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Index 



Beriberi, 1S9, 203, 226, 319 



Birds, songs of, 33, 34, 288; bien- 

 tevido, 35; tyrant flycatchers, 

 35-37 ; advertising coloration 

 of, 37; habits of, 37; survival 

 factors in species of, 38; wa- 

 ter-fowl, 39, SO, 59, 66, 70, 

 322; difference in bird fauna, 

 70; "Jesus Christ," 74; wealth 

 of bird life, 74; nests of, 74, 

 344; need for work of careful 

 observer of, 74, 112; ants at- 

 tack nestling, 92; extraordi- 

 nary collection of, 92-94; 

 oven-birds, 95; owl, 99, 162, 

 173; Guan, 101; sickle-billed 

 humming, 108; egrets, 110; 

 toucans. 111, 165, 298; finfoots, 

 112, herons, 112; troupials, 

 121; opportunity for study of, 

 124; parakeets, 124; screamers, 

 125; curassows, 126, 305; 

 snake, 130; cormorants, 130; 

 spurred lapwing, 130; con- 

 trasts in habits between closely 

 allied species of, 130, 131 

 manakin, 137; 149; whippoor- 

 will, 168; honey-creeper, 169 

 nunlets, 169; waxbill, 170 

 trogons, 179; false bell-bird 

 179; woodpecker, 205, 253. 

 some new, 217; breeding sea- 

 son of, 218; macaws, 218; old 

 and new kinds of, 218; valu- 

 able addition to collection of, 

 220; unfamiliar, 234, 235; sa- 

 riema, 236; cotinga, 253; sixty 

 new, 266; four new species of, 

 278; ant-thrush, 294, 295; 298, 

 322; jacii-tinga, 324; trum- 

 peter, 331; few water, 337; 

 hoatzin, archaic type of, 343 



Boats, house, 102; their use as 

 stores, 102 



Bonofacio, Jose, station of, 134, 

 243-246 ; provisions left at, 247 



Books, 162, 228, 229, 247, 267; 

 of travel. Appendix A, 356, 

 357 



Booth Line, 344 



Borah, Jake, 119 



Brazil, invitation of Government 

 of, 2; arrival at boundary of, 

 49, 50; intellectual and spirit- 

 ual liberty of, 51; healthiness 

 of inland region of, 103; in- 

 valuable reports of explora- 

 tions published by Govern- 

 ment of, 135; educational 

 needs of, 157; silver-mounted 

 saddle and bridle presented 

 to Colonel Roosevelt by Gov- 

 ernment of, 170; suggestion to 

 combine the two expeditions 

 made by Government of, 188; 

 first explorers of, 189; houses 

 of laborers in, 196; healthy 

 region for settlement offered 

 by high interior of western, 

 216; change of family names 

 in, 291 ; courtesy of peasants 

 of, 325 ; "last frontier" still ex- 

 ists in, 333; development of, 

 334; Government of, orders 

 Duvida River to be named 

 Rio Roosevelt, 341 ; achieve- 

 ments of Government of, 348, 

 349; Colonel Rondon's report 

 of Savage Landor to Govern- 

 ment of. Appendix A, note, 

 359-361 



Brazil, Doctor Vital, 14-23, 42, 

 291 



Brazil Land and Cattle Com- 

 pany, headquarters of, 125-127 



Bridge, an Indian, 255 



Bronx Zoo, 346 



Bryce, James, 177; Appendix A, 

 354 



Buenos Aires, 9, 32 



Bullets, umbrella-pointed, 141 



Bullock-train, 220 



Butterflies, 168, 235 



BuTity River, camp at, 210-212 



Burton, 355 



Cahoclos, 106, 193, 243 

 Caetano, Lieutenant, 188 

 Caete flags, 108 



