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Index. 



Polyborinse, 23. 



Polyborus tharas. See Carancho. 



Porphyriops melanops, 20. 



Pracellodomus sibilatrix, architec- 

 ture, 244. 



Pseudocolaptes, 250. 



Puma, 14 ; habits of, 31-58 ; playful 

 temper, 280; destructive habits, 

 299. 



Pyrophorus, 169. 



Quikquincho, 16. 



Ralltjs kythtrhtnchtts, 20. 

 Rattlesnake, hybernation of, 321. 

 Rhea americana, 26 ; hunted with 



bolas, 27 ; habits of young, 85. 

 Rhomalea speciosa, 127. 

 Rbynchotus rufescens. See Tina- 



mon. 

 Romanes, Dr., on persecution of 



the sick and wounded by animals, 



340. 

 Rostrhamus sociabilis, 95. 

 Rupicola, dancing antics of, 261. 

 Ruskin, on colour, 280. 



Salticus, 179, 195. 



Schufeldt, Dr., on humming-birds, 



209. 

 Scissors-tail, performance of, 271 . 

 Sclerurus, 240, 249. 

 Short-eared owl, 62, 63, 66. 

 Sittosoma, 238. 

 Skunk, 15; habits of, 116-123; 



degeneracy of, 158. 

 Snakes, their enemies, 72—75 ; hy- 



bernating habits, 321 ; mimicry, 



374-378. 

 Sociable hawk, 95. 

 Sparrow, common, 84. 

 Spathura, 219. 

 Spencer, Herbert, on instinctive 



fear of man in birds, 99, 100. 

 Spiders, facts and thoughts about, 



176-199. 

 Spine-tail. See Synallaxis. 

 Spur-winged lapwing, 20; dances 



of, 269. 

 Stilt, Brazilian, aerial pastimes of, 



282. 

 Stolzman, on wandering bands of 



birds, 254. 



Sulphur tyrant, a snake-killer, 73. 

 Swan, Black-necked, how taken, 



201. 

 Sycalis luteola, melody of, 274, 285. 

 Sylviothorynchus, 239. 

 Synallaxis, architecture of, 244, 



247, 369. 

 S. phryganophila, 244, 249. 



Talegalltjs, habits of young, 87. 



Tatusia hybrida, 16. 



Tinamou, rufous, 25 ; early ma- 

 turity of, 258. 



spotted, 25 ; death-feigning 



instincts of, 203. 



Teguexin lizard, a snake-killer, 74. 



Tetragnatha, 183. 



Thripodectes flammulatus, 250. 



Thurn, Bverard im, on humming- 

 birds, 207. 



Trap-door spider, 195. 



Tree-creepers. See Dendrocolap- 

 tidae. 



Tristram, Canon, on migration, 23, 



Tuco-tuco, 13. 



Upercesthia, 242. 



Van Beneden, on mosquitoes, 139. 

 Vivora de la cruz, 160. 

 Yizcacha, 9 ; biography of, 289-313. 



Wallace, Dr. A. R., on antiquity 

 of humming-birds,217; on colour, 

 249, 280, 285. 



Waterhouse, on marsupial charac- 

 ters in the vizcacha, 289-313. 



Weissenborn, on migrations of 

 dragon-flies in Europe, 133. 



Widgeon, Whistling, antics of, 266. 



Woodhewers. See Dendrocolap- 

 tidae. 



Xenops, 240. 

 Xyphocolaptes, 243. 

 Xyphorynchus, 238, 243, 260. 



Ypecaha, 20 ; dances of, 266. 



Zenalda maculata, 63; anecdote 



of, 91-93. 

 Zoniopoda tarsata, habits of, 124 



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