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Index. 



Aurora borealis observed at Muka, 530. 



Australia, ret-emblance to, of the Au.stro-Ma- 

 layan division of the Archipelago, 'lb ; great 

 differencj! between the productions of, and 

 those of Asia, 25. 



Australians, ou the crania and languages of 

 the, 601, 002. 



Austro-Malayan division of the Archipelago, 

 21 (see also Indo-Alalayan) ; its close resem- 

 blance to Australia, not to Asia, 25. 



Awaiya, village of, 35S ; arrival at, 363. 



Awaiya vocabulary, 006. 



Ayer-panas, life at, 40. 



B. 



Babiriisa (pig-deer), the, 2T0, 282 ; skull of the, 

 2S3, 395 ; of Celebes found in Bouru, 397. 



Baboon monkeys at Batchian, 344 ; of the 

 Moluccas, 390. 



Baderoon, the author's servant, 412 ; his gam- 

 bling propensities, 483. 



Bali, island of, 16 ; no forest in, 20 ; difference 

 between, and Lombock, 25 (see Birds in) ; 

 position of, and of Lombock, 160 ; the only 

 islands of the Archipelago in which the 

 Hindoo religion maintains itself, 160 (isee 

 Bileling); beauty of the district around, 

 161; cattle aud birds, 161, 162; birds in, 

 162. 



Ball, Mr., an Englishman, resident in Java, 

 111. 



Bamboo, usefulness of, 65, 83 ; with plate of 

 bridge, 88-91. 



Banda, island of, 16; from Macassar to, 292 ; 

 first impression of, 293; appearance of the 

 town, 293 ; view of the volcano of, 2',»3, 294 ; 

 volcanic character of the island, 294; na- 

 tives of, 297 ; birds and mammalia, 297 ; the 

 trading locality for nutmegs, 316. 



Banda group, 418. 



Baso, the author's servant, 412. 



Batanta, map of, 517. 



Batavia, arrival at, 120; tr.ade and hotels, 

 120. 



Batchian, islnnd of, 10 ; voyage to, .R25; vol- 

 canoes of, 3-'7 ; arrival at, 332; difficulties 

 of obtaining accommodation, 333 ; the au- 

 thor's cottage in the suburbs, 333, 334; 

 interview with the Sultan, 334 ; road 'to the 

 coal-mines, 335 ; virgin forest of, 335 ; dis- 

 tinct races of, 337 ; robbery at, 338 ; wet 

 season at, 339 ; music and dancing at, 340 ; 

 domestic habits of, 340; eatable bats at,341 ; 

 walk in the forest of, 341 ; objects of natu- 

 ral history at, 342 e,t seq. ; its great variety 

 of surface and of soil, 349 ; sketch map of, 

 541. 



Batchian vocabulary, 606. 



Batrachostomus crinifrons, 352. 



Bats, eatable, 341. 



Batu-merah vocabulary, 606. 



Batuassa, village of, 36.5. 



Beard, cultivating a, 478. 



Beck, Capt. Van der, 355, 357 ; his extraordi- 

 nary knowledge of languages, 357. 



Bee-eater, Australian, 167, 280 



Bee-hunters and bee-hunting, 207-209. 



Bees-wax in Timor, 207. 



Beetles, 700 species collected in Singapore, 

 50; distinct (130) kinds of the Lougicorns, 



, 56 ; proper ground for collecting, 47 ; large 



number and new species of, collected at 

 the Simfinjon coal-works, 48, 300 ; a rare 

 beetle, 3U9 ; numerous species of, discover- 

 ed, 329, 330, 337 ; capture of, o43 ; found at 

 Bouru, 392 ; of the Moluccas, 406 ; the va- 

 rious species, 406 ; obtained for tobacco, 

 427 ; numerous species in New Guinea, 513 ; 

 new species, 513. 



Belang vocabulary, 605. 



Belideus ariel, 344, 398. 



Bengalese in tjiugapore, 32. 



Bernstein, Dr., 324; collector for the Leyden 

 Museum, 344. 



Bessir, village of, 526, 534; visit to, 534; 

 wretched accommodation there, 534, 535, 

 bargain with the men for catching Birds of 

 Paradise, 535, 536 ; their method of snaring 

 them, 537; scarcity of food there, 538; the 

 country around veiy hilly and rugged, 539. 



Bileling, arrival at, from Singapore, 160 ; a 

 Chinese house in, 160. 



Bird of Paradise, new form of, 336 ; named 

 "■ Wallace's Standard Wing," 336. 



Birds, in Bali and Lombock, 25 ; in Malacca, 

 39,40; in Bali, 162; in Ampanam, 164; 

 boys' bird-catching, 164; beautiful birds, 

 167, 108 (se£ Simla group, and Celebes), 

 268 (see Maleo) ; scarcity of, 34.1 ; insular 

 forms of, 351 ; collections of, in Bouru, 

 395; number of species from the Molucca 

 group of islands, 399, 400 ; number of, in 

 Europe compared, 400 ; in India, 400; va- 

 rious noises of, 449 ; numerous varieties of, 

 in the Aru Islands, 460 et seq. ; dancing- 

 pai ties of, called " Sacaleli," 466 ; those 

 which live only in the depths of the for- 

 est, 490 ; shot at Dorey, 502 ; collection of, 

 obtained in Waigiou, 539 ; of New Guinea, 

 577 ; genera and species of, 578. 



Birds of Paradise, 13 ; range of, 27; their great 

 beauty, 467 ; specimens of, obtained in their 

 native forests, 486 ; at Waigiou, 533 ; diflfi- 

 culty of catching them, 529, 530 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 530; bargains with the bird-catchers 

 of Bessir for capturing them, 535 ; their 

 success, 536 ; some of them kept in cages, 

 but they did not live, 537 ; method of snar- 

 ing them, 537 ; their history and habits, 

 552 et neq. ; different names applied to, by 

 different nations, 552 ; their structure and 

 aflfinities, 553 ; the Great Bird of Paradise 

 (the Paradisea apoda of Linnfeus), the 

 largest species known, .553; changes of 

 plumage, 554; native method of catehing 

 them, 555; mode of preserving them, 555; 

 the Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisea pa- 

 puana), 5.50; the true Paradise birds, 657; 

 fed on cockroaches, 557 ; ParJidisea rubra, 

 558 ; changes of plumage, .559 ; King Bird 

 (Paradisea regia), its great beauty, 560 ; 

 the "Magnificent" (Paradisea speciosa), 

 561 ; the Diphillodes wilsoni, 563 ; the Su- 

 perb Bird. 563 ; the Golden or Six-shafted 

 bird (Parotia sexpennis), 564; the Stand- 

 ard Wing, 565 ; the ICpimachidse, or Long- 

 billed birds, 507 ; Twelve-wired bird (Par- 

 adisea alba), 567 ; Seleucides alba, 508 ; the 

 great Epimaque, or Long-tniled bird, 509 ; 

 Scale-breasted bird, 509 ; Ptiloris alberti, 

 P. Paradiseus, P. Victorioe, .570 ; Paradise 

 Oriole (Paradisea aurea), .571 ; list of all 

 the Birds of Paradise yet known, with the 



