THE INDEX 



Aedes, yellow fever mosquito, 

 182, 184 

 at Barro Colorado, 193 

 description of, 194 

 how driven from Canal Zone, 



185 ff. 

 Aeroid plants, 49, 50 

 Alligators, 118 

 American restaurant in Ancon, 



23 

 Americans : 



malaria driven from Canal 



Zone by, 9, 188 flf. 

 yellow fever driven from 

 Canal Zone by, 9, 185 ff. 

 yellow fever driven from 

 Havana by, 182, 183 

 Ancon, 20 



American restaurant in, 23 

 hospital, 185 f. 

 temperature in, 20 

 Animals : 



furry, 159 ff. See also vari- 

 ous animals 

 migration of, caused by 

 making of Gatun Lake, 16 

 Anolis, 126 ff. 



color change of, 128, 130 

 relatives of, 136 

 Anopheles, malarial mosquito, 

 184 

 at Barro Colorado, 193 

 description of, 194 

 Anteaters, 81 

 Ants, 54 ff . 



army, or Ecitons, 65 ff . 



Attas, 56 ff . 



Azteca, 63 f . 



black, 62 



Congo, 62 



Ecitons, 65 ff . 



in termite nests, 85 ff . 



spinning, 64 



stinging, 61 



white. See Termites 

 Ants, by William Morton 



Wheeler, 195 

 Armadillo, 164 ff. 

 Attas, 56 ff. 



care of young, 60 f . 



food of, 56 



gardening of, 58 ff. 



in Ancon hospital garden, 

 186 



kinds of, 58 



nests, 57 ff. 

 Azteca ants, 63 f. 



nests of, 63 



Balboa, discoveries of, i 



Balboa, town, 26 



Bananas, importance of, 27 



Barro Colorado Inlet, 34 ff. 



Barro Colorado Island: 

 a forest preserve, 17 

 making of, 17 

 trees on, 38 • 



Basilisk lizards, 132 ff. 



Bats, 170 



Beebe, William, 155, 195, 196 



Bell bird, 154 



Belt, Thomas, 147, 156, 160, 

 163, 176, 196 



Birds, 137 ff. See also vari- 

 ous birds 



Black snake, iii, 112 



Blunt -headed snake, 113 f. 



Boa constrictor, 108 



Boy'-^s Book of Buccaneers, by 

 Eric Wood, 196 



Bushmaster, no 



Caimans, 118, 120 f. 

 food of, 122 



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