INDEX. 



405 



Moths, Waltzing, 46, 47. 

 Mountains of Venezuela, 30, 31. 

 Mount Everard, 135, 137, 139, 140, 



141. 



Bete rouge of, 144-146. 

 Mucka-mucka, 219, 238, 251, 366. 

 Muricot, 198. 

 Mycetes seniculus. See Monkey, 



Red Howling. 

 Myrmecophaga jubata, 256, 2^7- 



N. 



Negro of British Guiana, 7/7, 119. 

 Neoponera commutata, 49. 

 Nicholson, Mr., 253, 254, 256, 332. 

 Notogonia sp. See Wasps. 

 Nyctobates giganteus. See Beetles, 

 Bark. 



O. 



Odocoileus savannarum. See Deer, 

 Savanna. 



Odontochila cayennensis. See Bee- 

 tles, Tiger. 



Odontochila confusa. See Beetles, 

 Tiger. 



Odontochila lacordairei. See Beetles, 

 Tiger. 



Opossum, 144, 308, 309. 



Orchids, fragrant white, 22, 23. 



Orinoco River, 4. 



Orioles, Moriche, 142. 

 Yellow, 121, 127, 129. 



Ospreys, 156. 



Otter, 163, 281. 



P. 



Paca, 1 60, 305. 

 Paddlewood, 191, 301, .725. 

 Palm sheath, rocking toy, 100. 



Covering flower of palm, 102. 

 Papilio poly damns, 132. 

 Parauque, 148, 263. 

 Paria, Gulf of, 5, 75. 

 Parrakeets, 30. 



Parrots, Amazon, Mealy, 174, 201, 

 233, 234, 235. 



Blue-headed, flocking of, 157-158. 



Dusky, 344. 



Parrots, Dusky, Young of, 344, 345. 

 Yellow fronted, 66, 135, 146. 



Eggs of, 67, 68. 



Home of, 64. 



Island of in Pitch Lake, 62, 63. 



Nest of, 65, 66. 



Young of, 67, 68. 

 Passi flora laurifolia. See Passion 



Flower. 



Passion Flower, 272, 273. 

 Paxillus leachii, 201. 

 Peccary, common, 160, 170, 233, 



255> 2 5 6 - 347- 

 White-lipped, 256. 

 Pepe-yo. See Gold Bird. 

 Perai, 160, 170, 198. 

 Peridromia feronia, 43. 

 Peripatus, discovery of and descrip- 

 tion of, 46. 



Perseverance Landing, 258. 

 Petroea arbor ea, 187. 

 Phosphorescence off coast of British 



Guiana, in. 



Pickersgill Police Station, 239, 240. 

 Pieris monuste, 375. 

 Pigmy Owl, 40. 

 Pipe-fish, 160. 

 Pipitoori. See Flycatcher, Gray 



Tody. 



Pistia stratiodes. See Shell Flower. 

 Pitch Lake, of Venezuela, 30, 59, 



88. 



Daily life at, 94-96. 

 Digging pitch, Q<>. 

 Early morning trips to, 55-61. 

 Flora of, 63, 64. 

 History of, 91-92. 

 Jungle railroad to, 55, jd, 57. 

 Loading cars at, pj. 

 "Mother" of, 61, 62, 63. 

 Plover, 8. 

 Poc-a-poo, 235. 



Poeciloptera phalaenoides, 132, 133. 

 Polybia sp., 299, 300. 

 Pomeroon River, 234-240. 

 Ponton. See Guard Ship. 

 Porcupine Tree, 36, 37. 

 Pork-knocker, 187, 188, 256, 258, 

 287, 288. 



