394 INDEX. 

Moths, 52, 53. Plotus Anhinga, 322. 
Motica fly, 158. Portuguese emigrants, Early, 111. 
Munduruct Indians, 144, 162, 240, 244. Pumice-stones on the Upper Amazons, 
Mura Indians, 157, 166. 263. 
Murishi fruit-tree, 190. Pupunha palm, 286. 
Murucupi creek, 96. Purumaé fruits, 286. 
Mururé tree, 219. Purts River, 265. 
Musa paradisiaca, 4, 5. : 
Mitum bird, 319. Quary, Lake, 265. 7 
Mycetes stramineus, I51, 152. 
Mygale spiders, 53, 80. Raposa animal, 304. 
Myrmecophaga jubata, 90, 92. Rattlesnakes, 152. 
Rhamphoccelus jacapa, 8. 
Needle-fish, 248. Rodents, 104. 
Negro, Rio, 172. Rostrhamus hamatus, 232. 
“ Flora and fauna of, 175, 176. 
Negroes, free, 379. Sack-bearing caterpillar, 355. 
Night-apes, owl-faced, 337. St. Paulo, 377. 
Noira pinima, 218. Salamis jucunda, 80. 
Santa Anna Nery, Baron de, Letter from, 
Obydos, 121. xxix. 
- animals, birds, and insects of, | Santarem, 119, 180 ef seg. 
131. ‘ early history, 187, 188. 
Odontocheila egregia, 166. Sapucaya nut tree, 33. 
(Enocarpus distichus, 198. * Sapu-péra wood, 219. 
(Estrus fly, 384. Sarapo fish, 248. : 
Opisthocomus cristatus, 60. Sasstl-arana, 90. 
Opossum, 233. Saiiba ants; 12, 13. 
Organ bird, 380. Serpa, 158. 
Sharp, Dr. D., Ixxx. 
Pacas, 102, 104. Shimuni island, 301. 
Palm fruits, 286. Shumana Indians, 315. 
Palms, 59, 62. 97, 262. Sipo Matador, or the murderer Liana, 26. 
Pama fruit, 285. Sloths, 206. 
Papilio butterflies, 156, 160. Snakes, 50, 95. 
»,  sesostris, 25. x water, 194. 
Para, xxii., 3, 4, 386. Solimoens or Upper Amazons, 171, 256 
», aborigines of, 38. et seq. 
»» diversity of fauna and flora in the Species, origin of new, 133. 
forests of, 22-27. Spiders, 53, 80, 207. ; 
,»» history of, 17. Spix and Martius’ travels, xxi., 111. 
»» insects of, 52, 53. Sting-ray, 220. 
5, religious festivals of, 44, 45. Stcu-tba tree, 19I. 
,, River, 2, 3. Surubim fish, 305. 
Pararuate Indians, 241. 
Parasitic plants, 26, 27. Tabatinga-clay formation, 121, 122, 145, 
Parauaci monkeys, 336. 150, 175; 2575 377: 
Parentins River, 145. Table-topped mountains, 118, 120. 
Parica snuff, 169. Tamandua, 9o. 
Pashitba palm, 97, 263, Tamburi-para bird, 144. 
Passi Indians, 275, 292, 293, 297. Tanagers, 8. 
Peach palm fruit, 286. Tanagra episcopus, 8. 
Pelopzeus wasp, 199. Tanana cricket, 129. 
Peuririma palm, 151. Tapaitna channel, 224. 
Pico do Trura, 202. Tapajocos Indians, 187. 
Pikia tree, 203. Tapajos river, 119, 180, 216, 250. F 
Pine-apples, wild, r5r. Tapuyo Indians, 39. 
Piranha fish, 248. Taroba drink, 221. 
Pira-purasséya, or fish dance, 316. Tauari cigarette papers, 164, 165. 
Piraruca fish, 261. Teffé River, 290. 
Piam fly, 170, 171. Termites or white ants, 105, 208, 209, 355. 
