532 



INDEX. 



Mimicry anionj; Lepidoptcra, 130,173 ; 

 in birds, adcl^lioual oxaniplo of, 338 ; 

 in a spider, iJ3 



ilissiojiai'ies, Catholic, -ISO 



Milrosacme sp., 452 



MixLurc of races in Timor-laut, 311 



3Ioens\ Dr., expcrimeuta on cinchoun, 

 109 



Month?, Tiaiiica of the, in Timor, 4S9 



Muaru-Dua, trade of the town of, 178 ; 

 gcolon;icai strata near, 179 



Muara-Inim, tjwu o^', its importance, 

 191 



Miiara-Mcn;:;kulcm, sojourn rt, 2r0 



Muara-llupit, town of, 239; its impor- 

 tance, 239, 210 



^liiller, Fritz, on fertilisation of 31elas- 



toma, 229 

 Miiller's, H., obsorvat^oas on Samhu- 

 • cm, 22G 



Mnnfa palliila, 422 



Muntok, call ut, 2f;0 



Murrav*s, Mr. J., theo:y of coral reef^, 



3G, 37, 40 

 MuriX!:ioids, 23 



MmBcenda frondom, 422 

 Musical performance in Burn, 330 

 Mydans, badpjer-headed, distribution 

 of, in Java, 115 



MjjdansmelicepSf 114; distribution of, 



115 

 Mfjiagra gdlcata^ 294 



Myophoneus mdaauray 172 ; dicrorhi/n- 

 c7ut8, 172 



3fi/n'sftcivora hicolory 295; melanurdy 



393 

 Mfjrmeeodia tuherom, 79 ; sp., 295 

 Mf/zomela annahdlx, 338 ; vidnerata, 



422 ; waholoeusU, 40'J 



I 



Napal-litjin, village of, 253 



Natives of Amboiim, character of, 292 



Native names for plants, 54, 55 



Nectaries, floral, 220 ; long, of Ilahena- 

 via, 29G 



Negiito race, Kubus not of the, 244 



Negritoes iu Timor, 407 



Nene Poyavg, or stem-forefather, re- 

 verence of, in Passumah, 198; in 

 Tandjong-Xing 224 ; oath over his 

 grave-stouc, 2*Z4 



Ntrw Guinea, laud in Maclucr Inlet 

 in, 30 iJ 



Ntop$i(tams euteh$^ 421 



Neomlica forhesL 111 



Xepndhes phj/Uamphora, 78 



Nicholson, :si\\ F., Papew in Ibis on 



Sumatnin birds, 56, 268 

 Nobility, the, of tlic Lamponr^era, 145, 



148 



Nocturnal habits of Apis dorsata, 478 



Nutmegs, the gathering of, 287 ; a 



delightful article of trade, '286 

 Nutmeg, gardens of, in Banda, 286 

 Nyeiioniis amicta, 129 

 Nycticorax caledonicns, 



Nyivplialidw^ new, from ISumatra, 274 



no 



Oaks on Eupit river, 237; on Rawas. 



river, 252 

 Oaths, of Kisam people, 182; among 



the Passumahers, 198; in Burn, how 



taken, 395 ; taken over a ston(\ 198 ; 



in a circle on the ground, 199 ; by 



drinking water, 395 , 

 Observation, powers of, nmoug Sun- 



danese, 54 

 Oc/jpoday habits of, 26 

 Odour emitted by Euscmla helanjerij 



173 

 Condang-oondang (or laws of the 



3Iarga), 142 

 Ogau valley, calcareous hills in , 185; 



carvings, 186 

 Ogan river, 183, 184 ^ 

 Ophvys apifera, fertilisation of, 85, 95 

 Opldhahnh lincca, mimicry of, 173; 



decipiens, mimicry of, 173 

 Orchid feitilisation, 82-97 

 Orders among the J.ampongcrs, 145 

 Oreodoxa oleracea, 10 

 Oregcius gouldi, 172 

 Oi'ioJus dccipiens, 337; huruensis, 393 ; 



maculatus^ 56 

 Ornaments of Passumahers, 195 ; of the 



Lampongers, 147 ; in Timor-kai^ 



313; of the Timorese, 402 

 OrnWiopteva hmolceana, 227 ; pnamusy 



291; remusy 291; ampJirt^saSy 139 



Ornithoptera at Pasn, 29i ; feed on 



Cerhera flowers, 291 

 Omithoscato'kles decipiens, new genus 



and species of spider, 03, 119, 120, 216 

 Orlhoptera of Keeling Island-^, 31 

 Oiiteological characters of Kubus of 



Sumatra, 243, 244,261 



Odi'setty fossil, in Java, 63 



Padang-Ulak-Tandjnng, village of, 225 

 Padjar-bulan, carvings and coat of arms 



in village of, 180 



Pai^anism in tho upland plateaus ff 

 Sumatra, 191; in Passumah, 198 



PaJmornis longicauda, 247 



Palembmg, arrival at, 257 ; construc- 

 tion of the town, 257, 260; population, 



259 ; trade, 259 ; rivers o**, 178 

 Pandanus ccramicus, 403; lieliocopuSf 

 255 





Panda US on tho Kabn, 232 

 Pangolin, habits of, 115 

 Pangium-trces, load of fruit on the, 238 



