INDEX 



Agrias, i. 297. 



Air-roots, i. 50. 



Aiyussa" turtle, ii. 281. 



Alligators, i. 227 ; ii. 185, 265, 278, 



281, 286, 289, 297, 391. 

 Amazons, province, population of, i. 



339. 



— valley, contraction of, i. 



232. 



— Lower, rising and sinking 



of, i. 274. 



— Upper, rising and sinking 

 of, ii. 220. 



Amphisbaeua snakes, i. 101. 



Ampullaria, i. 124 ; ii. 30. 



Anacd parrot, i. 227. 



Anaconda, ii. 113. 



Animals, large, scarcity of, i. 70. 



Ant-eaters, i. 177. 



Arara Indians, i. 315. 



Arboreal nature of Fauna, i. 49, 72. 



Arrow-grass, i. 277. 



Arrows for shootiug turtle, ii. 261. 



Arroyas, cataracts of, i. 136. 



Arube sauce, i. 318. 



Arums, forest of, i. 200. 



Assacu, poisonous tree, ii. 288. 



Assai palm, i. 8, 123. 



Ateles marginatus, ii. 118. 



Atmosphere, transparency of, i. 127. 



Attalea excelsa, ii. 167. 



Bacaba palms, i. 224 ; ii. 39, 169. 

 Barbets, i. 278. 



Barrigudo monkeys, ii. 319. 

 Bats, i. 175. 

 Bees, i. 70 ; ii. 45. 

 Bembex, ii. 32. 

 Bird-killing spider, i. 160. 

 Birds, insectivorous, flocks of, ii. 

 334. 

 — singing, of forest 

 Blow-pipe, ii. 236. 

 Boa-constrictor, i. 99; ii. 120. 

 Box-wood, ii. 79. 

 Brachyurus calvus and rubicundus, 



ii. 306. 

 Brazil-nut trees, i. 67, 135. 

 Breio branco, ii. 23. 

 Burmeister, on virgin forest, i. 53. 

 Butterflies, great diversity of, near 

 Para, i. 102. 



— importance of, in Biologi- 



cal science, ii. 345. 



— of Ega, ii. 227. 

 Buttress-trees, i. 68. 

 Byrsomina, ii. 23. 



Cacao planters, i. 158, 269. 

 Caianira monkeys, ii. 100. 

 Caishana Indians, ii. 373. 

 Caju trees, ii. 22. 

 Callidryas.i. 249. 

 Callithea, i. 249, 297 ; ii. 228. 

 Callithrix monkeys, i. 280 ; ii. 98. 

 Canary (birds), i. 282. 

 Cannibal Indians, ii. 406. 



