INDEX

A

Acrocinus longimanus, 255-258

Allamander, 121

Alouatta seniculus macconnelli, 109

Ani, 163, 233

Anosia plexippus, 37

Antbirds, white-fronted, 59, 227

Antlions, 27, 28

Ants, 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, 69

Ants, Azteca, 278

Ants, Borneo telegraph, 279

Ants, 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, 157

Attaphila, 182-185

Attas. See Ants, Leaf-cutting.

Atta cephalotes, 155, 173

B

Bamboos, 9, 13, 23-25

Bats, 17-19

Bats, fruit, 151

Bats, vampire, 4, 18-21, 111, 208

Beach, Jungle, 90-111

Beena, 118

Bees, 35-37, 175

Beetle, 23

Beetle, Histerid, 292

Beetle, long-armed, 256-258

Beetle, rove, 72-73

Beetle, Staphylinid, 292

Beetle, water, in roots, 103

Boom-boom, 22, 252-255

Botanical Gardens, 122

Bower Bird, Purple, 113

Bougainvillia, 121

Boviander, flowers of, 120

Bufo guttatus, 8

Bufo marinus, 132, 163

Bugs, bubble, 284-288

Bugs, doodle, 28

Butorides striata, 233

Butterfly, 37, 125

Butterfly, beryl and jasper, 42

Butterfly, migrating, 259-263

Butterfly, Monarch, 37

Butterfly, Morpho, 51

Butterfly, Social gathering of, 268-273

Butterfly, Yellow papilio, 38

Button weed, 34

C

Caiman sclerops, 232

Caladium, 118

Casareep, 117

Cashew trees, 4

Casmerodius egretta, 249

Cassava, 116

Cassia, 44

Catfish, Giant. See Boom-boom, 22, 253, 254, 273

Catopsilia, species of, 268

Cercopis ruber, 284

Cereus, night blooming, 218

Chanties, 6

Chatterer, Red-breasted Blue, 38

Chloroceryle amazona, 97

Chloroceryle americana, 97

Cicada, 36, 37

Cicada, song of, 283

Cicada, larvæ. See Quesada gigas.

Clearing, Jungle, 34-57, 275

Clearing, after interval of year, 276

Coati-mundi, 29

Color, 53, 54

Convicts, 5, 7

Convicts, singing hymns, 109

Cotinga cayana, 52, 53

Cotinga cotinga, 38

Cotinga, Purple-throated, 52, 53

Cotton, Indian, 117

Cotton, Sea Island, 117

Crabs, in roots, 103

Crocodile, 232

Crotophaga ani, 163, 233

Cuyuni River, 9

D

Daisies, Mazaruni, 34, 280

Devilla blossoms, 283

Doodle-bugs, 28

Doras granulosus, 22, 254

E

Eagle, Harpy, 152

Eciton. See Army Ants

Eciton burchelli, 60, 289

Eggs, Butterfly, 41-43

Egrets, 233, 246, 249

Ereops, 264, 265

F

Fer-de-lance, 206

Flamboyant, 122

Flies, Chalcid, 292

Flies, Crane, in roots, 104-106

Flies, Phorid, 292

Flies, as scavengers, 78

Florida c. caerulea, 246

Flowers of boviander, 120

Flycatcher, Kiskadee, 23, 233

Flycatcher, Melancholy Tyrant, 36

Frangipani, 122

Frog, Scarlet-thighed Leaf-walker, 133

Frog, Tree, 32, 132

Furipterus horrens, 17, 18

G

Gallinule, 233, 242

Galis, 45-47

Garden, Akawai Indian, 115-119

Garden, Boviander, 120

Garden, Coolie and Negro, 120

Garden, Georgetown Botanical, 122, 230

Garden, Tropic, 230-251

Gawain, 31-33, 126

Gecko, 103, 104

Ghost, Kartabo, 25

God-birds, 26

Guests, Army Ant, 72

Guinevere, 123-148

Gypagus papa, 152

H

Hammocks, 195 accident 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, 224

Harpia harpyja, 152

Herons, green, 233

Herons, little blue, 246

Herons, night, 250

Herons, rookery, 244-251

Herons, tricolored, 246

Hope, 16

Hummingbirds, 97, 174, 223, 276

Hyacinth, water, 121

Hydranassa tricolor, 246

I

Icterus chrysocephalus, 4

Ionornis martinicus, 233, 242

J

Jacana, 233, 242

Jacana j. jacana, 233, 242

Janipha manihot, 116

K

Kalacoon, 3

Kartabo, 3

Kartabo, history, 10-12

Kartabo, inmates, 21

Kartabo, morning at, 23

Kib, 29

Kibihée, 29

Kingfisher, Great Green, 97

Kingfisher, Tiny Emerald, 97

Kiskadee, 23, 233, 243

Kunami, 117

Kyk-over-al, 11, 12

L

Leucolepis m. musica, 282

Leucophoyx t. thula, 233, 246

Lilies, water, 121

Lipaugus simplex, 58

Lotus, 121

M

Manatee, 231-236

Martins, 4

"Mazacuni" River, 107

Mazaruni River, 9

Metachirus o. opossum, 164

Monarch Butterfly, 37

Mongoose, 248

Monkeys, 25

Monkeys, Howling, 109

Mosquitoes, 202, 211

Mourner, Dark-breasted, 53

Mungos mungo, 243

N

Nasua n. nasua, 29

Niebelungs, 49

O

Opossum, 164

Orchid, Toko-nook, 119

Oriole, Great Black, 25

Oriole, Moriche, 4

Ostinops d. decumanus, 25

P

Paddlers, 5

Palm, Cocoanut, 121

Papilio thoas, 38

Parasite, egg, 43, 44

Parrakeets, 25, 49-51

Pepsis, sp., 175

Pets, 28-33

Phoethornis r. ruber, 174, 276

Phyllomedusa, 32, 126

Phyllomedusa bicolor, 145

Phyllobates inguinalis, 133

Pitangus s. sulphuratus, 23, 233, 243

Pithys albifrons, 59

Piwari, 117

Pool, Jungle Rain, 126-132

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, 113

Q

Quadrille Bird, 282, 283

Quesada gigas, 181

R

Ramphastus vitellinus, 54, 55

Roach, 182

Rocks, tidal, 265, 266

Roots, 98-106, 236

Rozites gongylophora, 181

Rushes, 264

S

Scorpions, 181

Sedges, Scirpus, 264, 265

Servants, negro, 14, 15

Sipanea pratensis, 34, 280

Snake, tree, in hammock, 201

Spermacoce sp., 34

Springtails, in army ants' nest, 88

Striders, water, 129, 130

Sunrise, 107, 108

Swimming at night, 108-111

Synoeca irina, 278-280

T

Tadpoles, 127, 130-148

Tadpoles, colors of, 146, 147

Tadpoles, red-fins, 132, 133, 136, 139, 141, 144

Tadpoles, short-tailed blacks, 132, 138

Tamandua, 174

Tamandua t. tetradactyla, 174

Tanager, Blue, 111

Tarantula, 23

Tarantula Hawks, 175

Termites, 154, 162

Thecadactylus rapicauda, 103

Thraupis episcopus, 111

Tidal, area, ecology of, 266-268

Toad, 7, 8

Toad, Marine, 132, 163

Toko-nook, Orchid, 119

Toucans, 25, 54, 55, 56

Touit batavica, 25, 49

Tree, Fallen, 95

Tree, Prostrate, reactions of, 96, 97

Treetop, Fauna of, 95

Trichechus manatus, 231, 233

Troglodytes musculus clarus, 26, 233

Trogon, 175, 280-282

Trogan s. strigilatus, 175

Trogonurus c. curucui, 280

Tyrant, Melancholy, 36

Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa, 36

V

Vampyrus spectrum, 18

Vervain, 35

Victoria regia, 231, 237, 240, 241

Vulture, King, 152

W

Wasps, Ebony, 175

Wasps, Painted Nest, 289-291

Wasps, Tapping, 278-280

Wind, Voice of, 21

Witch, Black, 233

Wrens, House, 26, 27, 233