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INDEX. 



Mangrove, 245 : its arching roots, 



245: curious seeds, 246: fetid 



swamps, 246 : haunts of aquatic 



birds, 247. 

 Maritime lily, 98. 

 Market day, 57. : busy scene on 



the beach, 59. 

 Maroons, 396. 

 Mastiff Bat, 159. 

 Melastomacese, 68. 

 Misseltoe, 131. 

 Mocking-bird, 139. 171. 298. 

 Monk Bat, 292: immense host 



of, 294. 

 Monophyllus, 328. 

 Montego Bay, 252. 

 Montserrat, beauty of, 16. 

 Moonlight at sea, 15: in the 



forest, 101: at Bluefields, 297. 

 Mormoops, 327. 

 Mountain Cabbage-tree, 135. 

 Mountain gardens, 151 : mode 



of cultivation, 151 : plants of, 



152. 

 Mountain Pride, 134. 

 Mountain Scenery, 122. 132. 138. 



140. 375. 

 Mullet, Grey, 83 : king, 208. 



N. 



Naseberry Bat, 267 : habits of, 

 269 : four species described, 

 270. 



Naseberry tree, 268. 



Naturalist's Work-room, 235. 



Negro gardens, 127. 251. 257 : 

 proper names, 232 : villages, 

 beauty of, 256. : superstitions, 

 154. 275. 



Night at sea, 1 5 : on the moun- 

 tains, 302. 



Night-blowing Cereus, 176. 



Nightshade, 130. 



Nocturnal forest sounds, 358. 



Nurse Shark, 241. 499. 



O. 



Old Harbour, 299 : traditions of, 



300. 

 Oniscus, spinous, 65. 

 Orange- trees, 88. 127. 



Orchideffi, first sight of, 31 : on 

 calabash trees, 47 : terrestial, 

 63. 137. 149. 304: rare around 

 Content, 97 : at Kilmarnock, 

 23: at the Kepp, 128: on 

 Bluefields Ridge, 134: grow- 

 ing in the house, 238 : curious 

 forms of, 481.: season of flower- 

 ing, 482. : choice of support, 

 485 : transplantation of, 488 : 

 preference of, localities, 488 : 



Owl, Eared, 367. 



Owl-faced Bat, 326 : habits of, 

 327. 



Pallette-tip, Eyed, 76.284: ring- 

 tail, 254. 



Palisades, 23. 



Pahns, 135. 259. 304. 



Papaw, fruit on a male, 22:7 : sint- 

 gular property of, 257. 



Parasitic plants, 43. 47. 149. 

 {See Orchidece). 



Pardaline Snake, 324. 



Parrots, 64. 



Parrot-fish, 215. 



Peadoves, 88 : voices of, 174. 



Pedro Kays, 310: seal of, 307: 

 vegetation of, 500. 



Pedro Plains, 491. 



Pelicans resting, 22 : voracity of, 

 292. 



Periodical rain, 203. 



Peripatus, habits of, 66. 



Peter's Vale Estate, 90. 



Phoenix Park, 155. 



Phrynus, 165. 



Pigeons, 92. 173. 



Pilot, 21. 



Pimento, 64, 



Piper, 288. 



Pitcairnia, 304. 



Plovers, 88. 



Polydesmus, 166. 



Ponds in the mountains, 126. 186, 



Porpita, a new species of, 8. 



Porto Rico, beauty of, 494. 



Portuguese man-of-War, 3. 



Potoo, voice of, 368. 



Prawns, 85. 



