396 



IXDEX. 



Granitic intrusive rocks, 06 

 Grass, Para, 308 



Guinea, 308 



Grasshoppers, 18 

 Grassquit, 291 

 Graves of chiefs, 1G9 



Indian, 154 



Green, Dr., 4 

 Greenstone, 86, 96 

 Gregarious birds, 123 

 Grenadillos, 66, 69 

 Greytown, 1, 4, 13 



- trade of, 4 



salubrity of, due to its 

 flatness, 5 

 Grouse, 122 



Guatuse, the, 38 



Guatuses, Indians, 37 



Guava jelly, 6 



Guayava, 156 

 trees, 6 



Guiana, British, food of the people 

 of, 55 



Guinea grass, 141, 308 



Gummiferce, 218 



Guzman, Senor Fernando, 346 



Gyrinidas, 299, 231 



Gyrinus, 331 



HALF-BREEDS, 63 



Harlequin beetle, 34 



Hart, Prof., on glacial drift in 



South America, 265 ; on the 



elevation of Brazil in the glacial 



period, 267 



Hawk, crab-eating, 161 

 Hawks, 128, 257, 340 

 Hayti, 55 

 Heavy rains, 104 

 Heer, Prof. , on the Miocene Flora, 



265 



Heliconui--, 13, 15, 58 

 fleliconidcc, 7, 384 

 Heliconii, the, 266, 316 

 Jleliomasff.r pallidiceps, 112, 130 

 Ileliothrix barroti, 113 

 Helix, 333 

 Hemiptera, 315 

 Ilerra n ia purpurea, 116 

 llesperidce, 108 



Hewitson, W. C., 479 



Hickory, 46 



Hides, 4, 342 



Hollenbeck,Mr., 9,4, 4'2, 374, 380 r . 



388 



Homoptcra, 226 

 Honduras, Gulf of, 378 

 Honey glands, 219 

 Hornet, 319 

 Horse-flies, 313 

 Horses, 48 



Hot winds of Australia, 305 

 Huaco, 202 

 Huexlotl, 205 

 Humble bee, 70 

 Humboldt on hairless dogs, 205 



on origin of the Mexican 



and Eastern Asiatics, 

 370-373 



on origin of whirlwinds, 



301 

 Humming-birds, 58, 159, 315 



abundance of, 139 



nests of, 140 



- rapidity of flight, 



140 

 bathing, 137 



fertilising flowers, 



131 

 tongue of, 113 



Humuya valley, 378 

 Jlydropliilidce, 331 

 Hydrophilus, 33 1 

 Hymenoptera, 27, 28 

 Mypoclinca, */>., 20, 1S1, 227 



" IBIS, "the, 377 



Ice, influence of, in volcanic erup- 

 tions, 356 

 Icteridcc, 290 



Icterus pcctoralis (Wagl.), 328 

 Iguana ; the, 338, 339 

 Igneous injections, 97 

 India-rubber, 4, 32-34, 39, 328, 



342 



Indian antiquities, 50, 165 

 carvings, 217 



children, 38 



cooking vessels, 293 



