302 
Erythrina, 101, 263 
Esquipula, 43, 44 
Essequibo, carved rocks of, 44 
Estely, the, 192 
Eumonota superciliaris, 124 
Evander nobilis (Bates), 243, 290 
Fairbairn, Mr., 121 
Farina, 46 
Felspar, 77 
Ferns, 6, 42, 47, 184; maiden-hair, 
184, 264; oak, 184; tree, IgI 
Festa, 41 
Festivals, 214, 219 
Fig trees, 56 
Fire-flies, 81, 243 
Fissure veins, 69 
Floating plants, 38 
Florida, 45 
Florisuga Mellivora, Linn., 86, 88 
Fly-catchers, 96, 124, 222 
Forbes, Mr. David, on auriferous 
quartz veins, 76 
Forest of the Atlantic slope, 47, 50 | 
Forest region, limit of the, 145; 
effect of cultivation on the, 146 | 
Forest-vegetation, 47, 48 
Foxglove, fertilisation of, 102 
Franklin on whirlwind in Mary- 
land, 231 
Fresh- water animals, 255, 256; 
plants, 255, 256 
Frogs, 245; on Petia Blanca, 110 
Gage, Thomas, on the Indians’ 
respect for their priest, 215 
Garrapatos, 166 
Glacial beds, 200; period, 191, 202 
and n., 205, 209, 256; scratches, 
200, 202 
Gneiss, 198, 199, 200, 201, 213 
Gold, 202, 203; bars, 74; dis- 
tribution of, in quartz veins, 70, 
7i, 72, 203; mining, 70, 71, | 
287 | 
Gosse, P., on grassquit of Jamaica, | 
223 
Gourd-shaped pottery, 40, 264 
Gracias a Dios, C., 4, 46, 288 
Granada, 35, 56, 261; courts of 
law at, 261, 263 
Granitic intrusive rocks, 76 
Grasshoppers, 18, I9, 21 | 
Green, Dr., 5 | 
Greenstone, 68, 76 
Grenadillos, 56 | 
Greytown, 3, 4 and %., 5, 6, 8, 14, | 
15, 28; trade of, 5, 6, 14, 27; | 
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salubrity of, due to its flatness, 
5,6 
Grouse, 95 
Guatuse, the, 33, 34 
Guatuses, Indians, 32 
Guava jelly, 7 
Guayava trees, 7, 122, 158 
Guinea grass, 109, 236 
Gummifere@, 169 
Guzman, Senor Fernando, 263 
Gyrinid@, 229, 253 
| Harlequin beetle, 30 
Hartt, Professor, on glacial drift 
in South America, 204, 205 
Hawkes, 99, 198; crab eating, 126 
Hayti, 46, 205 
Heer, Professor, on the Miocene 
flora, 204 
| Heliconiz, 14, 16, 183, 191 
Helicomde, 7, 47, 85, 295 
Heliconii, 205, 242 
Heliomaster palitdiceps 
88, IoI 
Heliothrix barrott, 88 
Hemiptera, 177, 241, 244 
Herrania purpurea, 91 
Hesperide, 84, 108 
Hewitson, Mr. W. C., 288 
Hides, 5, 119 
(Gould), 
| Hollenbeck, Mr.. 5, 11, 36 
Homoptera, 175, 177, 178 
Honey-glands, 174, 175, 177 
Horse fly, 239, 240 
Huaco, 158, 168 
Huexlotl, 160 
Humboldt, on hairless dogs, 160; 
on origin of the Mexican and 
Eastern Asiatics, 282 and ., 
284; on origin of whirlwinds, 
231 
Humming-birds, 48, 86, 106, 107, 
124; abundance of, 108; nests 
of, 108; rapidity of flight, 48, 
108; bathing, 106,107; fertilis- 
ing flowers, 88, 100, 101; tongue 
of, 88, 89, Io1 
Hydrophilus, 253 
| Hymenoptera, 24, 25 
Hypoclinea sp., 20, 142, 176 
| Ibis, 287 
Ice, influence 
eruptions, 271 
Ictertd@, 222 
Icterus pectoralis, Wagl., 251 
Iguana, 258 
of, in volcanic 
| Indian antiquities, 40, I2I, 123, 
