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INDEX.
  • Agrias, i. 297.
  • Air-roots, i. 50.
  • Aiyussá turtle, ii. 281.
  • Alligators, i. 227; ii. 185, 265, 278, 281, 286, 289, 297, 391.
  • Amazons, province, population of, i. 339.
  • Amazons, valley, contraction of, i. 232.
  • Amazons, Lower, rising and sinking of, i. 274.
  • Amazons, Upper, rising and sinking of, ii. 220.
  • Amphisbæna snakes, i. 101.
  • Ampullaria, i. 124; ii. 30.
  • Anacá parrot, i. 227.
  • Anaconda, ii. 113.
  • Animals, large, scarcity of, i. 70.
  • Ant-eaters, i. 177.
  • Arára Indians, i. 315.
  • Arboreal nature of Fauna, i. 49, 72.
  • Arrow-grass, i. 277.
  • Arrows for shooting turtle, ii. 261.
  • Arroyas, cataracts of, i. 136.
  • Arubé sauce, i. 318.
  • Arums, forest of, i. 200.
  • Assacú, poisonous tree, ii. 288.
  • Assai palm, i. 8, 123.
  • Ateles marginatus, ii. 118.
  • Atmosphere, transparency of, i. 127.
  • Attalea excelsa, ii. 167.


  • Bacaba palms, i. 224; ii. 39, 169.
  • Barbets, i. 278.
  • Barrigudo monkeys, ii. 319.
  • Bats, i. 175.
  • Bees, i. 70; ii. 45.
  • Bembex, ii. 32.
  • Bird-killing spider, i. 160.
  • Birds, insectivorous, flocks of, ii. 334.
  • Birds, singing, of forest
  • Blow-pipe, ii. 236.
  • Boa-constrictor, i. 99; ii. 120.
  • Box-wood, ii. 79.
  • Brachyurus calvus and rubicundus, ii. 306.
  • Brazil-nut trees, i. 67, 135.
  • Breio branco, ii. 23.
  • Burmeister, on virgin forest, i. 53.
  • Butterflies, great diversity of, near Pará, i. 102.
  • Butterflies, importance of, in Biological science, ii. 345.
  • Butterflies, of Ega, ii. 227.
  • Buttress-trees, i. 68.
  • Byrsomina, ii. 23.


  • Cacao planters, i. 158, 269.
  • Caiarára monkeys, ii. 100.
  • Caishána Indians, ii. 373.
  • Cajú trees, ii. 22.
  • Callidryas, i. 249.
  • Callithea, i. 249, 297; ii. 228.
  • Callithrix monkeys, i. 280; ii. 98.
  • Canary (birds), i. 282.
  • Cannibal Indians, ii. 406.