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cess of. and eiiect on the mind, 

 117-121. 



Song-sparrow (Zonotrichia cani- 

 capilla), 25. 



Sosa the Scout, anecdote of, 98. 



Soul Hhajies, treatise on, 165. 



South American Missionary 

 Society, 29. 



Spencer, Herbert, on adaptiveness 

 of organs, ISl. 



Swallow, white-rumped (Tachy- 

 cinetaleucorrhoa), morning song 

 of, 25, 29 ; purple, 31 ; migra- 

 tion of, 32-34. 



Swan, black-necked, 17. 



Synallaxis, 9. 



TaCIIYCINETa LEUCOllIUIO.i, St'l- 



Swallow, white-rumped. 

 Tanagers, 155, 156 

 Thorean, instinctive impulses in, 



221 ; on the robin's song, 223 ; 



feeling for nature in, 227, 228. 

 Thorn-bird, habits of, K ». 

 Thurn, Mr. im, on paucity of bird 



music in British UuiaTa, 154. 

 Tinamous, eggs of, W ; language 



and habits of, 133, 134 ; seen on 



the uplands, 211. 

 Trapalanda, legend of, 5, 208. 

 Traru, 175. 

 Troglodytes turvus, Azara on song 



of, 158. 

 Troupials, number of species, 150. 

 Trupialis militaris, see military 



starling. 

 Tuco-tuco, 38. 



Turdus fuscater, see Blackbird, 



Argentine. 

 Tylor, Dr., on animism, 119. 



Ui'LAND GEESE, 54 ; shooting, 69 ; 



depredations of, 81. 

 Upucerthia dumetoria, 9. 



ViGNOLT, Dr. de, on the mythical 



faculty, 120. 

 Vizcacha, bones of, 38. 

 Vulture, black, 53. 



Wallace, Dr. A. R., on bird 



music in the tropics, 161 ; on 



human instincts, 228 ; peculiar 



theory of, 204. 

 Waterton, on bare feet, 224. 

 Whale, The, Melville's romance, 



112. 

 Whiteness, the quility of, 111- 



124; abncrmal, in animals, 123. 

 White shark, fear inspired by, 



116. 

 Willow trees on the Rio Negro, 51. 

 Wolseley, Lord, on instinctive 



courage, 217. 

 Woodman, 10. 

 Wren, La Plata, Azara on, 158 ; 



character of song of, 158. 

 Wrens, a highly melodious family, 



158-161. 



Zenaida maculata, song of, 125. 

 Zonotrichia canicajiilla, sec Song- 

 sparrow. 



QILBEET iND JilVlflQlON, LD., ST. JOHM'S HOUSE, CLEEKE NWELL, E.a. 



