INDEX 



297 



paca, 281 



palms, cocoanut, 100 

 Para, 241 

 parrakeets, 250 

 peas, butterfly, 182 

 perai, 90 



phosphorescence, 20, 65 

 phosphorescent animals, meth- 

 od of capturing, 20, 21 

 pigeons, 48 



pits, 201; number five, 211 

 Pomeroon, 89, 90 



rain, tropical, 120, 121 

 rainbow, lunar, 58 

 roaches, wood, 277 

 Roosevelt, Colonel, 146-150 

 Roosevelt, Mrs., 147, 148 



sandpiper, 47 



sargasso weed, animals asso- 

 ciated with, 18; fate of, 19; 

 method of grappling, 13-16; 

 origin, 16 



scorpions, 152; pseudo, 259 



sea-birds, 11 



sea, color of, 24; swimming in, 

 45, 46 



sea-horses, 18 



second-growth, 180 



seeds, 75 



sharks, harmlessness of, 46 



shrimps, 18 



skimmers, 97 



sloth, name of, 264 



snails, 259 



snake, 285; green, 72; water 

 constrictor, 72 



spiders, 259 



spine-tail, 119 



Station, Zoological, 141, 153; 

 Tropical Research, 67 



St. Eustatius, 44 



St. Kitts, 44-49 



St. Lucia, 54-59; coal-carriers, 

 55 



St. Pierre, 30 



St. Thomas, 35-44 



Suddie, 70 



swifts, Palm, 47, 159; col- 

 lared, 159 



tamarind tree, 38 



tanagers, 201, 249, 252 



tapir, 90 



tarantula, 152 



termites, 258; flight, 158; 

 immunity from attack, 233 



tinamou, 189; eggs, 189 



toads, 161, 213 



tody-flycatchers, 127 



toucans, 250, 251 



trail, Convict, 177-210; Pome- 

 roon, 84-91 



trees, silk cotton, 100; senti- 

 nel, 196; wild cinnamon, 241 



trogons, 188 



Trois Pitons, 58 



tropic-bird, 37 



trumpet tree, 182 



warracabra tiger, 273 

 wasp, 63, 83 

 wharf, Dutch, 71 

 woodhewers, 249, 251 

 woodpeckers, 249, 251, 252 

 worm, inch, 229 

 wrens, 157, 250 



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