INDEX. 



40 s 



Molhs, Waltzing, 46, 47. 

 Mountains of Venezuela, ^^o, ^[. 

 Mount Everard, 135, 137, 139, 140, 



141. 

 Bete rouge of, 144-146. 

 Mucka-muclca, 219, 238, 251, 366. 

 Muricot, 19S. 

 Mycctes seniciilns. See Monkey, 



Red Howling. 

 Myrmecophaga jiihata, 256, 257. 



N. 



Negro of Britisli Guiana, 71", iig. 

 Neoponera commuiata, 49. 

 Nicholson, Mr., 253, 254, 256, 332. 

 Notogonia sp. See Wasps. 

 Nyctobates giganlcus. See Beetles, 

 Bark. 



O. 



See Deer, 



Odocoileus .savannarinn. 

 Savanna. 



Odontochila cayennensis. See Bee- 

 tles, Tiger. 



Odontochila coufusa. See Beetles, 

 Tiger. 



Odontochila lacordairei. See Beetles, 

 Tiger. 



Opossum, 144, 308, 309. 



Orchids, fragrant white, 22, 2 J. 



Orinoco River, 4. 



Orioles, Moriche, 142. 

 Yellow, 121, 127, 129. 



Ospreys, 156. 



Otter, 163, 281. 



Paca, 160, 305. 

 Paddlewood, 191, 301, ,?25. 

 Palm sheath, rocking toy, ino. 



Covering flower of palm, 102. 

 Papilio polydamiis, 132. 

 Parauquc, 148, 263. 

 Paria, Gulf of, 5, 75. 

 Parrakeets, 30. 

 Parrots, Amazon, Mealy, 174, 201, 



233. 234, 235- 

 Blue-headed, flocking of, 157-158. 



Dusky, 344. 



I-'arrots, TJusky, Young of, ;^_/, 345. 

 Yellow fronted, 6rt, 135, 146. 



Kggs of, 6y, 68. 



Home of, 64. 



Island of in Pitch Lake, 62, 6 ^. 



Nest of, ^5, 66. 



Young of, ('>7, 68. 

 Passiflora laurifolia. See Passion 



Flower. 

 Passion Flower, 2^2, 273. 

 Faxillus ieachii, 201. 

 Peccary, common, 160, 170, 233, 



255. 256, 347- 



White-lipped, 256. 

 Pcpe-yo. See Gold Bird. 

 Perai, 160, 170, 198. 

 Fer-idromia feronia, 43. 

 Peripatus, discovery of and flescrip- 



tion of, 46. 

 Perseverance Landing, 258. 

 Petroea arhorea, 187. 

 Phosphorescence olf coa,st of British 



Guiana, in. 

 Pickcrsgill Police Station, 239, 240. 

 Fieris monusle, 375. 

 Pigmv Owl, 40. 

 Pipe-fish, 160. 

 Pipitoori. See Flycatcher, Gray 



Tody. 

 Pistia strati-odes. See Shell F"lo\^'er. 

 Pitch Lake, of Venezuela, 30, 59, 

 .S'.V. 



Daily life at, 94-96. 



Digging pitch, go. 



Early morning trips to, 55-61. 



Flora of, 63, 64. 



Histori' of, 91-92. 



Jungle railroad to, 55, 56, 57. 



Loading cars at, y ?. 



"Mother" of, 61, 62, 63. 

 Plover, 8. 

 Poc-a-poo, 235. 



Poeciloplera phalaenoides, 132, 133. 

 Polybia sp., 299, 300. 

 Pomeroon River, 234-240. 

 Ponton. See Guard Ship. 

 Porcupine Tree, 36, 37. 

 Pork-knocker, 1S7, 188, 256, 258, 

 287, 288. 



