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Index. 



Polyborinae, 23. 



Polyborus tharus. See Carancho. 



Pracellodomus sibilatrix, architec- 

 ture, 244. 



Pseudocolaptes, 250. 



Puma, 14 ; habits of, 31-58 ; playful 

 temper, 280; destructive habits, 

 299. 



Pyrophorus, 169. 



QUIHQUINCHO, 16. 



EALLTJS RYTHYRHYXCHUS, 20. 

 Eattlesnake, hyber nation o|j, 321. 

 Ehea americana, 26 ; hunted with 



bolas, 27 ; habits of young,- 85. 

 Bhomalea speciosa, 127. 

 Ehynchotus rufescens. See Tica- 



mon. 

 Eomanes, Dr., on persecution of 



the sick and wounded by animals, 



340. 



Eostrhamus sociabilis, 95. 

 Eupicola, dancing antics of, 261. 

 Euskin, on colour, 280. 



SALTICUS, 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, 7275 ; 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. 



Sulphur tyrant, a snake- killer, 73. 

 Swan, Black-necked, how taken, 



201. 



Sycalis luteola, melody of, 274, 285. 

 Sylviothorynchns, 239. 

 Synallaxis, architecture of, 244, 



247, 369. 

 S. phryganophila, 244, 249. 



TALEGALI/CS, 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- 

 tida3. 



Tristram, Canon, on migration, 23. 



Tuco-tuco, 13. 



UPEBCERTHIA, 242. 



VAX BENEDEX, on mosquitoes, 139. 



"Vivora de la cruz, 160. 



Vizcacha, 9 ; biography of, 289-313. 



WALLACE, Dr. A. E., on antiquity 

 of humming-birds,217 ; on colour, 

 249, 280, 285. 



Waterhouse, on marsupial charac- 

 ters in the vizcacha, 289-313. 



Weissenborn, on migrations of 

 dragon-flies in Europe, 133. 



Widgeon, Whistling, antics of, 266. 



Woodhewers. See Dendrocolap- 

 tidas. 



XENOPS, 240. 

 Xyphocolaptes, 243. 

 Xyphorynchus, 238, 243, 260. 



YPECAHA, 20 ; dances of, 266. 



ZEKAIDA MACULATA, 63; anecdote 



of, 91-93. 

 Zoniopoda tarsata, habits of, 124. 



