256 6 Long-armed Beetle; _Acrocinus longimanus_ (Linné) 276 10 Rufus Hummingbird; _Phoethornis r. ruber_ (Linné) 278 16 Tapping Wasp; _Synoeca irina_ Spinola 280 10 Mazaruni Daisy; _Sipanea pratensis_ Aubl. 21 Trogons; _Trogonurus c. curucui_ (Linné) 282 10 Quadrille Bird; _Leucolepis musica musica_ (Bodd.) 284 3 Bubble Bugs; _Cercopis ruber_ 289 16 Army Ants; _Eciton burchelli_ Westwood 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