IXDEX. 



G49 



Ptir,iJisea TPgia, 444, 



Paradisea rubra at Waigiou, 5'26, 



527; twenty -four fitio speomHStia 



limught away, 538, 

 ParutluteidiB {au Birvls of ParaJiBe}. 

 Pnrmnuot, louff-taiM, 134- 

 ParroUs 183 ; m Celubes, 27:^; of 



New Guiu(ja, 577. 

 Peacock, tU<? Javii, 107. 

 Pearl shdh, the chief staple of the 



Aru tmde, 485. 

 Palah, Ijud account of; 386; journey 



tu. ib. 



PenrLiw^n Jtountain, at tlie head 



of tho Sarawak river, 72. 

 Peters, Mr. of Awaiya, 353. 

 PhalteuO'pie grJLmliJlora, 422. 

 Pheasani great Argus, cyuutry 



Pheasanta, in Suuiatra and Borneo, 

 107. 



Pfuiippine lalnndH, 4; tuilive and 

 extinct Yolcano«8 in, 6, S; black 

 woolly race* of tlie, 



Phosjih*iric light, mahiug streanig 

 of, 4(Jt*. 



Pliysical geography {see Archipe- 



Piens, genua, 356, 

 Pig, ^Tild, 14, 276. 

 Pigs, their power of swimming, 



Pigeons, fruit, 121 ; Tariona, 156, 

 157 ; several spetdca of^ 186 ; of 

 immense size, 418; of New 

 Guiueo, &76. 



Pin, a strange novelty to the na- 

 tives, 886, 689. 



Pinitea* on the Batchian coast, 341; 

 Sir J. Brooke's sappressiou of, on 

 the coast of Borneo, ib, ; on the 

 cmwit of Aru, 466; attack the 

 praus and murder the crews, 466, 

 437. 



Pitcher plant, on Mount Opkir, 31; 



water in, 32; the plant la BonuH>, 



SI, 16i*. 

 Pittft genus, S90. 

 Pitta ceielifiiiiia, 690. 

 I'itta gigas, a beautiftU bird of 



Giblo, 614, 

 Plauts, on Mount Ophir (Ferns and 



Piichcr Pluuts. jcd both), 61, 62; 



rhtMimlc'Dthons, ii, ; zingihera- 



CCOU3 plants, 33 {see Durion aud 

 liainboo) ; on Pangerango moun' 

 tain, 115-118; gwgrapMtaU distri- 

 bution of, 1S7, 189 et sfl?.; dk- 

 tribution of, in New Guinea, 278. 

 Plough, a native, 225; ploughing, 

 ib. 



Plumage of Birds of Paradise, 



chiin^ of, 556 e£ seq, 

 Polvnesia, an area of subsidence, 



596. 



Polynesiitn races,, 591, 592,594; on 

 the crania and language!} of the, 

 599, 600. 



Pomaii, or "taboo," 196. 



Pupiiii, map of, 514; diffinultica near 

 iho island of, 517 et s^'q. 



Portugttese, io Singapore, from 

 Malacca, 20 ; in Mnlaf ca, 26 ; bad 

 government of, in Timor, 196; 

 expelled from Teraato hy tho 

 Dutch, 308; truly wonderful 

 conquerors and colonizers, 425. 



Pottery, carved tool for making, 

 509. 



Prau, native:, of Macassar, 405, 406; 

 the crew, 406, 410, 411; captain 

 and owner of the, 411; dangerous 

 dt'fectfl of the, 412; comforts of 

 the, 427. 



Primula iiu{>erialis in Java, 117. 



Prtxluctioua, natural, contrasts of 

 iu the Malay Archipelago, 10; 



t)fcd liarities of position in certain 

 ocaHties., 10, 11 ; natural meana 

 of disjxirsal of, 11'; a supposed 

 case of natni*al dispors^al, 16; an 

 etoct parallel in tho Malay Afchi* 

 JhrlagO, 18. 

 Ptilouopus pulchellus, 528. 

 Ptikmopua auporhufi,aud P, ic^aster, 

 6:j7. 



Ptiluris alberti, of AustiuHa, 

 568. 



Pumbuckle chief^ iu Lorabock, I6<i, 



B. 



lUcesiCuntrasta of, 19; two distinct 

 in the ArchipelagOi the Malays 

 and Papuans, U>, 2(1, 5S2 ri slj. 

 (aot Malaysuud Papuaus) ; cijtiuionii 

 of Humboldt ami Priicliard, lU; 



