INDEX 



247 



Indian burial places, 41. 



Indians, life among the, 98- 

 107; eyesight of, 167-169; 

 life-conditions of the, 170; 

 Fontana on, 177; Pelleschi 

 on, 176; instinctive courage, 

 226 ; capable of heroic ac- 

 tions, 226; endurance of 

 pain, 226. 



Instincts, human, 209-228; in 

 children, 214, 215; Dr. Wal- 

 lace on, 223. 



Itaparica, capture of the war- 

 ship, 95. 



JEFFEBIES, RICHARD, instinctive 



savage feelings, 214. 

 Juniper, a gum-bearing, 125. 



LA MERCED, 21. 



Leaf-cutting ants, 133-138. 



Lichenops perspicillata, 189. 



Liquorice plant, 7. 



Little cock, amusing habits of, 



127. 



Locke on mental pictures, 235. 

 Locusts, depredations of, 76. 

 Lombardy poplar, odor of, 234. 



MAKEN, 125. 



Manzanas, Las, 103. 



Marti neta, 46. 



Melville. Herman, on the qual- 

 ity of whiteness, 109-115; on 

 valor, 227. 



Mendoza, destruction of, 97. 



Migration, 5-6. 



Military starling, 122. 



Milky sea, a, 118. 



Mill, J. S.. a doctrine of, 80. 



Milvago chimango, see Carrion- 

 hawk. 



Mimus modulator, see Calan- 

 dria mocking-bird. 



Missionary Society, South 

 American, 29. 



Moby Dick, H. Melville's, 109. 



Mocking-bird, Patagonian, 9, 



126, 141; white-banded, 120; 



calandria, 141-142. 

 Mocking-birds, 150. 

 Myiopotamus coypu, see Coypu. 



NIGHTINGALE, melody of, 144. 

 Nothura darwini, eggs of, 46. 



OCTJLTO, habits of, 128. 

 Organ-bird, Bates on the, 154. 

 Ostriches, god of the, 120. 

 Owl, Magellanic eagle, 184- 

 187. 



PABKEB, Prof. W. K., on cloth- 

 ing, 217. 



Parrots in Patagonia, 132. 



Patagonia, first sight of, 5-7; 

 legends, 5-7 ; salubrious cli- 

 mate of, 123, 124; explored, 

 202 ; Darwin on plains of, 

 201; secret of charm of, 203; 

 description of scenery of, 

 204-208. 



Peccary, bones of, 37. 



Pelleschi on Gran Chaco In- 

 dians, 176. 



Phytotoma rutila, see Plant- 

 cutter. 



Picture puzzles, 172. 



Pigeons, rock, resting in cliff, 

 132. 



Pigs and cow, friendship be- 

 tween, 55, 56. 



Piquellin, 47. 



Plant-cutter (Phytotoma ru- 

 tila) , habits of, 9. 



Polar bear, man's fear of, 111, 

 119. 



Polybori, 49. 



Polyborus tharus, flight of, 

 169. 



Primitive Culture, Dr. Tyler's 

 116. 



Progne furcata, description of, 

 31; migration of, 33. 



Puma, a tree-climber, 49; 

 abundant on the Rio Negro, 

 76; depredations of, 76. 



