A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL 



known as Queen-heart. Lastly, Guanabano or Sapadilla (Anona muricata). 

 Anonaceas, 139 



Ants. The most recent authority is Professor A. Forel, Le monde social des fourmis, 

 Geneva, 192 1-3. See also K. Escherich, Die Ameise, Brunswick, 191 7; M. 

 Wheeler, Ants, New York, 1913; and Wasmann, Das Gesellschaftsleben der 

 Ameisen, Munich, 1915. For Brazil, Th. Borgmeier, Estados tnyrmecologicos. 

 S. Paulo, 1922. 195-6, 303-24 



Ant-acacia, Acacia sphaerocephala, 319-20 



Ant-birds, Formicariidae. Very numerous and useful birds, like the dark blue 

 Choca (Thamnophilus coerulescens), Papaformigas (Formicovora rufa), 

 Fire-eye, Papataoca (Pyriglena atra and leucoptera), Galinha do matto 

 (Formicarius ruficeps). 196, 314 



Anteaters. The Great Anteater, Tamandua-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), 

 the Lesser Anteater, Tamandua (Tamandua tridactyla), and the Small 

 Anteater, a climbing animal with prehensile tail, Tamandua-i (Cyclopes 

 didactylus), 169-70, 182 



Ant-gardens, of Azteca, Ulei olitrix, Traili, Camponotus femoratus, Crematogaster 

 limatus. The plants are mostly Bromeliaceae and Gesneriaceae. — See Ulele, 

 Die Ameisen-gdrten im Amazonasgebiet. Englers hot. Jahrbuch, 1902. 318-19 



Ant-head Flies, see Flies, 316 



Ant-Imbauba, 319 



Antler Fern, Platycerium. Some of the Polypodia too develop special leaves and 

 form "flowerpots." 109 



Ant-purses in the Melastomaceae, Marita, Myrmedone, Tocaca, 319-20 



Ant-Wasps, Mutillae. In Sao Paulo, Mutilla cephalotes, reminiscent of the Sauva 

 ants, 281-2 



Anum. The black bird is Crotophaga ani ; the spotted bird is Guira guira. The 

 Almo do gato is Piaya cayana. These cuckoos do not lay their eggs in 

 other birds' nests ; they incubate them, sometimes in communal or social 

 nests, 154, 258 



Aphides, 282 



Apocephalus, 316 



Ara^a do Brejo, see Posoqueria. 



Araceae, Caladium bicolor, marmoratum and pictoratum, 102 



Arapa^u, Tree-creeper, Dendrocolaptes picumnus, do bico curvo (with curved 

 bill), Xiphorhynchus falcularius, 161, 175 



Arapaima or Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), 176 



Araponga, also Ferreiro, Procnias (Chasmorhynchus) nudicoUis, snow-white with 

 green throat, more common in the South; Ch. variegatus with brown 

 wings in the North, 250 



Araucaria, Pinheiro, Araucaria brasiliana. In the cones are seeds as large as 

 almonds, which when cooked taste like chestnuts. Swine are fattened in 

 the araucaria woods. The two other Conifers of Southern Brazil are 

 Podocarpus Sellowii and P. Lamperti, whose "needles" are so broad that 

 they may be regarded as leaves. The needles of Sellowii are reminiscent 

 of willow-leaves, 85, 134 



Ariraba, Centrolobium tomentosum, 68 



Aristolochia gigantea. The bloom of A. ornithocephala is like a bird's head. The 

 root-stock of A. anguicida, "Snake-killer," is given as an antidote to snake- 

 bite. A. brasiliensis is called Milhome, and A. cymbifera Jarrinha, 236, 239 



Armadillos, Tatii verdadeiro (Tatus novemcinctus), Tatu do sul (Dasypus sex- 

 cinctus), Tatu bola (Tolipeutes tricinctus), and the rare, large Tatii canas- 

 tra (Priodontcs giganteus), 169-70, 182 



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