INDEX 



"African Game Trails," 22. 



Agassiz, 344. 



Agouti, 1 68, 336. 



Alencarliense, Lieutenant, 263. 



Alligator, 77. 



Alva, Duke of, Appendix B, 354. 



Amarante, Lieutenant, 263, 264. 



Amazon, 7, 282, 333. 



Amazonas, Boundary Commission of, 



317,34. 

 Ameghino, Doctor, 27; Appendix A, 



351- 



American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, 2, 7, 65, 142, 182. 

 Amilcar, Captain, 153, 154, 166, 183, 



203, 215, 221, 228, 240, 264; loss of 



his notes and instruments, 331; 



arrives at Manaos, 331. 

 Ammunition, Appendix B, 363. 

 Anaconda, 53, 222. , 

 Ananas River, 182, 233, 241, 310; 



note, 318. 

 Andes, 6. 

 Andre, 301. 



Aneroid, 262, 274, 313. 

 Animals, wild, curious local change in 



habits of, 28; ignorance of some 



hunters concerning, 84. 

 Ant-eater, giant, tamandua bandeira, 



65, 66, 73. 



Ant-hills, giant, 88, 89, 185, 186, 221. 

 Ants, 159, 245; poisonous, 53, 89; fire- 

 ants, 105, no, 114, 116, 117, 146; 



foraging, 162, 163, 164, 227, 281; 



leaf-carrying, 186, 250, 280; giant, 



256, 266. 

 Ants, socks and mosquito-netting 



eaten by, 159, 245, 298. 

 Argentina, 2. 

 Argentine, 9, 26. 

 Aripuanan, the, 277, 278, 289, 316, 



317, 318, 329, 330, 331, 340. 

 Armadillos, 87, 88, 168, 200. 



373 



Arms, 5, 65, 242; Fox, 65; Springfield 

 rifle, 79, 90; Liiger, 90, 229; Win- 

 chester, 81, 206, 322; Appendix B, 

 353, 363- 



Arneberg, Mr., 30. 



Arrows, 272. 



Asuncion, 8; leave, 38; 43. 



Automobile, a querulous traveller in 

 the, 207, 208. 



Ayolas, the Spanish explorer, 58. 



Baggage, rearrangement of, 209; cut- 

 ting down of, 241; further reduction 

 of, 274; final reduction of, 295; per- 

 sonal, Appendix B, 357, 358. 



Balsa, or ferry, 205, 214. 



Bandeira, the, 247, 248. 



Barbados, sail for, 338. 



Barboso, Senhor, 321, 322. 



Barilloche, 35. 



Barometers, Appendix B, 368. 



Barros, Senhor de, 64. 



Bates, H. W., 116, 336; Appendix A, 

 345, 346. 



Bats, 135; blood-sucking, 167, 168, 



233, 234- 



Bedding, Appendix B, 353. 



Bees, 206, 246, 250, 252, 257. 



Belen (formerly Para), 335, 336, 337; 

 zoological gardens at, 337. 



Benedetto, 144-147, 149. 



Beriberi, 154, 197, 218, 310. 



Birds, songs of, 32, 33, 281; bientevido, 

 34; tyrant flycatchers, 34, 35, 36; 

 advertising coloration of, 36; habits 

 of, 36; survival factors in species of, 

 37; water-fowl, 38, 49, 58, 64, 68; 

 difference in bird fauna, 68, 71; 

 "Jesus Christ," 72; wealth of bird 

 life, 72; nests of, 72, 334; need for 

 work of careful observer of, 72, 78; 

 ants attack nestling, 89; extraordi- 

 nary collection of, 89, 91 ; oven-birds, 



