Lndex. 337 
Homoras, 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. 
imstinet of, 
Inprans, 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, 35. 
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. 
Lefiatero. 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. 
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Mason-wasp, 180. 
Mice, excessive increase of, 60, 67; 
parental instincts of, 105. 
Military starling, 24. 
Milvago chimango. See Chimango. 
Mimicry in grasshoppers, 124-129 ; 
in a robber-fly, 170; in a snake, 
di. 
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. 
Molothrus, parasitical habits of, 
251. 
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, 
ol. 
Music and dancing in Nature, 
261-288. 
Mygale fusca, 179, 191. 
Myiopotamus coypu. See Coypi. 
Nasica, 238. 
Ocuttto, 13. 
Oriotrochilus, 219. 
Ornithomyia, habits of, 145, 
Ornithoptera croesus, 206. 
Oscilador, 263. 
tus 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. — See 
Burrowing Owl. 
Pigs defend themselves against 
puma, 38. 
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