63? 



Tjirds ami niamTnalin, 2S0, 29 J ; 

 the trailing locality for nutmegSj 

 309. 



Bandu f^ronp, 41 S 



Ba&o, tiiu author's servBiit,^ 407. 



Batiiiitii, map of, 514. 



Bataviu, arrival at, 110 ; trade and 

 hoteb, ib. 



Batchian, islaod of, 4 ; voyage to, 

 31 8 ; volcanws of, 320, S21 i ar- 

 rival at, 325 ; difficulties of ob- 

 taining aceominodauoii, 330, 327; 

 theauthor'scottaga in the suburbs, 

 327 ; interview with the Sultxiu, 

 ih,\ rotid to the coal-miufts, 328 ; 

 TiT]gin forest of, iL\ distiuct rvi'^m 

 of, 831; robber)' at, 333; wet 

 gensoii at, ib. ; iutu>io aiui 

 dancing at, 333, 334 ; dotnestio 

 habits of, 334 ; eatable buls at, 

 ib. \ walk in the forest of, 335 ; 

 objects of natural history at, 335 

 et acq. ; great variety of surfai;e 

 and of Boil, 343; aketch map of, 

 538, 



Eatchiau vocabttlaiy, 606. 

 Batrachostonms crinifrgns, 34ft. 

 Bats, catablo, 334; at Batch iau, 338. 

 Bata-merah vocabolory, 606. 

 B«ttia8;:3a, village of^ 360. 

 B«ard, cultivating a, 474, 475. 

 Beck, Capt Van der, 340, 350; 



his extraordinary knowledge of 



langviages, 351. 

 Bee-eater, AustraliaD, 157, 273. 

 BeL>-hunteT9 and b^e-biuitinsg, ld&- 



201. 



Beeswax in Timor, 199. 



Beetles, 700 species collected in 

 Siof^pore, 24; distinct (130) 

 kiuos of tke Loncicortis, ib. ; 



I vroper ground for collocling, 36; 

 arcc namlrtjr and new species of^ 

 collected at the Simunjon coal 

 works, 35, 36, 2t>4 ; a rare beetle, 

 802 ; numerous speciea of, dis- 

 covered, 323, 324, 830 ; capture 

 of; 337 ; found at Bouni, Si*7 ; 

 of the Moluccas, 401; tho various 

 species^ 401, 402 ; obtained for 

 tobacco, 422 ; nuracrous species 

 in New Guiueu, 510^ 511 ; new 

 Bpeciea, 510. 

 Belideus arid, 338, 393. 



Beu^leae in Singn^wre, 20. 



Benlsteiu, Dr. 317 ; collector for 

 the Lojden Museum, 333. 



Bessir, village of, 524, 531 ; viflit 

 to, 531 ; wretched accommoda- 

 tion thoro, 531, 532 ; bargain 

 with the men for catcliiiig birds 

 of paradise, 532, 533 ; their 

 mcthoil of snaring them, 533 ; 

 fi(aivity of foi>d there, 534, 535; 

 the country around very hilly and 

 rugged, 536. 



Bilelinj;:, arrival at, from Singapore, 

 150 ; a Chinese house in, ih. 



Bird of Pai-adific, new form of, 329 ; 

 Dame4 " Wallace *» Standard 

 Wiu^," 330. 



Birds, m Buli and I^mbock, 14; in 

 Malacca, 27, 28; in Bali, 162; in 

 Ampauam, 154 ; boy«' birilcatcb* 

 in^t, 154, 155; beautiful birds, 

 l.*itf, 167 {see Simla ijrouii, and 

 Celebes), 261 {see Maleo); stuircity 

 of, 343 ; Lnaiilar forms of, 346; col- 

 lecHona of, in Bourn, 3ti0, 891 ; 

 number of species from the Mo- 

 lucca group of islands, 395; 

 number of, in Europe compami, 

 ib, ; in India, ib. ; various noises 

 of, 446; nuracrous varieties ot 

 in the Aru Islands, 457, et seq.\ 

 dunciu^ parties of, called "Saca- 

 leli," 463 ; those wMcli live only 

 in the depths of the forejit, 437 ; 

 shot at Dorey, 499 ; collection 

 obtiunod in Waigiou, 63 tf; of 

 New Guinea^ 576; genera and 

 Bi>ecies of, 576, 577. 



Birds uf Panidist;, 1 ; range of, 14. 

 IS ; their grOiit beauty, 463, 464; 

 Bp«cimeiis of, obtaiiifd in their 

 n;itive forcsta, 483 ; at AVoigioci, 

 630 ; difficulty of catchiuf; thom, 

 626, 62? ; description of, 527, .^28, 

 bargains with the bird-catchers 

 of Bessir for capturing them, 

 632; tbeir succci^s, 532, 633; 

 some of them kept in cuges, hul 

 they did not live, 633.534; method 

 of anariug them, 534; their his- 

 tory and habit^ 549 ct seq.; 

 ditlereut namea applied to, oy 

 ditTerent nations, 549, 550 ; their 

 atruclnre and aiEuities, 556; the 



