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melancholicus (Siriri) and Muscivora tyrannus (the Scissors-bird or Tesoura. 

 with its forked tail), i6i, 175, 187, 195 



Underwings, 208 



Ungulates, 167, 172 



Urtiga do urubu, see Favelleira. 



Urubu, Catharistes urubu. The species with the yellow head is Cathartes bur- 



rovianes, and that with the red head C. aura. The Urubu rei is Gypagus 



(Sarcorhampus) papa. 53-4, 190, 201, 216 



Vaccinaceae, 102 



Vampire. The bloodsucking Bats of Brazil belong to the Leaf-nosed Bats (Phyllo- 

 stomidae). Desmodus rotundus and Diphylla ecaudata are genuine blood- 

 suckers, while the large Vampire (Vampirus spectrum) , whose wings have 

 a spread of 28 inches, has not yet been detected in sucking blood. 354-5 



Vanilla, Vanilla planifolia (Orchids). The true Vanilla comes from Mexico. The 

 family has many species in all tropical countries, 106, 146 



Veado, Brocket, 267 



Vegetable Springs, Phytocrene, large, hirsute lianas of Southern Asia, related to 

 the Villaresiae of Brazil, whose leaves yield a substitute (Congonha) for 

 Mate or Paraguay tea (Icacinaceae), 90 



Venus'-hair Fern, Adiantum capillus Veneris. There are perhaps 80 species of 

 Andiantum in the Tropics. In Europe they are employed in making up 

 bouquets of flowers, or grown in grottoes, 135 



Vibor, Gecko, Hemidactylus mabuia, a nocturnal lizard, 28, 343 



Victoria, 32 



regia (Nymphaceae), 136, 239 



Vine, Vinis vitifera, 146 



Vira bosta, called also Corricho: Molothrus bonariensis. The Ringed Starling, 

 Cassidix oryzivora, is likewise said to foist its eggs on other birds, 189 



Viscacha, Visacia viscacia. The animal known to commerce as the Mountain 

 Viscacha is the Legidium peruanum, 1 73 



Vulture = Urubu. 



Vulture-nettle, see Favelleira. 



Wagtail, 187, 258 



Wallace, 67 



Warburg, Die Pflanzenwelt, Leipzig, 1913-22, 291-4 



Wasps. See Hornets, Ichneumons. For a good summary, see A. Ducke, Uber 



Phylogenie und Klassifikation der sozialen Wespen. ^ooL Jahrbiicher Systematik, 



1914. 

 Water-bugs, the large brown Belostoma, and Zaitha fluminea, 287 

 Water-cockroach, see Barata do mar. 

 "Water-fleas," 202 

 "Water-foot," see Eichhornia. 

 Waterhen, Gallinula galeata, 119 



Water-louse, Water-cockroach, Rock-louse, see Barata do mar. 

 Water Marjoram, Brazilian, Eupatorium laevigatum (Compositae). 

 Water-opossum, 167 

 Water-weevil, Hydrotimetes natans, 280 

 Wax-plants, Flor de cera, Hoya carnosa, from India, so called because of its 



pretty wax-like flowers, 1 92 

 Weaver Ants, in Brazil Camponotus senex, observed by Goeldi ; in India, Oeco- 



phylla smaragdina, 321 



399 



