AAcrocinus longimanus,255-258Allamander,121Alouatta seniculus macconnelli,109Ani,163,233Anosia plexippus,37Antbirds, white-fronted,59,227Antlions,27,28Ants, Army,58,60,154,282,289;attack on wasps,290;circular marching of,291-294;cleaning of,79-81;cleaning of ground,77;crippled,70,71,81,82;enemies,72;foraging lines,64;guests,88,292;labor, division of,67;larvæ,87;nest,59-61,74,83,289;nest entrance,74;observing, methods of,63;odor,62,64;parasites,292;prey of,67;rain, reaction to,65,66;refuse heaps,77,78;scavengers of nest piles,78;speed of,68,69,292;spinning,84-86;vitality,69Ants,Azteca,278Ants, Borneo telegraph,279Ants, Leaf-cutting,7,152,173,289;at home,172,194;attack, method of guarding against,177;attack, method of,177-179;battle of giant soldiers,168-171;castes,166;enemies,162-163;flight of kings and queens,185-188;fungus,180,181;gardens, fungus,179-181,189;instinct,190-192;leaf-chewing in nest,180;leaves, carrying,158-162;leaves, method of cutting,158;name, origin of,156;nest,172;nest, foundation of,152,153,189,190;parasites, external,176;paths,163-165;queen,152,153;queens, young, in nest,185;raids on garden,154-155;scavengers of nest,176;speed of,165-166;soldier, description of,177-178;trails,163-165;visitors at nest,174-176;worker, description of,156,157Attaphila,182-185Attas. SeeAnts, Leaf-cutting.Atta cephalotes,155,173BBamboos,9,13,23-25Bats,17-19Bats, fruit,151Bats, vampire,4,18-21,111,208Beach, Jungle,90-111Beena,118Bees,35-37,175Beetle,23Beetle, Histerid,292Beetle, long-armed,256-258Beetle, rove,72-73Beetle, Staphylinid,292Beetle, water, in roots,103Boom-boom,22,252-255Botanical Gardens,122Bower Bird, Purple,113Bougainvillia,121Boviander, flowers of,120Bufo guttatus,8Bufo marinus,132,163Bugs, bubble,284-288Bugs, doodle,28Butorides striata,233Butterfly,37,125Butterfly, beryl and jasper,42Butterfly, migrating,259-263Butterfly, Monarch,37Butterfly, Morpho,51Butterfly, Social gathering of,268-273Butterfly, Yellow papilio,38Button weed,34CCaiman sclerops,232Caladium,118Casareep,117Cashew trees,4Casmerodius egretta,249Cassava,116Cassia,44Catfish, Giant. SeeBoom-boom,22,253,254,273Catopsilia, species of,268Cercopis ruber,284Cereus, night blooming,218Chanties,6Chatterer, Red-breasted Blue,38Chloroceryle amazona,97Chloroceryle americana,97Cicada,36,37Cicada, song of,283Cicada, larvæ. SeeQuesada gigas.Clearing, Jungle,34-57,275Clearing, after interval of year,276Coati-mundi,29Color,53,54Convicts,5,7Convicts, singing hymns,109Cotinga cayana,52,53Cotinga cotinga,38Cotinga, Purple-throated,52,53Cotton, Indian,117Cotton, Sea Island,117Crabs, in roots,103Crocodile,232Crotophaga ani,163,233Cuyuni River,9DDaisies, Mazaruni,34,280Devilla blossoms,283Doodle-bugs,28Doras granulosus,22,254EEagle, Harpy,152Eciton. SeeArmy AntsEciton burchelli,60,289Eggs, Butterfly,41-43Egrets,233,246,249Ereops,264,265FFer-de-lance,206Flamboyant,122Flies, Chalcid,292Flies, Crane, in roots,104-106Flies, Phorid,292Flies, as scavengers,78Florida c. caerulea,246Flowers of boviander,120Flycatcher, Kiskadee,23,233Flycatcher, Melancholy Tyrant,36Frangipani,122Frog, Scarlet-thighed Leaf-walker,133Frog, Tree,32,132Furipterus horrens,17,18GGallinule,233,242Galis,45-47Garden, Akawai Indian,115-119Garden, Boviander,120Garden, Coolie and Negro,120Garden, Georgetown Botanical,122,230Garden, Tropic,230-251Gawain,31-33,126Gecko,103,104Ghost, Kartabo,25God-birds,26Guests, Army Ant,72Guinevere,123-148Gypagus papa,152HHammocks,195accident in,204;capturing bats from,218-220;Carib,197,198;environment and dangers,200,201;hummingbirds on,223,224;slinging of,198,199,203,209,210;sounds and scents,213-215;trapping from,205,206;watching army ants from,225,228;weaver-birds nesting on,224Harpia harpyja,152Herons, green,233Herons, little blue,246Herons, night,250Herons, rookery,244-251Herons, tricolored,246Hope,16Hummingbirds,97,174,223,276Hyacinth, water,121Hydranassa tricolor,246IIcterus chrysocephalus,4Ionornis martinicus,233,242JJacana,233,242Jacana j. jacana,233,242Janipha manihot,116KKalacoon,3Kartabo,3Kartabo, history,10-12Kartabo, inmates,21Kartabo, morning at,23Kib,29Kibihée,29Kingfisher, Great Green,97Kingfisher, Tiny Emerald,97Kiskadee,23,233,243Kunami,117Kyk-over-al,11,12LLeucolepis m. musica,282Leucophoyx t. thula,233,246Lilies, water,121Lipaugus simplex,58Lotus,121MManatee,231-236Martins,4"Mazacuni" River,107Mazaruni River,9Metachirus o. opossum,164Monarch Butterfly,37Mongoose,248Monkeys,25Monkeys, Howling,109Mosquitoes,202,211Mourner, Dark-breasted,53Mungos mungo,243NNasua n. nasua,29Niebelungs,49OOpossum,164Orchid, Toko-nook,119Oriole, Great Black,25Oriole, Moriche,4Ostinops d. decumanus,25PPaddlers,5Palm, Cocoanut,121Papilio thoas,38Parasite, egg,43,44Parrakeets,25,49-51Pepsis, sp.,175Pets,28-33Phoethornis r. ruber,174,276Phyllomedusa,32,126Phyllomedusa bicolor,145Phyllobates inguinalis,133Pitangus s. sulphuratus,23,233,243Pithys albifrons,59Piwari,117Pool, Jungle Rain,126-132Ptilonorhynchus violaceus,113QQuadrille Bird,282,283Quesada gigas,181RRamphastus vitellinus,54,55Roach,182Rocks, tidal,265,266Roots,98-106,236Rozites gongylophora,181Rushes,264SScorpions,181Sedges, Scirpus,264,265Servants, negro,14,15Sipanea pratensis,34,280Snake, tree, in hammock,201Spermacocesp.,34Springtails, in army ants' nest,88Striders, water,129,130Sunrise,107,108Swimming at night,108-111Synoeca irina,278-280TTadpoles,127,130-148Tadpoles, colors of,146,147Tadpoles, red-fins,132,133,136,139,141,144Tadpoles, short-tailed blacks,132,138Tamandua,174Tamandua t. tetradactyla,174Tanager, Blue,111Tarantula,23Tarantula Hawks,175Termites,154,162Thecadactylus rapicauda,103Thraupis episcopus,111Tidal, area, ecology of,266-268Toad,7,8Toad, Marine,132,163Toko-nook, Orchid,119Toucans,25,54,55,56Touit batavica,25,49Tree, Fallen,95Tree, Prostrate, reactions of,96,97Treetop, Fauna of,95Trichechus manatus,231,233Troglodytes musculus clarus,26,233Trogon,175,280-282Trogan s. strigilatus,175Trogonurus c. curucui,280Tyrant, Melancholy,36Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa,36VVampyrus spectrum,18Vervain,35Victoria regia,231,237,240,241Vulture, King,152WWasps, Ebony,175Wasps, Painted Nest,289-291Wasps, Tapping,278-280Wind, Voice of,21Witch, Black,233Wrens, House,26,27,233