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Index 



Cannibalism, 



snakes, 223, 226, 227 

 Cape Viper, (fig. 83), 208* 

 Capitones, 



Orinoco group, 112 

 Capnodes albicosta, (new species), 



125,* 129 

 Caprimu Igida c, 



distribution, 



Orinoco and New York, 111 

 Capuchin, 327 



Carpodectes nitidiis Salvin, 334 

 Cassidix orysivora mexicana, 338, 

 (figs. 'll3, 114), 338,* 339 



egg of, (fig. 116), 340* 

 Cassique (see also "Cacique"), 



Great Black, 104 



Green, 104 



Yellow-backed, 104 



nest and eggs of, 104, 105*, 105- 

 107 

 Catarrh, Nasal, 



primates affected with, 178 

 Catfish, 70 

 Catharista iirubu brasilicnsis, 327, 



330 

 Catharistes urubu urubu, 79 

 Cafhartes aura aura, 327, 331 

 Cathartes perniger, 79 

 Cathartidiformes, 79 



Orinoco group, 112 

 Catingueira (see "Hoatzin") 

 Catreus, 264 

 Cavies, Spotted, 327 

 Cayenne Flycatcher, 97 

 Ccbws, 69 

 Celcus elegans, 91 

 Celcus jumana, 91 

 Celius hypoleucus, 327 

 Cemaphora, 



coccinea, (fig. 78), 200* 

 can.nibahstic, 222 



eggs of, 221 



food of, 222 

 Ceophloeus lineatus, 92 

 Certhiidae, 



New York group, 112 

 Cerylc americana, 84 

 Ceryle superciliosa, 84 

 Ceryle torquata, 84 

 Chachalaca, Red-tailed, 71,* 73 

 Chalcophasis, 264, 270 

 Chalcophasis vs. Lophophorus, 270 

 Chalcurus, 264 

 Chamaepelia, 



metallic coloring of, 29 

 Chamaepelia talpacoti, 



m.elanistic in captivity, 16 



Chapman, Frank M., 

 quoted on : 



Eumomota superciliaris, 147 

 falco sparverioides coloration, 14 

 Yucatan Jay, 153 

 Charadriiformes, 74 

 distribution, 

 Orinoco and New York, 111 

 Charts, 



Arboreal Adaptive Radiation, 109* 

 Chen caerulescens, 12 

 Chen hyperboreus, 12 

 Cherrie, George K., 

 quoted on : — 



Birds in Orinoco region, 110 

 Hoatzin, distribution of, 50 

 Hoatzin, nesting of, 59 

 motomts denuding tail-feathers, 141 

 Chierchia, G. 

 quoted on : 



Shark, whale, 361-363 

 Chimachima Hawk, 



white-headed, 75,* 81 

 Chimpanzee 



inhalations of medicated vapor given 

 to, 175* 

 Chinchena (see "Hoatzin") 

 Chironectes, 69 

 Chrysauginae, 132 

 Chrysolophus, 264 

 Chrysothrix, 69 



Chrysotrogon caligatus, 327, 331 

 Cissilopha yucatanica, 153-156 

 Claphe laudissima, (new species), 125,* 



130 

 Claudia squamata, 86 

 Cleveland, B. D. (Capt.) 

 quoted on : 



proboscis of elephant seal, 166 

 seal, elephant, gestation period, 168 

 seals, size of, 163 

 Climate 

 coloring of birds affected by, 3 

 coloring of mammals affected by, 3 

 humidity, 



insect coloration affected by, 6, 8 

 humidity, effect of, 

 Scardefella inca, 25-31 

 summary, 30, 31 

 Clou op his. 215, 217 

 Clypeaii sutura distincta, 118, 119 

 Coachwhip Snake, 218 (fig. 89), 218* 

 Coale, Henry K. 

 quoted on : 



ornithological curiosities, 151 

 Coatis, 327 



