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Humming-Birds, 98, 135, 161, 180, 183, 206, 235, 237, 261 



"Hyacinth," Alophia, an Iris, 240 



Hyacinthine Waterhen, Frango d'agua verde e azul, Porphyriola Martinica, 



118-19 

 Hylaea (Rubiaceae), 98 



Ibis, Red, Guani, Eudocimus ruber, 208 



15a, Sauva queen, 309—11 



Ichneumons. The small black wasps which prey on the Rosy Caterpillar are 

 Apantheles balthazari and Parisierola nigrifemur. The larger wasps were 

 Bracon pinus. Larger forms are Ophion and other Braconidae, and Crypton 

 macrocereus. The entomologist Costa Lima of Rio has published many 

 details concerning these wasps, mostly in the Archivos da Escola superior de 

 Agriculima e Medicina veterinaria. See vol. iii, 191 9. 153, 282-3 



Idaeus, butterfly, Papilio idaeus, 280 



Iguana or Chameloa, Iguana tuberculata, 59, 86 



Ihering, see Bees, and Animal Geography, also 162, 167 



Imbauba, Chandelier-tree or Ant-tree, Imbauba branca, Cecropia hololeuca; 

 Imbauba do brejo, Cecr. lyratiloba, 318 



Imbuia, a species of Tecoma, 77 



Imhambii, Tinamus tao, Crypturus and Odonthophorus in the forest; in the 

 steppe, the "Partridge" (Rhynchotus rufescens), 175, 186, 213-14 



Indians, the, 369-70 



Inga, Inga marginata, cinnamomea and others, 77 



Ipe, Tecomaipe, Ipe amarello, yellow-wood, Tecoma lapacho (Bignoniaceae), 77 



Intimidation, 221 



Ipomaea floribunda. The Ipomaeae have magnificent flowers, and are cultivated 

 in hot-houses and elsewhere as "Morning Glories" (Convolvulaceae), 97 



Irara, Galictis barbara, 1 78 



Iris or Sword-lily, 74, 199 



Ironwood, 68 



Ita line of steamships, 29 



Jabiru, Mycteria mycteria, 136 



Jaboticaba, Myrciaria (also Eugenia) jaboticaba and cauliflora (Myrtaceae), 79 



Jaca, Arctocarpus integrifolia, from Upper India (Moraceae), 79, 138 



Jacamar, Guamunbi, Galbula rufoviridis, 186, 206, 215 



Jacaranda, in several species : brasiliana, caroba, cuspidifolia, mimosaefolia (these 

 two are also called Caroba) ; yields the dark Jacarandd- or Palisander-wood 

 (from Pau santo, "holy wood") for furniture and piano-cases. The same 

 name, however, is given to the wood of the Leguminosae, Machaerium and 

 Dalbergia, which are known as Jacarandd preto (Dalbergia nigra) and 

 Jacarandd-tree (Machaerium allemani), 81, 92 



Jacard, see Caiman. 



Jacii, Penelope jacucaca, superciliaris and others, 175, 186 



Jacytdra, Desmoncus polyacanthus ; another species, D. horridus (Palmae), 92, 93 



Jaguar, On9a pintada (Felis onza), 128, 177-8, 203 



Jahu, 148 



Jambo and Jambolao, Eugenia jambos and jambolana (myrtaceae), 80, 132 



Jandaya, Conurus jendaya, with yellow head and throat, red belly, green back 

 and long tail, and Conurus cactorum, with green back, yellow belly and 

 bluish wings ; also Eupsittacula aurea, 1 25 



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