INDEX.
Illustrations are indicated by page numbers in Italic.
A.
Abary, Birds of,
364
,
365
.
Bungalow,
358
.
Island,
358
,
359
.
River,
350
,
360
,
362
.
Admetus pumilio
,
189
,
190
.
Aequidens
,
68
,
69
.
Agouti,
160
,
312
,
315
,
318
.
Agraulis vanillae
,
375
.
Amazon Parrot.
See
Parrots
.
American Redstarts, accompanying army of hunting ants,
50
.
Anableps anableps.
See
Four-eyed Fish
.
Anaconda,
26
,
27
,
240
,
379
.
André, Eugene,
x
,
86
,
89
.
Anis,
121
,
131
,
133
,
358
.
Accompanying army of hunting ants,
49
,
50
.
Greater, flock of,
156
,
157
.
Smooth-billed,
254
.
Anna Regina,
242
,
243
.
Anopheles
,
76
.
Antbirds,
194
,
302
,
303
,
304
.
Accompanying army of hunting ants,
49
.
Scaly-backed,
324
.
White-shouldered Pigmy,
194
.
Anteater,
170
.
Great,
256
,
257
.
Lesser,
305
,
306
.
Ants, Black, (
Neoponera commutata
),
49
.
Battle with hunting ants,
52
.
Houses of,
48
,
49
,
138
.
Hunting Ants (
Eciton
),
49-54
.
Battle with Black Ants,
52
,
53
.
Warfare in nests of other species,
54
.
Parasol,
49
,
217
,
218
,
345
.
Fungi gardens of,
49
.
Aremu, Camp on,
274
,
275
.
Gold Mine,
285-288
,
287
,
289
.
Landing,
268
.
Little,
244-284
,
276
,
297
.
River, Big,
244
,
268
.
Argeus labruscae
,
211
.
Armadillo,
170
,
324
.
Atta cephalotes
,
138
.
Attacus (Hesperia) erycina
,
211
.
Automeria cinctistriga
,
213
.
B.
Baboons.
See
Monkey, Red Howling
.
Bananaquits,
40
.
Barama River,
158
,
216
.
Entrance of,
160
,
161
.
Our tent boat on the,
159
.
Barima River,
137
.
Barrabarra River,
219
,
222-225
.
Barrimani Police Station,
158
,
160
.
Bartica,
244
,
245
,
246
.
Bashew,
165
.
Bats, Fruit-eating,
121
,
122
.
Manner of alighting,
43
.
Number of species of,
122
.
Scarab,
270
.
Vampires.
See
Vampires
.
Bee, Giant,
343
,
344
.
Beetles, Bark,
201
.
Brazilian,
268
.
Buprestid,
291
,
348
.
Elater, Brown,
54
,
55
,
192
.
Larva of small species of,
55
.
Longicorn,
288
.
Tiger,
291
.
Bête rouge,
144
,
146
.
Biara River,
220-222
,
226
.
Bingham, Dr. Hiram,
xi
,
255
,
354
.
Birds brought alive from British Guiana to New York Zoölogical Park,
116
.
Bird Protection Ordinance of British Guiana,
115
.
Blaberus trapezoideus.
See
Cockroach
.
Blackbird, Red-breasted,
351
,
353
.
Yellow-headed,
125
,
351
,
353
.
Blacks.
See
Negro
.
Bois Immortelle trees,
42
.
Botanical Gardens, experimental botanical work,
131
.
Fauna of,
129-131
,
133
.
Brassias
,
218
.
British Guiana, climatic condition of coast of,
131
.
Bufo agua
,
122
,
123
.
Buffalo, Water,
129
.
Bunyahs.
See
Cassique, Red-backed
and
Yellow-backed
.
Bushmaster,
182
,
183
,
184
,
277
.
Bush-rope, aërial roots of,
296
.
Butterflies, black and white,
193
.
Ghost,
343
.
Heliconias,
40
,
343
.
Milkweed,
58
.
Morphos,
14
,
187
,
193
,
250
,
343
.
Orange shaded,
313
,
314
.
Two species of,
163
,
271
.
Orchid,
250
,
251
.
Orange,
163
,
187
,
375
.
Owl,
40
,
41
,
42
.
Papilio,
193
.
Red Silver-wing,
375
.
Swallow-tailed,
132
.
Transparent,
196
.
Yellow,
163
.
C.
Calf-bird.
See
Cotinga, Bare-headed
.
Caligo ilioneus
,
40
.
Calliste, Black-faced,
127
.
Yellow-bellied,
127
,
135
,
243
.
Callidryas statira
,
375
.
Calomesus psittacus
,
14
.
Camaria Landing,
248
,
250
.
Falls at Lower,
249
.
Upper,
250
,
251
.
Caño San Juan,
75
.
Caños, exploring in dug-out,
21
.
Canthon semiopacus
,
270
.
Capnodes albicosta
,
288
,
289
.
Captain Truxillo,
22
,
30
,
74
,
75
,
78
,
82
,
83
,
90
,
91
,
104
,
108
.
Capuchin Monkey,
6
,
20
,
24
.
Capybara,
22
,
233
,
254
,
255
,
282
,
381
.
Caracara,
131
.
Carey-Elwis, Father, Mission of,
163
.
Carib, Fish.
See
Perai
.
Indian hunter and children,
178
.
Indian huts at Hoorie,
179
,
181
.
Indians, three generations of,
180
.
Carnegiella strigatus
,
252
.
Cassiques,
125
,
129
.
Big Green, Courtship of,
202
.
Flocking of,
214
.
Nests of,
36
,
37
,
236
.
Notes of,
37
,
56
,
201
,
338
.
Red-backed,
137
,
139
,
142
,
174
,
215
.
Colony of at Hoorie,
202-209
.
Eggs of,
205
.
Embryo,
205
.
Food of,
206
,
207
,
208
.
Nests of,
204
,
205
,
206
,
208
.
Young birds,
205
,
206
,
207
,
208
.
Yellow-backed,
32
,
137
,
139
,
142
.
Nesting of,
33
,
34
,
35
,
36
,
251
,
253
.
Castina licus
,
250
,
251
.
Castus
sp.,
192
,
193
.
Caterpillar, black,
328
,
329
,
347
.
Catfish, Crucifix,
13
,
14
.
Armored,
68
.
Of Guiana,
164
.
Centis americana
,
344
.
Centrurus margaritatus
,
39
.
Cercoleptes caudivolvulus
,
37
.
Chachalaca, Abundance near Guanoco,
38
.
Voice of,
23
,
24
.
Chameleon caterpillar,
191
,
192
.
Chrysocestis fimbriaria
,
212
.
Choloepus
,
279
.
Cicadas, Chant of,
24
.
Chinese music of giant species,
25
.
Cicada grossa
,
301
,
302
.
Six-o’clock bee,
235
,
338
.
Cinereus Becard,
131
.
Clavillina
,
219
.
Cockroach,
45
.
Coelogenys paca
,
305
.
Colaenis phaerusa
,
375
.
Congo Pump,
191
,
273
.
Coolie, of British Guiana,
117
,
118
,
150
.
Indenture system,
148-149
.
Coolies and their wives fishing in Essequibo,
247
.
Cormorant, Guiana,
218
,
275
,
354
.
Cotinga,
304
.
Bare-headed,
332
.
Pompadour,
176
,
179
.
Cotton Bird.
See
Flycatcher, White-shouldered Ground
.
Couchi-couchi.
See
Kinkajou
.
Cowbird, Guiana,
125
,
202
.
Crab Oil.
See
Bête rouge
.
Crabs,
144
.
Dancing,
16
,
17
.
Enemies of,
19
.
Inhabiting roots of mangroves,
17
.
Inhabiting trunks and branches of mangroves,
17
,
18
.
Method of catching,
19
.
Mimicry among,
17
,
18
.
Crab wood,
191
.
Crandall, Lee S.,
ix,
125
,
160
,
171
,
182
,
207
,
209
,
215
,
385
.
Creepers, Blue Honey,
201
,
298
.
Honey,
135
,
160
.
Yellow-winged Honey,
158
,
340
.
Crew.
See
Sloop
.
Crocodiles,
14
,
15
,
57
.
Canal of,
130
,
380
,
381
,
382
.
Of the Aremu,
271
.
Cuckoos, Chestnut,
131
.
Cumaca trees,
269
.
Curassow,
255
,
282
.
Crested, courtship of,
332
,
333
,
334
,
335
,
336
,
337
,
338
.
Curlews,
8
.
Cuyuni River,
244
,
248
,
254
,
259
,
269
.
Flowers of,
263
.
Rapids of,
258
,
260
,
261
,
262
,
263
,
264
,
266
,
267
,
270
.
D.
Deer,
160
,
170
,
246
,
310
,
311
,
319
.
Savanna,
320
.
Dendrobates trivittatus
,
293
,
294
.
Desmodus rufus.
See
Vampire
.
Dicotyles labiatus.
See
Peccary, White-lipped
.
Dicotyles tajacu.
See
Peccary, Common
.
Dirphia tarquinia
,
211
.
Dolphins,
30
.
Douraquara.
See
Quail, Guiana
.
Dove, Red-winged Ground,
131
,
139
.
Dragon Fly,
270
,
271
.
Diastatops tincta
,
376
.
Erythrodiplax umbrata
,
376
.
Erythrodiplax peruviana
,
376
.
Dress suitable for woman on jungle trips,
195
,
196
.
Drowned Forest of Hoorie,
198-202
.
Ducks, Gray-necked Tree,
355
,
356
,
357
.
Muscovy,
30
,
135
,
357
,
359
.
Rufous Tree,
355
.
Vicissi,
383
.
E.
Eagle, Guiana Crested,
137
.
Eciton
,
49
,
50
.
Egrets, American,
137
,
234
,
352
,
353
,
381
.
Snowy,
8
,
64
,
154
,
158
.
Elainia.
See
Flycatchers
.
Electric eels,
170
.
Encounter with curiara in the Guarapiche,
22
.
Epidendrum fragrans
,
22
,
23
.
Epidendrum nocturnum
,
241
.
Epidendrum odoratum
,
269
.
Essequibo River,
134
,
244
,
245
.
Euchroma goliath
,
291
.
Eudioptis hyalinata
,
212
.
Eunectes murinus.
See
Anaconda
.
Euphonia,
139
.
Black-tailed,
40
.
Purple-throated,
319
.
Violet,
240
.
Euptoieta hegesia
,
375
.
F.
Farnum’s,
158
,
214
,
215
.
Felis concolor
,
60
,
61
.
Ferns, tree, on Little Aremu,
278
.
Filo,
77
,
84
.
Flamingo,
234
.
Flycatchers, Elania,
131
,
132
.
Gray Tody,
131
.
Kiskadee,
37
,
112
,
114
,
120
,
121
,
131
,
135
,
142
,
148
,
239
,
247
,
357
.
Streaked, accompanying army of hunting ants,
50
,
51
.
Tyrant,
116
,
accompanying army of hunting ants,
50
.
White-shouldered Ground,
65
,
66
,
131
.
White-headed Marsh,
65
.
Flying Fish, Fresh Water,
252
,
265
,
269
.
Salt Water,
253
.
Forest, drowned,
199
.
Four-eyed Fish,
14
,
16
,
19
,
57
,
237
,
239
.
Devoured by Crocodile,
15
.
Eyes of,
19
.
Fowler, Mr.,
275
,
277
.
Francis, Jungle craft of,
316
,
317
,
318
,
320
,
321
,
322
,
326
,
332
,
333
,
338
.
Frederick,
147-148
,
151
,
152
.
French, Mr.,
248
.
Frigate-bird,
234
.
Frog, Bleating Calf,
277
.
Castanet,
242
.
Freight engine,
214
,
277
.
Roaring,
277
.
Wing-beat,
238
,
277
.
G.
Galictis barbara
,
321
.
Gallinules,
129
.
Purple,
378
.
Georgetown,
112
.
Beauty of,
116
.
Botanical Gardens of,
123
.
Chief points of attraction of,
121
.
Inhabitants of,
112
,
114
.
Museum of,
123
.
Sea Wall of,
119
.
Street life of,
116-118
.
Street of,
113
.
Typical day of,
120
,
121
.
Gillett, Father,
226
,
227
,
228
,
230
.
Gold Bird,
187
,
188
,
189
,
193
,
220
,
246
,
275
,
307
,
315
,
342
.
Gold, Long Tom process,
185
,
186
,
187
.
Mines.
See
Aremu
,
Hoorie
.
Panning,
185
,
186
.
Golden Shower Orchid,
220
.
Gonodonta pyrgo
,
342
.
Grackle, Little Boat-tailed,
128
.
Grassfinches,
48
.
Grell, Ellis,
x
,
86
,
87
,
90
.
Greenheart Bird.
See
Gold Bird
.
Green River Ibis,
253
.
Grosbeaks, Black-faced Green,
176
.
Black-headed Scarlet,
315
.
Brown-breasted Pigmy,
121
,
127
.
Thick-billed Pigmy,
142
.
Gryllus argentinus
,
348
.
Guanoco, Children of,
100
,
104
.
Dances at,
97-103
,
104
.
Fever at,
106
.
First night at,
90-93
.
“Headquarters” at,
87
,
88
,
97
.
Inhabitants of,
97
.
Priestless chapel at,
105
.
Quarrel with United States of America,
98
,
99
.
Revolutionary reports at,
98
,
99
.
River of,
86
.
Suffering that came to,
106
,
107
.
Village of,
32
,
86
.
Women of,
106
.
Guan,
144
,
235
,
255
,
313
.
Jacupeba,
321
.
Marail,
179
.
Guarapiche River,
20
,
80
,
81
,
82
.
Guarauno Indians,
29
.
At Caño Colorado,
83
.
Papoose,
107
.
Squaws,
85
.
Wandering tribes of,
103
.
Guard Ship,
75
,
76
.
Venezuelan soldiers on board of,
76
.
Guava, Water,
263
.
Gulls, Laughing,
134
.
H.
Haasnoot, Captain,
111
.
Haetera piera.
See
Butterfly, Transparent
.
Harrison, Prof. J. B.,
123
,
125
.
Harry, Mr.,
385
.
Hawk, Caracara,
371
,
372
.
Chimachima, White-breasted,
62
,
64
.
Cream-headed,
354
,
355
.
South American Black,
164
.
Heliconia butterfly.
See
Butterflies
.
Heliconias, Scarlet,
58
,
60
.
Hemiptycha (Umbonia) spinosa
,
213
.
Herons, Agami,
219
.
Boat-billed,
234
.
Cocoi,
8
,
234
,
245
,
268
,
355
.
Guiana Green,
129
,
355
,
371
.
Immature Blue,
64
.
Little Blue,
15
,
154
,
158
.
Louisiana,
154
.
Yellow-crowned Night,
154
.
Herpetodryas carinatus
,
386
.
Hoatzins, Eggs of,
371
.
Enemies of,
371
,
372
.
Flight of,
28
,
29
.
Flock of,
377
.
Food of,
29
,
219
.
Habits of, at Abary,
366
,
367
,
368
,
369
,
370
,
372
,
373
,
375
.
Nesting of,
29
,
366
,
371
.
Number at Abary,
350
.
On the Guarapiche,
28
.
Photographing,
367
,
372
,
373
,
374
.
Sedentary life of,
28
,
29
.
Use of wings,
374
.
Voice of,
26
,
28
,
365
.
Young of,
28
.
Hodgson, Sir Frederick,
x
,
125
.
Homalocranium melanocephalum
,
45
,
46
.
Hoorie mine, Average daily temperature at,
170
.
Bungalow,
170
,
209
.
Creek,
164
.
Crossing stream on road to,
167
.
Drowned forest of,
198-202
.
Fauna around,
170
,
171
,
209
.
Flora of,
192
,
194
,
195
.
Indian life near,
179-184
,
189
,
190
,
191
.
Insects of,
209-213
.
“Little Giant” at,
175
.
Mine,
167-169
,
172
.
Wilderness trail to,
165-167
,
168
.
Hoplias malabaricus
,
68
,
69
.
Hornaday, Dr. William T.,
xi
.
Hositea gynaecia
,
212
.
Hummingbird, Long-tailed,
325
.
Rufous breasted,
307
.
White eye-browed,
307
.
Hydrochoerus capybara.
See
Capybara
.
Hyperchiria Liberia
,
213
.
Hyperchiria nausica
,
213
.
I.
Ibis.
See
Green River
.
See
Scarlet
.
im Thurn, Sir Everard, house of,
142
,
143
.
Indian and the Law,
151
,
152
,
153
.
Boys in dug-out,
162
.
Three-year-olds at home in wood-skin,
138
.
Insects.
See
Hoorie
.
Mounting of,
211
,
212
.
J.
Jabiru,
353
,
354
,
381
.
Jacamar, home of,
26
.
Paradise,
171
,
173
.
Jacana, Spur-wing,
63
,
64
,
129
,
354
,
378
,
384
,
385
.
“Josefa Jacinta.”
See
Sloop
.
Jaguar,
63
,
160
,
293
.
Jays, Lavender,
173
,
174
,
345
.
Jelly-fish,
4
.
Jones, Mr. B. Howell,
x
.
Jumbie Birds.
See
Anis
.
K.
Killicow.
See
Rail, Cayenne Wood
.
King, Howie,
129
,
148
.
As magistrate of Morawhanna,
149-151
.
Garden of,
146
.
House of,
142
.
Kingbirds, White-throated,
137
.
Kingfishers, Feeding on insects,
16
.
Red-breasted,
163
.
Rufous,
199
,
282
.
Kinkajou,
37
.
Kiskadee.
See
Flycatchers
.
Kites, Swallow-tailed,
154
,
250
.
L.
Labba.
See
Paca
.
La Brea,
x
,
30
,
59
.
See
also
Pitch Lake
.
La Ceiba,
20
.
Our floating home at,
18
.
Lilies, Spider,
57
,
58
,
225
,
363
.
Lizards, At Morawhanna,
146
.
Protective coloration of,
43
,
44
,
45
.
Tegu,
24
,
146
.
Loricates.
See
Catfish, Armored
.
Lotus,
126
.
M.
Macaws,
8
.
Blue and Yellow,
137
,
338
.
Maestro,
14
,
77
,
80
,
84
,
85
,
87
.
Manakin, Golden-crowned,
342
,
343
,
348
.
Gold-headed,
44
.
Wallace Olive,
322
.
White-breasted,
44
,
45
.
White-capped,
311
.
Manatee,
125
,
170
,
221
,
222
,
224
,
381
.
Mangrove, Flowers of,
15
.
Jungle, description of,
9-12
.
Manner of preparation of,
10
.
Map of trip through,
2
.
Red,
135
,
153
.
Sunset in Mangrove wilderness,
80
.
White,
135
,
153
.
Wilderness,
95
.
Young plants,
11
,
58
.
Mantis,
213
,
289
.
Stagmomantis hoorie
,
210
.
Map, of Abary Island,
361
.
Of three expeditions into British Guiana,
110
.
Of trip through Mangrove Wilderness,
2
.
Marciano,
215
,
222
,
223
,
234
,
237
,
238
,
240
,
242
,
243
.
Marlborough Police Station,
237
.
Maroodie.
See
Guan
.
Martins, Gray Breasted,
112
,
244
,
245
,
247
,
379
.
Matope,
253
,
256
,
258
.
Mazaruni River,
244
,
246
,
248
.
Steamer,
134
,
141
,
142
.
Maximiliano Romero,
101-102
,
106
.
Mecistogaster
sp.,
270
,
271
.
Mesomphalia discors
,
268
.
Mission, on Morooka River,
225
.
Warramuri,
231
,
233
.
Monkeys, Capuchin,
6
,
20
.
Marmoset,
300
.
No fear of railroad,
56
,
57
.
Red Howling, Description of,
325-326
.
As food,
329
.
Voice of,
20
,
56
,
142
,
170
,
197
,
277
,
293
,
325
.
Monstera
,
279
.
Mora Passage,
135
,
146
,
153
,
174
,
175
,
301
.
Mora Tree,
135
,
137
,
138
,
269
,
296
.
Morawhanna,
135
.
Typical Indian House of,
136
.
Home of Mr. Howie King at,
142
.
Morooka River,
225
,
231
.
Agriculture on,
233
.
Morpho butterfly.
See
Butterflies
.
Morpho metellus
,
314
.
Mosquitoes,
12
,
30
,
39
,
76
,
86
,
112-114
,
120
,
141
,
144
,
214
,
235
,
362
,
364
.
Moths, Hawk,
210
.
Moon,
210
.
Owl,
213
.
Waltzing,
46
,
47
.
Mountains of Venezuela,
30
,
31
.
Mount Everard,
135
,
137
,
139
,
140
,
141
.
Bête rouge of,
144-146
.
Mucka-mucka,
219
,
238
,
251
,
366
.
Muricot,
198
.
Mycetes seniculus.
See
Monkey, Red Howling
.
Myrmecophaga jubata
,
256
,
257
.
N.
Negro of British Guiana,
117
,
119
.
Neoponera commutata
,
49
.
Nicholson, Mr.,
253
,
254
,
256
,
332
.
Notogonia
sp.
See
Wasps
.
Nyctobates giganteus.
See
Beetles, Bark
.
O.
Odocoileus savannarum.
See
Deer, Savanna
.
Odontochila cayennensis.
See
Beetles, Tiger
.
Odontochila confusa.
See
Beetles, Tiger
.
Odontochila lacordairei.
See
Beetles, Tiger
.
Opossum,
144
,
308
,
309
.
Orchids, fragrant white,
22
,
23
.
Orinoco River,
4
.
Orioles, Moriche,
142
.
Yellow,
121
,
127
,
129
.
Ospreys,
156
.
Otter,
163
,
281
.
P.
Paca,
160
,
305
.
Paddle-wood,
191
,
301
,
325
.
Palm sheath, rocking toy,
100
.
Covering flower of palm,
102
.
Papilio polydamus
,
132
.
Parauque,
148
,
263
.
Paria, Gulf of,
5
,
75
.
Parrakeets,
30
.
Parrots, Amazon, Mealy,
174
,
201
,
233
,
234
,
235
.
Blue-headed, flocking of,
157-158
.
Dusky,
344
.
Young of,
344
,
345
.
Yellow fronted,
66
,
135
,
146
.
Eggs of,
67
,
68
.
Home of,
64
.
Island of in Pitch Lake,
62
,
63
.
Nest of,
65
,
66
.
Young of,
67
,
68
.
Passiflora laurifolia.
See
Passion Flower
.
Passion Flower,
272
,
273
.
Paxillus leachii
,
201
.
Peccary, common,
160
,
170
,
233
,
255
,
256
,
347
.
White-lipped,
256
.
Pe-pe-yo.
See
Gold Bird
.
Perai,
160
,
170
,
198
.
Peridromia feronia
,
43
.
Peripatus, discovery of and description of,
46
.
Perseverance Landing,
258
.
Petræa arborea
,
187
.
Phosphorescence off coast of British Guiana,
111
.
Pickersgill Police Station,
239
,
240
.
Pieris monuste
,
375
.
Pigmy Owl,
40
.
Pipe-fish,
160
.
Pipitoori.
See
Flycatcher, Gray Tody
.
Pistia stratiodes.
See
Shell Flower
.
Pitch Lake, of Venezuela,
30
,
59
,
88
.
Daily life at,
94-96
.
Digging pitch,
90
.
Early morning trips to,
55-61
.
Flora of,
63
,
64
.
History of,
91-92
.
Jungle railroad to,
55
,
56
,
57
.
Loading cars at,
93
.
“Mother” of,
61
,
62
,
63
.
Plover,
8
.
Poc-a-poo,
235
.
Poeciloptera phalaenoides
,
132
,
133
.
Polybia
sp.,
299
,
300
.
Pomeroon River,
234-240
.
Pontón.
See
Guard Ship
.
Porcupine Tree,
36
,
37
.
Pork-knocker,
187
,
188
,
256
,
258
,
287
,
288
.
Port of Spain,
3
,
4
.
Street life of,
119
.
Protective resemblances,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44
.
Pseudaucheniplerus nodosus
,
13
.
Psidium fluviatile
,
263
.
Pterochroya ocellata
,
213
.
Puff-fishes,
14
,
15
.
Puma, South America,
60
,
61
.
Purple heart trees,
163
.
Pyrophorus
sp.,
54
,
55
.
Q.
Quadrille-bird,
188
,
309
,
310
,
321
,
330
.
Quail, Guiana,
340
,
341
.
R.
Racheolopha nivetacta
,
211
.
Rail, Cayenne Wood,
378
.
Robins, White-breasted,
116
.
White-throated,
322
,
323
,
324
,
340
.
Rhyncophorus palmatum.
See
Weevil
.
Rodway, James,
123
,
132
.
S.
Salapenta,
146
.
Saman Trees,
132
,
142
.
Sandpipers,
8
.
Solitary,
263
.
Spotted,
58
,
156
.
Sapadillo,
121
,
127
.
Scarlet Ibis,
7
,
8
,
81
,
153
,
154
,
155
.
Scorpion,
39
,
46
.
Battle with Caterpillar,
291
,
292
.
Whip,
189
,
190
.
Screamer, Horned,
381
.
Sea-cows.
See
Manatee
.
Seedeaters,
60
,
142
.
Blue-backed,
171
.
Semiotus ligneus
,
192
.
Serenades, by negroes from Pitch Lake,
100
,
101
.
Serrasalmo scapularis
,
160
.
Shell Flower,
218
.
Shypook.
See
Heron, Guiana Green
.
Silk Cotton Trees,
163
.
Sigh heard in the Mangrove forest and explanation of,
26
.
Simitú,
272
,
273
.
Skimmers,
8
,
135
,
148
.
Sloop, Anchored in Guanoco River,
72
.
At La Ceiba,
18
.
Description of,
3
,
71
.
Description of crew of,
77
.
Entering Mangroves,
5
.
First night on board,
72-75
.
Loss of,
108
.
Saying good-by to,
93
.
Sloths,
37
,
61
,
170
,
246
.
Three-toed,
279
,
280
,
281
.
Snake-birds,
30
,
137
,
251
,
252
,
354
.
Sphingurus prehensilis
,
36
,
37
.
Spider lilies.
See
Lilies
.
Spider, Pedipalp.
See
Scorpion
.
Sproston,
248
.
Squirrels, Orange and gray,
24
.
Stagmomantis hoorie.
See
Mantis
.
Stomolophus meleagris
,
4
.
Stork, Maguari,
155
,
156
.
Sugarcane, experimented on in Botanical Gardens,
131
.
Sun-bittern,
25
,
60
,
86
.
Suddie,
243
.
Swallows, Banded,
162
,
175
,
176
,
200
,
265
,
379
.
Barn,
247
,
379
.
Emerald and white,
24
.
Red-breasted,
379
.
Tree,
379
.
Variegated,
247
,
265
,
378
,
379
,
381
.
Swift, Feather-toed,
144
.
Nest of,
143
,
176
.
Gray-rumped,
289
,
292
.
Palm,
56
.
T.
Tacuba,
269
,
279
.
Taliput palm,
125
,
128
.
Tamandua tetradactyla.
See
Anteater, Lesser
.
Tanager, Black-faced,
131
.
Blue,
127
,
139
,
142
,
171
.
Magpie,
138
,
139
.
Palm,
37
,
116
,
139
,
142
,
144
,
147
,
171
.
Silver-beak,
116
,
139
,
171
,
240
,
292
.
Tapakuma, Lake,
241
.
River,
240
,
241
.
Tarantulas,
100
,
101
,
199
,
215
,
218
,
219
,
265
.
Tapir,
144
,
255
.
Tarpon,
379
.
Tayras,
321
.
Tegu Lizard,
24
,
146
.
Teius nigropunctatus.
See
Tegu Lizard
.
Temperature, of Hoorie,
170
.
Of Mangrove Forest of Venezuela,
12
.
Tern, Great-billed,
154
,
378
.
Least,
378
.
Yellow-billed,
8
.
Testudo tabulata.
See
Tortoise, South American
.
Thrush, Black-capped Mocking,
40
,
376
.
Thysania agrippina.
See
Moth, Moon
.
Thurn, Everard F. im.
See
im Thurn
.
Tiger Bittern,
282
.
Tiger, Warracabra,
381
.
Tinamou, Great Blue, Description of,
48
.
Discovery of nest and eggs of,
47
,
48
.
Guiana Crested,
318
,
319
.
Little,
330
.
Tityra, Black-tailed,
177
,
179
.
Toads, of Georgetown,
122
,
123
.
Telegraph,
238
.
Tree, music of,
161
.
Tortoise, South American,
297
,
298
.
Toua-toua.
See
Grosbeak, Brown-breasted Pigmy
.
Toucans,
30
,
158
.
As food,
328
.
Black-banded Aracari,
174
.
Feeding of,
327
,
328
.
Red-billed,
174
,
268
,
326
,
327
.
Red-breasted,
175
.
Sulphur- and White-breasted,
174
.
Trapping birds,
125-129
.
Tree-hopper,
213
.
Trinidad,
3
,
4
.
Trogon, Yellow-bellied,
250
,
269
.
Trumpeters,
60
,
117
,
179
,
255
,
256
,
330-332
,
338
.
Twa-twa.
See
Grosbeak, Thick-billed Pigmy
.
Tyrantlet, Buff-tailed,
313
.
V.
Vampires,
227
,
258
,
263
,
269
,
277
.
Victoria regia
,
116
,
123
,
124
,
129
.
Vinton, Mr. and Mrs. Lindley,
350
,
385
.
Vireo, Brown-throated,
322
.
Vulture, Black,
112
,
121
.
King,
137
.
Orange-headed,
292
,
321
,
383
.
W.
Waini River,
153
,
154
,
158
,
160
.
Walking Sticks,
289
,
290
.
Warracabra.
See
Trumpeter
.
Wasps,
24
,
25
,
40
.
Nests of,
131
.
Notogonia
,
347
.
Protection of Cassiques by,
34
,
35
.
Water-haas.
See
Capybara
.
Water Hyacinth,
218
.
Water Lemon.
See
Simitú
.
Weevils, Palm,
45
.
Welcome of Wilderness,
88-90
.
“Whó-are-yoú?”,
383
.
Wilderness, early morning in,
346
.
Wilshire, Mr. Gaylord,
x
,
134
,
182
,
227
,
305
.
Mrs. Gaylord,
x
,
134
,
215
,
275
.
Witch Birds.
See
Anis
.
Withers, Mr., house of at Bartica,
246-248
.
Wood Ibis,
353
,
381
.
Woodhewers,
131
,
194
,
220
,
246
,
284
,
303
,
304
,
322
,
348
.
Accompanying hunting ants,
49
.
Cinnamon spine-tail,
304
,
379
.
Clinging to trunk of tree,
50
.
Music of,
161
,
193
.
Wedge-billed Pigmy,
339
,
340
.
Woodpeckers,
30
.
Guiana Ivory-bill,
200
,
201
.
Red-crested,
48
,
292
,
311
,
312
,
313
.
Yellow,
40
,
41
.
Wren, Guiana House,
112
,
120
,
142
,
247
,
307
,
308
,
379
.
Jungle,
340
.
Marsh,
324
.
Necklaced Jungle.
See
Quadrille-bird
.
Z.
Zaevius calocore
,
212
.