394 
Index. 
PolyborinoB, 23. 
Polyborus tharus. Bqq Caranclio. 
Porphyriops melanops, 20. 
Pracellodomus sibilatrix, architec- 
ture, 244. 
Pseudocolaptes, 250. 
Puma, 14 ; habits of, 31-58 ; playful 
temper, 280; destructive habits, 
299. 
Pyrophorus, 169. 
Quiequincho, 16. 
Rallus rythyehynchus, 20. 
Rattlesnake, hybernation of, 321. 
Rhea americana, 26 ; hunted with 
bolas, 27 ; habits of young, 85. 
Rhomalea speciosa, 127. 
Rhynchotus rufescens. Bqq 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-neched, how taken, 
201 . 
Sycalis luteola, melody of, 274, 285. 
Sylviothorynchus, 239. 
Synallaxis, architecture of, 244, 
‘247, 369. 
S. phryganophila, 244, 249. 
Talegallus, 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-ldller, 74. 
Tetragnatha, 183. 
Thripodectes flammulatus, 250. 
Thurn, Everard im, on humming- 
birds, 207. 
Trap-door spider, 195. 
Tree-creepers. See DendrocolajD- 
tidae. 
Tristram, Canon, on migration, 23. 
Tuco-tucc, 13. 
Upeeceetiiia, 242. 
Yax Benedex, on mosquitoes, 139. 
Yivora 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 Deiidrocolap- 
tidae. 
Xenops, 240. 
Xyphocolaptes, 243. 
Xyphorynchus, 238, 243, 260. 
Ypecaha, 20 ; dances of, 266. 
Zexaida maculata, 63; anecdote 
of, 91-93. 
Zoniopoda tarsata, habits of, 124. 
