Chapter 10

Du Tertre.

Dytiscidae.

Eagle, monkey-eating.

Easter Island.

Eciton hamata. predator.

Ecitons.

Egrets, white.

Elaps.

Elateridae.

Elephantiasis.

"Elizabeth", steamer.

Elote.

Elvan dykes.

Endives.

Epidemic among insects. wasps in Great Britain.

Epiphytes.

Eriosoma.

Erythrina.

Esquipula.

Essequibo, carved rocks of.

Estely, the.

Eumonota superciliaris.

Evander nobilis (Bates).

Fairbairn, Mr.

Farina.

Felspar.

Ferns. maiden-hair. oak. tree.

Festa.

Festivals.

Fig trees.

Fire-flies.

Fissure veins.

Floating plants.

Florida.

Florisuga Mellivora, Linn.

Fly-catchers.

Forbes, Mr. David, on auriferous quartz veins.

Forest of the Atlantic slope.

"Forest region, limit of the". effect of cultivation on the.

Forest-vegetation.

Foxglove, fertilisation of.

Franklin on whirlwind in Maryland.

Fresh-water animals.plants.

Frogs. on Pena Blanca.

Gage, Thomas, on the Indians' respect for their priest.

Garrapatos.

Glacial beds. period. scratches.

Gneiss.

Gold.bars.distribution of, in quartz veins.mining.

Gosse, P., on grassquit of Jamaica.

Gourd-shaped pottery.

Gracias a Dios, C.

Granada. courts of law at.

Granitic intrusive rocks.

Grasshoppers.

Green, Dr.

Greenstone.

Grenadillos.

Greytown. trade of. salubrity of, due to its flatness.

Grouse.

Guatuse, the.

Guatuses, Indians.

Guava jelly.

Guayava trees.

Guinea grass.

Gummiferae.

Guzman, Senor Fernando.

Gyrinidae.

Harlequin beetle.

Hartt, Professor, on glacial drift in South America.

Hawks. crab eating.

Hayti.

Heer, Professor, on the Miocene flora.

Heliconiae.

Heliconidae.

Heliconii.

Heliomaster pallidiceps (Gould).

Heliothrix barroti.

Hemiptera.

Herrana purpurea.

Hesperidae.

Hewitson, Mr. W.C.

Hides.

Hollenbeck, Mr.

Homoptera.

Honey-glands.

Horse fly.

Huaco.

Huexlotl.

Humboldt.on hairless dogs.on origin of the Mexican and Eastern Asiatics.on origin of whirlwinds.

Humming-birds. abundance of. nests of. rapidity of flight. bathing. fertilising flowers. tongue of.

Hydrophilus.

Hymenoptera.

Hypoclinea sp.

"Ibis".

Ice, influence of, in volcanic eruptions.

Icteridae.

Icterus pectoralis, Wagl.

Iguana.

Indian antiquities. carving. children. cooking vessels. graves. houses. love of flowers. miners. names of towns.

Indians, brown. red. origin of. wholesale baptism of, by Spanish.

India-rubber.

Indigo. plantations.

Insectivorous birds.

Insect life at night. traps.

Insects. instinct of. mimetic.

Interoceanic canal.

Ixodes bovis.

Jacanas.

Jaguar.

Jamaily.

Jatropha Manihot.

Javali lode. mine. R.

Jicara.

Jinotega.valley of.

Jose, San.Plains.

Juan, San, R.Del Norte.bar of.delta of.

Juigalpa.R.

Kidney beans.

Kingfishers.

Kingsley, Canon. account of volcanic eruption of St. Vincent. on the dry land connecting the Islands of the West Indies.

Kotzebue's voyage round the world.

Lacandones of Guatemala.

Lagoon.

Lamellicorns.

Lampyridae.

Landslips.

Las Lajas.

Laurentian rock.

Lenca Indians.

Leptalides.

Lettuces.

Leucopternis ghiesbreghti.

Lianas. water.

Libertad. mines. rain at.

Lime trees.stone.

Lizards.tree.

Locust.

Lodes, deterioration in depth of. direction of.

Logwood.

Longicorn beetles.

Louisiana.

Lymnaea.

Lymnaeacea.

Macaws.

Maceio, subject to fevers.

Machuca.

Mackleania.

McCrae, Colonel.

Madeira peaks.

Mahogany.

Maize.cultivation of.eaters.food of the people of North-East Brazil.of Mexico.of British Guiana.of the Caribs.stone grinders.

Malacatoyo, R.

Malayan dialects.

Mallocera Spinicollis.

Mammalia.

Mandioca.

Mangos.

Manihot aipim.

Mantos, origin of.

Marcgravia nepenthoides.

Masaya. lake of. volcano of. strata at. origin of strata at.

Masaya Indians, women.

Matagalpa.

Maury, Professor T.B., on origin of cyclones.

Mayas.of Yucatan.

Melastomae.pouches in.

Menmbracis.

Mercury.

Mestayer, Monsieur.

Mestizos.

Metlate.

Mexico. maize in. food of people of.

Miau-tsze.

Mice.

Mico, R.

Microchera parvirostris.

Microscopical cavities in rocks.

Miguelito, San.

Mines.Javali.Domingo, Santo.Libertad.El Coquimba.

Mirage.

Mocoim, the.

Momotus Martii. lessoni.

Monedula surinamensis (Fabr.).

Monkeys. sagacity of. speech of. spider. white-faced.

Montezuma.

Mordellidae.

Morphos.

Morren, Dr., of Liege.

Mosas.

Mosquitoes.

Moss insect.

Moths.migratory.

Mot-mots.tails of.

Mules.bitten by spiders.sagacity of.thieves.

Murderers, punishment of, in Nicaragua.

Muscovy ducks.

Muy-muy.

Mycetes Palliatus.

Mygale.

Myriapods.

Nahuatls.

Names.of natural features of a country important in an inquiry as tothe original inhabitants.of places corrupted.

Nancito.

Nandasme.

Nasua fasca.

Nectarina.

Nephila.

Nequen.

Neuwied, Prince Maximilian, on nest of Tody.

Nicaragua. bird fauna of. civil war in. conquest of by Spaniards. division of into three zones. emigration to. insects of.

Nicaragua, name of chief.

Nicaraguans, hospitality of.litigious.and Mexicans closely related.

Nicaraguan judges.soldiers.women.

Nicoya, Gulf of.

Nispera.

Nispral.

Ocalca.

Ocelots.

Ocotal.

Oecodoma.

Olama.

Ometepec, Island of. peaks.

Onions.

Oniscus.

Opossums.

Orange trees.

Orchids. on rock of Cuapo. on Pena Blanca.

Orinoco, carved rocks of.

Ornithorhynchos.

Oropendula.

Orthoptera.

Owls.

Palacaguina.

Palms. cocoa-nut. wine.

Palosabre.

Papaws.

Papilios.

Para grass.

Parrots.

Parsley.

Passiflora quadrangularis.

Passion flower.

Paton, Mr.

Pavon.

Pavones.

Pavos.

Peas.

Pediculi.

Pedrarias.

Pena Blanca. ascent of. rocks of. precipice of.

Penelope.

Pentatoma punicea.

Pernambuco, healthiness of.

Peroxide of iron. magnesia.

Peru, maize found in raised beaches and tombs.

Petasophora delphinae.

Petrels.

Phaethornis longirostris.

Phalangidae.

Phaseolus multiflorus.

Phasma.

Pheidole sp.

Phenax. tail of.

Phoenicothraupis fusicauda.

Physa.

Pigeons, wild.

Pigs, wild, or wari.

Pine apples. trees.

Pinuela, the.

Pinus tenuifolia.

Pionia lycoides.

Pisoti.

Pita.

Pital.

Planorbis.

Plantains.

Plantain trees.

Plant lice.

Platyrhynchus.

Pliocene period.

Plough, Nicaraguan.

Polistes carnifex.

Polybia occidentalis.

Polyrhaphis Fabricii, Thom.

Port Just, veins of granite and quartz at.

Pot-holes.

Pottery. ancient Indian. gourd shaped.

Priocnemis.

Prionyrhynchus carinatus.

Pseudomyrma bicolor (Guer.).

Ptero-chroza.

Puerta, La.

Pulque.

Pumpkins.

Quartz. conglomerate. rock. veins.

Quequisque.

Quesal.

Quiches.

Quiscalus.

Rafael, San.

Ramphastus tocard.

Rats.

Reeve, Mr. Lovell, on Mollusks.

Rhamphocoelus passerinii. sanguinolentus.

Rio Frio.expeditions.Indians of.

Rio.Grande.Mico.Plata, migration of butterflies.Wanks.

Rivers, names of.

Rosa Villosa.

Rosechafer.

Rose, glands on.

Salto, El.

Salvin, Mr. Osbert.

Sanate, the.

Sand-flies.

San Sebastian.

Santarem, wasps at.

Sarracenia.

Savallo, R.

Savannahs.

Scarlet runner.

Schomburgk.

Sclater, Dr., on the species of Crax.

Scorpions.

Season, dry. wet.

Seemann, Mr.

Segovia. townships of.

Selection, artificial and natural, difference between.

Seripiqui, R.

Sharks.

Shells.of the Caribbean prov.of the Panamic.

Silkworms.

Silver. mine.

Simpson, Dr. J.H.

Sisitote.

Skunk.

Solenopsis sp.

Sontule.

Sorby, Mr. H.C., on microscopic cavities in quartz.

Spaniards, invasion of Nicaragua by. cruelties practised by.

Spermophila olivacea.

Spider monkeys.

Spiders.

Spiniger luteicornis (Walk.).

Squiers, Mr.the Lenca Indians.

Steamboats on San Juan.Lake of Nicaragua.

Still, native.

Stone. axes. hatchet. implements. maize grinders.

Stove, Indian.

Strabo.

Sugantia.

Sugar. cane. plantations.

Sugar-loaf hills.

Sulphide of. copper. iron. silver.

Swallows.

Sweet potatoes.

Tabanus.

Tablason.

Taeniotes scalaris.

Talcose schists.

Tanagers.

Tapir.

Termites, or white ants.

Thaloc, the god of rain.

Thalurania venusta.

Theclae.

Theopompus, on a large island outside of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Thunderbolts.

Tillandsia.usneoides.

Timetes.cheron.

Tinamus.

Tiste.

Toledo.

Toltecs. the cultivation of maize.

Tomatoes.

Tortillas.

Totagalpa.

Toucans. beak of.

Trachyte.

Trappean dykes.

Trap rocks.

Trogon atricollis. caligatus. elegans. females, dull coloured. melanocephalus. resplendens.

Trogons.

Tschudi, on indigenous dogs of tropical America.

Tylor, Mr. Alfred. on the reduction of the level of the sea.

Tyler, E.B. on the couvade. his "Early History of Mankind". on whirlwinds in Mexico.

Ubaldo, San.

Ulleros.

Ulli.

Unio.

Urania leilus.

Utopia.

Vacqueros.

Vanilla planifolia.

Velasquez, Don Francisco.

Vertebrata.

Viduas.

Viena paraca.

Virgin Islands.carved rocks of.

Volcanoes.Caracas.Cosaguina.Masaya.San Miguel.St. Vincent.

Vultures.

Wallace, Mr. A.R. on Angraecum sesquipedale. on brightly coloured caterpillars. on the faunas of the Malay archipelago.

War, not always a curse.

Wasps.attending leaf-hoppers.hunting for spiders.killing caterpillars.nests of.taking note of place to which they wish to return.

Water-beetles, bearing plants.

Waterfall near San Domingo. of El Salto.

Westwood, Professor, on nests of mygale.

Whirlwind. origin of.

Whitecap.

Wolves, or Coyotes.

Wood-lice.chased by ants.

Woodpeckers.tongue of.

Xilomen, feast of.

Xoloilzcuintli.

Yalaguina.

Yales.

Yucatan, the cross in.

Zeolite.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Naturalist in Nicaragua, by Thomas Belt


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