Part 24

paca, 281

palms, cocoanut, 100

Para, 241

parrakeets, 250

peas, butterfly, 182

perai, 90

phosphorescence, 20, 65

phosphorescent animals, method of capturing, 20, 21

pigeons, 48 pits, 201; number five, 211

Pomeroon, 89, 90

rain, tropical, 120, 121

rainbow, lunar, 58

roaches, wood, 277

Roosevelt, Colonel, 146-150

Roosevelt, Mrs., 147, 148

sandpiper, 47

sargasso weed, animals associated with, 18; fate of, 19; method of grappling, 13-16; origin, 16

scorpions, 152; pseudo, 259

sea-birds, 11 sea, color of, 24; swimming in, 45, 46

sea-horses, 18

second-growth, 180

seeds, 75

sharks, harmlessness of, 46

shrimps, 18

skimmers, 97

sloth, name of, 264

snails, 259

snake, 285; green, 72; water constrictor, 72