L[ndex. 
Locke on mental pictures, 243. 
Locusts, depredations of, 79. 
Lombardy poplar, odour of, 241. 
Maken, 128. 
Manuzanas, Las, 105. 
Martineta, 49. 
Melville, Herman, ou the quality 
of whiteness, 112-118; on valour, 
233. 
Mendoza, destruction of, 100. 
Migration, 5-6. 
Military starling, 126. 
Milky sea, a, 121. 
Mill, J. S., a doctrine of, 83. 
Milvago chimango, see Carrion- 
hawk. 
Mimus modulator, see Calandria 
mocking-bird. 
Missionary Society, South Ame- 
Tican, 29, 
Moby Dick, H. Melville’s, 112. 
Mocking-bird, Patagonian, 9, 126, 
146; white-banded, 124; calan- 
dria, 146-148. 
Mocking-birds, 155. 
Myiopotamus coypu, see Coypt. 
Nicutineate, melody of, 150. 
Nothura darwini, eggs of, 49. 
Octtto, habits of, 131. 
Organ-bird, Bates on the, 159. 
Ostriches, god of the, 124. 
Owl, Magellanic eagle, 190-193. 
Parker, Prof. W. K., on clothing, 
223 
Parrots in Patagonia, 137. 
Patagonia, first sight of, 5-7; 
legends, 5-7; salubrious climate 
of, 127, 128; explored, 208; 
Darwin on plains of, 207 ; secret 
of charm of, 209; description of 
scenery of, 210-215. 
Peccary, bones of, 38. ; 
Pelleschi on Gran Chaco Indians, 
182. 
Phytotoma 
cutter. 
Picture puzzles, 178. 
rutila, see Plant- 
255 
Pigeons, rock, resting in cliff, 137. 
Pigs and cow, friendship between, 
57, 58, 
Piquellin, 50. 
Plant-cutter (Phytotoma rutila), 
habits of, 9. 
Polar bear, man’s fear of, 115, 123. 
Polybori, 51. 
Polyborus tharus, flight of, 175. 
Primitive Culture, Dr. Tyler's, 
119. 
Progne furcata, description of, 31; 
migration of, 82-34. ' 
Puma, a tree-climber, 51; abundant 
on the Rio Negro, 78; depreda- 
tions of, 79. 
Rarnzow, a brilliant, 53-55. 
Realejo, song of, 159. 
Red-billed finch (Embernagra pla- 
tensis), 25. 
Resemblance of inferior animals 
to man, 27. ; 
Resemblances, imitative and pro- 
tective in nature, 179. 
Retriever, character of the, 61, 62 ; 
account of a, 61-74, 
Revolver accident, 22. 
Rhea, bones of, 38; a white, 124. 
Rhinocrypta lanceolata, amusing 
habits of, 131. 
Rio Negro, first sight of, 17; 
colour of, 35; valley of the, 
36, 37; psychological effect of 
the, 44-48, 50; extraordinary 
sunset effect on, 55. 
SALIX HUMBOLDTIANA, 51. 
Scandalous, plant named, 142. 
Shark, white, fear inspired by, 
116, 
Sight in savage and civilized men, 
164-184. 
Simson, Mr., on the flute-bird of 
Ecuador, 159. 
Siskin, black-headed (chrysomitris 
icterica), 126, 242. 
Snakes, hard to detect, 177; defec- 
tive sight of, 183. 
Snow, at El Carmen, 111; white- 
