INDEX 



503 



Lachesis bilineatus, 471 

 Legends, concerning birds, 116-18 

 Lepiselaga cerripes, 486 

 Leucolepia musica, 231 

 Lukanani, 481 

 Lutra brasiliensis, 467 



M 



Maam, 476 



beena for, 497 

 Macaw, beena for, 497 

 Maipuri, 467 

 Manakin, Orange-headed, nest of, 



234-7 



Manatee, beena for, 491, 499 

 Martin, gray-breasted, nesting, 60, 



328-341 



pinion development, 357-8 

 wing development, 350-1 

 purple, 63, 99 

 Marudi, beena for, 497 

 McConnell, James, 42 

 Mionectes oleagineus, 273 

 Monkey, 466-7 

 beena for, 497 



N 



Nighthawk, dusky, external charac- 

 ters, 324-5 



nest of, 219-21 

 pterylosis of embryo, 321-3 

 white-necked, 65 

 Nunan, Hon. J. J., 26 



Ocelot, 463 



Opisthocomus hoazin, 342, 353 



Opossum, 466 



Oriole, black-throated, 67 



moriche, 60, 67, 100 



nest of, 243-6 

 Oryzoborus angolensis brevirostris, 



237 



crassirostris, 237 

 Otter, 467 



Parrakeet, 97-9 



blue-winged, 343-4 

 Passion flower, 59 

 Peccary, 465 



beena for, 496 

 Penal Settlement, 31, 43 

 Perai, as food, 365 



attacks on man, 361-2 

 on other creatures, 362-4 



feeding habits, 360-1, 365 



methods of catching, 366-7 



range, 359-60 



Peters Mine Co., 43 

 Pigeon, grey-fronted, 67 



rufous, 67 



Pipra aureola aureola, 234 

 Pitangus sulphuratus, 325, 350, 355 

 Pithys erythromelas, 478 

 Poecilonetta bahamensis, 472 

 Poor-me-one, 65 

 Porzan-a albicollis, 126, 215 

 Powis, beena for, 497 

 Progne chalybea, 350, 357 

 Protective coloration, 73, 88, 104-8 

 Psophia crepitans, 247, 344, 354 

 Pteroglossus aracari, 347, 356 

 Pteronura sandbachi, 467 



Quadrille bird, 102 

 nest of, 231-4 



R 



Rail, cayenne, 63 

 white-necked, 63, 125 



nest of, 215-16 



Relation to man, birds, 118-22. 

 Rodway, James, 26 

 Roosting, birds, 95-9, 112-15 

 Rupicola rupicola, 125 



Sandpiper, solitary, 63, 99 



spotted, 63, 99 

 Sceliphron fistulare, 415 

 Schomburgk, Richard, 38-9 

 Seasons, 76-9, 279-82 

 Seed-eater, black-headed, nest of, 239 



chestnut-bellied, nest of, 239 

 Simulium amazonicum, 486 



guianense, 486 

 Snake-bird, 65 

 Snakes, of hinterland, 471-2 



beena for, 497 

 Snipe, Cayenne, 63 

 Sociability, among birds, 100-4, 110-11 

 Sparrow-hawk, four-banded, 65 

 Spinetail, brown, 67 



yellow-throated, 67 

 Sporophila bouvronoides, 239 



castaneiventris, 237, 239 

 Sting-ray, 482 

 Sun-bittern, 477 



Tanager, black, 67 



blue, 60 



lesser white-shouldered, 67 



palm, 60 

 Tapir, 467 

 Tern, great-billed, 65 



