CONTENTS. 
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The Cotta Wood. A dark and gloomy Forest. Cuckoos. 
Partridge-Dove. Erebus. “ Greenwood Shade.” The 
Hallow- well. Notes of Birds - - - 197 — 199 
The Bamboo. Its noble Beauty. Usefulness in Mountain- 
roads. Bamboo-walks. Growth of Side Shoots. Interesting 
Contrivance. Appearance of the Stem. Insect-net Bods 
199—202 
Periodical Bain. Begularity of its Becurrence. Prognosti- 
cations of a Storm. Its sudden Commencement. Its Pro- 
gress. Its speedy Cessation. The Fog. Brilliant Effect of 
the declining Sunbeams. Lightning at Night - 203 — 205 
Fishes and Fishing. Early Excursion. Canoe. Fish-pots. 
Poison-grouper. Sucking-fish. King-mullet. Angel-Chm- 
todon. Crustacea. Beauty of Snappers. Of Grunts. A 
full bait. Comfortable Fishing. Hauling the Seine. Cave. 
Beautiful Scene. Pleasant Boad. Flowers. Water-wheel. 
Land Crabs. Alligator- apple. Negro Chaunt. Fishes 
205—216 
Angle Lizards. The faculty of changing Colour. Purple- 
tailed and Pearly-bellied Anoles. Favourite Haunts. Feed- 
ing on Insects. Mode of taking Ants. Playful Habits. 
Agility. The Goitre. Its true Nature. An Extension, not 
an Inflation. Its rich Colours. Not subject to Metachrosis. 
Its object and use. These Lizards not Aquatic. Experiments. 
Mode of Progression. Beauty. The Female. Note of 
Mr. Hill on Metachrosis. Geographical Distribution of the 
Species. The Zebra Anole. The Chain-marked Anole. 
The Plate-headed Anole. Female with Eggs - 216 — 227 
Fruit on Male Papaw. Beautiful Cocoon - 227 — 228 
The Black Snake. Its Haunts. Heaps of Leaves. Stone 
Walls. Trees. Mode in which Snakes climb misunderstood. 
Free and graceful motions in a Tree. Ferocity and Boldness. 
Bite. Varieties in colouring. Food - - 228 — 232 
Negro Proper Names. Not arbitrary. Dependent on the 
Days of the Week. Their grammatical Construction 
232—233 
Erebus Odora. Its Habits and Haunts - - 234—235 
