Index. 
Homoras, 242, 256; H. gntturalis, 
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. Sbe Bush-ticks. 
Jacana, Paura, wing-dis23laying 
performance of, 268. 
Jaguar, 14; how hunted, 45 ; para- 
lyzed by fear, 201 ; persecuted 
by puma, 35. 
King, Captain, anecdote of liua- 
naco, 316. 
Kirby and Spence, on habits of 
the bird-fly, 146 ; on the fire-flv’s 
light, 168, 170 ; on mimicry, 127. 
Lagostomus trichodactylus. Sbe 
Vizcacha. 
Lambs, helplessness of, 106. 
Lang, Mr. A., anecdote of cattle, 
344. 
Laptasthenura, 238, 255. 
Larus maculipennis, 66. 
Lenatero. /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. 
Magaeornis, 240, 250. 
.Martin, Mr., on humming-birds, 
219. 
Mason-wasp, 180. 
393 
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. 
Min era. /S'ee G-eositta cunicularia. 
Mocking-bird, white-banded, me- 
lody of, 276. 
Molina, on the puma, 33 ; 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 Katiire, 
261-288. 
Mygale fusca, 179, 191. 
Myiopotamus coypu. /See Coypii. 
Nasica, 238. 
OCULTO, 13. 
Oriotrochilus, 219, 
Ornithomyia, habits of, 145. 
Ornithoptera croesus, 206. 
Oscilador, 263. 
Otus brachyotus, 62. 
Oxypogon, 219. 
Oxyurns, 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. 
Phaethornithinm, 216. 
Pholcus, habits of a, 188, 200. 
PholeojDtynx cunicularia. /See 
Burrowing Owl. 
Pigs defend themselves against 
puma, 38. 
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