INDEX 



" African Game Trails," 21 



Agassizj 333 



Agouti, 162, 323 



Alencarliense, Lieutenant, 252 



Alligator, 75 



Alva, Duke of, Appendix B, 343 



Amarante, Lieutenant, 252, 254 



Amazon, 7, 271, 321 



Amazonas, Boundary Commission of, 

 305, 327 



Ameghino, Doctor, 26 ; Appendix A, 

 339 



American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, 2, 7, 63, 136, 175 



Amilcar, Captain, 148, 159, 176, 195, 

 206, 212, 219, 231, 264 ; loss of his 

 notes and instruments, 319 ; arrives 

 at Manaos, 319 



Ammunition, Appendix B, 352 



Anaconda, 51, 213 



Ananas River, 175, 224, 231, 298; 

 note, 306 



Andes, 6 



Andre, 290 



Aneroid, 251, 263, 301 



Animals, wild, curious local change 

 in habits of, 27 ; ignorance of some 

 hunters concerning, 81 



Ant-eater, giant, tamandua bandeira, 

 63, 64, 70 



Ant-hills, giant, 86, 179, 213 



Ants, 163, 235 ; poisonous, 52, 86 ; 

 fire-ants, 102, 107, 110, 113, 140 ; 

 foraging, 166, 167, 218, 269 ; leaf- 

 carrying, 179, 240; giant, 246, 

 255 



Ants, socks and mosquito - netting 

 eaten by, 163, 240, 286 



Argentina, 2 



Argentine, 9, 26 



Aripuanan, the, 266, 267, 278, 304, 

 305, 316, 317, 318, 327 



Armadillos, 85, 86, 162, 192 



Arms, 5, 63, 232 ; Fox, 63 ; Spring- 

 field rifle, 76, 87 ; Luger, 87, 220 ; 

 Winchester, 79, 198, 310 ; Appen- 

 dix B, 342, 352 



Arneherg, Mr., 29 



Arrows, 261 



Asuncion, 7 ; leave, 37, 42 



Automobile, a querulous traveller in 

 the, 199, 200 



Ayolas, the Spanish explorer, 66 



Baggage, rearrangement of, 201 ; 

 cutting down of, 231 ; further re- 

 duction of, 263; final reduction of, 

 283 ; personal. Appendix B, 347, 

 348 



Balsa, or ferry, 197, 205 



Bandeira, the, 237, 238 



Barbados, sail for, 325 



Barboso, Senhor, 310 



Barilloche, 33 



Barometers, Appendix B, 358 



Barros, Senhor de, 62 



Bates, H. W., 112, 323 ; Appendix A, 

 334, 336 



Bats, 130 ; blood-sucking, 162, 163, 

 224, 225 



Bedding, Appendix B, 342 



Bees, 198, 236, 240, 242, 247 



Belin (formerly Para), 322, 323, 324 ; 

 zoological gardens at, 324 



Benedetto, 139-142, 143 



Beriberi, 149, 190, 298 



Birds, songs of, 31, 32, 270 ; bien- 

 tevido, 33 ; tyrant flycatchers, 32, 

 33, 34 ; advertising coloration of, 

 34 ; habits of, 34 ; survival factors 

 iu. species of, 35 ; water-fowl, 37, 

 47, 56, 62, 66 ; difference in bird 

 fauna, 66, 69 ; " Jesus Christ,'' 

 69 ; wealth of bird life, 69 ; nests 



365 



