254 
DaFILA SPINACAUDA, depredations 
of, 80. 
Darwin, on Craspedocephalus al- 
ternatus, 27; on resemblance of 
animals to man, 27; on singing 
birds in South America, 146, 
157; on how the mind is affected 
by Patagonian scenery, 207. 
Dasypus minutus, 11. 
Deer, bones of, 88; distant sight 
of, 212. 
Dendrocolaptide, 9. 
Diuca minor, morning song of, 15, 
126. 
Dog, native, character of, 59, 60. 
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. 
Duck, brown pintail, 80. 
Dunes, 5, 12, 13. 
EartuQuakt, shock of, experienced 
at El Carmen, 100. 
Ccodoma ants, habits of, 138-142. 
Embernagra platensis, see Red- 
pilled finch. 
Escandalosa plant, 142. 
Evening primrose, 7; fragrance 
of, 235; adaptiveness of, 238. 
Eyes, abnormal colour in, 164; 
colour of in birds, 184; colour 
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, 204-206. 
Fanco SsPARVERIUS, 
cliffs, 137, 138. 
Felis geoffroyi, 51. 
Firewood-gatherer, 10. 
Flamingo, shooting a, 64-67. 
Flautero, song of, 159. 
Flute-bird, song of, 159. 
Fontana, Dr. G., on Indians of the 
Pampas and Gran Chaco, 177. 
Franklin, Benjamin, a character- 
istic of, 225. 
nesting in 
Lndex. 
Gaucuo with abnormal eyes, 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. 
Gurliaca decorticans, see Chafiar. 
Hawrnorye, NaTHANIEL, eyes of, 
208. 
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. 
Icreripm, 156. 
Iucas, 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; lite-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. 
mi yale) capture of the war-ship, 
98. 
JEFFERIES, RicHarp, 
savage feelings, 220. 
Juniper, a gum-bearing, 128. 
La Mercep, 21. 
Leaf-cutting ants, 138-142. 
Lichenops perspicillata, 195. 
Liquorice plant, 7. 
a cock, amusing habits of, 
instinctive 
