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INDEX 



BdUarica regulorum, 152 



booming noise of, 77 

 (" Balwa ") (see Ardea purpurea), 156 

 Banda Isle, 89 

 Barbatula leucolaima, 167 



Barbel, 194 .,,,„, 



Barbet, scarce on islands, 167 



B\TES, H. W., 195, 205, 225, 229-30, 235, 

 281 



Bats, 98, 112,143-4 



Bees, 117, 121,303-4 



prey of Bee-eaters, 1< 2, 23o 



not intrinsically cUstasteful, 207 



Carpenter, (see Xylocopidae), 108 



Rpe-eater 97, 102, 115, 120, 171-3 

 food of,' 172, 173,' 218,'235, 237 282, 285 

 Drongos & Rollers, interchangeable 

 function with, 171, 176 



Beetle, 305-9 ^ . , .^ -.oi 199 

 as evidence of insularity, 121, 122 

 distasteful to monkey eaten by Boiler, 



218, 306 

 mimetic, 231-2, 308-9 

 wood-boring, 309 

 BELCHER, C. F., 145, 162, 177 

 Belenois, 120 



attacked by bu-ds, 237-8 

 courtship of, 223 

 seasonal forms of, 202 

 Belong aster, 284-6 

 prey of, 97, 108, 285 

 eaten by Bee-eater, 172, 285 

 as model, 285, 310, 311 

 enemies of, 286 

 compared with Fossors, 287 

 Bembex, 95, 286, 288-93 

 and Glossina, 53, 288-93 

 enemies of, 291-293 

 capensis, 292-3 

 forcipata, 288-92 



ugandensis, 293 . j. mo 



Bird-droppings resembled by insects, 198, 



199, 204, 216 

 Birds and fflossiua, 37, 53 . 



of islands, compared with mainland, 145, 



164, 166-7, 171, 173, 17a-7, 1<9 



local races on islands, 275 ^ ,, ,„„ 



iniectivorous, on " Spider islands, 102, 



105, 120, 124 



attacks of, on butterflies, 111, 173, 



208, 225, 235-8. 267-8 

 attacks of, on butterflies, selective, 238 

 species of, interchangeable function of, 

 171, 176 

 Bitis arietans, 188 



nasicornis,-Q6, 187-8 

 Bittacus, 310 

 Blattidae, 314 



hunted by Dorylus, 2^9-80 

 (Blind worm) (see Slow Worm) 

 Boomslang, 191 

 (Bottle-bird) (see Coucal) 

 Bracken, 116 

 Braconidae, 220 



as models, 233, 307, 308-9 

 Lycoid, 232 ^ 



BRUCE, SIR David, 7, 14, 22, 24, 26, 54 



BUBEMBE ISLE, 89, 92 

 Bubo lacteus, 163 _ „r r , 



Buffalo and 0. morsitans, 35, 54 

 (Buffalo-gnat) (see Simuliidae) 

 Buff tip moth, 198 



i^^iLLAK,'l9. 114. 145, 149 166, 180, 

 215, 219, 221-2, 283, 308-9 

 local races on, 139, 174, 176. 275 

 Breeding places of Olossma on. 57 

 Pgeudacraea eurytug on, 268-9 



(Bug) (see Eemiptera) 

 BUGUYE Isle, 90 

 BuLAGO Isle, 94-5, 182-4 



Glossina on, 47 



Breeding place of Olossina on, 69 



butterflies on, 125 

 Bul-bul, 105, 117 

 Bunaea phaedusa, 201 

 BUNYAMA Isle, 89, 93, 143 

 (Burnet moth) (see Zygaenidae) 

 Bushbuck and T. gambiense, 27 



compared with Situtunga, 133 

 BusiRi Isle, 183 



(Bustard) (see Otis) ^ 



Butterflies, attacked by bnds. 111, 173. 

 208, 225, 235-8, 267-8 



courtship of, 221-5 , , ^r 



numbers on different islands, 125 



mimetic, less shy in absence of insectiv- 

 orous birds, 102 

 BuvuMA Isle, size of, 67 



mortality from Sleeping Sickness on, 7-» 

 (" Buvumira ") (see Xylocopidae), 303 

 Buzzard and Chamteleon, 163 

 BwiGGi Isle, 93 

 Byblia, 119 



courtship of, 223-4 

 Bycanistes suboiUniricus, 168 



an aposematic bird. 302 



cry of. 77, 81 



Caeergates leucosticta, 310 



preys on Olossina, 53, 54 

 Camoephaga nigra, attacking ButterHies, 



237 

 Cane, 70. 96, 98, 110, 111, 118 

 Canoe, description of, and names of parts, 



84-7 

 Caprimulgus, cry of. 81, 173 

 {Capsidae, mimetic) (see Eolopeltis, Xene- 



tomorpha) 

 (Carabidae) (see Anthia) . 



Carpenter, Dr. G. D. H., on inheritance 



of small variations, 241 

 (Cassididae) (see AspidomorpM) 

 Castalius isis, 119 

 Castellani, Dr. -A.. 23 

 Caternillar 199 

 insular abundance of, 100, 101, 103, 104, 



106, 116 

 enemies pf, 101, 172, 220, 288, 316 

 instincts of, 200 , , , , 



procryptic, resembbng bird-dropping, 



199- 216 ,. ^ ,, „,. 



rarely becomes aposematic adult, tin 

 with special defence, 206 

 aposematic, becomes aposematic adult, 

 214, 239 ^. , ,. 



if hairy, may become procryptic adult, 

 213 

 hairy, irritant hairs of, 213-4 



enemies of, 166, 218, 294, 316 

 very large, but concealed, 201 

 Catopsilia, 120 



Caves, 98, 108 . ^, ■ r-r 



not good breeding places for Gtlossma, 57 



Centipede, large, absent from islands, 319, 



321 

 Centropidae, 102, 110, 116, 120, 165-6 



(food of, see Ceuthmochares) 

 Cerambycidae, 121, 307-9 



mimetic, 232, 233, 239, 307-9 

 (Cercopithecus) (see Monkey) 

 Ceroplesis signata, 121 

 Ceryle maxima, 169 



rudis, 169 

 Cetoniidae, 121, 232 

 Ceuthmochares oeneus, 166 



