CONTENTS. 
XIX 
The Silk-cotton Tree. Its imposing Grandeur. Its aspect 
in Youth. In Age. Eoot- Spurs. Stature and Diameter. 
Parasites. Fall of the Leaf. Silk-cotton. Its unfitness for 
manufacture. Value to Birds. Superstitions. Mr. Hill’s 
Notes on this Tree. Peculiarities in its Economy. Alterna- 
tion of Leaves and Flowers. Emblem of Hope. Formation 
of Root-spurs. Half-dressed Trees - - 271 — 279 
The Red Hairy-tailed Bat. Its Occurrence. Form. 
Habits. Mode of Eating. Of Drinking. Parasitic Insects 
279—282 
Musquitoes. Their Ubiquity. Diversity in their Virulence, 
Lowland Species. Mountain Species. Modes of Defence 
against them. Singular instance of Cohesion. Remarkable 
Habit of Limnobia - - - - 282 — 284 
The Eyed Pallette-tip. Its Haunts. Spontaneous mutila- 
tion. The Tongue. Habits. Eggs - - 284 — 287 
The Sand Gootoo. Description. Power of Inflation. The 
Piper. Specimens obtained by Shooting. The Sprat. 
Beauty of Fishes. The Herring. The Jacks. Fry. An- 
chovy. Silver-banded Herring. Their gregarious Habits. 
Timidity. Use as Bait - - - - 287 — 292 
The Monk Bat. Its distinctive Characters. Its Habits. 
Agility. Silence. Monastic Habits. The Tongue. The 
Female ------ 292—295 
The Great-eared Leap Bat. Peculiarities of Form. Its 
Manners. Activity. Power of Wing. Insect Parasites 
295—297 
Moonlight. Charms of tropical Nights. Sounds. Song of 
the Mocking bird. Spark of the Fire-fly. Bats 297 — 298 
The Liguanea Mountains. Aspect of the Coast. Old Har- 
bour. Interesting Reminiscence. Excursion to the Moun- 
tains. Magnificent Prospect. Shells. Birds. Coldness of 
the Night. Stillness. Mist on the Mountains. Pancratium. 
St. Thomas in the Vale. Gorge of the Bocagua. Wild 
Scenery. Gibraltar. Plants. Scarlet Tanager 299—305 
The Trunk Turtle. Newspaper Description - 306 — 307 
