INDEX 



Fire-eye, Papa Taoca (Taoca = Driver Ant), (PI. 28, Fig. 23), Pyriglena leu- 

 coptera and atra (Formicariidae), 196, 314 



Fireflies, 227-9 



Fish, 175-6, 274-6 



Flame Acacia or Flamboyant (Poinciana regia) from Madagascar (Leguminosae), 

 24, 132 



Flat-headed Catfish, Aspraedo laevis, 276 



Fleabane, Meladinha Hyptis, of which there are 300 species in Brazil (Labiatiae) ; 

 the kind common in Olinda is, according to Hoehne, a Ruellia (Acan- 

 thaceae), 97, 151, 240 



Flesh-eating Plants, 108 



Flies, 227 



Flies, among Driver Ants. The species described is Ecitomyia Wheeleri. The 

 "Ant-head Fly" is Apocephalus, 316 



Flor de quaresma = Lent-flower, 7 1 



Flower-clock, a, 239 



Flowers, 230 et seq. 



Fly-flower = Aristolochia. 



Flying-fish (Exocoetus volitans). Its pursuer is a Tunny, Thynnus pelamys, in 

 colour a splendid steely blue, with an iridescent shimmer of red and green, 

 which the Brazilians call the Bonito (simply "the Beautiful"). This great 

 fish pursues its prey with vigorous leaps, and often catches it in the air, 45 



Forest twilight. Dr. E. Snethlage speaks of the green twilight of the Amazon 

 forest, but she is presumably contrasting the forest with the sunlit steppe. 

 I cannot think that the Amazon forest, consisting likewise of sparsely- 

 foliaged trees, would differ greatly in this respect from that of North- 

 eastern Brazil. 72-3 



Forest, virgin, 63-87 



at Kubany. Goeppert, Skizzen zur Kenntnis der Urwdlder Schlesiens, etc. {Nova 

 Acta, Leop. Acad. 1868). Wessely estimates that decay occurs in 150-200 

 years. The best authority on forests is K. Rubner, Die pflanzengeographischen 

 Grundlagen des Waldbaus, Neudamm, 1925. 68-9, 75 



Forked Fern, Gleichenia linearis, with 30 species, generally distributed throughout 

 all warm regions, 74 



Fox, Raposa or Aguarachain Canis (Pseudalopex) azarae, 127, 178 



Foxes, 127 



Frango d'agua, see Waterhen, Hyacinthine. 



Freycinetia, 99 



Frigate-bird or Joao grande, Alcatraz (Fregata aquila) ; in Brazil usually Fregata 

 minor, 49 



Frogs, 259-60, 270 



Frutta pao, see Breadfruit. 



Fungi in nests of Leafcutting Ants, see Sauvas. 



Gadflies, Motucas, Tabanus importunus, leucaspis, triangulum, mexicanus, Ere- 



phopsis leucopogon, Dicladocera, 285, 350-1 

 Gaivoto = Seagull. 



Gallo da Campina, Cardinal finch (Paroaria gularis), 125, 130 

 Gall-Wasps, 243-4 

 Gamba, see Marsupials. 

 Gamelleira, see Tree-Strangler. 



Gannet, Atoba or Mergulhao (Sula leucogaster), 49 

 Gaturamo, Euphonia violacea, 257 



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