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INDEX. 
Tree-frogs, 358 : brown, de- 
scribed, 361 : habits of, 361 : 
little yellow, 366. 
Tree-toads, 366 : lichened de- 
scribed, 362 : habits of, 363 : 
transparent eyelid of, 364 : 
green-backed, 365. 
Trees, gregarious, 368. 
Tropic birch, 44. 500. 
Trumpet-tree, 89. 
Turtle, freshwater, 186.: logger- 
head, 2.: trunk, 306. 
Two-headed Snake described, 
263 : habits of, 264: eggs and 
young, 265. 
U. 
Urania Sloanus, 69 : beauty of, 
70: fondness for pear-trees, 
72 : habits of, 71 : eggs of, 73. 
Urchins Sea, 77. 
Utia, 468. (^See Cony). 
V. 
Venus Lizard, 76 ; described, 
143 : curious mode of taking, 
143 : habits of, 144. 
Violet Flat-crab, 248. 
Voices of birds, 154. 
Vulture, 82. 
W. 
Wall plants, 40. 129. 
Wasps’ nests, 29. 
Water-lily, 253. 
Water- withe, 125. 
Wax-coccus, 14&. 
Whales, a troop of, 3 : cachelot, 
349. 
Wild Goats, 440. 
Wild Hogs, 385. 
Wild Pines, 43. 149. 
Wood slave, 75. 
Wood thrush, song of, 172. 
X. 
Xibaro, 340. 
Y. 
Yellow Snake, 314 : size of, 315. 
voracity, 316: an immense 
specimen, 318: economy of, 
319. 501. 
"z. 
Zebra Lizard, 225. 491. 
Zebra Snake, 324. 
THE END. 
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