Index. 



635 



Orang Sirani, the name of the Christian de- 

 sceudauts of the Portuguese, 31S, 341. 



Orang-utan, 13 ; the great man-ape of Borneo, 

 50 (see Mias). 



Orchids in rtower, 47, 91. 



Ornithopterai butterflies, 13 ; of the Mohic 

 cas, 40,'>. 



Omithoptera Broolieana, named after Sir 

 James Brooke, 4S. 



Omithoptera croesus, 843. 



Ornithoptera poseidon, its great beauty, 434. 



Oasang, village of, 366. 



Otters, 50. 



Otto and Gesler, Messrs., trading missiona- 

 ries, 498. 



Owls, in Celebes, 2T9. 



Paciencia Straits, 547. 



Pacific, different races of the, 593, 594 ; geo- 

 graphical dividing line, 594. 



Palembang, city of, 13'2, 133 ; boys, etc., of, 

 133 ; road from to Bencoolen, 134. 



Palm sugar, 237 ; a beautiful palm, 276. 



Pandanacea;, on the Batchian coast, 347. 



Pangeraugo and Gedeh mountains, trip to the 

 summit of, 125. 



Panghu, 267; birds and insects in, 268. 



Papandayang, volcano, eruption of, 17. 



Papers lost, 45. 



Papilio coon, butterfly, 123, 139. 



Papilio gambrisius, 363. 



Papilio memnon, 138. 



Papilio Ulysses, 336. 



Papilio wallacei, 343. 



Papilios, fine specimens of, 360. 



Papua Kowiyee, bloodthirsty tribes of, 379. 



Piipuan belles, personal ornaments of the, 467, 

 468. 



Papuan Islands, natural history of the, 576 et 

 seq. ; mammalia of the, 577 ; birds of the, 

 579 et. seq. ; geology of the, 579 ; insects of, 

 579 ; large islands to the east of New Guin- 

 ea, 581; the fauna of, related to that of Aus- 

 tralia, 5S1 ; insects of, 582 ; plants of, 582. 



Papuan race in Ceram, 370. 



Papuans, the, 323 ; first view of, in their own 

 country, 420 ; wildness of the, 420 ; differ- 

 ent from the Malays, 421 ; contrast of char- 

 acter with the Malays, 430; reserved and 

 tacituni, 438 ; of the Malay Archipelago, 

 584; personal characteristics of the, 587; 

 their stature, 588 ; their moral and intel- 

 lectual characteristics, 588, 589 ; island of 

 New Guinea, Ko and Aru Islands, Mysol, 

 Salwatty, and Waiginu inliabited almost 

 exclusively by, 501; closely allied to the 

 negroes of Africa, 594; on the crania and 

 langu.iges of the, 601. 



Paradigalla carunculata, 571. 



Paradise birds, manner of shooting, 446; 

 scarcity of, in New Guinea, 446. 



P.iradise pie of New Guinea, 571. 



Paradisea, obtained in full plumage, 466. 



Paradisea regia, 448. 



Paradisea rubra at Waigiou, 529, 530; twen- 

 ty-four fine specimens brought away, 539. 



Paradiseida" {see Birds of Paradise). 



Parroquet, long-tailed, 134. 



Parrots, 196 ; in Celebes, 279 ; of New Guin- 

 ea, 577. 



Peacock, the Java, 117. 



Pearl shells, the chief staple of the Ai-u trade, 

 488. 



Pelah, bad account of, 390 ; journey to, 391, 



l'enri;i5eu mountains, at the head of the Sar.i- 

 wak river, 83. 



Peters, Mr., of Awaiya, 368. 



Phalffinopis grandiflora, 428. 



Pheasant, great Argus, country of, 44. 



Pheasants, in Sumatra and Borneo, 117. 



Philippine Islands, 16 ; active and extinct 

 volcanoes in, 18, 19 ; black woolly races of 

 the, 591. 



Phosphoric light, rushing streams of, 414. — ' 



Pliysical geography (see Archipelago). 



Pieris, genus, 362. 



Pig, wild, 26, 282. 



Pigs, their power of swimming, 398. 



Pigeons, fruit, 131 ; various, 166; several spe- 

 cies of, 196 ; of immense size, 423 ; of New 

 Guinea, 578. 



Pin, a strange novelty to the natives, 393. 



Pirates, on the Batchian coast, 447; Sir J. 

 Brooke's suppression of, on the coast of 

 Borneo, 347 ; on the coast of Aru, 440 ; at- 

 tack the praus and murder the crews, 441, 

 442. 



Pitcher-plant, on Mount Ophir, 43 ; water id, 

 43 ; the plant in Borneo, 91, 148. 



Pitta genus, 394. 



Htta celebensis, 394. 



Pitta gigas, a beautiful bird of Gilolo, 321. 



Plants, on Mount Ophir (Ferns and Pitcher- 

 plants, see both), 43 ; rhododendrons, 43 ; 

 zinziberaceous plants, 44 (see Durion and 

 Bamboo) ; on Pangerango mountain, 126- 

 129 ; geographical distribution of, 491, 4'. 2 et 

 seq. ; distribution of, in New Guinea, 582. 



Plow, a native, 232 ; plowing, 232, 233. 



Plumage of Birds of Paradise, changes of, 558 

 et seq. 



Polynesia, an area of subsidence, 595. 



Polynesian races, 593, 595; on the crania and 

 languages of the, 601. 



Poraali, or "taboo," 203. 



Poppa, map of, 517 ; difficulties near the isl- 

 land of, 520 et .^eq. 



Portuguese, in Singapore, from Malacca, 32 ; 

 in Malacca, 37, 38 ; bad government of, iu 

 Timor, 205 ; expelled from Ternate by the 

 Dutch, 315; truly wonderful conquerors and 

 colonizers, 430. 



Pottery, carved tool for making, 51. 



Prau, native, of Macassar, 410 ; tlie crew, 411, 

 415 ; captain and owner of the, 416 ; dan- 

 gerou.s defects of the, 416 ; comforts of the, 

 431. 



Primula imperialis in Java, 127. 



Productions, natur.il, contrasts of, in the Ma- 

 lay Archipelago, 21 ; peculiarities of posi- 

 tion in certain localities, 22, 23 ; natural 

 means of dispersal of, 22; a suppa=ed cas;' 

 of natural dispersal, 28; an exact parallel 

 in the Malay Archipelago, 29. 



Ptilonopue pulchellus, 530. 



Ptilonopus superbus, and V. iogaster, 344. 



Ptiloris alberti, of N. Australia, 570. 



Pumbuckle, chief, in Lombock, 175. 



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Races, contrasts of, 30 ; two distinct, in the 



