Index. 



255 



Locke on mental pictures, 243. 

 Locusts, depredations of, 79. 

 Lombardy poplar, odour of, 241. 



MAKEN, 128. 



Manzanas, Las, 105. 



Martineta, 49. 



Melville, Herman, on the quality 

 of whiteness, 112-118; on valour, 

 233. 



Mendoza, destruction of, 100. 



Migration, 5-6. 



Military starling, 126. 



Milky sea, a, 121. 



Mill, J. S., a doctrine of, 83. 



Milvago chimango, see Carrion- 

 hawk. 



Mimus modulator, see Calandria 

 mocking-bird. 



Missionary Society, South Ame- 

 rican, 29. 



Moby Dick, H. Melville's, 112. 



Mocking-bird, Patagonian, 9, 126, 

 146 ; white-banded, 124 ; calan- 

 dria, 146-148. 



Mocking-birds, 155. 



Myiopotamus coypu, see Coypu. 



NIGHTINGALE, melody of, 150. 

 Nothura darwini, eggs of, 49. 



OCULTO, habits of, 131. 

 Organ-bird, Bates on the, 159. 

 Ostriches, god of the, 124. 

 Owl, Magellanic eagle, 190-193. 



PARKER, Prof. W. K., on clothing, 

 223. 



Parrots in Patagonia, 137. 



Patagonia, first sight of, 5-7; 

 legends, 5-7 ; salubrious climate 

 of, 127, 128; explored, 208; 

 Darwin on plains of, 207 ; secret 

 of charm of, 209 ; description of 

 scenery of, 210-215. 



Peccary, bones of, 38. 



Pelleschi on Gran Chaco Indians, 

 182. 



Phytotoma rutila, see Plant- 

 cutter. 



Picture puzzles, 178. 



Pigeons, rock, resting in cliff, 137. 



Pigs and cow, friendship between, 

 57, 58. 



Piquelliu, 50. 



Plant-cutter (Phytotoma rutila), 

 habits of, 9. 



Polar bear, man's fear of, 115, 123. 



Polybori, 51. 



Polyborus tharus, flight of, 175. 



Primitive Culture, Dr. Tyler's, 

 119. 



Progne f urcata, description of, 31 ; 

 migration of, 32-34. 



Puma, a tree-climber, 51; abundant 

 on the Rio Negro, 78 ; depreda- 

 tions of, 79. 



RAINBOW, a brilliant, 53-55. 



Realejo, song of, 159. 



Red-billed finch (Embernagra pla- 

 tensis), 25. 



Resemblance of inferior animals 

 to man, 27. 



Resemblances, imitative and pro- 

 tective in nature, 179. 



Retriever, character of the, 61, 62 ; 

 account of a, 61-74. 



Revolver accident, 22. 



Rhea, bones of, 38 ; a white, 124. 



Rhinocrypta lanceolata, amusing 

 habits of, 131. 



Rio Negro, first sight of, 17; 

 colour of, 35; valley of the, 

 36, 37; psychological effect of 

 the, 44-48, 50; extraordinary 

 sunset effect on, 55. 



SALIX HUMBOLDTIANA, 51. 



Scandalous, plant named, 142. 

 Shark, white, fear inspired by, 



Sight in savage and civilized men, 

 164-184. 



Simson, Mr., on the flute-bird of 

 Ecuador, 159. ' 



Siskin, black-headed (chrysomitris 

 icterica), 126, 242. 



Snakes, hard to detect, 177 ; defec- 

 tive sight of, 183. 



Snow, at El Carmen, 111 ; white- 



