Index. 



393 



Komorus, 242, 256 ; H. gutturalis, 



architecture of, 244 ; language 



and antics, 272 ; H. lophotes, 



244. 

 Horse, 348-362 ; wild, scarcity of 



in Patagonia, 33 ; coming home 



to die, 323/ 

 Huanaco, strange instinct of, 



314-328 

 Humble-bees, great increase of, 59; 



destroyed by mice, 62 ; habits of, 



154—157 ; threatening attitudes 



of, 192. 

 Humming-birds, 205-220. 

 Huxley, Professor, on the Crested 



Screamer, 222. 



Indians, Pampas, their horses, 354. 

 Instincts of parents and young, 



101 ; mistakes of, 167. 

 Ixodes. See Bush-ticks. 



Jacana, Paiira, wing-displaying 

 performance of, 268. 



Jaguar, 14; how hunted, 45 ; para- 

 lyzed by fear, 201 ; persecuted 

 by puma, 35. 



King, Captain, anecdote of hua- 

 naco, 316. 



Kirby and Spence, on habits of 

 the bird-fly, 146 ; on the fire-fly's 

 light, 168, 170; on mimicry, 127. 



Lagostomus tkichodactyltjs. See 



Vizcacha. 

 Lambs, helplessness of, 106. 

 Lang, Mr. A., anecdote of cattle, 



344. 

 Laptasthenura, 238, 255. 

 Larus maculipennis, 66. 

 Lefiatero. See Anumbius. 

 Lichenops perspicillata, how 



caught, 202. 

 Limnornis, 242. 

 Limosa hudsonica, migration of, 



21, 22. 

 Lochmias, 249. 

 Loddigesia mirabilis, 215. 

 Lophornis, 219. 

 Lycosa, habits of a, 192. 



Magaroenis, 240, 250. 



Martin, Mr., on humming-birds, 



219. 

 Mason-wasp, 180. 



Mice, excessive increase of, 60, 67 ; 



parental instincts of, 105. 

 Military starling, 24. 

 Milvago chimango. See Chimango. 

 Mimicry in grasshoppers, 124—129 ; 



in a robber-fly, 170; in a snake. 



377. 

 Minera. See Geositta cunicularia. 

 Mocking-bird, white-banded, me- 

 lody of, 276. 

 Molina, on the puma, -J3 ; on the 



skunk in Chili, 118; on the 



vizcacha's tail, 75. 

 Molossus bonariensis, 101. 

 Molothrus, parasitical habits of, 



251. 

 M. bonariensis. See Cow-bird. 

 Monedula punctata, habits of, 



162-166. 

 Mosquitoes, instinctive fear in, 



135; hunger for blood, 138. 

 Murray, Mr. Andrew, on the puma, 



51. 

 Music and dancing in Nature, 



261-288. 

 Mygale fusca, 179, 191. 

 Myiopotamus coypu. See Coypu. 



Nasica, 238. 



Oculto, 13. 

 Oriotrochilus, 219. 

 Ornithomyia, habits of, 145. 

 Ornithoptera crcesus, 206. 

 Oscilador, 263. 

 Otus brachyotus, 62. 

 Oxypogon, 219. 

 Oxyurus, 248. 



Pampas, description of, 4-9 ; grass, 



6 ; Indians, 7. 

 Pampa sheep, 108, 110. 

 Papa-uira, 254. 



Parker, Professor, on rails, 222. 

 Parra jacana, wing - displaying 



performance of, 268; instincts 



of young, 111. 

 Pepris wasp, habits of, 128. 

 Peregrine falcon, 32; preying habits 



of, 95. 

 PhaethornithinEe, 216. 

 Pholcus, habits of a, 188, 200. 

 Pholeoptynx cunicularia. See 



Burrowing Owl. 

 Pigs defend themselves against 



puma, 38. 



