A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL 



Periquito, parrakeets. In Sao Paulo, Brotogerys titica. The smaller Sparrow 



Parrakeet, Psittacula passerina, 136 

 Pernambuco, 21, 23, 40, 86-7, 97, 103, 249, 258-60, 305 

 Pernambuco-wood = Brazil-wood. 



Peroba, about 30 species of the family Aspidospermum (Apocyanaceae). 

 Peste de cadeiras — Gadfly. 

 Petropolis, 85, 133, 366 



Petropolis Frog, Hylodes petropolitanus, 272 

 Phanaeus, 183, 202 

 Phylloxera, 152-3, 155 

 Phytocrene lianas, 90 

 Picuda, Sphyrena picuda, 48 

 Pieridae, 217 



Pigeons. In the Sertao, Rolinha cascavel (Scardafella squamosa) and the larger 

 Pomba do Sertao (Zenaida auriculata). On the coast, and in the gardens, 

 are many doves and pigeons, among them the charming rosy-brown Pigmy 

 Dove, Chamaepelia passerina, Rola pequena. The larger pigeons are called 

 Jurity. 125 

 Pigmy Frog, Hyella tenera and minuta, 271 



Pill-wasps or Mud- wasps; in Brazil, for example, Eumenes canaliculata, 291-2 

 Pinho, Araucaria brasiliensis, see also Anona (Pinaceae), 139 

 Pintasilgo, Spinus ictericus, 257 

 Pipa, Pipa americana and cururu, 273-4 

 Pipridae or Manaquims, among them the Rendeira (Pipra rubrocapilla), Velho 



(P. leucocilla), Uirapuru (Chiroxiphia pareola), 214, 216, 303 

 Piranha, Pygocentrus piraya, 175 



Pitanga, Eugenia uniflora; also E. edulis and others (Myrtaceae), 138 



Plane, see Maple Plant-lice, 278 



Plover, Massaricao, Numenius hudsonicus and Aegialitis coUaris. The black and 

 white peewit is Himantopus brasiliensis and mexicanus, 50, 118 



Pollen, 231 et seq., 241-2 



Pollen-flowers, 234 



PoUinia, 242-3 



Polygala, 199 



Polyphagous species, 192 



Posoqueria (Rubiaceae). P. acutifolia, Bacopary miuda, P. calantha, Ara^a do 

 brejo ; P. latifolia, A^ucena do matto ; R. fragrans, 243 



Potter-bird, Joao de barro, in the Argentine Horneiro, Oven-builder, Furnarius 

 rufus ; in the North-east, F. figulus ; in Amazonas, F. tricolor. 161, 188, 251 



Potter-wasps, Trypoxylon albitarsius and SceHphron fistulare, 285 



Prepona, 217 



Preya, see Guinea-pig. 



Primavera or Sempre lustrosa, Bougainvillea spectabilis with bright red, B. 

 glabra with deep wine-red blooms (Nyctaginaceae), 93, 98 



Protective coloration, 213 ef seq., 225-6 



Puma, 177-8 



Puma or Silver Lion, On^a, Ounce (Felis concolor), 127 



Pupae, of ants, 305 



Pyrostegia (Bignoniaceae), 98 



Pyrrhalina filamentosa, 275-6 



Quail, Cadorna, Nothura maculosa (Tinamidae), 186 



Quebracho branco, Aspidospermum quebracho bianco (Apocyanaceae). 



