394 
Polyborinee, 23. 
Polyborus tharus. See Carancho. 
Porphyriops melanops, 20. 
Pracellodomus sibilatrix, architec- 
ture, 244. 
Pseudocolaptes, 250. 
Puma, 14; habits of, 31-58; playful 
temper, 280; destructive habits, 
299. 
Pyrophorus, 169. 
QuUIRQUINCHO, 16. 
RaALLUS RYTHYRHYNCHUS, 20. 
Rattlesnake, hybernation of, 321. 
Rhea americana, 26; hunted with 
bolas, 27; habits of young, 85. 
Rhomalea speciosa, 127. 
Rhynchotus rufescens. See Tina- 
mon. 
Romanes, Dr., on persecution of 
the sick and wounded by animals, 
340. 
Rostrhamus sociabilis, 95. 
Rupicola, dancing antics of, 261. 
Ruskin, on colour, 280. 
Satricus, 179, 195. 
Schufeldt, Dr., on humming-birds, 
209. 
Scissors-tail, performance of, 271. 
Sclerurus, 240, 249. 
Short-eared owl, 62, 63, 66. 
Sittosoma, 238. 
Skunk, 15; habits of, 116-123; 
degeneracy of, 158. 
Snakes, their enemies, 72—75; hy- 
bernating habits, 321; mimicry, 
374-378. 
Sociable hawk, 95. 
Sparrow, common, 84. 
Spathura, 219. 
Spencer, Herbert, on instinctive 
fear of man in birds, 99, 100. 
Spiders, facts and thoughts about, 
176-199. 
Spine-tail. See Synallaxis. 
Spur-winged lapwing, 20; dances 
of, 269. 
Stilt, Brazilian, aerial pastimes of, 
282. 
Stolzman, on wandering bands of 
birds, 254. 
Index. 
Sulphur tyrant, a snake-killer, 73. 
ae: Black-necked, how taken, 
Ol. 
Sycalis luteola, melody of, 274, 285. 
Sylviothorynchus, 239. 
Synallaxis, architecture of, 244, 
247, 369. 
S. phryganophila, 244, 249. 
TALEGALLUS, habits of young, 87. 
Tatusia hybrida, 16. 
Tinamou, rufous, 25; early ma- 
turity of, 258. 
spotted, 25; death-feigning 
instincts of, 203. 
Teguexin lizard, a snake-killer, 74. 
Tetragnatha, 183. 
Thripodectes flammulatus, 250. 
Thurn, Everard im, on humming- 
birds, 207. 
Trap-door spider, 195. 
Tree-creepers. See Dendrocolap- 
tidee. 
Tristram, Canon, on migration, 23, 
Tuco-tuco, 13. 

UPERCERTHIA, 242. 
Van BENEDEN, on mosquitoes, 139. 
Vivora de la cruz, 160. 
Vizcacha, 9; biography of, 289-315. 
Wattacg, Dr. A. R., on antiquity 
of humming-birds,217; oncolour, 
249, 280, 285. 
Waterhouse, on marsupial charac- 
ters in the vizcacha, 289-315. 
Weissenborn, on migrations of 
dragon-flies in Europe, 133. 
Widgeon, Whistling, antics of, 266. 
Woodhewers. See Dendrocolap- 
tidee. 
XENops, 240. 
Xyphocolaptes, 243. 
Xyphorynchus, 258, 245, 260. 
Yrrcaua, 20; dances of, 266. 
ZENAIDA MACULATA, 63; anecdote 
of, 91-93. 
Zoniopoda tarsata, habits of, 124. 
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