INDEX. 



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Bali, island of, i. 6 ; no forest in, 12 ; 

 difference between, and Lombock, 

 21 (sec Birds in) ; position of, and 

 of Lombock, 234; the only is- 

 lands of the Ai'chipelago in Avhieli 

 the Hindoo religion maintains 

 itself, 234 {see Bileling) ; beauty 

 of the district around, 236 ; cattle 

 and birds, 237, 317 ; birds in, ib. 



Ball, Mr., an Englishman, resident 

 in Java, i. 1,')7. 



Bamboo, usefulness of, i. 85, 114; 

 with plate of bridge, 121-126. 



Bauda, island of, i. 6 ; from Macassar 

 to, 448 ; first impression of, 449 ; 

 appearance of the town, 450 ; 

 view of the volcano of, 450, 451 ; 

 volcanic character of the island, 

 451, 452; natives of, 456 ; birds 

 and mammalia, 457 ; the trading 

 locality for nutmegs, ii. 8. 



Banda gi'oup, ii. 173. 



Baso, the author's servant, ii. 164. 



Batanta, map of, ii. 332. 



Batavia, arrival at, i. 172 ; trade and 

 hotels, ib. 



Batchian, island of, i. 6 ; voyage to, 

 ii. 23, 24; volcanoes of, 27; ar- 

 rival at, 35 ; difficulties of ob- 

 taining accommodation, 36 ; the 

 author's cottage in the suburbs, 

 37 ; interview with the Sultan, 

 38; road to the coal-mines, 39; 

 virgin forest of, -ib. ; distinct races 

 of, 43, 44 ; robbery at, 45 ; wet 

 season at, 47 ; music and 

 dancing at, 47, 48 ; domestic 

 habits of, 48 ; eatable bats at, 

 49 ; walk in the forest of, 60; 

 objects of natural history at, 51 

 et seq. ; its great variety of surface 

 and of soil, 63; sketch map of, ii. 

 369. 



Batchian vocabulary, ii. 474. 



Batracho.stomus crinifrons, ii. 67. 



Bats, eatable, ii. 49; at Batchian, 55. 



Batu-merah vocabulary, ii. 474. 



Batuassa, village of, ii. 90. 



Beard, cultivating a, ii. 270, 271. 



Beck, Capt. Van der, ii. 73, 75 ; 

 his extraordinary knowledge of 

 languages, 76. 



Bee-eater, Australian, i. 245, 429. 



Bee-hunters and bee-hunting, i. 

 311-315. 



Beeswax in Timor, i. 311. 



Beetles, 700 species collected in 

 Singapore, i. 37; distinct (130) 

 kinds of the Longioorns, ib.; 

 proper ground for collecting, 56 ; 

 large number and new sj^ecies of, 

 collected at the Simunjon coal 

 works, 56, 57, 461 ; ^ rare beetle, 

 475 ; numerous species of, dis- 

 covered, ii. 30, 31, 32, 42 ; cay)- 

 ture of, 53 ; found at Bouru, 

 132 ; of the Moluccas, 154 ; the 

 various species, ib. ; olitained for 

 tobacco, 187; numerous species in 

 New Guinea, 326 ; new species, 

 327. 



Belideus ariel, ii. 55, 142. 



Bengalese in Singajwre, i. 31. 



Bernstein, Dr. ii. 21 ; collector for 

 the Leyden Museum, 54. 



Bessir, village of, ii. 348, 358 ; visit 

 to, 358 ; wretched accommoda- 

 tion there, 359, 360 ; bargain 

 with the men for catching birds 

 of paradise, 361, 362 ; their 

 method of snaring them, 364 ; 

 scarcity of food there, 364, 365 ; 

 the country around very hilly and 

 rugged, 366. 



Bileling, an-ival at, from Singapore, 

 i. 234 ; a Chinese house in, 235. 



Bird of Paradise, new form of, ii. 

 41 ; named " Wallace's Standard 

 Wing, " ib. 



Birds, in Bali and Lombock, i. 21 ; in 

 Malacca, 43, 44 ; in Bali, 237 ; in 

 Ampanam, 241 ; boys' birdcatch- 

 iug, 241, 242; beautiful birds, 

 245, 246 (see Simla group, and 

 Celebes), 409 (see Maleo); scarcity 

 of, ii. 63; insular forms of, 67 ; col- 

 lections of, in Bouru, 137; number 

 of species from the Jlolucca grou]i 

 of islands, 144; number of, in 

 Europe compared, ib. ; in India, 

 ib. ; various noises of, 225 ; nume- 

 rous varieties of, in the Aru Is- 

 lands, 242, et seq. ; dancing parties 

 of, called "Sacaleli," 252; those 



