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INDEX 



Egret, American, 65 



Snowy, 65 



Eigenmann, Carl, 41 

 Elania, yellow-breasted, 67 

 Electrophorus electricus, 481 

 Kmpidonomns varius, 225 

 Eumenes, buff, food storage, 384 



larva, 384-5 



nest, 383-4 



pupation, 385 

 red, food st 



storage, 379 

 larva, 379-81 

 nest, 376-9 

 pupation, 381 

 Ettropygia helias, 477 



Fish, beena for, 497-8 



Flies, 486 



Flycatcher, oily, nest of, 223-5 



streaked, 67 



varied, 67 



varied streaked, 225 

 pterylosis of, 326-7 

 Food, of jungle birds, 108-10 



of mammals, 111 

 Fox, savannah, 464 



beena for, 497 

 Frere, Mr., 26 



Oaleoscoptes carolinensis, 348, 356 



Oeotrygon montana, 213-15 



Goat-sucker, giant, 65 



God-bird, 67 



Crackle, little boat-tailed, 63 



Grosbeak, brown-breasted pygmy, 



nest' of, 237- 

 Guan, little, 67 

 beena for, 497 



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Harrison, Professor, 26 

 Hayes, Mrs., 26 

 Heron, agami, 65 



cocoi, 65 



Guiana green, 63 



development of wing of, 345-6 



little blue. 65 

 Hilhouse, William, 39 

 Hills Estate, development of, 52-60 



location, 31, 43 

 Hinterland, birds of, 472-80 



climatic conditions, 457-9 



general nature, 454-6 



fishes and crustaceans of, 481-3 



how reached, 459-61 



insects of, 483-7 



mammals of, 462-9 



reptiles of, 469-72 

 Hoatzin, 152 



breeding season, 172 



development of wing, 342-3 

 of pinion, 353-4 



distribution, 170-1 



ecology, 156-60 



flight, 156 



nest, 160-3 



young, 163-70, 172-82 

 Honey-creeper, blue, nest of, 241-3 



Icterus chrysocephalus, 243 



croconotus, 478 



vulgaris, 478 

 Iworo, 463 



Jacana, spur-winged, 63 



diastataxy, 299-300 



feather growth, 295-9 



pterylosis, 293-5 



spurs, 302-3 



toes and claws, 300-2 



variations, 303-5 



wing, 305-6 

 Jaguar, 462-3 



beena for, 497 

 Jungle, abundance of life in, 73-6 



dangers of, 70-3 



ecological conditions, 80-5 



odors, 89 



seasons in, 76-9 279-282 



sounds, 89-90 



strata of life in, 85-8 



temperature, 69-70 



Kalacoon House, daybreak chorus, 



272-9 



description of, 26-9, 271-2 



location, 43, 45, 52 



temperature, 29, 69-70 

 King-bird, grey-headed, 67 

 Kingfisher, great green, 65 



great grey, 65 



pygmy, 65 



spotted, 65 



Kiskadee, Guiana, pinion develop- 

 ment, 350 



pterylosis, 325-6 



wing development, 350 

 Kvk-over-al, 31-34 



I, abba, 465 

 beena for, 496 



