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VOYAGES OF A NATURALIST 



Coconut trees, 18, 219, 228, 233. 

 " Coco de Her," 132. 

 Collocalia, 216. 

 comorensis, Coracopsis, 89. 



Pteropus, 87. 



Comoro Islands, 82-92. 



Condors (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), 



163. 



coppingeri, Turtur, 102. 

 Copra, 221. 

 Cormorants, 71, 173. 



(P. capensis), 77. 



(Phdlocrocorax atriceps), 167. 



(P. neglects), 77. 



(P. vigua), 183. 



coronata, Dendrceca, 147. 

 corvina, Terpsiphone, 130. 

 Cosmoledo (coral island), 123. 

 Crab-plovers (Dromas ardeola), 85, 



118. 

 Crabs, 3, 181 ; land-crabs, 43, 45, 



58, 91, 223 ; robber-crabs (Birgus 



latro), 105, 112, 122; spider-crabs, 



180. 



crassirostris, Ixocincla, 131. 

 crawfordi, Buteroides, 111. 



Corvina, 160. 



Dendrwca, 154. 



Gygis, 44. 



Pyroderces, 222. 



creatopus, Puffinus, 189. 

 cristata, Corythornis, 85. 



Crows (Corvus scapulatus), 102, 109. 

 Cuckoos (Coccyzus maynardi), 148. 



lark-heeled, 96, 110. 



Curieuse (island), 130. 

 Curlews, 85. 

 Curlew-Sandpipers, 83. 

 cyanurum, Lygosoma, 209, 222. 



dacunhae, Pelecanoides, 67. 

 Dassen Island, 70, 81. 

 delicata, Gallinago, 33. 

 demursus, Spheniscus, 161. 

 depressa, Nertera, 69. 

 desmursi, Sylviorthorynchus, 186. 

 Diego Suarez, 92. 

 discolor, Dendro&ca, 147. 

 Dolphins, 162. 



dominicanus, Larus, 78, 190. 

 Dotterel (Eudromias modesta), 172. 

 Doves (Turtur aldabranus), 117, 123. 



(T. assumptionis), 109. 



(T. coppingeri), 102. 



(Ptilopus fasciatus), 236. 



(Zenaida auriculata), 15. 



Easter Island, 191, 206. 

 ecaudatus, Gentetes, 90, 98. 

 Eden Harbour, 182. 

 Egrets, sacred (Demiegretta sacra), 



117, 217. 



Eimeo (island), 216, 225. 

 Elephantiasis, 230. 

 elephantina, Testudo, 116. 

 eleutha, Nipara, 222. 

 eminentissima, Nesocanthis, 86. 

 eremita, Nesochicla, 65. 

 Europa Island, 82. 

 exulans, Diomedea, 65, 158. 



fasciata, Stegomyia, 212, 222. 

 fasciatus, Ptilopus, 236. 

 Fautawa, 218. 

 Felicite Island, 129. 

 Fernando de Noronha, 11, 20. 

 ferox, Cryptoprocta, 99. 



Myiarchus, 32. 



Fiji Islands, 239. 



Finches (Euethia bicolor), 141, 216. 



(Nesospiza acunhae), 66. 



Fishing : at St. Paul's Rocks, 6, 10 ; 



at Tahiti, 217 ; at Upolu, 231. 

 ftaviventris, Motacilla, 96. 

 Flycatchers (Elainea albiceps), 166. 



(E. martinica), 141. 



(Myiarchus ferox), 32. 



(M. pelzelni), 32. 



(Pitangus caymanensis), 151. 



(Terpsiphone corvina), 130. 



(T. lindsayi), 86. 



(Tyrannus melancholicus), 32. 



Flying fish, 3. 



Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), 99. 

 Fowls, domestic, in a wild state, 



103. 



franciscce, Astur, 95. 

 franklini, Larus, 188. 

 Frigate birds, 119, 153. 

 great (Fregata aquila), 14, 48, 



60, 102, 216. 



lesser (F. ariel), 49. 



Fruit : bananas, 208, 224 ; coco- 

 nuts, 18, 208, 224; figs, 16; 

 guavas. 150 ; limes, 208 ; man- 

 goes, 30 ; oranges, 224 ; plan- 

 tains, 219, 224 ; sapodillas, 18 ; 

 water-melons, 208. 



Fruit bats (Pteropus comorensis), 87. 



(P. rufficollis), 228, 230. 



Fuegians, 174, 175, 181, 184. 

 fuliginosa, Diomedea, 65, 68, 69, 72. 



Sterna, 17, 60, 61, 104. 



