INDEX, 



^SCDNA BOKAMENSIS, 130. 



Aguara, 15. 



Aguarii-CTuazii, 15. 



Animal weapons, 69-82. 



Amimbius acaticaudatus, 147, 253. 



Argyroneta, 195. 



Armadillo, Hairy. See Dasypus 



villosus. 

 Aspisoma, 169. 

 Ass defends itself againstthe pii~ia, 



38. 

 Attioora cyanoleuca, 296, 298. 

 Audubon and Bachman, on the 



puma, 37. 

 Antomalus, 250. 

 Azara, Felix de, on the habits of 



Annmbius, 253; of the oscillating 



finch, 263; of the puma, 31, 35, 



40 ; of the tree-creepers, 251 ; of 



the vizcacha, 304, 310. 

 Anecdote of caged rats, 343, 



344. 

 Azara's dog. See Canis azarffi. 



Bacon, on the dog maintained by 

 a man, 341. 



Bain, Dr. A., on anger, 166. 



Baird, Dr. Spencer, on the peregrine 

 falcon, 97; on the skunk, 119. 



Bartlett, Mr., on the Talegallus in 

 the Zoological Gardens, 87. 



Bates, Mr., on wandering bands of 

 birds, 254. 



Belt, on the bush-tick, 142; on the 

 iire-fly's light, 171 ; on man's 

 hairless condition, 143 ; on hum- 

 ming-birds in Nicaragua, 218 ; 

 on wandering band's of birds, 255. 



Bete-rouge, 141. 



Bicho-colorado, 144. 



Bigg- Wither, M r., on dancing-birds 

 in Brazil, 262; on fire-flies in 

 Brazil, 173. 



Bird-fly. See Ornithomyia. 



Birds, on the pampas, 19 ; aerial 

 dances of, 265 ; fear in, 83-100 ; 

 afEected by fire-light, 176; how 

 they escape the bush-ticks, 144 ; 

 wandering bands of, 252. 



Blaok-faoed ibis, 265. 

 BoddamWhetham, Mr. J. W., 



anecdote of puma, 52. 

 Bombus thoraoicus, 154. 



B. violaceus, 154, 157. 

 Burrowing owl, 24, 66 ; a snake- 

 killer, 73. _ 



Burton, Captain, on bush-ticks in 



Brazil, 141. 

 Bush- ticks, 141-145. 

 Buteo eythronotup, 175. 

 Byron, Commodore, anecdote of a 



great beast in Tierra del Puego, 



50. 



Oachalote. See Homorus. 

 Canis azarae, 16 ; death-feigning 



instincts of, 202 ; preying habits, 



.300. 



C. jubatus, 15. 

 Cai-ancho, 23, 119. 

 Oarduus mariana, 303. 



Oat, anecdotes of the, 60, 61, 73. 

 Cattle, strangeinstinctsof,329-317. 

 Cavia australis, 13, 64. 

 Ceratophrys ornata, 78, 79. 

 Cervus campestris, 16 ; instincts 



of doe and fawn, 110 ; powerful 



smell of buck, 159. 

 C. paludosus, aquatic habits, 144. 

 Chaja. See Crested Screamer. 

 Chauna chavarria. See Crested 



Screamer. 

 Chimango, 23, 91, 93, 94. 

 Chinchillidae, language of, 265. 

 Chlamydophorus truncata, 16. 

 Ciconia maguari, 62. 

 Oinclodes, 242, 248. 

 Circus cinereus, 94. 

 C. macropterus, 94. 

 Cnipolegus hudsoni, antics of, 271. 

 Cock-of-the-rock, dancing antics, 



261. 

 Cometes, 219. . 

 Coryphistera, 242. 

 Courlan, 19. 

 Cow-bird, Common, habits of thn 



young, 90; language and anti'ji, 



273. 



