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INDEX. 



Lymnu?acca, 333 



MACAWS, 196 



Maceio, subject to fevers, 5 

 Machuca, 31 

 Mackleania, 142 

 Madeira peaks, 1 47 

 Mahogany, 34, 328 

 Malacatoyo river, 314 

 Malayan dialects, 269 

 Mallocera spinocollis (Bates), 315 

 Maize, 5356, 328, 386 



cultivation of, 53 



eaters, 54, 55 



- stone grinders, 55 

 food of the people of north- 

 east Brazil, 55 ; of Mexico, 55 ; 



of British Guiana, 55 ; of western 



side of tropical America, 55 ; of 



the Caribs, 55 

 Mammalia, 28 

 Mandioca, 55 

 Mango trees, 4, 66 

 Mangos, 161 

 Manihot aipim, 55 

 Mantos, origin of, 95 

 Marcgravia nepentkoidcs, 128, 129 

 Marcgravia fertilized by birds, 130 



- pitchers of, 130 

 Masaya, 330, 346; lake of, 346. 



347, 355 ; volcano of, 347, 355 ; 



strata at, 348 ; origin of strata at, 



349 

 Masaya Indians, marriage custom 



of, 36 



Matagalpa, 203, 217, 231 

 Mauray, Prof. T. B., on origin of 



cyclones, 301 

 Mayas, 156 



of Yucatan, 363 



McCrae, Colonel, 32 

 Melastomtc, 13, 58, 222 

 Melzer, 60 

 Membracis, 226 

 Mercury, 93, 94 

 Metlate, 56, 293 

 Mestayer M., 341 

 Mestizos, 92 

 Mexico, maize in, 55 



food of people of, 55 



Miasma, 6 



Miau-tsze, 367, 369 



Mice, 23 



Michel, 367 



Mico river, 52, 150, 151, 188 



Microchera parvirostris, 138 



Microscopical cavities in rocks, 97 



Migrations of butterflies, 152 



Miguel, San, volcano, 350 



Miguelito, San, 177 



Mimetic forms, 8 ; explanation of, 



383 



- insects, 315, 381 

 Mineral veins, 96 ; formation of, 99 

 Mineralogical specimens, 99 

 Miners, Indian, 63 

 Mines, 86, 89 ; Javali, 60 ; Santo 



Domingo, 86 ; Libertad, 95 ; El 



Coquimba, 258 

 Miocene Flora, 265 

 Mirage, 300 

 Mocomi, the, 209 



Mollusks, marine and freshwater, 

 335 ; land and fresh- 

 water, 332337 



Melania, genus of, 336 



of the isthmus of Darien,. 



264 



Mombacho, volcano of, 345 

 Momotv.s lesson i, 123 

 -martii, 123 



Monkeys, 35 ; sagacity of, 119 ; 

 speech of, 120 



white-faced, 118 120, 



316, 341 



MoncduIaSurinamensis(Ysibr. ), 313 

 Montezuma, 47 

 MorddUda:, 318 

 More, Sir Thomas, account of 



Utopia, 29 

 Morphos, 7 

 Morren, Dr., 70 

 Mosas, 63 



Mosquitoes, 14, 32, 103, 374, 375- 

 Moss insect, 382 

 Moths, 104, 174 



migratory, 153 



Mot-mots, 16, 22, 122, 123, 158,, ' 

 199 



tails of, 124 



Mountain hens, 121 

 Mules, 48 



