INDEX 



Numbers in parentheses refer to pages nearest illustrations 



Acacia, Thorny, 320 



Aerial roots, 2, 278, 392, 408 



Aermotor Co., 471 



African musical instrument in C. R., 



416 

 Agua Buena Creek, 304, 305, 307 (185) 

 Agua Caliente, 33, 75, 148, 154 



Rio, 32, 95, 142, 143, 148, 149, 150, 



151, 154 

 Aguacate, 37 



gold mines, 20, 382, 411 

 Mts., 20, 29, 93, 95, 339, 379, 401, 

 408 

 Alacrancillo, 85 



Alajuela, 11, 13, 18, 19, 71, 90, 93, 158, 



183, 296, 324-351. 369, 373, 377, 



410, 451 (328, 353); Earthquakes 



at, 476 



Rio, 338, 365 



Alfaro, A., Prof., 27, 28, 264, 363, 365, 



369 

 A. (Turrialba), 244 

 Custodio (Turrucares), 360,368,369 

 Modesta, 361 

 Alligator, 311 

 pear, 37 

 Almuerzo, 425 



Altitudes in Costa Rica, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 

 90, 94, 105, 112, 116, 127, 128, 129, 

 132, 150, 167, 170, 210, 266, 339, 340, 



370, 397, 404, 433, 442, 443, 45°, 466 

 Alto, El, II, 12, 18, 58, 90 

 Amarillo, Rio, 274 

 Amazon River, Bromeliads on, 237 

 Andesite, 115 



Andesite lavas, 75, 88 



Pyroxene, 132 

 Andrews, C. W., on Indian Ocean na- 

 tive name for dragonfly, 368 

 Angeles de Cartago, Los, 40 (32) 

 Animals, domestic, 108, 362, 434 



of C. R., 512-515, 528-529, 532- 

 538, 547-554 

 Anonas, 37, 74, 384 

 Antenna-cleaners, 240 

 Ant-like flies, 397 

 Ant-lions, winged, 377 

 Ant thrushes, 215 

 Ants, Army, 206, 308 



Army, on guard, 307 (185) 



Crickets associated with, 202 



Foraging, 308 



Fungus-growing, 179, 241 (233) 



in bromeliads, 89, 231, 232, 234, 

 236, 241 



Leaf-cutting or Parasol, 5, 179-183, 

 207, 212, 286, 366, 367, 368, 397, 

 (176, 177, 184) 



nest on grass, 252 



on bull's horn thorn, 320, 333, 365- 

 367, 368, 395, 397,423,451,452 

 (368) 



on Cecropia trees, 177 



Red, in doors, 252 

 Apollinaris water, 466 

 Aquiares, Rio, 249 

 Arachnida of C. R., 512, 536, 548 

 Arbol de pan, 15 

 Archaeology of C. R., 538 

 Armadillo, 70, 204, 262 



