The Naturalist in La Plata
PREFACE.
THE NATURALIST IN LA PLATA.
CHAPTER I. THE DESERT PAMPAS.
CHAPTER II. THE PUMA, OR LION OF AMERICA.
CHAPTER III. A WAVE OF LIFE.
CHAPTER IV. SOME CURIOUS ANIMAL WEAPONS.
CHAPTER V. FEAR IN BIRDS.
CHAPTER VI. PARENTAL AND EARLY INSTINCTS.
CHAPTER VII. THE MEPHITIC SKUNK.
CHAPTER VIII. MIMICRY AND WARNING COLOURS IN GRASSHOPPERS.
CHAPTER IX. DRAGON-FLY STORMS.
CHAPTER X. MOSQUITOES AND PARASITE PROBLEMS.
CHAPTER XI. HUMBLE-BEES AND OTHER MATTERS.
CHAPTER XII. A NOBLE WASP.
CHAPTER XIII. NATURE'S NIGHT LIGHTS.
CHAPTER XIV. FACTS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT SPIDERS.
CHAPTER XV. THE DEATH-FEIGNING INSTINCT.
CHAPTER XVI. HUMMING-BIRDS.
CHAPTER XVII. THE CRESTED SCREAMER.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WOODHEWER FAMILY.
CHAPTER XIX. MUSIC AND DANCING IN NATURE.
CHAPTER XX. BIOGRAPHY OF THE VIZCACHA.
CHAPTER XXI. THE DYING HUANACO.
CHAPTER XXII. THE STRANGE INSTINCTS OF CATTLE.
CHAPTER XXIII. HORSE AND MAN.
CHAPTER XXIV. SEEN AND LOST.
APPENDIX.
THE PUMA, OR LION OF AMERICA.
THE STRANGE INSTINCTS OF CATTLE.
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