INDEX
Abary, 99
agouti, 189
allamandas, 85, 182
Amazon, 240
anaquas, 115
anchor, observation from, 22, 23
anis, 47, 100, 118
antbirds, 249
ants, 183, 256, 258;
immunity from killing, 231;
silvery gray, 223;
"white," 233
army ants,
behavior in rain, 228, 229;
castes, 217;
eyes, 219;
leap, 212, 213, 223;
methods of transportation, 215, 229;
moving of nest, 235, 236;
tube, 227;
trail makers, 221, 222;
virility, 234;
weight lifted, 216
Barbados, 59-65
Bartica, 141
Basseterre, 45
bat, vampire, 104, 152
batrachian, 212
beach, 62, 63, 70, 74, 75
Beckett, Mr., 124
beena, 274
beetles, 211, 227, 234, 256, 277;
mimicry, 257;
tiger, 63
bell bird, 159
Berbice, 102, 103, 124
bête rouge, 243, 255
blackbirds, 98, 99
blackfish, 12
bougainvillea, 85
British Guiana, mission to, 67;
coast lands, 92-102
bunduri pimpler, 125
bunyahs, yellow-backed, 100
bushmaster,
noosing, 188-195;
protective coloration, 191, 192;
fangs, 194;
size, 195
butterflies,
on St. Thomas, 38;
on St. Kitts, 48;
migration of sulphur, 158
caciques, 100
cadouries, 146
callistes, 201, 249
canella do matto, 241
cashew, French, 197-200
caterpillars, aquatic, 128
catfish, armored, 112
cecropia, 182
centipedes, 152
cetaceans, 11
chachalacas, 157
churacas, 248
coal-carriers, St. Lucia, 55
convolvulus, 182
coolie,
trial, 80-84;
marriage, 163-176
cotton-birds, 88
crabs, 16;
land, 62
cricket, tree, 281
crows, carrion, 88
cuckoos, 212;
black, 88
Cuyuni, 144
dacnis, 201
daddy-long-legs, 215, 227
dance, Hindu, 170
débris, jungle, 253
deer, 280
dikes, 97
dogs, wild hunting, 273
dolphins, 44, 45
doves, ground, 48
ducks, Muscovy, 88
eclipse, in Barbados, 61
egrets, 88
elater, 277
Essequibo, 144, 148
falcons, laughing, 88
fireflies, cluster, 210
fish,
angel, 50, 56;
four-eyed, 128;
frog, 18;
photographing of flying, 23;
pipe, 18
flower, passion, 182
flycatchers, 249;
fork-tailed, 122, 159;
golden-crowned crested, 150;
streaked, 196
frangipani, 85
frog, 211, 212, 240, 273;
call, 240
gannets, 40
grass, bamboo, 183
grasshopper, 128, 212
grass-quits, 157
grass, razor, 179, 184
guide, for cutting trail, 187, 188
hanaquas, 119
hawks, 99
heliconias, 202;
color, 204;
Reds, 205;
sleeping glade, 205, 206;
sleeping position, 205;
Yellows, 205
herons,
Guiana green, 127;
tri-colored, 88
hoatzins, 118, 119;
call, 130;
food of young, 126;
home life, 123-139;
nest, 126, 129;
nestlings, 131;
odor, 129;
photographing young, 102, 103
honey creepers, 47, 252;
turquoise, 201
hummingbirds, 38, 113, 197, 198, 199, 200
ibis, scarlet, 122
jackal, crab, 282
jaguar, 186
jungle,
animals obtained from, 282;
trail through, 89;
yard of, 255
Kaburi trail, 148
Kalacoon, 142, 143
kingbirds, 47
kinkajous, 263, 281
kiskadees, 86, 104, 127, 157
kunama, 273;
habits, 274
laboratory, wilderness, 141-153
lianas, 246
library, New Amsterdam, 105, 110
lichens, 196
lizards,
in Barbados, 60;
method of capture, 41-43;
surrender of, 203;
trail, 202
lucannani, 157
maam, 189
Mafolie, 38
Mahaica, 99
manakins, 249, 252;
opal-crowned, 252
Martinique, 27-32, 49-54;
market, 49-51
martins, 69, 79, 158
Mazaruni, 144, 148
millipede, 38, 214
mimicry, 257
mites, 259
Monkey Hill, 47
monkeys, 48;
howling, 155-156
Mont Pelee, 27-32
moths, 256
mouse, 211
muckamucka, 125
New Amsterdam, 110, 124
nighthawk, call, 267;
gathering, 267
noctiluca, 65
nuts, 75
opossum, 73, 74
orioles, black-throated, 88;
yellow, nest of, 100
paca, 281
palms, cocoanut, 100
Pará, 241
parrakeets, 250
peas, butterfly, 182
perai, 90
phosphorescence, 20, 65
phosphorescent animals, method of capturing, 20, 21
pigeons, 48
pits, 201;
number five, 211
Pomeroon, 89, 90
rain, tropical, 120, 121
rainbow, lunar, 58
roaches, wood, 277
Roosevelt, Colonel, 146-150
Roosevelt, Mrs., 147, 148
sandpiper, 47
sargasso weed,
animals associated with, 18;
fate of, 19;
method of grappling, 13-16;
origin, 16
scorpions, 152; pseudo, 259
sea-birds, 11
sea,
color of, 24;
swimming in, 45, 46
sea-horses, 18
second-growth, 180
seeds, 75
sharks, harmlessness of, 46
shrimps, 18
skimmers, 97
sloth, name of, 264
snails, 259
snake, 285;
green, 72;
water constrictor, 72
spiders, 259
spine-tail, 119
Station, Zoölogical, 141, 153;
Tropical Research, 67
St. Eustatius, 44
St. Kitts, 44-49
St. Lucia, 54-59;
coal-carriers, 55
St. Pierre, 30
St. Thomas, 35-44
Suddy, 70
swifts, Palm, 47, 159;
collared, 159
tamarind tree, 38
tanagers, 201, 249, 252
tapir, 90
tarantula, 152
termites, 258;
flight, 158;
immunity from attack, 233
tinamou, 189; eggs, 189
toads, 161, 213
tody-flycatchers, 127
toucans, 250, 251
trail,
Convict, 177-210;
Pomeroon, 84-91
trees,
silk cotton, 100;
sentinel, 196;
wild cinnamon, 241
trogons, 188
Trois Pitons, 58
tropic-bird, 37
trumpet tree, 182
warracabra tiger, 273
wasp, 63, 83
wharf, Dutch, 71
woodhewers, 249, 251
woodpeckers, 249, 251, 252
worm, inch, 229
wrens, 157, 250
Zoölogical Society, New York, 67