574 



INDEX 



Siquiares, Rio, 336, 365, 367, 368, 374 



Siquirres, 12, 16, 270 



Sitio, El, 189, 190 



Skeleton in Indian grave, Fragments of, 



465 

 Skinner, Dr. H., 377 

 Slugs in bromeliads, 236 

 Smiles' works, S., 471 

 Smith, H. H., on twilight dragonflies, 



262 

 Smoking, Children, 362 

 "Smoking" leaf, 392 

 Snail, Handsome, 216 

 Snails at Limon, 6 



in bromeliads, 234 



of the Rio de las Cafias, 469 

 Snakes, 249, 286, 448 



in bromeliad, 286 



Unobtrusiveness of, 448 

 Soil, Depth of, at Guacimo, 290 

 Solfataras of Cerro Guachipelin, 436- 



437, 438 

 Sordi, Rio, 158 

 Sotacaballo, 423 

 Sound produced by beetles, 223 



by butterflies, 296, 334 

 Southern Cross, 411 

 Spanish daggers, 297, 365 



moss, 230, 264 



paint brushes, 87 

 Sparrow, 70 

 Spearing fish, 454 

 Species, Segregation of closely allied, 



276, 427 

 Spider captured by wasp, 224-225 



under water, 430 



with dimorphic males, 197 

 Spiders in bromeliads, 89, 159, 236 



Orb-weaving, 337 



Positions of on their webs, 337 



Spiny-bellied, 204 

 Spiders' webs containing dragonflies, 423 

 Spiraeas, 87 

 Spitting, 362 



Spoonbill, Roseate, 468-469 (456) 



Sprinkling Streets, 34 



Spruce on inundations along Amazon, 



237 

 Squashes, 206 

 Squills, 86 

 Squirrels, 70, 458 

 Stable, Mr., 288, 289 

 Star-apple, 373 

 Stephens, J. L., 125, 440 



on San Jose, 24 

 Stone-fly, 96 

 Stonewort, 173 

 Strawberries, 36, 102, 103 

 Strawberry farm, 102 

 Streets in Cartago, 33-34 

 Sucio, Rio, II, 125, 129 

 Sugar cane, 151, 153, 163, 188, 339, 352 



of San Pedro de Poas, 352 

 Sugar in markets, 340 



mill, 188, 396 



Preparation of, 188, 339-340 

 Sullivan, Mr., 304, 305 

 Superstitions, 229, 347, 348, 388 

 Surubres, 373, 387-400, 403 (392, 393) 



Rio, 386, 392, 394, 395, 399, 400 



(393) 

 Swamp Mouth, 7, 14, 15 

 Sweet alyssum, 87 



william, 86 

 Swifts, 216, 440 



Tacacori, Rio, 338 

 Tadpoles, 75, 162 

 Talamanca, Cordillera de, 8, 9, 122 

 Tamaga, 287 



Tamarindo, Cerro, 463, 470 

 Tambor, Rio, 338 

 Tapichiche, 425 

 Tapioca, 210 

 Tapirs, 282, 305 

 Taquilla, 378 



Tarcoles, Rio Grande de, 8, 9, 20, 22, 

 130, 339, 349, 365, 377, 378, 381-384 



