INDEX 



Quebra foice, Calliandra axillaris and Tweedii (Leguminosae), 239 

 Quiabo, Hibiscus esculentus (Malvaceae), in India, Bandaca, in North America, 

 Okra; in English, Lady's-finger, or Bamia, in French Gombo, 142 



Rabo de Rato, see Whip Cactus. 



Raccoon or Maopelada, in S. America the Crab Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorous), 

 so called because it eats crabs, 178 



Rat's-tail, see Whip Cactus. 



Rattan, Calamus rotang (Palmae), 89, 92 



Rattle Butterfly, Ageronia arethe, black with blue markings, and white cross- 

 bands; A. arethusa with white borders, 261 



Rattle-frog, 259 



Rattlesnake, see Snakes, \'enomous, 128, 203, 345, 347-8 



Recife, 21, 22, 26, 155, 209, 266, 364 



Red soil, 200 



Redbeak, Bico vermelho, Patativa, Sporophila leucoptera hypoleuca, 257 



Relogio = Nine-o'clock Bindweed. 



Resin-Frog, Hyla resinifictrix, 273 



Rhea, Ema, Nhandu, Rhea macrorhynca, 127 



Rice, Arroz, Oryza sativa, a plant of ancient cultivation, mentioned 2700 B.C. ; 

 with 1,400 sub-species, among them some that can be grown on dry soil, 

 such as the so-called Mountain Rice, 145 



Ricinus, Castor-oil plant, R. communis (Euphorbiaceae), 156 



Ringed Plover, Massarico, Aegialitis coUaris, 1 1 8 



Rio de Janeiro, 24, 32-7, 247-9, 356-7 



Rodents, Roedores, Rodentia, 161, 17 1-3, 200 



Roedeer, see Deer. 



Rohnha, see Pigeon. 



Rompe gibao, Bumelia sertorum (Sapotaceae). 



Root-climbers, 93 



Rosa de madeira, 1 1 o 



Roses, 131 



Rosy Caterpillar, Gelechia gossypiella (Tineidae), 152-3, 1,55, 191, 196 



Rosy Hibiscus, H. rosa sinensis (Malvaceae), 131 



Rubber-tree, 243 



Rupicola, Cock-of-the-Rock, 208, 263 



Sabia, Sabia una, Platycichla flavipes, Sabid branco, Turdus amaurochalinus, 

 Sabia laranjeira, Turdus rufiventris. There is also a grey "Mocking-bird," 

 Sabia da Praia, Mimus lividus. 254-5 



Saguim or Silk -monkey, Callithrix iacchus, 41, 86, 137, 174, 266-7 



Sahy or Sugar-bird, Cyanerpes cyaneus (Coerebidae), is one of the most beautiful 

 birds on earth (PI. 28, i). It is a deep blue, with a light-blue cap, and 

 satin-yellow on the wings. 180, 257 



Saint Francis's Girdle, Cordao de Sao Francisco, Leonotis nepetifolia (Labiatae). 



Sand-bees, 126 



Sand-crab, Ocypoda arenaria, 43, 54-6 



Sand-flea, Bicho de pe. Jigger (Dermatophilus penetrans), 351-2 



Sand- wasps, 126 



Sanha9us, Tanagers. The light-blue Sanhagu is Tanagra cyanoptera (also epis- 

 copus). The yellow Sanha^u is Calospiza flava, the Coconut Sanhagu 

 Tanagra palmarum. The Rainbow Tanager (Sete cores) is Calospiza tri- 

 color. 136, 180, 206, 213, 257 



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