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Index. 



Dafu.a M'INACAuda., depredations 

 of, 80. 



Darwin, on Craspedocephalus al- 

 ternatus, 27 ; on resenil.dance of 

 animals to man, 27 ; on singing 

 birds in vSouth America, 146, 

 157 ; on liow the mind is affected 

 by Patagonian scenery, 207. 



Dasypus minutns, 11. 



Deer, bones of, 08 ; distant sight 

 of, 212. 



Dendrocolaptidaj, 9. 



Dinca minor, morning song of, 15, 

 120. 



Dog, native, character of, 5'J, 00. 



Dogs, anecdotes of, 59-74. 



Dolichotes patagonica, bones of, 

 38 ; observed watching me, 143 ; 

 seen on the uplands, 211. 



D'Orbigny, on the flute-bird's 

 song, 158. 



D\ick, brown pintail, 80. 



Dunes, 5, 12, 13. 



Eaktuquake, shock of, experienced 

 at El Carmen, 100. 



QEcodoma ants, habits of, 138-142. 



Embernagra jilatensis, .sec Ked- 

 l.iilled finch. 



Bscandalosa plant, 142. 



Evening primrose, 7 ; fragrance 

 of, 235 ; adaptiveness of, 238. 



Eyes, abnormal colour in, 1G4; 

 colour of in birds, 184 ; coloTir 

 of in men, 187 : individual va- 

 riations in, 188 ; luminous, 189 ; 

 owls', 190 ; green, 196 ; Broca's 

 table of colours of, 197 ; brown, 

 201 ; blue, 202 ; British, 204-200. 



Falco si'AUVERius, nesting in 

 cliffs, 137, 138. 



Felis geofiroyi, 51. 



Firewood-gatherer, 10. 



Flamingo, shooting a, 61-67. 



Plautero, song of, 159. 



Flute-bird, song of, 159. 



Fontana, Dr. (J., on Indians of the 

 Pampas and Gran Chaco, 177. 



Franklin, Benjamin, a character- 

 istic of, 225. 



Gauciio with abnormal eye-=, 165. 



Gauchos, dislike to spectacles of, 

 166. 



Germans, weakness of sight in, 

 180. 



Gould, his collection of humming- 

 birds, 186. 



Greyhounds, hunting on their 

 own account, 60, 61. 



Gums, edible, 49; chewing, 128- 

 130. 



Gurliaoa decorticans, see- Chaiiar. 



Hawthorne, ]SrATiiA"NiEL, eyes of, 



203. 

 Homorus gutturalis, habits of, 10. 

 Huanaco, bones of, 38. 

 Humboldt, on eyesight in savages, 



174,182. 

 Hunt, Leigh, on the pleasure of 



going to bed, 225. 

 Hunting, instinct of, 219. 



ICTEEID.E, 156. 



Incas, the, rainbow-worshippers, 

 55 ; knowledge of nature's laws 

 of, 140. 



Indian remains, 37-43. 



burial places, 42. 



Indians, life among the, 102-110; 

 eyesight of, 174, 175; life-con- 

 ditions of the, 177 ; Fontana 

 on, 177; Pelleschi on, 182 ; in- 

 stinctive courage, 231 ; capable 

 of heroic actions, 231 ; endurance 

 of pain, 232. 



Instincts, human, 216-234; in 

 children, 220, 221 ; Dr. Wallace 

 on, 228. 



Itaparica, capture of the war-ship, 

 98. 



.Iefperien, Ricieamj, instinctive 



savage feelings, 220. 

 .1 uniper, a gum-bearing, 128. 



La Mkr( ED, 21. 

 Leaf-cutting ants, 138-142. 

 Lichenops perspicillata, 195. 

 Liquorico plant, 7, 

 Little cock, amusing habits of, 

 131. 



