Edge of the Jungle

by William Beebe

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]