INDEX. 



Aard-vark or ant-eater, 194. 



Abiad, Bahr-el-, White Nile, 368. 



Abu tok, a small hornbill, 216. 



Adony, heronry on island of, 544. 



Altai, crown-estate of the, 513, 585. 



AJtrices and praecoces, 59, 566. 



Antelope, migrations of the, 245. 



Anthropoid apes, 308. 



Apes and Monkeys, 282; an Arabic 

 legend about baboons, 282; ancient 

 beliefs of Egypt and India, 284 ; the 

 "monkey question" discussed, 285, 

 580; their distribution and habits, 

 286, 582 ; talents and abilities, 291 ; 

 New- World monkeys, 293 ; a concert 

 of red howlers, 295; Old- World mon- 

 keys, 296; two types, the Dog-like 

 and Man-like, 296 ; endowments and 

 characteristics of the Dog-like mon- 

 key, 296, 582; examples of their 

 bravery, intelligence, and self-esteem, 

 299, 582; Man-like or anthropoid 

 apes, 308; their structure, habits, 

 and voice-power, 308 ; highest speci- 

 mens of this type, 311; the chimpan- 

 zee, 311; differences between man 

 and the ape, 317, 583. 



Archar, a giant wild sheep, 110, 397, 584. 



Arctic fox, 73, 155, 567. 



Asiatic steppes, the, 86. 



Aspis, a venomous snake, 184, 575. 



Assuan, on the Nile, 359. 



Auk, life and habits of the, 57, 566. 



Aul of the Kirghiz, 464, 478, 497. 



Azrek, Bahr-el-, Blue Nile, 203, 368. 



Baboons in Central Africa, 238. 



Baobab-tree, 209. 



Bards among the Kirghiz, 493. 



Barnaul, town of, 518. 



Bat, migration of the, 251. 



Bateleur, or short-tailed African eagle, 

 188; poetic legend regarding, 189; 

 its remarkable flight during pairing- 

 time, 265. 



Bear, habits of the, 163; value of its 

 skin, 165; its teeth and claws con- 

 sidered potent charms, 165; methods 

 of its capture, 166; stories of en- 

 counters with bears, 166. 



Beaver, extermination of the, 135, 573. 



Bedouins of the desert, 352. 



Bee-eater, courting of the, 266. 



Bird-bergs of Scandinavia, 40, 51. 



Birds, love and courtship among, 259 ; 

 methods of their wooing, 262 ; com- 

 bats of rival lovers, 272 ; unfaithful- 

 ness among, 278. 



Bird voices of the primitive forest, 215. 



Bison, migrations of the, 241, 579. 



Brehm, Alfred E., sketch of, xxvii. 



Brick tea, 573, 585. 



Brooding islands of Scandinavia de- 

 scribed, 48, 53 ; visits to, 49, 53. 



Buffalo, the, 97, 569. 



Bulban for decoying black grouse, 142. 



Buran or snow-hurricane, 94. 



Camel of the Kirghiz, 466, 571. 



Capuchin monkeys, 239, 296. 



Cat, ancestors of the, 116, 571. 



Cataracts of the Nile, 358, 583; naviga- 

 tion of the, 379. 



Cattle of the Kirghiz, 466. 



Cembra or stone-pine of Siberia, 128. 



Cerastes or horned viper, 178, 575. 



Chabir or leader of a caravan, 322. 



Chimpanzee, character of the, 311; 

 story of one, 315. 



Chinese breakfast, a, 400. 



Climbing plants in primitive forests, 

 210. 



