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INDEX. 



Livingstone, David: Notes of, 588, 595, 600, 



667, 71)3. 704, 715, 726, 732. 

 Livingstone, Mrs., Grave of, 528. 

 Lizards, 62'J ; the geckoe, 629; the anolis, 630; 



the chameleon, 630 ; the iguana, 631 ; the 



teja, 631; hydrosauri, or water lizards, 632; 



flying-lizards, 632 ; the basilisk, 632. 

 Locusts, 589. 



Lori$, semi-monkeys, 688. 

 Love-Parrot, the, 661. 

 Lyre-bird, the, 653. 



M. 



MACAWS, 662. 



Mace, 576. 



Magdalena river, voyage up, 495. 



Mahogany tree, the, 531. 



Maize, or Indian Corn, 547; its productive- 

 ness, 548; Franklin's account of, 549. 



Malay Archipelago, the, productions and ani- 

 mals of. (See Wallace.) 



Manakins, birds, 648. 



Mama Oella, legends of, 486. 



Manco Capac, legends of, 486. 



Mandrils, monkeys, the, 687. 



Mandioca, or Cassava, 554. 



Mango, the, 557. 



Mangosteen, the, 557. 



Manides, ant-eaters, 608. 



Mantis, or soothsayer, the, 583. 



Marching termite, the, 606. 



Mata, a plant of the Pana, 483. 



Megatherium, the, 675. 



Membracidae, aphides, 600. 



Mexico, table-land of, 496. 



Mias, or orang-outang, 680. 



Millet, 550. 



Mimosas, 534. 



Mocking-bird, the, 649. 



Mokuri, an African plant, 505. 



Monitor, lizard, 631. 



Monkeys, their habits and characteristics, 676 ; 

 place in the scale of being, 677 ; distinguished 

 from the human race, 677 ; the chimpanzee, 

 677 ; the gorilla, 678 ; the orang-outang, or 

 mias, 680; the gibbons, 685; the semno- 

 pitheci, 686; the huniman, 686; the cyno- 

 cephali, baboons and mandrils, 687 ; differ- 

 ence between monkeys of the two hemi- 

 spheres, 688; abundance of monkeys in 

 South America, 689; miriki, 689; howling 

 monkeys, 690 ; spider-monkeys, 691 ; fox- 

 tail monkeys, 691; the Safmiris, 691; noc- 

 turnal monkeys, 691; domesticated mon- 

 keys, 692; squirrel monkeys, 692. 



Monoho, or white rhinoceros, the 721. 



Monsoons, the, 476. 



Mora-tree, the, 531. 



Mosquito, the, 585. 



Mountains: as influencing climate, 476. 



Mule, the ship of the desert of Atacama, 508. 



Mundaaracus, of Amazonia, 5'<il. 



Mylodon, the, 675. 



'N. 



NARAS, an African plant, 505. 



Nests of weaving birds, 658. 



Nocturnal monkeys, 691. 



Nutmegs, 574 ; Dutch monopoly of, 575. 



Nutritive Plants of the Tropical World (Chap- 

 ter VI. See also Fruits and Plants.) Rice, 

 545; Maize, 647; Millet, 550; bread-fruit, 

 550; banana and plantain, 551; the sago- 

 palm, 552 ; cassava, or mandioca, 554; yams, 

 555; sweet potato, 555; arrow-root, 555; 

 taro-root, 556. 



Nycteribia bats, 672. 



Nyclopitheci, or nocturnal monkeys, 691. 



O. 



OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE, the, 471. 



Ocean, the, extent of, 472 ; influence upon cli- 

 mate, 473 ; laws governing them, 475. 



Okhotsk Sea, currents of, 475. 



Orang-outang, or mias, 680 ; Wallace's account 

 of, 681 ; portrait of female, 681 ; strength 

 and tenacity of life, 682; size of the largest, 

 682; a formidable opponent, 683; fights with 

 the alligator and python, 683; its habits and 

 food, 683 ; Wallace's pet orang, 684. 



Orchids, 535. 



Orejones, of Bogota, 495. 



Organ-bird, the, 650. 



Orioles, 648. 



Ornamental insects, 592. 



Oricou, or sociable vulture, 696. 



Orotava, great dragon-tree of, 528. 



Orton, James : Notes from, 490, 493, 494, 498, 

 520, 522, 524;, 636, 641. 



Orycteropi, ant-eaters, 608. 



Ostrich, the : Hunting of, 512, 664 ; the ostrich 

 at home, 663 ; its enemies, 664, 666 ; its in- 

 stincts, 665; care for its young, 665; con- 

 necting link between birds and quadrupeds, 

 666 ; its omniverous appetite, 666 ; value of 

 its feathers and eggs, 667. 



Ox, the, introduced into America, 500 ; their 

 vast increase, 501. 



P. 



PACHTDERMATI of the tropical world, 712. 



Paddy, or native rice, 547. 



Palm-trees : The mauritia, 499 ; on the Ama- 

 zon, 469, 619; general characteristics, 538, 

 542 ; avenue of, at Rio Janeiro, 539 ; multi- 

 plied uses of, 539 ; the saguer, and areca, 

 540; the palmyra and talipot, 541 ; the date- 

 palm, 542; oil-palms, 642; palms on the 

 Amazon, 543 ; the sago-palm, 552 ; future 

 commercial value of the palm, 544. 



Pampas, of South America, 499. (See also 

 Savannas and Llanos.) Horses and cattle in, 

 502. 



Panama railroad, forest on, 526. 



Pandanus, or screw-pine, 533. 



Pangolins, ant-eaters, 608. 



Panickeas, elephant-catchers of Ceylon, 718. 



Paradise, birds of, 653 ; early stories about, 

 653 ; Wallace's account of, 653 ; shooting of, 

 by natives of Aru, 654 ; the great bird of 

 paradise, 655 ; snaring the red bird of para- 

 dise, 655. 



Parasitic plants, 535. 



Paroquets, 663. 



Parrots, 659. 



Peons, in South America, 522. 



Pepper, 576. 



