INDEX. 



A. 



Achiras TiUage, 31 , 49. 

 Aconcagua river, 3, 4, 6, 14. 

 Acorocorto, 23, 51, 52. 



latitude, longitude, and elevation of, 76. 

 meteorology of, 79. 

 .^glea intermedia, 255-257. 

 Agachadera, 191. 



de la Cordillera, 191. 

 Agelaius cureeus, 178. 

 thilius, 179. 

 Aglaia cseruleocephala, 181. 

 cyanicollie, 181. 

 fanny, 182. 

 gyroloides, 182. 

 peruviana, 182. 

 viridissima, 182. 

 Agouraeliay, 154. 

 Agriornis lividus, 183. 

 Aguila, 174. 

 Aguilucho, 175. 

 Aleatraz, 206. 

 Alcon, 177. 

 Alfalfa, 17, 23. 

 Algarrobas, 23, 29, 38, 47. 

 Aloaa musica, 245, 246. 

 Alto de la Laguna, 6, 66. 



latitude, longitude, and elevation of, 75. 

 meteorology of, 76, 77. 

 Alvares, General A. M , his collection of Peruvian antiquities, 



123-143. 

 Atneiva oculata, 224. 

 American night heron, 193. 

 American stork, 196. 



Analysis of powder collected on the banks of the Yeso, 68. 

 Anas antarctica, 200, 201. 

 bahamensis, 203. 

 chalcoptera, 202. 

 chiloensis, 201. 

 creccoides, 203. 

 cyanoptera, 202. 

 fretensis, 203. 

 ganta, 200. 

 maculirostris, 203. 

 magellanica, 201. 

 melanocephala, 202. 

 metopias, 204. 

 nigricoUis, 200. 



Anas oxyptera, 203. 

 oxyura, 202. 

 rafflesii, 202. 

 epecularie, 202. 

 specularoides, 202. 

 urophasianus, 203. 

 Aneroid barometer, 71-73. 

 Angelito, 195. 

 Anser melanopterus, 201. 

 Antarctic goose, 200, 201. 

 Antimonial gray copper, 90. 



silver, 95. 

 Antimony ores, 103, 104. 

 Aporomera ornata, 223-226. 

 Aquila pezopora, 174. 

 Arboleda, 57. 



elevation of, 75. 

 meteorology of, 78. 

 Ardea candidissima, 193. 

 cocoi, 192. 

 coerulescens, 192. 

 cyanocephala, 193. 

 egretta, 193. 

 exilis, 194. 

 galatea, 193. 

 garden!, 193. 

 leuce, 193. 

 maguari, 192, 196. 

 nycticorax, 193. 

 thula, 193. 

 Arenales, 57. 



elevation of, 75. 

 meteorology of, 78. 

 Arequitas, 39, 45. 



meteorology of, 80. 

 Arica, antiquities found there, 115, 118-122. 

 Armadillos, 46, 55. 

 Arquerite, 97. 

 Arroyo de la Lagunilla, 32. 

 de San Jose, 47. 

 grande, 57. 

 Arseniate of cobalt, 103. 

 of copper, 91. 

 Arsenic, 104. 

 Arsenical cobalt, 102. 

 copper, 91. 

 gray copper, 90. 

 nickel, 103. 

 Arsenillo, 88. 



