INDEX 



Catingas, 114 



Catingeiro, or Capim gordura, or Capim mellado, Melinis minutiflora, of African 



origin, cultivated as forage, and also common in the wild state (Grami- 



neae), 133 

 Cat's-claws, Bignonia unguiscati and B. argyro violacea (Bignoniaceae), 93-4 

 Caua, Urubutinga urubutinga, a black bird of prey with white rump, 216 

 Cavallo do cae, see Hornets. 



Caviidae, to which the Cutias and Capyvaras belong, 172 

 Cavy, wild, Preya Cavea aperea ; the Moco (Cerodon spixi) is rather larger ; in 



the rocks, Cerodon rupestris. 127 

 Caxas, 150 



Ceara = Caoutchouc ; see Manitoba. 

 Cedro, Cedrella odorata (Meliaceae), 77 



Centropogon surinamense (Campanulaceae), 239 ' 



Cereals: Wheat, Trigo, Triticum sativum; Oats, Aveia, Avena sativa; Barley, 



Cevada, Hordeum sativum, 145 

 Cereus, 241 



Ceylon, 25, 26, 38, 60, 79, loi, 114, 121, 131, 155-6, 250, 253, 327, 330, 346, 365 

 Chacaras, 145 



Chagas, see Wedge-nosed Bug. 

 Chameleao, 59 

 Characinidae, 175-6 

 Checheou. A large, handsome bird, black and yellow. Cassicus persicus, or C. 



cela. In Southern Brazil there is a bird about half as large, Cassicus chry- 



sopterus, known as Melro. 59, 216, 256 

 Cherimolia, see Cacti. 



Chicken-eating snake, Spilotes pullatus, 343 

 Chinchilla, Chinchilla brevicaudata and C. laniger, 173 

 Chique chique, see Cacti. 

 Chrysomelidae, 203 

 Cicada, Cigarra, in Brazil the genera Tibicina and Zamara predominate, 86-7, 



183, 225, 251-2 

 Cipo tape, 98 

 Cipos — Lianas, 88, 97 

 Clamatores, 253 

 Climate, 64-5 

 Climbing Bamboos. Various species: Athrocstachys capitata, Merostachys Kun- 



thiana, Guadua, and ArthrostyUdium. See Schenck on Lianas. 91 

 CUmbing Ferns. The Lygodiae are principally confined to the Old World, but 



they occur also in America, and even overflow the tropical zone. The 



Japanese Climbing Fern is cultivated as an indoor plant. In the Lyg. 



articulatum of New Zealand the climbing stem reaches a length of 



100 feet. 9 1 

 Climbing Grass, see Scleria. 

 Climbing Palms, 91 

 Clover, dependent on bees, 233 

 Clubfoot, Oedipoda, Locust, 261 

 Coata, 175 

 Coati, 178-9 



Cobra, see Snakes ; Cobra cipo, see Liana-snake, 346 

 Cobra das duas cabegas, see Two-headed Snake. 



Cockchafer ; the golden species is Plusiotes ; a nocturnal insect, and rare, 207 

 Cockroach, Green, Panchlora viridis, 287 



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