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

, ard;1500 INDEX.true Paradise birds, 423 ; fedon cockroaches, 423 ; Paradisearubra, 424, 425 ; changes ofphiniage, 424, 425 ; King Bird(Paradisea regia), its great beauty,426, 427; the "Magnificent"(Paradisea speciosa), 427, 428the Diphyllodes wilsoni, 428the Superb bird, 428, 429 ; theGolden or Six-shafted bird (Parotiasexpennis), 430 ; the Stand-Wing, 430, 431 ; the Epimachidje,or Long-billed birds,432 ; Twelve-wired bird (Paradiseaalba), 432 ; Seleucides alba,432 ; the great Epimaque, orLong-tailed bird, 433, 434 ; Scalebreastedbird, 434 ; PtUorisalberti, P. paradiseus, P. victoriae,435 ; Paradise Oriole (Paradiseaaurea), 435 ; list of aU the Birdsof Paradise yet known, with theplaces they are believed to inhabit,435-437 ; the countriesthey chiefly inhabit, 435-437 ; anarticle of commerce, 438 ; iSlv.AUen's voyage to Sorong, in XewGuinea, in quest of, 437 ei seq. ;termination of the search for thesebeautiful birds, 439 ; difiicultiesof the undertaking, 439, 440Bird-winged butterflies, 257, 328 ;their beauty and brilliancy, 257 ;of the Moluccas, 307Boat-building under difiiculties,285, 286 ; of the Ke Islands, 321-323Boats, difiiculty in obtaining, 277 ;description of, 277Bontyne mountain, 313Borneo, large enough for the wholeof Great Britain to be set downin the centre, and hidden, 2 ;the centre of the great curve ofvolcanoes, 6 ; a forest countrj^ 6,13 ; arrival at, 26 (sc£ Sarawak) ;the orang-utan an inhabitant of,and of Sumatra, 44 ;journey inthe interior, 49 {see Dyak) ;pheasants in, 82Borotoi, a Malay village, 52 ; assemblingto look at the author,52 ; appearance of the people, 52 ;assembling to see the author eat,52 ; amusing the children, 53 ;departure from, to Budw (whichsec)Botanical localitj', 263BoiU'U island, map of, 268 ; visitto, 293 ;ditficulties of the journey,294 ; beetle found at, 297 ; ignoantsimplicity of the natives, 297,298 ; of two distinct races, 298 ;collections in, 298, 299 ; mountainsof, 315 ; two distinct racesthere, 451Bouton vocabulary, 464Boutong, island of, 313Bow and Bede, Chinese gold-fieldsin Borneo, 27Brambanam, an ancient village ofJava, 80Bread-fi'uit tree, the, 233 ; excellencyof, 233Brenthidfe, 258 ; abundant in Am,365 ;pugnacity, 365, 366Brickwork, excellent, in an ancientcity in Java, 77Brissi vocabidaiy, 467Britain, New, 4Brooke, Sir James, at Sarawak, 26,27 ;butterfly named after, 29 ; hisaccount of a mias, 48 ; the authora guest of, 63 ; character of hisgovernment, 71, 72 ; his suppressionof piracy, 261Brush turkeys, 1Budw, Malay village, 53 ; receptionby the natives, native dances,53 ;proceed to Senankan (whichsee)Bugis sailors, their peaceful character,336 ; traders in the Far East,287, 288Bugis vocabularj', 464Buitenzorg, near Batavia, botanicalgardens of, 58 ; climate, kc, 85 ;village culture near, 85Bukit-tima, residence at, 17 ; characterof the Jesuit host there,17 ; mission-house, 17, 18Bui)restidffi, of difl'erent species,248, 249, 258Buprestis family, 324Buttercups, violets, whortleberries,&c., in Java, 90Butterflies, collected in Singapore,19 ; a new species, 22 ; handsome