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Index. 



DAFILA SPINACAUDA, depredations 

 of, 80. 



Darwin, on Craspedocephalus al- 

 ternatus, 27 ; on resemblance of 

 animals to man, 27 ; on singing 

 birds in South America, 146, 

 157 ; on l^y the mind is affected 

 by Patagpnian scenery, 207. 



Dasypus minutus, 11. 



Deer, bones of, 38 ; distant sight 

 of, 212. 



Dendrocolaptidse, 9. 



Diuca minor, morning song of. 15, 

 126. 



Dog, native, character of, 59, 60. 



Dogs, anecdotes of, 59-74. 



Dolichotes patagonica, bones of, 

 38 ; observed watching me, 143 ; 

 seen on the uplands, 211. 



D'Orbigny, on the flute-bird's 

 song, 158. 



Duck, brown pintail, 80. 



Dunes, 5, 12, 13. 



EARTHQUAKE, shock of, experienced 

 at El Carmen, 100. 



CEcodoma ants, habits of, 138-142. 



Embernagra platensis, see Bed- 

 billed finch. 



Escandalosa plant, 142. 



Evening primrose, 7 ; fragrance 

 of, 235; adaptiveness of, 238. 



Eyes, abnormal colour in, 164; 

 colour of in birds, 184; colour 

 of in men, 187 : individual va- 

 riations in, 188 ; luminous, 189 ; 

 owls', 190; green, 196; Broca's 

 table of colours of, 197 ; brown, 

 201 ; blue, 202 ; British, 204-206. 



FALCO SPARVERIUS, nesting in 

 cliffs, 137, 138. 



Felis geoffroyi, 51. 



Firewood-gatherer, 10. 



Flamingo, shooting a, 64-67. 



Flautero, song of, 159. 



Flute-bird, song of, 159. 



Fontana, Dr. G., on Indians of the 

 Pampas and Gran Chaco, 177. 



Franklin, Benjamin, a character- 

 istic of, 225. 



GAUCHO with abnormal eyes, 165. 



Gauchos, dislike to spectacles of, 

 166. 



Germans, weakness of sight in, 

 180. 



Gould, his collection of humming- 

 birds, 186. 



Greyhounds, hunting on their 

 own account, 60, 61. 



Gums, edible, 49; chewing, 128- 

 130. 



Gurliaca decorticans, see Chanar. 



HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL, eyes of, 



203. 



Homorus gutturalis, habits of, 10. 

 Huanaco, bones of, 38. 

 Humboldt, on eyesight in savages, 



174,182. 

 Hunt, Leigh, on the pleasure of 



going to bed, 225. 

 Hunting, instinct of, 219. 



ICTERHLE, 156. 



Incas, the, rainbow-worshippers, 

 55 ; knowledge of nature's laws 

 of, 140. 



Indian remains, 37-43. 



burial places, 42. 



Indians, life among the, 102-110 ; 

 eyesight of, 174, 175 ; life-con- 

 ditions of the, 177 ; Fontana 

 on, 177; Pelleschi on, 182; in- 

 stinctive courage, 231 ; capable 

 of heroic actions, 231 ; endurance 

 of pain, 232. 



Instincts, human, 216-234 ; in 

 children, 220, 221 ; Dr. Wallace 

 on, 228. 



Itaparica, capture of the war-ship, 

 98. 



JEFFERIES, EICHABD, instinctive 



savage feelings, 220. 

 Juniper, a gum-bearing, 128. 



LA MERCED, 21. 

 Leaf-cutting ants, 138-142. 

 Lichen ops perspicillata, 195. 

 Liquorice plant, 7. 

 Little cock, amusing habits of, 

 131. 



