554 



INDEX. 



SPI 



Spiders, encounter between a mygale and 



a humming-bird, 349 

 Spider monkeys, 636 

 Spondylus, the royal, 274 

 Spoonbill of America (Piatalea ajaja), 



357 

 Springbok (A. enchora), 409 



— migrations of multitudes of, 409 

 Spring- tide waves of several rivers, 38 

 -Squirrels, flying, 494 



Squirrel monkeys, or ouistitis, 515 

 Stag-beetle (Odontolabris Cuvera) of 



China and Northern India, 206 

 Sternocera chrysis and sternicornis, 



elytra of, worn as ornaments, 252 

 Storks, Marabou, use of the, 304 

 Storms, tropical, violence of, 9 



— tornados and cyclones, 9 

 Sucuriaba, or water-boa (Eunectes 



murinus), 301 

 Sugar, commercial importance of, 174 



— original home of the sugar-cane, 175 



— progress of its cultivation through- 



out the tropical zone, 175, 176 

 • — mentioned by several classical au- 

 thors, 175 

 • — known to the G-reeks and Phoenicians, 

 17-0 



— introduced into Europe by the con- 



quests of Alexander the Great, 175 

 ^ — and into Madeira by the Portuguese, 

 175 



— its importance as an article of inter- 



national trade, 175 



— introduced into the Canary Islands 



and thence to Hispaniola, 176 



— the Chinese species supplanted by 



the Tahitian kind, 176 



— description of the cane, 176 



— manufacture of sugar, 176 



— destruction of many enemies, 176 



— the enemies of the sugar-cane, 176 



— diseases of the sugar-cane, 177 



— nutritive qualities of its juice, 177 



— uses of the sugar plantation to the 



invalid, 178 



— ants, ravages of the, 177, 236 

 Sumatra, cultivation of nutmegs in, 201 



— rhinoceros of, 447 

 Sumpitans, Malay, 264 



Sun-birds, or suimangas (Cinnyris), 359 



Sun-fish, the, 271,272 



Surumpe, or acute inflammation of the 



eyes in the Puna, 21 

 Swallow, the esculent (Colocalia escu- 

 lenta), 269 



— mode of getting the nests, 269, 270 



— the dicaeum (Dicseumhirundiuaceum), 



371 

 Sword-fishes, 271 

 Sword-tail fishes, 271, 272 



TER 



Sycamore tree (Ficus sycomorus), gi- 

 gantic specimens of the, in Africa, 124 



T 



iCCA PINNATIFIDA, arrowroot 

 made from the, 171 



in Polynesia, 171 



Tahitians, civilisation of, 288 

 Tailor-bird of Hindostan (Sylvia 



sutoria), 368 

 Talegalla, or brush-turkey of Australia, 



372 

 Talpot, or talipot, tree of Ceylon, uses 



to which it is applied, 153 

 Tanchon, the Indian evil spirit, 78 

 Tangaras, the, of the Peruvian sand- 

 coast, 34, 351 



— their flight and song, 351 

 Tapajos river, a tributary of the Ama- 

 zons, 38 



Taro roots (Caladium esculentum) of 



the Sandwich Islanders, 171, 



281 



its abundant growth, 171 



mode of cooking it, 171 



mountain taro (Caladium crista- 



tum), 171 

 Tarsii, their habitat, 516 

 Tarsius bancanus, 517 

 Tarush (Cervus antisiensis), an animal 



peculiar to the Puna, 27 

 Teak tree, or Indian oak (Tectona 



grandis), 128 



its excellent timber, 128 



Tectona grandis, or Indian oak, 128 

 Teffe river, a tributary of the Amazons, 



37 

 Teju, ormonitory lizard (Tejus monitor), 

 of South America, 315 



— food of, 315 

 Termites, or white ants, 241 



— their devastations, 241 



— their services and uses, 242 



— their communities and astonishing 



buildings, 242 



— the termites of the West Coast of 



Africa, 242 



— formation of a termite colony, 244 



— wonderful fecundity of the queen, 



244 



— courage and obstinacy of the termite 



soldier, 245 



— foes of the termites, 246 



• — East Indian mode of emptying a 

 termite-hill, 246 



— their wars with the black ants, 247 



— termites used as food, 247 



— marching termites, 247, 248 



— mysteries of termite life, 248 

 Termes atrox and bellicosus, their clay- 

 built citadels or domes, 242 



