The Naturalist on the River Amazons
book by the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates
English: The Naturalist on the River Amazons, subtitled A Record of the Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel, is an 1863 book by the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates about his expedition to the Amazon Basin.
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Illustrations (by order of appearance) edit
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1. Leafcutting ants -
2. Female leafcutter ant -
3. Climbing palm -
4. Amazon rainforest -
5. "Amphisbæna" -
6. "Acrosoma arcuatum" -
12. "Loricaria duodecimalis" -
15. Musical Cricket (Chlorocœlus Tananá). a. b. Lobes of wing-cases transformed into a musical instrument. -
16. Peuririma Palm (Bactris) -
17. Pelopæus Wasp building nest -
18. Cells of Trypoxylon aurifrons -
19. The Jacuarú (Teius teguexim) -
20. Acará (Mesonauta insignis) -
21. Needle-fish (Hemaramphus); Sarapó (Carapus) -
23. Uikí Fruit -
24. Pupunha Palm -
25. Blow-gun, quiver, and arrow -
26. Surubim (Pimelodus tigrinus) -
27. Arrow used in turtle shooting -
28. Turtle fishing and adventure with alligator -
29. Night adventure with alligator -
30. Umbrella Bird -
31. Scarlet-faced and parauacú monkeys -
32. Adventure with curl-crested toucans -
33. Curl-crested Toucan -
37. Foraging ants (Eciton erratica) constructing a covered road—Soldiers sallying out on being disturbed -
38. Masked-dance and wedding-feast of the Tucúna Indians
