514 
Ficus carica, 630. 
elastica, 648. 
Fiddle-wood tree, 438, 625, 648. 
Fige-drink, 631. 
Figgis (figs), 624. 
Fig-moth, 779. 
Fig, Smyrna, 632. 
Seale, 893. 
tree, 630, 631. 
trees early planted for hedges, 624, 
630, 631. 
trees, wild, 632. 
Figs, caprification of, 6382. 
early used for fattening hogs, 577, 
631. 
early laws concerning, 577, 631. 
Filaria Bancrofti, 746. 
immitis, 746. 
carried by mosquito, 746. 
Filariasis, due to mosquito bites, 746. 
Filistata hibernalis, 832, 833, 836. 
Fin-back Whale, 688. 
Findlay, A. G., quoted, 487. 
Chart of Bermuda, 489. 
description of channels, 487. 
description of storms, 497. 
Finger-coral, 484. 
Fiorinia Fioriniz, 893. 
Fire-drakes, 614, 619. 
Fire-beetles, 793. 
Fire-flies, 793. 
Fireinge of ilands, 601. 
to kill wood rats, 601, 714. 
Fire worm of sweet potato, 777. 
Fires, effects of, 593, 601, 603, 604. 
First colored slaves, 561. 
stone public building, 608. — 
Fish-crow, 665, 681. 
exported, 518, 521. 
ponds, natural, 436, 441, 468. 
Fisher, A. K., on Bermuda birds, 725. 
Fishery, laws regulating, 704. 
Fishes, 413, 416, 486, 468, 517, 699, 703. 
abundant at first, 699-704. 
bright colored, 415, 434, 441. 
confined at Coney Island, 468. 
confined at Devil’s Hole, 436. 
confined at Walsingham, 441, 468. 
confined at Wistowe, 434. 
death of in 1901, 503-507. 
A. BE. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 
926 
Fishes, decrease of, 699, 708, 704, 709. 
historical, 700-703. 
market, 416, 700. 
Flatts Village, 434, 485. 
harbor, changes in, 485. 
Flats (reefs), 465, 483, 484. 
Flax, 558, 625, 627. 
Flea, cat and dog, 749. 
human, 749. 
Flea-beetles, 789. 
Flesh-flies, 740. 
Flies, as carriers of infectious diseases, 
740, 742. 
habits of, 741. 
Flora and Fauna, changes in, 582. 
Flora, Character and Origin of the orig- 
inal, 571. 
Endemic Plants, 573. 
Localized Plants, 574. 
Sea-side Plants, 578. 
Native Flora, Origin of, 580, 587. 
Florida Gallinule, 662. 
Flour-beetles, 787, 788. 
Flour-moths, 779. 
Flower Pride, 653. 
Fluted Seale, 804. 
Flying Dutchman, 615. 
Fish, ix. 
Fly-weevil, 779. 
Fogs, 495. 
Folgate, Capt., 546, 617. 
Capt. Robert, 461, 517. 
Food of Agua Toad, 727. 
Cat-bird, 589, 888. 
Crow, 682, 889. 
Lizard, 889. 
Sparrow, etc., 888. 
Tropic-bird, 680, 731. 
Turtles, 693, 695, 696. 
Whales, 683, 687, 689. 
Wild hogs, 589, 711. 
Wood-rats, 590, 715, 717. 
Forbidden Fruit, 636. 
Forbisher, Mr. (see Furbisher), 541. 
Forcinella maritima, 827. 
Forest-flies, 745, 747. 
Forestiera porulosa, 575, 620. 
Forficula auricularia, 871. 
Form and Extent of the Islands and 
Reefs, 465. 
