508 



Tree-frogs, 358 : brown, de- 

 scribed, 361 : habits of, 361 : 

 little yellow, 366. 



Tree-toads, 366: lichened de- 

 scribed, 362 : habits of, 363 : 

 transparent eyelid of, 364 : 

 green-backed, 365. 



Trees, gregarious, 368. 



Tropic birch, 44. 500. 



Trumpet-tree, 89. 



Turtle, freshwater, 186.: logger- 

 head, 2. : trunk, 306. 



Two-headed Snake described, 

 263 : habits of, 264: eggs and 

 young, 265. 



U. 



Urania Sloanus, 69 : beauty of, 

 70: fondness for pear-trees, 

 72 : habits of, 71 : eggs of, 73. 



Urchins Sea, 77. 



Utia, 468. (^See Cony). 



V. 



Venus Lizard, 76 : described, 

 143 : curious mode of taking, 

 143 : habits of, 144. 



Violet Flat-crab, 248. 



Voices of birds, 1 54. 



Vulture, 82. 



W. 



Wall plants, 40. 129. 



Wasps' nests, 29. 



Water-lily, 253. 



Water- withe, 125. 



Wax-coccus, 146. 



Whales, a troop of, 3 : cachelot, 



349. 

 Wild Goats, 440. 

 Wild Hogs, 385. 

 Wild Pines, 43. 149. 

 Wood slave, 75. 

 Wood thrush, song of, 172. 



Xibaro, 340. 



Yellow Snake, 314 : 

 voracity, 316: 

 specimen, 318: 

 319. 501. 



size of, 315. 

 an immense 

 economy of. 



Zebra Lizard, 225. 491. 

 Zebra Snake, 324. 



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