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INDEX. 



quadrupeds of the, ib. et seq. ; 

 fauna of tlie, 144, 145; especially 

 rich in the parrot tribe, 146; most 

 curious groups of birds, 147 et 

 seq.; the cassowary, 149; cases of 

 "mimicry," 150; insects of the, 

 153 et seq. ; luxuriance and beauty 

 of animal life in the forests, 155. 

 Monarcha chrysomela, ii. 209. 

 Monarcha loricata, ii. 137. 

 Monarcha telescopthalma, ii. 210. 

 Monkeys, i. 22 ; a hare-lipped mon- 

 key, in company with a young 

 orang-utan, 69, 70 ; abundance 

 and variety of, on the banks of 

 the Simunjon river, 82; in Su- 

 matra, 208, 209. 

 Monsoon, south-east, in the Malay 

 Archipelago, i. 12 ; in the Banda 

 Sea, ii. 91. 

 Morella and Mamalla vocabularies, 



ii. 474. 

 Morty, island of, i. 6 ; ii. 21, 146. 

 Mosquitoes, ii. 259. 

 Moths, Ln Borneo, i. 132; plentiful- 

 ness of, on the mountains of 

 Sarawak, 1 33 ; mode of seeking 

 them, ib. ; list of captures in 

 different kinds of weather, 134, 

 135 ; observations on modes of 

 capture, 135, 136. 

 Motir, island of, ii. 26, 27. 

 Mountain plants, ii. 58. 

 " Muck, running a," curious custom 



in Lombock, i. 272-274. 

 Muka, village of, ii. 347 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 349 ; hut erected at, 350 ; 

 aurora borealis seen at, ii. 354 ; 

 the people live in abjeot poverty, 

 356 ; under the rule of the Sultan 

 of Tidore, 357 ; destitute of the 

 necessaries or comforts of life, 

 ib. ; the author half-starved while 

 there, ib.; departure from, 358. 

 Muntok, the chief town of Banca, 



i. 190. 

 Museum, British, specimen of mias 



in, i. 84. 

 Museum, Derby, specimen of mias 



in, i. 64, 76, 87. 

 Mysol, map of, ii. 332 

 Mysol vocabulary, ii. 475. 



K 



Natural history of the Moluccas, ii. 

 138 e< seq. 



Naturalist, pleasures of the, i. 364- 

 366. 



Nectarinea auriceps, ii. 42. 



Nectarinea proserpiua, ii. 137. 



Negritos, a distinct race from the 

 Malay, ii. 453. 



New Guinea or Papua, dangers of 

 trading with, ii. 110; murders 

 committed there, 111, 112; Mo- 

 luccau fauna derived from, 145; 

 voyage to, 299, 300 et seq.; 

 trading missionaries of, 302, 303 ; 

 harbour and village of Dorey, 304, 

 305 ; the people of, 305, 306 ; 

 coast and inland Papuans, 309 ; 

 curious insects of, 313, 314 ; 

 deer-flies of, 315 ; Arfak and 

 Jobie, 319; scarcity of Paradise 

 birds, 321 ; Humboldt Bay, 323 ; 

 plague of flies, 329 ; map of the 

 west point of, 332 ; birds of, 

 418 ; with the islands joined to 

 it constitute the Papuan group, 

 427 ; perhaps the largest island 

 on the globe, ib. ; mammalia of, 

 428 ; birds of, 429 ; insects of, 

 433 ; the largest islands to the 

 east of, very little known, 435 ; 

 fauna of, ib. ; exhibits a common 

 origin with Australia, 436: plants 

 of, 437 {see Papuan Islands). 

 Neys, Mr., a native of Menado, 



i. 378. 

 Nicobar pigeon, its beauty, ii. 65, 



66. 

 Nutmeg-trees, in Banda, i. 452; 

 beauty of, 453; the nutmeg trade, 

 453, 454; the spice monopoly, 

 455. 

 Nutmegs procured from New 

 Guinea, ii. 6. 



O. 



Oceanic races, natural division of 



the, ii. 453. 

 Oeassa, soap-springs of, i. 291 ; the 



inhabitants of, 291, 292. 



