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INDEX 



of, 69, 322 ; need for work of care- 

 ful observer of, 70, 75 ; ants attack 

 nestling, 86 ; extraordinary collec- 

 tion of, 86, 88 ; oven-birds, 89 ; 

 owl, 93, 151, 162; Guan, 95; 

 sickle-billed bumming, 101 ; egrets, 

 103 ; toucan, grotesque attitudes 

 of, 104, 154 ; finfoots, 104 ; herons, 

 105 ; troupials, 113 ; opportunity 

 for study of, 110 ; parakeets, 116 ; 

 screamers, 117 ; curassows, 118, 

 285 ; snake, 122 ; cormorants, 122 ; 

 spurred lapwing, 122 ; contrasts in 

 habits between closely allied species 

 of, 122 ; manakin, 128 ; whip-poor- 

 will, 158 ; honey-creeper, 158 ; nun- 

 lets, 158 ; waxbill, 159 ; trogons, 

 168; false bell-bird, 108; wood- 

 pecker, 192 ; some new, 204; breed- 

 ing season of, 204 ; macaws, 204 ; 

 old and new kinds of, 204 ; valuable 

 addition to collection of, 207 ; un- 

 familiar, 219, 220 ; sariema, 221, 

 222 ; cotinga, 237 ; sixty new, 249 ; 

 four new species of, 260 ; ant- 

 thrush, 275, 279, 301 ; jacai'6-tiuga, 

 303 ; trumpeter, 310 ; few water, 

 315 ; hoatzin, archaic type of, 321 



Boats, house, 96 ; their use as stores, 

 96 



Bonifacio, Jos4, station of, 126, 228, 

 230 ; provisions left at, 231 



Books, 161, 214, 232, 250 ; of travel. 

 Appendix A, 333, 334 



Booth Line, 322 



Borah, Jake, 111 



BrazU, invitation of Government of, 

 2 ; arrival at boundary of, 46, 48 ; 

 intellectual and spiritual liberty of, 

 48 ; healthiness of inland region of, 

 97 ; invaluable reports of explora- 

 tions published by Government of, 

 126 ; educational needs of, 146 ; 

 silver-mounted saddle and bridle 

 presented to Colonel Roosevelt by 

 Government of, 159 ; suggestion to 

 combine the two expeditions made 

 by Government of, 176 ; iirst ex- 

 plorers of, 177 ; houses of labourers 

 in, 183 ; healthy region for settle- 

 ment offered by high interior of 

 western, 203 ; courtesy of peasants 

 of, 304; "last frontier" still exists 

 in, 312 ; development of, 312, 313 ; 

 Government of, orders Diivida River 

 to be named Rio Roosevelt, 320 ; 



achievements of Government of, 

 325, 326 ; Colonel Bondon's report 

 of Savage Landor to Government 

 of. Appendix A, note, 336, 337 



Braza, Doctor Vital, 13, 15, 18, 19, 

 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 40, 272 



Brazil Land and Cattle Company, 

 headquarters of, 117, 118 



Bridge, an Indian, 238, 239 



Bronx Zoo, 323 



Bryce, James, 166; Appendix A, 

 332 



Buenos Aires, 9, 30 



Bullets, umbrella-pointed, 136 



Bullock-train, 206 



Butterflies, 167, 221 



Burity River, camp at, 197, 198, 199 



Burton, 333 



Gaboclos, 181, 227 



Caetano, Lieutenant, 176 



Caet^ flags, 101 



Cajazeira, Doctor, 160, 176, 195, 264, 

 272, 292, 293, 300, 307 ; good-bye 

 to, 322 



Camaradas, 99, 100 ; skilful riding 

 of, 100, 110, 111, 129 ; wilderness 

 work disliked by, 149, 234, 250, 

 204 ; discouragement of, 287 ; 

 tragedy among the, 290, 296 ; fever 

 among, 297 ; share food with, 302 ; 

 lose strength, 306 ; ill from over- 

 eating, 313 ; parting gift to, 322 



Camp chairs and table, Appendix B, 

 342 



Campos Novos, 218, 219 



Canja, 159, 220 



Canoes, 129 ; Canadian, 169, 231, 233, 

 234 ; portaging the, 243, 244, 246, 

 250; loss of two, 261 ; buUding new, 

 254, 255, 256; lose another, 262, 

 204 ; build two more, 269, 281, 283 ; 

 rocks break, 286, 287, 290, 301, 

 302, 309 ; obtain boat to replace, 

 316 ; two months in, 318 ; last trip 

 in, 320 ; Appendix B, 342, 343, 344, 

 345 



Canuma River, 245, 278, 317 



Capricorn, Tropic of, 38 



Capybaras, or tapirs, 75, 77, 80, 84, 

 103, 109 



Cardozo, Captain, 149 



Caripe, Senhor, 315 ; his stories of 

 rubber-workers, 316, 318, 320 



"Carregadores," 179, 240, 269, 270 



Cartucho, the puppy, 179, 180 



