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The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online

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IXDEX. 499Batcliian, is<strong>land</strong> <strong>of</strong>, 4 ; voyage to,244 ; volcanoes <strong>of</strong>, 246 ; arrivalat, 246 ; difficulties <strong>of</strong> obtainingaccommodation, 250, 251 ;<strong>the</strong> author's cottage in <strong>the</strong> suburbs,251 ; interview with <strong>the</strong> Sultan,251 ; road to <strong>the</strong> coal-mines, 252 ;virgin forest <strong>of</strong>, 252 ; distinct races<strong>of</strong>, 254 ; robbery at, 255 ; wetseason at, 255 ; music anddancing at, 256 ; domestichabits <strong>of</strong>, 256 ; eatable bats at,256 ; walk in <strong>the</strong> forest <strong>of</strong>, 257 ;objects <strong>of</strong> natural history at, 257et scq. ; its great variety <strong>of</strong> surfaceand <strong>of</strong> soil, 263 ; sketch map <strong>of</strong>,411Batchian vocabularj^, 466Batrachostomus crinifrons, 265Bats, eatable, 256 ; at Batchian, 259Batu-merah vocabidary, 466Batuassa, village <strong>of</strong>, 276Beard, cidtivating a, 362, 363Beck, Capt. Van der, 267, 269 ; hisextraordinary knowledge <strong>of</strong> languages,269Bee-eater, Australian, 121, 209Bee-hunters and bee-hunting, 153,154Beeswax in Timor, 153Beetles, 700 species collected inSingapore, 19 : distinct (130)kinds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Longicorns, 19 ;proper ground for collecting, 27 ;large number and new species <strong>of</strong>,collected at <strong>the</strong> Simunjon coalworks, 27-29, 226 ; a rare beetle,232 ; numerous species <strong>of</strong>, discovered,248, 249, 253 ; capture<strong>of</strong>, 258 ; found at Boui'u, 296 ;<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Moluccas, 307 ; <strong>the</strong> variousspecies, 307, 308 ; obtained fortobacco, 323 ; numerous speciesin Xew Guinea, 389, 390 ; newspecies, 389Belideus ariel, 259, 301Bengalese in Singapore, 16Bernstein, Dr., 244 ; collector for<strong>the</strong> Levden Museum, 259Bessir, viUage <strong>of</strong>, 340, 405, 406 ; visitto, 406 ; wretched accommodation<strong>the</strong>re, 405, 406 ; bargainwith <strong>the</strong> men for catching Birds<strong>of</strong> Paradise, 407 ; <strong>the</strong>ir method<strong>of</strong> snaring <strong>the</strong>m, 408 ; scarcity <strong>of</strong>food <strong>the</strong>re, 408 ; <strong>the</strong> countryaround very hilly and rugged,409Bilcling, arrived at, from Singapore,116 ; a Chinese house in, 116Bird <strong>of</strong> Paradise, new form <strong>of</strong>, 252 ;'named' <strong>Wallace</strong>'s StandardWing," 253Birds, in Bali and Lombock, 11 ; inMalacca, 21, 22 ; in Bali, 117 ; inAmpanam, 118, 119 ; boys birdcatching,119 ; beautiful birds,120, 121 (&ra Simla group, andCelebes), 200 [sec Maleo) ; scarcity<strong>of</strong>, 263 ; insular forms <strong>of</strong>, 264, 265 ;collections <strong>of</strong>, in Bouru, 298, 299 ;number <strong>of</strong> species from <strong>the</strong> Moluccagroup <strong>of</strong> is<strong>land</strong>s, 302, 303 ;number <strong>of</strong>, in Eiu'ope compared,302; in India, 303 ; various noises<strong>of</strong>, 340, 341 ;numerous varieties<strong>of</strong>, in <strong>the</strong> Aru Is<strong>land</strong>s, 349 et seq. ;dancing parties <strong>of</strong>, called "Sacaleli,"354 ; those which live onlyin <strong>the</strong> depths <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest, 372 ;shot at Dorey, 381 ; collection <strong>of</strong>,obtained in Waigiou, 409, 410 ; <strong>of</strong>New Guinea, 441 ;genera andspecies <strong>of</strong>, 442, 443Birds <strong>of</strong> Paradise, 1 ; range <strong>of</strong>, 11,12 ; <strong>the</strong>ir gi-eat beauty, 353, 354 ;specimens <strong>of</strong>, obtained in <strong>the</strong>irnative forests, 369 ; at Waigiou,405 ; difficidty <strong>of</strong> catching <strong>the</strong>m,526, 527 ; description <strong>of</strong>, 401, 402 ;bargains with <strong>the</strong> bird-catchers<strong>of</strong> Bessir for capturing <strong>the</strong>m,407 ; <strong>the</strong>ir success, 407, 408 ;some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m kept in cages, but<strong>the</strong>y did not live, 407, 408 ; method<strong>of</strong> snaring <strong>the</strong>m, 408 ; <strong>the</strong>ir historyand habits, 419 et scq. ;dilferent names applied to, bydifferent nations, 419, 420 ; <strong>the</strong>irstructure and affinities, 420 ; <strong>the</strong>Great Bird <strong>of</strong> Paradise (<strong>the</strong> Paradiseaapoda <strong>of</strong> Linnajus), <strong>the</strong>largest species known, 420, 421 ;changes <strong>of</strong> plumage, 421 ; nativemethod <strong>of</strong> catching <strong>the</strong>m, 422 ;mode <strong>of</strong> preserving <strong>the</strong>m, 422 ;<strong>the</strong> Lesser Bird <strong>of</strong> Paradise(Paradisea papuana), 423 ; <strong>the</strong>K K 2

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