INDEX 



Abary, 99 



agouti, 189 



allamandas, 85, 182 



Amazon, 240 



anaquaa, 115 



anchor, observation from, 22, 

 23 



anis, 47, 100, 118 



antbirds, 249 



ants, 183, 256, 258; immunity 

 from killing, 231; silvery 

 gray, 223; "white," 233 



army ants, behavior in rain, 

 228, 229; castes, 217; eyes, 

 219; leap, 212, 213, 223; 

 methods of transportation, 

 215, 229; moving of nest, 

 235, 236; tube, 227; trail 

 makers, 221, 222; virility, 

 234; weight lifted, 216 



Barbados, 59-65 



Bartica, 141 



Basseterre, 45 



bat, vampire, 104, 152 



batrachian, 212 



beach, 62, 63, 70, 74, 75 



Beckett, Mr., 124 



beena, 274 



beetles, 211, 227, 234, 256, 277; 



mimicry, 257; tiger, 63 

 bell bird, 159 

 Berbice, 102, 103, 124 

 bete rouge, 243, 255 

 blackbirds, 98, 99 

 blackfish, 12 

 bougainvillea, 85 

 British Guiana, mission to, 67; 



coast lands, 92-102 

 bund ti ri pimpler, 125 

 bunyahs, yellow-backed, 100 



bushmaster, noosing, 188-195; 



protective coloration, 191, 



192; fangs, 194; size, 195 

 butterflies, on St. Thomas, 38; 



on St. Kitts, 48; migration 



of sulphur, 158 



caciques, 100 



cadouries, 146 



callistes, 201, 249 



canella do matto, 241 



cashew, French, 197-200 



caterpillars, aquatic, 128 



catfish, armored, 112 



cecropia, 182 



centipedes, 152 



cetaceans, 11 



chachalacas, 157 



churacas, 248 



coal-carriers, St. Lucia, 55 



convolvulus, 182 



coolie, trial, 80-84; marriage, 



163-176 



cotton-birds, 88 

 crabs, 16; land, 62 

 cricket, tree, 281 

 crows, carrion, 88 

 cuckoos, 212; black, 88 

 Cuyuni, 144 



dacnis, 201 



daddy-long-legs, 215, 227 

 dance, Hindu, 170 

 de"bris, jungle, 253 

 deer, 280 

 dikes, 97 



dogs, wild hunting, 273 

 dolphins, 44, 45 

 doves, ground, 48 

 ducks, Muscovy, 88 



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