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INDEX. 



whicli live only in tlie depths of 

 the forest, 290 ; shot at Dorey, 

 309 ; collection of, obtained in 

 Waigiou, 366, 367; of New 

 Guinea, 429 ; genera and species 

 of, 431. 

 Birds of Paradise, i 1 ; range of, 

 22 ; their great beauty, iL 253 ; 

 specimens of, obtained in their 

 native forests, 284; at Waigiou, 

 357 ; difficulty of catching them, 

 352; description of, 353, 354; 

 bargains with the bird-catchers 

 of Bessir for capturing them, 

 361 ; their success, 361, 362 ; 

 some of them kept in cages, but 

 they did not live, 363 ; method 

 of snaring them, ih. ; their his- 

 tory and habits, 387 et scq. ; 

 diflerent names applied to, by 

 different nations, 387, 388 : their 

 structure and affinities, 389 ; the 

 Great Bird of Paradise (the fara- 

 disea apoda of Linnfeus), the 

 largest species known, 390 ; 

 changes of plumage, 391 ; native 

 method of catching them, 392, 

 393 ; mode of preserving them, 

 ib. ; the Lesser Bird of Paradise 

 (Paradisea papuana), 394, 395; 

 the true Paradise birds, 395 ; fed 

 on cocki'oaches, 396 ; Paradisea 

 rubra, 397, 400 ; changes of 

 plumage, 399; King Bird (Para- 

 disea rcgia), its great beauty, 

 401, 402; the "Magnificent" 

 (Paradisea speciosa), 403, 404 ; 

 the Diphillodes wilsoni, 405 ; the 

 Superb bird, 406 ; the Golden or 

 Six-shafted bird (Parotia sexpen- 

 nis), 408; the Standard Wing, 409 

 411; the EpimachidiE, or Long- 

 billed birds, 411 ; Twelve-wired 

 bird (Paradisea alba), 412 ; Seleu- 

 cides alba, 413; the great Epi- 

 maque, or Long-tailed bird, 414, 

 415 ; Scale-breasted bird, 416 ; 

 Ptiloris alberti, P. paradiseus, P. 

 Victorife, 417; Paradise Oriole 

 (Paradisea aurea), 418; list of all 

 the Birds of Paradise yet known, 

 with the places they are believed 



to inhabit, 419, 420; the coun- 

 tries they chiefly inhabit, 420 ; 

 an article of commerce, 421 ; 

 Mr. Allen's voyage to Sorong, in 

 New Guinea, in quest of, 421 el 

 scq. ; terminatiou of the search 

 for these beautiful birds, 424 ; 

 difficulties of the undertaking, 

 425. 



Bird-winged butterflies, ii. 50, 51, 

 199 ; their beauty and brillianc)', 

 51 ; of the Moluccas, 153. 



Boat-building uniler difficulties, ii. 

 109; of the Ke Islands, 183- 

 186. 



Boats, difficulty in obtaining, ii. 

 91, 92 ; description of, 93. 



Borneo, large enough for the whole 

 of Great Britain to be set down 

 in the centre of, and hidden, i. 4 ; 

 the centre of the great curve of 

 volcanoes, 10; a forest country, 11, 

 24 ; arrival at, 54 (sea Sarawak) ; 

 the orang-utan an inhabitant of, 

 and of Sumatra, 89 ; journey iu 

 the interior, 101 (see Dyak) ; 

 pheasants in, 167, 168. 



Borotoi, a Malay village, i. 107 ; as- 

 sembling to look at the author, iJ.; 

 appearance of the people, ib. ; 

 assembling to see the author eat, 

 108 ; amusing the children, ib. ; 

 departure from to Budw (which 

 see). 



Botanical locality, ii. 63. 



Bouru island, map of, ii. 74 ; 

 visit to, 124 ; difficulties of the 

 journey, 128 ; beetle found at, 

 132 ; ignorant simplicity of the 

 natives, 135; of two distinct 

 races, ib.; collections in, 137; 

 mountains of, 172; two distinct 

 races there, 449. 



Bouton vocabulary, ii. 472. 



Boutong, island of, ii. 166, 167. 



Boutyne mountain, ii. 166. 



Brambanam, an ancient village of 

 Java, i. 163. 



Bow and Bede, Chinese gold-fields 

 in Borneo, i. 54. 



Bread-fruit, the tree, i. 476 ; excel- 

 lency of, 476, 477. 



