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 * , 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.
 * valley, contraction of, i. 232.
 * Lower, rising and sinking of, i. 274.
 * 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.


 * , 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.
 * 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.
 * importance of, in Biological science, ii. 345.
 * of Ega, ii. 227.
 * Buttress-trees, i. 68.
 * Byrsomina, ii. 23.


 * , 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.