which live only in tlie depths of
, the forest, 290; shot at Dorey,
309; collection of, obtained in
Waigiou, 366, 367; of New
Guinea, 429; genera and species
of, 431.
Birds of Paradise, i. 1 ; range of,
22; their great beauty, ii. 253 ;
specimens of, obtained in their
native forests, 284; at Waigiou,
357; difficulty of catching them,
- 352; description of, 353, 354;
bargains with the bird-catchers
of Bessir for capturing them,
361; their success, 361, • 362 ;
some of them kept in cages, but
, they did not live, 363; method
of snaring them, ib.; their history
and habits, 387 et seq. ;
different names .applied to, by
different nations, 387, 388: their
structure and affinities, 389; the
Great Bird of Paradise (the Fara-
disea apoda of Linnaeus), the
largest species known, 390;
changes of plumage, 391; native
method of catching them, 392,
393 ; mode of preserving them,
ib. ; the Lesser Bird of Paradise
(Paradisea papuana), 394, 395;
the true Paradise birds, 395 ; fed
on cockroaches, 396'; Paradisea
rubi'a, 397, 400; changes of
plumage, 399; King Bird (Paradisea
regia), its great beauty,
401, 402; the " Magnificent
(Paradisea speciosa), 403, 404;
the Diphillodes wilsoni, 405 ; the
Superb bird, 406; the Golden or
Six-shafted bird (Parotia sexpen-
nis), 408; the Standard Wing, 409
411; the Epimachidse, or Longbilled
birds, 411; Twelve-wired
bird (Paradisea alba), 412 ; Seleu-
cides alba, 413; the great Epi-
maque, or Long-tailed bird, 414,
415 ; Scale-breasted bird, 416 ;
Ptiloris alberti, P. paradisens, P.
Victoria, 417; Paradise Oriole
(Paradisea aurea), 418; list of all
the Birds of Paradise yet known,
with the places they are believed
to inhabit, 419; 420; the countries
they chiefly inhabit, 420 ;
an article of commerce, 421;
Mr. Allen’s voyage to Sorong, in
New Guinea, in quest of, 421 et
seq,; termination of the search
for these beautiful birds, 424;
difficulties of the undertaking,
. 425.
Bird-winged butterflies, ii. 50, 51,
199 ; their beauty and brilliancy,
51; of the Moluccas, 153.
Boat-building under difficulties, ii.
109; of the Ke Islands, 183—
186.
Boats, difficulty in obtaining, ii.
91, 92 ; description of, 93.
Borneo, large enough for the whole
of Great Britain to be set down
in the centre of, and hidden, i. 4 ;
the centre of the great curve of
volcanoes, IQ; a forest country, 11,
24; arrival at, 54 (see Sarawak);
the orang-utan an inhabitant of,
and of Sumatra, 89; journey in
the interior, 101 (see Dyak);
pheasants in, 167, 168.
Borotoi, a Malay village, i. 107; as-
- sem bling to look at the author, ib.;
appearance of the people, ib. ;
. assembling to see the author eat,
108 ; amusing the children, ib. ;
departure from to Budw (which
see).
Botanical locality, ii. 63.
Bouru island, map of, ii. 74;
visit to, 124; difficulties of the
journey, 128; beetle found at,
132; ignorant simplicity of the
natives, 135; of two distinct
races, ib. ; collections in, 137;
, mountains of, 172; two distinct
races there, 449.
Bouton vocabulary, ii. 472.
Boutong, island of, ii. 166, 167,
Boutyne mountain, ii. 166.
Brambanam, an ancient village of
Java, i. 163.
m Bow and Bede, Chinese gold-fields
in Borneo, i. 54.
Bread-fruit, the tree, i. 476 ; excellency
of, 476, 477.
Brentliidae, ii. 53; abundant in
Aru, 276; their pugnacity, 276,
277.
Brickwork, excellent, in an ancient
city in Java, i. 158.
Brissi vocabulary, ii. 475.
Britain, New, i. 6.
Brooke, Sir James, at Sarawak, i.
54; butterfly named after, 59;
his account of a mias, 98; the
author a guest of, 131 ; character
of his government, 144-
146; his suppression of piracy, ii.
59.
Brush turkeys, i. 21.
Budw, Malay village, i. 109; reception
by the natives, native dances,
110 ; proceed to Senánkan (which
see).
Bugis sailors, their peaceful character,
ii. 216; traders in the far
East, 113-115.
Bugis vocabulary, ii. 472.
Buitenzorg, near Batavia, botanical
gardens of, i. 173; climate, &c.
174; village culture near, 175.
Bukit-tima, residence at, i. 34; character
of the Jesuit host there,
35; mission-house, 36.
Buprestidse, of different species, ii.
30, 32, 53.
Buprestis family, ii. 191.
Buttercups, violets, whortleberries,
&c. in Java, i. 184.
Butterflies, collected in Singapore,
i.38; a new species, 45; handsome
specimens of, 58; the Ornithop-
tera brookeana, ib. (see Moths);
Calliper butterfly, 178; in 'S u matra,
199-202; a strange family
of, 203-207; species of, in
Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, 229-
231; in Timor, 296, 297; in Celebes,
338; a fine butterfly, 340,
341, 369; comparison of the productions
of Celebes with those of
other districts, 437-447; in Am-
boyna, 461; of Batchian, ii. 41,
42; different species of, 43;
bird-winged, 50, 51; scarcity of)
63; capture of, 84; difficulties
of capturing, 188; of the Ké
Islands, 190 ; capturé of, at
the Aru Islands, 199 ; locations
where the author’s most
beautiful specimens were obtained,
366.
Butterfly of the genus Pieris, ii. 83.
C.
Cajeli, harbour of, ii. 124 ; the
town of, 125 ; the Rajah of, 127 ;
excursion from, ib. ; return to,
136.
Cajeli vocabulary, ii. 473.
Calliper butterfly, i. 178.
Camarian vocabulary, ii, 474.
Carabidæ, ii. 53.
Carnivorous animals of the Moluccas,
ii. 139.
Carpophaga perspicillata, ii. 61 ;
C. concinna, 106, 181 ; C. neg-
lecta, 106.
Cassowary of the Moluccas, ii. 149.
Cats, wild, i. 22.
Celebes, island of, i. 4 ; north, 6 ; a
forest country, 11 ; resemblance
to Australia, 20 (see Macassar);
natural history of, 424-447 ; birds
in, 425-432 ; mammalia, 432-
436 ; natives of the, ii. 135.
Census, taking a, in Lombock, i. 276 ;
difficulties in the way of, 277,
278; the Rajah’s stratagem, 278,
279 ; his pilgrimage to the Gunong-
Agong (the great tire-mountain),
280-283 ; complete success of the
stratagem, 285-287.
Centipedes, ii. 258.
Cepa, village of, ii. 86.
I Ceram, visit to, ii. 73 et seq. ; maps
of, ;74, 95, 332; schools and
schoolmasters of, 76 ; Christianity
established in, 76, 77 ; inhabitants
of, 77, 79; trip to the interior,
81 ; forests of, 83 ; a forest
desert, 85 ; journey along the
coast, 86, 89 ; a perfect desert in
zoology, 92; the Alfuros of Papuan
race the predominant type, 96 ;
trade and natural productions of,
114; great sago district of, 116;
voyage from, to Waigiou, 332