Index. 
Homorus, 242, 256; H. gutturalis, 
architecture of, 244; language 
and antics, 272; H. lophotes, 
244. 
Horse, 348-362; wild, scarcity of 
in Patagonia, 33; coming home 
to die, 323. 
Huanaco, strange 
314-328 
Humble-bees, great increase of, 59; 
destroyed by mice, 62; habits of, 
154-157; threatening attitudes 
of, 192. 
Humming-birds, 205-220, 
Huxley, Professor, on the Crested 
Screamer, 222. 
instinct of, 
Inp1sans, Pampas, their horses, 354. 
Instincts of parents and young, 
101; mistakes of, 167. 
Ixodes. See Bush-ticks. 
JacANA, Parra, wing-displaying 
performance of, 268. 
Jaguar, 14; how hunted, 45; para- 
lyzed by fear, 201; persecuted 
by puma, 30. 
Kine, Captain, anecdote of hua- 
naco, 316. 
Kirby and Spence, on habits of 
the bird-fly, 146; on the fire-fly’s 
light, 168, 170; on mimicry, 127. 
LAGOSTOMUS TRICHODACTYLUS. See 
Vizcacha. 
Lambs, helplessness of, 106. 
Lang, Mr. A., anecdote of cattle, 
344. 
Laptasthenura, 238, 255. 
Larus maculipennis, 66. 
Lefatero. See Anumbius. 
Lichenops __ perspicillata, 
caught, 202. 
Limnornis, 242. 
Limosa hudsonica, migration of, 
21, 22. 
Lochmias, 249. 
Loddigesia mirabilis, 215. 
‘Lophornis, 219. 
Lycosa, habits of a, 192. 
how 
Macarornis, 240, 250. 
Martin, Mr., on humming-birds, 
219. 
Mason-wasp, 180. 
593 
Mice, excessive increase of, 60, 67; 
parental instincts of, 105. 
Military starling, 24. 
Milvago chimango. See Chimango. 
Mimiery in grasshoppers, 124-129 ; 
in a robber-fly, 170; in a snake, 
377. 
Minera. See Geositta cunicularia. 
Mocking-bird, white-banded, me- 
lody of, 276. 
Molina, on the puma, 33; on the 
skunk in Chili, 118; on the 
vizcacha’s tail, 75. 
Molossus bonariensis, 101. 
oes parasitical habits of, 
dl. 
M. bonariensis. See Cow-bird. 
Monedula punctata, habits of, 
162-166. 
Mosquitoes, instinctive fear in, 
135; hunger for blood, 138. 
Murray, Mr. Andrew, on the puma, 
dl. 
Music and dancing in Nature, 
261-288, 
Mygale fusca, 179, 191. 
Myiopotamus coypu. See Coypt. 
Nasica, 288. 
Ocuvtto, 13. 
Oriotrochilus, 219. 
Ornithomyia, habits of, 145. 
Ornithoptera croesus, 206. 
Oscilador, 263. 
Otus brachyotus, 62. 
Oxypogon, 219. 
Oxyurus, 248. 
Pampas, description of, 4-9; grass, 
6; Indians, 7. 
Pampa sheep, 108, 110. 
Papa-uira, 254. 
Parker, Professor, on rails, 222. 
Parra jacana, wing - displaying 
performance of, 268; instincts 
of young, 111. 
Pepris wasp, habits of, 128. 
Peregrine falcon, 32; preying habits 
of, 95. 
Phaéthornithing, 216. 
Pholeus, habits of a, 188, 200. 
Pholeoptynx cunicularia. 
Burrowing Owl. 
Pigs defend themselves against 
puma, 38. 
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