242 VOYAGES OF A NATURALIST 



Cocoanut trees. 18, 219, 228, 233. 

 " Coco de Mer," 132. 

 CoUocalia, 216. 

 comorensis, Coracopsis, 89. 



Pteropus, 87. 



Comoro Islands, 82-92. 



Condors (Sarcorhamphns gryphua), 



163. 

 coppingeri, Turtur, 102. 

 Copra, 221. 

 Cormorants, 71, 173. 



{Phalacrocorax atriceps), 167. 



(P. capensis), 11. 



(P. neglectus), 11. 



(P. vigua), 183. 



coronata, Dendroeca, 147. 

 corvina, Terpsiphone, 130. 

 Cosmoledo (coral island), 123. 

 Crab-plovers {Dramas ardeola), 85, 



118. 

 Crabs, 3, 181 ; land-crabs, 43, 45, 



58, 91, 223 ; robber-crabs (Birgus 



latro), 105. 112, 122 ; spider-crabs, 



180. 

 crassirostris, Ixocincla, 131. 

 crawfordi, Buteroides, 111. 



Corvina, 160. 



Dendroeca, 154. 



Gygis, 44. 



— Pyroderces, 222. 



creatopus, Puffinus, 189. 

 cristata, Corythornis, 85. 

 Crows {Corviis scapulatus), 102, 109. 

 Cuckoos (Coccyztis maynardi), 148. 



lark-heeled, 96, 110. 



Curieuse (island), 130. 

 Curlews, 85. 

 Curlew-Sandpipers, 83. 

 cyanurum, Lygosoma, 209, 222. 



dacunhae, Pelecanoides, 67. 

 Dassen Island, 70-81. 

 delicata, Gallinago, 33. 

 demursus, Spheniscus, 161. 

 depressa. Nertera, 69. 

 desmursi, Sylviorthorynchua, 186. 

 Diego Suarez, 92. 

 discolor, Dendroeca, 147. 

 Dolphins, 162. 



dominicanus, Larus, 78, 190. 

 Dotterel (Eudromias modesta), 172. 

 Tyowe?. (Tiirtur aldabranus), 117, 123. 



(T. assumptionis), 109. 



(T. coppingeri), 102. 



(Ptilopus fasciatus), 236. 



{Zenaida auriculata), 15. 



Easter Island, 192-206. 

 ecaudatus, Centetes, 90, 98. 

 Eden Harbour, 182. 

 Egrets, sacred [Demiegretta sacra), 



117, 217. 

 Eimeo (island), 216, 225. 

 Elephantiasis, 230. 

 elephantina, Testudo, 115. 

 eleutha, Nipara, 222. 

 eminentissima, Nesocanthis, 86. 

 eremita, Nesochicla, 65. 

 Europa Island, 82. 

 exulans, Diomedea, 65, 158. 



fasciata, Stegomyia, 212, 222. 

 fasciatus, Ptilopiis, 236. 

 Favitawa, 218. 

 FeUcite Island, 129. 

 Fernando de Noronha, 11-20. 

 ferox, Cryptoprocta, 99. 



Myiarchus, 32. 



Fiji Islands, 239. 



Finches (Eiiethia hicolor), 141, 216. 



(Nesospiza acunhae), 66. 



Fishing : at St. Pauls Rocks, 6, 10 ; 



at Tahiti, 217 ; at Upolu, 231. 

 flaviventris, Motacilla, 96. 

 Flycatchers (Elainea albiceps), 166. 



(E. martinica), 141. 



{Myiarchus ferox), 32. 



{M. pelzelni), 32. 



{Pitangus caymanensis), 151. 



{Terpsiphone corvina), 130. 



{T. lindsayi), 86. 



{Tyrannus melancholicus), 32. 



Flying fish, 3. 



Fossa {Cryptoprocta ferox), 99. 

 Fowls, domestic, in a wild state, 



103. 

 franciscce, Astur, 95. 

 franklini, Larus, 188. 

 Frigate birds, 119, 153. 



great {Fregata aquila), 14, 48, 



60, 102, 216. 



lesser {F. ariel), 49. 



Fruit : bananas, 208, 224 ; cocoa- 

 nuts, 18, 208, 224; figs, 16; 

 gviavas, 150 ; hmes, 208 ; man- 

 goes, 30 ; oranges, 224 ; plan- 

 tains, 219, 224; sapodiUas, 18; 

 water-melons, 208. 



Fruit bats {Pteropus comorensis), 87. 



(P. rufjUcollis), 228-230. 



Fuegians, 174, 175, 181, 184. 

 fuliginosa, Diomedea, 65. 68, 69, 72. 

 ^ Sterna, 17, 60, 61, 104. 



