauna, i. 49, 72.
• Arrow-grass, i. 277.
• Arrows for shooting turtle, ii. 261.
• Arroyas, cataracts of, i. 136.
• Arubé sauce, i. 318.
• Arums, forest of, i. 200.
• Assacú, poisonous tree, ii. 288.
• Assai palm, i. 8, 123.
• Ateles marginatus, ii. 118.
• Atmosphere, transparency of, i. 127.
• Attalea excelsa, ii. 167.

• Bacaba palms, i. 224; ii. 39, 169.
• Barbets, i. 278.
• Barrigudo monkeys, ii. 319.
• Bats, i. 175.
• Bees, i. 70; ii. 45.
• Bembex, ii. 32.
• Bird-killing spider, i. 160.
• Birds, insectivorous, flocks of, ii. 334.
• Birds,— singing, of forest
• Blow-pipe, ii. 236.
• Boa-constrictor, i. 99; ii. 120.
• Box-wood, ii. 79.
• Brachyurus calvus and rubicundus, ii. 306.
• Brazil-nut trees, i. 67, 135.
• Breio branco, ii. 23.
• Burmeister, on virgin forest, i. 53.
• Butterflies, great diversity of, near Pará, i. 102.
• Butterflies,— importance of, in Biological science, ii. 345.
• Butterflies,— of Ega, ii. 227.
• Buttress-trees, i. 68.
• Byrsomina, ii. 23.

• Cacao planters, i. 158, 269.
• Caiarára monkeys, ii. 100.
• Caishána Indians, ii. 373.
• Cajú trees, ii. 22.
• Callidryas, i. 249.
• Callithea, i. 249, 297; ii. 228.
• Callithrix monkeys, i. 280; ii. 98.
• Canary (birds), i. 282.
• Cannibal Indians, ii. 406.
• Canoes, description of, i. 75.
• Canoes, mode of building, ii. 117.
• Canoe-men, songs of, i. 150.
• Carashué thrush, song of, i. 254.
• Carnivorous beetles, i. 208.
• Cassicus icteronotus, i. 16.
• Catagramma, i. 248; ii. 282.
• Cebus albifrons, ii. 101.
• Cebus cirrhifer, i. 323; ii. 101.
• Cecropia-tree, i. 276.
• Cedar-tree, i. 85, 131.
• Chlamys, i. 346.
• Chrysothrix sciureus, i. 323.
• Cicadas, ii. 142, 227.
• Clark, Rev. Hamlet, on Saüba ant, i. 27.
• Climbing animals, i. 49.
• Climbing trees, i. 48.
• Coaitá monkey, i. 243.
• Coca, ii. 211.
• Cocoons, suspended, ii. 348.
• Coleopterous insects, i. 62, 83, 107, 206.
• Colours of insects adapted to soil, i. 208.
• Colours— of tropical insects not directly due to climate, i. 19.
• Coníbo Indians, ii. 379.
• Conurus guianensis, ii. 103.
• Couxio monkey, i. 162; ii. 80.
• Cow-tree, i. 69.
• Cricket, musical, i. 251.
• Cucáma Indians, ii. 159.
• Cupú-trees, ii. 49.
• Curassow birds, ii. 112.
• Curuá palm, ii. 51, 80.
• Curupíra, wood-demon, i. 73; ii. 204.
• Cutía, i. 199.
• Cyphorhinus cantans, or organ bird, ii. 400.

• Darwin, on colours of animals of Galapagos Islands, i. 21.
• Delta of the Amazons, i. 5, 111.
• Diamonds, ii. 94.
• Diurnal cycle of phenomena, i. 61.
• Dog, wild, new species of, ii. 254.
• Dolphins, fresh-water, i. 146, 303; ii. 264.
• Domesticable animals, i. 191.
• Dragon-flies, i. 105; ii. 31.

• Earthenware, ii. 40.
• Education, i. 37, 287; ii. 11.
• Electric eels, ii. 291.
• Euglossa surinamensis, ii. 45.

• Fan-leaved palms, grove of, i. 116.
• Fauna of Pará, adapted to forest, i. 49, 120.
• Fauna of Pará,— derivation of, i. 108.
• Ferns, i. 69; ii. 333, 387.
• Finches, ii. 57.
• Fire-ant, ii. 85, 89, 95.
• Fish-dance, ii. 276.
• Fishes, ii. 139.
• Fishes, modes of capturing, i. 129; ii. 82.
• Flies, parasitic, ii. 365.
• Flowers, scarcity of, i. 70.
• Foraging ants, ii. 350.
• Free Negroes, i. 11, 320; ii. 397.
• Fritillary butterfly, ii. 58.
• Fruits, i. 318; ii. 14, 216.

• Goajara, bay of, i. 114.
• Goatsuckers, i. 205; ii. 58.
• Government officials, ii. 6.
• Gum copal, i. 83.

• Hagen, Dr., on Termites, ii. 70.
• Hapale humeralifer, ii. 55.
• Hapale jacchus, i. 99.
• Hapale pygmæus, ii. 322.
• Heliconii butterflies, i. 256; ii. 102.
• Helicopis Cupido and Endymion, i. 22.
• Helicops, snake, i. 185.
• Heron, peacock, i. 82.
• Hetaira Esmeralda, i. 104.
• Histeridæ, i. 210.
• Howling monkeys, i. 72, 294.
• Humidity, increase of, towards Andes, ii. 396.
• Humming-birds, i. 163, 179; ii. 29.

• Igarite canoe, description of, i. 75.
• Iguana, i. 121.
• Indians, and Brazilian land-law, i. 196
• Indians,— character of, i. 78.
• Indians,— defect of character of, regarding domestication of animals, i. 191.
• Indians,— enslaving of, i. 337.
• Indians,— unsuited to a hot climate, ii. 200.
• India-rubber tree, i. 143.
• Instinct of locality, ii. 33.
• Iriartea ventricosa, ii. 169.

• Jaburu channel, i. 225.
• Jacamars, i. 138.
• Jacuarú, ii. 52.
• Jacitára, i. 48, 322.
• Japim, i. 16.
• Jararáca snakes, ii. 52.
• Jesuit missionaries, i. 80, 310.
• Jupatí palm, i. 224.

• Kinkajou, or Jupurá, ii. 322.

• Lacre, or wax-trees, i. 293.
• Languages, Indian, i. 329; ii. 199.
• Leaf-carrying ant, i. 24.
• Leeches, ii. 262.
• Leprosy, ii. 15.
• Lespés, M., on Termites, ii. 70.
• Longicorn beetles, i. 209.
• Loranthaceæ, on cacao-trees, i. 159.
• Loricaria fish, i. 227; ii. 291.

• Macaws hyacinthine, i. 133; ii. 139.
• Madeira, river, i. 313.
• Majerona Indians, ii. 406.
• Mameluco settlers, i. 19, 317; ii. 301.
• Manaos Indians, i. 337.
• Manatee, ii. 165.
• Mandioca, mode of packing, ii. 88.
• Indians,— mode of planting, ii. 210.
• Indians,— plant, range of, i. 194.
• Manicueira, kind of Mandioca, ii. 83.
• Marauá Indians, ii. 381.
• Marieté Indians, ii. 377.
• Marmosets, i. 95; ii. 55, 321.
• Mauhés Indians, i. 279; ii. 133.
• Mason bees, ii. 43.
• Mason wasps, ii. 40.
• Massagonistas, i. 241.
• Melipona bees, i. 70; ii. 43.
• Mesosemia, ii. 80.
• Midas argentatus, i. 162.
• Midas,— bicolor, i. 343.
• Midas,— leoninus, i. 98.
• Midas,— rufiventer, ii. 321.
• Midas,— rufoniger, ii. 321.
• Midas,— ursulus, i. 95.
• Mimetic analogies, i. 298.
• Miseltoe plants, i. 159.
• Missionaries, i. 80; ii. 104.
• Mixed breeds, names of, i. 35.
• Moira-pinima, ii. 78.
• Monasa nigrifrons, i. 278.
• Money, Brazilian, ii. 74.
• Monkeys of cacao plantations, i. 323.
• Monkeys— of Obydos, i. 243.
• Monkeys— summary of, ii. 324.
• Montana canoe, description of, i. 75.
• Morpho butterflies, i. 103, 247, 300.
• Moths, i. 104.
• Motúca flies, i. 306.
• Mundurucú Indians, ii. 124.
• Mura Indians, i. 305, 315, 324.
• Murderer liana, i. 53.
• Mururé, or vegetable mercury, ii. 79.
• Myrmica sævissima, ii. 85, 89, 95.

• Negroes, free, i. 11, 320; ii. 397,
• Night apes, ii. 315.

• Obydos, straits of, i. 237.
• Œcodoma cephalotes, i. 23.
• Œstrus, parasitic on man, ii. 407
• Opisthocomus cristatus, i. 119.
• Opossums, ii. 110.

• Paca, i. 198, 203.
• Palm-fruits, i. 124.
• Papilio Æneides and Echelus, i. 121.
• Papilio— Lysanderand Parsodes, i. 304.
• Papilio— Sesostris and kindred, i. 51.
• Parárauáte Indians, ii. 124.
• Parauacú monkey, ii. 314.
• Parentins hill, i. 279.
• Pashiuba palm, i. 188; ii. 169.
• Passé Indians, ii. 240.
• Paullinia pinnata, ii. 82.
• Pelopæus wasp, ii. 40.
• Peuriríma palm, i. 292 .
• Pine-apples wild, i. 293.
• Piranha fish, ii. 90.
• Pirarucú fish, ii. 166.
• Pium flies, i. 333.
• Plants cultivated by Indians, i. 194.
• Plumieria, ii. 23.
• Puma, i, 176.
• Pumice-stones, ii. 170.
• Pupunha palm, ii. 218.

• Rahphocœlus Jacapa, i. 15.
• Ramphastos Cuvieri, ii. 336.
• Ramphastos— Toco, ii. 336.
• Ramphastos— Vitellinus, i. 61.
• Rattlesnakes, i. 295; ii. 100.
• Rice, wild, i. 194; ii. 300.

• Sand-wasps, ii. 33.
• Sapucaya nut-tree, i. 67.
• Sapu-píra wood, ii. 79.
• Saüba ant, i. 23, 101, 128.
• Shells, i. 139; ii. 25, 30.
• Shumána Indians, ii. 274.
• Sloths, ii. 56.
• Snakes, i. 184.
• Snuff-taking amongst Indians, i. 330.
• Species, origin of, i. 255,
• Spider monkeys, i. 244.
• Spiders, i. 106, 160; ii. 58.
• Spix and Martius, i. 217.
• Steam Navigation Company, i. 338.
• Striped wood, ii. 78.
• Sucu-úba, ii. 23.
• Surubìm fish, ii. 256.

• Tabatinga-clay formation, i. 236, 281, 307, 308; ii. 394.
• Tanagers, i. 15, 322; ii. 334.
• Tattooing, ii. 127.
• Tauarí cigarette wrappers, i. 321.
• Teius teguexim, ii. 52,
• Termites, i. 205; ii. 60.
• Tetrachæ, i. 207.
• Ticks, i. 291.
• Tides felt on the Cuparí, ii. 122.
• Tiger-beetles, i. 207, 323.
• Tiger, black, ii. 256.
• Timber trees, ii. 78.
• Timbó, poisonous liana, ii. 82.
• Toads, ii. 59.
• Tobacco cultivation, i. 321.
• Tonka-bean tree, ii. 49.
• Tortoise-shell wood, ii. 78.
• Toucans, i. 61; ii. 336.
• Toucans,— use of beak of, ii. 338.
• Toucans,— curl-crested, ii. 343.
• Trabalhadores, captains of, ii. 93.
• Tracajá turtle, ii. 253.
• Trade-wind of Amazons, i. 213.
• Trees of forest, i. 67, 68.
• Trogons, i. 138, 254, 345; ii. 340.
• Trypoxylon, ii. 42.
• Tucúna Indians, ii. 401.
• Tucunaré fish, ii. 82, 106.
• Tucupí sauce, i. 319.
• Tupinambarána, island of, i. 284.
• Tupí language, i. 77; ii. 199.
• Tupí,— nation, i. 285.
• Turtle, modes of cooking, ii. 212.

• Ubussu palm, i. 116, 223.
• Umbrella bird, ii. 283.
• Umirí, scent, ii. 23.
• Unicorn bird, i. 277.
• Urania Leilus, i. 198.
• Urarí poison, ii. 16, 238.
• Urubú river, i. 322.

• Vampire, ii. 332.
• Victoria water-lilies, i. 282.
• Vigilinga canoe, description of, i. 112.
• Vultures, i. 296.

• Wallace, A.R., ascent of Rio Negro, i. 347.
• Water-beetles, ii. 31.
• Willows, i. 277.
• Witchcraft, ii. 53.
• Wren, i. 15.

• Yellow fever, i. 349.
• Ygapo or flooded forests, i. 290.

 

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