Anumbius acnticaudatus, 14-7, 253.
Argyroueta, 195.
Armadillo, Hairy.SeeDasypus villosus.
Aspisoma, 169.
Ass defends itself against the puma,38.
Atticora cyanoleuca, 296, 298.
Audnbon and Bachmau, on thepuma, 37.
Automalus, 250.
Azara, Félix de, on the habits of Anumbius, 253; of the oscillating finch, 263; of the puma, 31, 35, 40; of the tree-creepers, 251; of the vizcacha, 304, 310.----Anecdote of caged rats, 343, 344. Azara's dog.SeeCanis azarae.
BACON, on the dog maintained by a man, 341.
Bain, Dr. A., on anger, 166.
Baird, Dr. Spencer, on the peregrine falcon, 97; on the stunk, 119.
Bartlett, Mr., on the Talegallus in the Zoological Gardens, 87.
Bates, Mr., on wandering bands of birds, 251
Belt, on the bush-tick, 142; on the fire-fly's light, 171; on man's hairless condition, 143; on humming-birds in Nicaragua, 218; on wandering hands of birds, 255
Bete-rouge, 141.
Bicho-colorado, 144.
Bigg-Wither, Mr., on dancing-birds in Brazil, 262; on fire-flies in Brazil, 173.
Bird-fly.SeeOrnithomyia.
Birds, on the pampas, 19; aerial dances of, 265; fear in, 83-100; affected by fire-light, 176; how they escape the bush-ticks, 144; wandering bands of, 252.
Black-faced ibis, 265.
Boddam-Whetham, Mr. J. W., anecdote of puma, 52.
Bombas thoracicus, 154.
B. violaceus, 154, 157.
Burrowing owl, 24, 66; a snake-killer, 73.
Burton, Captain, on bush-ticks in Brazil, 141.
Bush-ticks, 141-145.
Buteo eythronotus, 175.
Byron, Commodore, anecdote of a great beast in Tierra del Fuego, 50.
CACHALOTE.SeeHomorus.
Canis azarae, 15; death-feigning instincts of, 202; preying habits, 300.
C. jnbatus, 15.
Carancho, 23, 119.
Carduus mariana, 303.
Cat, anecdotes of the, 60, 61, 73.
Cattle, strange instincts of, 329-347.
Cavia australis, 13, 64.
Ceratophrys ornata, 78, 79.
Cervus campestris, 16; instincts
of doe and fawn, 110; powerful
smell of buck, 159.
C. paludosus, aquatic habits, 144.
Chajá.SeeCrested Screamer.
Chauna chavarria.SeeCrested Screamer.
Chimango, 23, 91, 93, 94.
Chinchillidae, language of, 265.
Chlamydophorus truncata, 16.
Ciconia maguari, 62.
Cinclodes, 242, 248.
Circus cinereus, 94.
C. macropterus, 94.
Cnipolegus hndsoni, antics of, 271.
Cock-of-the-rock, dancing antics, 261.
Cometes, 219.
Coryphistera, 242.
Courlan, 19.
Cow-bird, Common, habits of the young, 90; language and antics, 273.
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Index.
Cow - bird, Screaming, dancing antics, 273. Coypú, 11.
Craspedocephalus alternatus, 160.
Cratomorphus, 169.
Crested Screamer, 20; habits of, 221-234.
Ctenomys magellanica, 13.
Cunningham, Dr., on habits of Oxyurus, 248.
Curtis, Dr., on the Mosquito, 139.
Cynara cardunculus, 302.
DAINES BARRINGTON, on birds' songs, 257.
D'Albertis, on fire-flies in New Guinea, 173.
Dancing (Music and) in Nature, 261-288.
Darwin, on birds learning their songs, 257; fear in birds, 88, 89; the gauchos, 351; the huanacos' dying places, 316, 317; humble-bees destroyed by mice, 62; habits of Oxyurus, 248; the pampas, 4, 5; persecution of sick and wounded animals by their companions, 339, 343; sexual selection, 208, 263, 279; habits of the vizcacha, 289, 304.
Dasypus minutus, 16.
D. tricinctus, 16.
D. villosus, 17; a mouse-catcher, 60; a snake-killer, 60; hunted by trained dogs, 309.
Death-feigning instincts, 200-204.
Dendrocolaptidae, habits of, 235-260.
Dendrornis, 243, 259.
Didelphys auritur, 18.
D. azarae, 18; death-feigning instincts, 202; burdened with its young, 102.
Dog, dislike of the skunk in, 120; domineering temper of, 336.
Dolichotis patagonica, 11.
Dolomedes, 195.
D'Orbigney, on oven-birds' singing, 272.
Drymornis, 240.
Dragon-flies, instinctively feared by gnats, 135; travel before a south-west wind, 130-134.
EDENTATES, 16.
Elanus leucurus, 95,
Epeira, 175; hunted by wasps, 182: protective resemblances in, 183.
FEAR, in birds, 83-100; paralyzing
effects of, 201.
Felis concolor.SeoPuma.
F. geoffroyi, 14.
F. onca.SeeJaguar.
Fire, confusing effect of, at night, 173-177.
Fire-flies, 168-173.
Firewood gatherer.SeoAnumbius.
Fitzroy, Admiral, on the huanaco, 316; on the puma, 50.
Fleas, 151.
Fowl, cackling instinct of, 112-115. Fox.SeeCanis azara. Freeman, Professor, on the humane instinct, 347.
Frog, an undescribed species, 75-78.
Furnariusrufus, 242, 256; destroyed by owls, 63; language, 256, 260; how it protects itself from parasites, 145.
GALICTIS BARBARA, 15; helplessness of young, 104.
Gallus bankiva, its cackling instinct, 115.
Garrod, Dr., on the Crested Screamer, 223.
Gauchos, their treatment of horses, 354.
Gay, Claudio, on the puma, 42.
Geobates, 242.
Geositta cunicularia, 242, 296, 298
Gibson, Mr. Ernest, anecdote of carancho and skunk, 119.
Golden plover, American, migration of, 21, 22.
Gossamer spider, 184; migrations of, 185-188.
Gould, Dr., on humming-birds, 205, 207, 209, 213.
Grass-cat, 14.
Grasshoppers, curious habit of, 373; mimicry and warning colours in, 124-129.
Guzman, Rui Diaz de, his story of Maldonada and the puma, 56.
Gynerium argenteum, 6.
HAWKS, 93.
Henicornis, 242.
Index.
393
Homorus, 242, 256; H. gnttnralis, architecture of, 244; language and antics, 272; H. lophotes, 244.
Horse, 348-362; wild, scarcity of in Patagonia, 33; coming home to die, 323.
Huanaco, strange instinct of, 314-328 Humble-bees, great increase of, 59; destroyed by mice, 62; habits of, 154-157; threatening attitudes of, 192.
Humming-birds, 205-220.
Huxley, Professor, on the Crested Screamer, 222.
INDIANS, PAMPAS, their horses, 354.
Instincts of parents and young, 101; mistakes of, 167.
Ixodes.SeeBush-ticks.
JACANA, PARRA, wing-displaying performance of, 268.
Jaguar, 14; how hunted, 45; paralyzed by fear, 201; persecuted by puma, 35.
KING, Captain, anecdote of huanaco, 316.
Kirby and Spence, on habits of the bird-fly, 146; on the fire-fly's light, 168, 170; on mimicry, 127.
LAGOSTOMUS TRICHODACTYLUS.SeeVizcacha.
Lambs, helplessness of, 106.
Lang, Mr. A., anecdote of cattle, 344.
Laptasthenura, 238, 255.
Larus maculipennis, 66.
Leñatero.SeeArmmbius.
Lichenops perspicillata, how caught, 202.
Limnornis, 242.
Limosa hudsouica, migration of, 21, 22.
Lochmias, 249.
Loddigesia mirabilis, 215.
Lophornis, 219.
Lycosa, habits of a, 192.
MAGARORNIS, 240, 250.
Martin, Mr., on humming-birds, 219.
Mason-wasp, 180.
Mice, excessive increase of, 60, 67; parental instincts of, 105.
Military starling, 24.
Milvago chimango.SeeChimango.
Mimicry in grasshoppers, 124-129; in a robber-fly, 170; in a snake, 377.
Minera.SeeGeositta cunicularia.
Mocking-bird, white-banded, melody of, 276.
Molina, on the puma, 33; on the skunk in Chili, 118; on the vizcacha's tail, 75.
Molossus bonariensis, 101.
Molothrns, parasitical habits of, 251.
M. bonariensis.SeeCow-bird.
Monedula punctata, habits of, 162-166.
Mosquitoes, instinctive fear in, 135; hunger for blood, 138.
Murray, Mr. Andrew, on the puma, 51. Music and dancing in Nature, 261-288.
Mygale fusca, 179, 191.
Myiopotamus coypu.SeeCoypú.
NASICA, 238.
OCULTO , 13.
Oriotrochilus, 219.
Ornithomyia, habits of, 145.
Ornithoptera croesus, 206
Oscilador, 263.
Otus brachyotus, 62.
Oxypogon, 219.
Oxyurug, 248.
PAMPAS, description of, 4--9; grass, 6; Indians, 7.
Pampa sheep, 108, 110.
Papa-uirá, 254.
Parker, Professor, on rails, 222.
Parra jacana, wing-displaying performance of, 268; instincts of young, 111.
Pepris wasp, habits of, 128.
Peregrine falcon, 32; preying habits of, 95.
Phaethornithinae, 216.
Pholcus, habits of a, 188, 200.
Pholeoptynx cunicularia.SeeBurrowing Owl.
Pigs defend themselves against puma, 38.
394
Index.
Polyborinae, 23.
Polyborus tharus.SeeCarancho.
Porphyriops melanops, 20.
Pracellodomus sibilatrix, architecture, 244.
Pseudocolaptes, 250.
Puma, 14; habits of, 31-58; playful temper, 280; destructive habits, 299.
Pyrophorus, 169.
QUIRQUINCHO, 16.
BALLUS RYTHYRHYNCHTUS, 20.
Rattlesnake, hybernationof, 321.
Rhea americana, 26; hunted with bolas, 27; habits of young, 85.
Rhomalea speciosa, 127.
Rhynohotus rufescens.SeeTinamon.
Romanes, Dr., on persecution of the sick and wounded by animals, 340.
Rostrhamus sociabilis, 95.
Rupicola, dancing antics of, 261.
Ruskin, on colour, 280.
SALTICUS, 179, 195.
Schufeldt, Dr., on humming-birds, 209.
Scissors-tail, performance of, 271
Sclerurus, 240, 249.
Short-eared owl, 62, 63, 66.
Sittosoma, 238.
Skunk, 15; habits of, 116-123; degeneracy of, 158.
Snakes, their enemies, 72--75; hybernating habits, 321; mimicry, 374-378.
Sociable hawk, 95.
Sparrow, common, 84.
Spathura, 219.
Spencer, Herbert, on instinctive fear of man in birds, 99, 100.
Spiders, facts and thoughts about, 176-199.
Spine-tail.SeeSynallaxis.
Spur-winged lapwing, 20; dances of, 269.
Stilt, Brazilian, aerial pastimes of, 282.
Stolzman, on wandering bands of birds, 254.
Sulphur tyrant, a snake-killer, 73.
Swan, Black-necked, how taken, 201.
Sycalis luteola, melody of, 274, 285.
Sylviothorynchns, 239.
Synallaxis, architecture of, 244, 247, 369.
S. phryganophila, 244, 249.
TALEGALLUS, habits of young, 87.
Tatusia hybrida, 16.
Tinamou, rufous, 25; early maturity of, 258.
---- spotted, 25; death-feigning instincts of, 203.
Teguexin lizard, a snake-killer, 74.
Tetragnatha, 183.
Thripodeotes flammulatus, 250.
Thurn, Everard im, on hummingbirds, 207.
Trap-door spider, 195.
Tree-creepers.SeeDendrocolaptidae.
Tristram, Canon, on migration, 23.
Tuco-tucc, 13.
UPERCERTHIA, 242.
VAN BENEDEN, on mosquitoes, 139.
Vivora de la cruz, 160.
Vizcacha, 9; biography of, 289-313.
WALLACE, Dr. A. B., on antiquity of humming-birds,217; on colour, 249, 280, 285.
Waterhouse, on marsupial characters in the vizcacha, 289-313.
Weissenborn, on migrations of dragon-flies in Europe, 133.
Widgeon, Whistling, antics of, 266.
Woodhewers.SeeDendrocolap-tidae.
XENOPS, 240.
Xyphocolaptes, 243.
Xyphorynchus, 238, 243, 260.
YPECAHA, 20; dances of, 266.
ZENAIDA MACULATA, 63; anecdote of, 91-93.
Zoniopoda tarsata, habits of, 124.