INDEX 



Acacias, 152, 270. 

 Adobe houses, 38-40, 107. 

 Agiia Azul, Oasis of, 66-82. 

 Alkali desert, 82-90. 



dust, 81. 

 Anis, 8. 



Groove-billed, 320, 385. 

 Ant-lion, pits of, 243. 

 Ants, 103. 



black, 130. 



leaf -carrying, 152-154, 243. 



nests in trees, 319, 320. 



tunnels of tree, 192-194. 



wood, 312. 

 ArmadUlo, 223, 250, 280. 



Nine-banded, 234, 235, 

 276, 396. 

 Arroyo del Muerte, 228-257. 

 Atenquiqui, Barranca of, 130-169,360. 



Bassariscus. See Ring-tailed Cat. 

 Bats, 9, 215. 216, 360, 398. 



horde of, 272, 274. 

 Bear, 328, 398. 



Becard, Xantus, 330, 331, 388. 

 Beetles, 21. 



tiger, 18, 210. 

 water, 209. 

 Berries, 186, 190, 279, 308. 

 Birthwort, 294-299. 

 Bittern, 11. 

 Blackbirds, 25, 61, 115, 117. 



Bieoloured, 115, 390. 



Brewer, 61, 391. 



Red-winged, 9, 116. 



Yellow - headed, 63-65, 

 11.5,390 

 Blackfish, 2. 



Blnebill. See Lesser Scaup Duck. 

 Bluebirds, 2.50, 396. 

 Boa, Mexican, 276, 277. 

 Bob-White, 2.50. 



Grayson, 385. 



Booby, 12, 381. 



Red-footed, 335, 381, 

 Bougainvillea, 53. 



Bunting, Leclancher or Rainbow, 321, 

 393. 

 Painted, 349, 393. 

 Turquoise-fronted, S06, 393. 

 Varied, 195, 350, 393. 

 Butterflies, abundance of, 164, 165. 

 at carrion, 293. 

 at pools, 208-211. 

 injured by birds, 293. 

 leaf, 241-243. 

 like Nortliern ones, 99, 100. 

 Buzzards. See Vultures. 



Cacique, Mexican, 282-284, 390. 

 Cactus, 40, 42, 54, 55, 91, 171, 234, 270. 

 candelabra. See Organ cactus, 

 nopal, 230. 



organ, 85, 104, 206, 2.30. 

 Camp, in Barranca Atenquiqui, 131- 

 133. 

 in tropics, 268-273. 

 outfit for, 364-374. 

 provisions for, 370, .371. 

 Canvas-back, 119, 383. 

 Caracaras, 117, 248, 255, 290-292. 



Audubon, 386. 

 Catbird, 8. 

 Catfish, giant, 109. 



Cat, Ring-tailed, 218-221, 279, 280, 

 398. 

 Tiger. See Ocelot. 

 Catharus, Jalisco, 396. 

 Cave-dwellers, 35. 

 Century-plant, 244. 

 Cereus, Night-blooming, 53, 244, 253, 



254. 

 Chachalaea, Wagler,324, 327,328, 385. 

 Chapala, Lake of, 109-111. 



marshes of, 109-121. 

 Chat, Du Bus Red-breasted, 288, 394, 



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