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Show SIS INDEX. Frontispiece described, 303. Gaimard, M., on the depth at w~ich the zoophytes, that form coral, hve, 28G. . . h Gambier Island, its windward s1de h1g - est, 293. Gambier's group, rate of the growth of coral in, 287. -- volcanic rocks found in the lagoons of, 291. Gamma moth, ravages caused by the caterpillars of the, 136. Ganges, islands formed by the, 203. - bodies of men, deer, and oxen conveyed to the sea by the floods of the, 250. -- bones of men found in the delta of the, 258. -- alternations of marine and freshwater strata, how formed in its delta, Ga2se7s7 . two of different grav1.t 1. es, w1' llbe - coU:e uniformly diffused~ 188. . Genera, Linnreus on the1r real existence, 19. Geographical distribution of specie~, on the laws which regulate the, G6. Geographical distribution of plants, 67. --of animals, 87. -- of cetacea, 91. Geography of plants, 67. Geological causes divisible into two great classes, 209. Gerard, 1\f., on the peat of the valley of the Somme, 219. Germany, forests destroyed by insects in, 206. Gibraltar, birds' bones found in breccia at, 223. -- ancl Ceuta, shelly strata forming at gt·eat depths between, 2~1. . Gmelin ou the agency of bu·ds m the distribution of fish, 106. Goats, rapid multiplication of, in South America, 153. --in Juan Fernandez, destroyed by dogs, 154. Godman on the migrations of the reindeer, 97. Graves, Lieut., some bulimi brought to England by, Tecovered after twenty months' abstinence, 109. -- on the diffusion of insects by the wind, 115. Graves, Mr., on the distribution of the bustard, 150. Greenland, timber drifted to the shores of, 244. 'Grenada, sugar-canes destroyed by ants in, 137. Greville, Dr., on some remarkable accumulations of drift sea-weed, 78. Guaduloupe, human skeletons imbedded in calcareous rock in the island of, 259. Guilding, Rev. L., his account of the arrival of a boa constrictor in St. Vincent's on drift wood, 104. Giildenstiidt, on the distinctness of the dog and wolf, 28. Gulf of Bothnia, its extent formerly much greater, 307. Gulf of Finland, its geological connexion with the White Sea, 306. Gulf-stream, great area over which plants are drifted by the, 76, 243. Gull-stream, account of a cannon taken up in the, 262. Gun-barrel, with shells attached, found in the sands near St. Andrew's, 263. Gypsum, Sir H. Davy on its occurrence in peat, 210. Gyrogonite, or petrified seed-vessel of charre, described-see wood-cut No. 2, 273. Habitations of plants described, 69. Habits of animals, when acquu·ed rarely tmnsmissible, 48. Hamilton, Sir Charles, on the submerged buildings of Port Royal, 269. Happisborough, remarks on the so-called submarine forest of, 268. Harris, Hon. A., on the effecls of the foundering of a vessel off Poole harbour, 260. Hatfield moss, trees of vast size found in, 213. Helice and Bura, submerged Grecian towns, 269. Helix, extensive range of some species of, 109. -- some species of very local, 109. Helmet, changes which one taken up from the sea near Corfu, bad under· gone, 263. Henderson on the drifting of the polar bear to Iceland, 143. Henderson's Island described -see wood· cuts No. 8 and 9, 29G, 297. Henslow, Rev. Prof., his experiments on the cow~lip, 35. --on the diffusion of plants by birds,80. Herbert, Hon. Mr., on some remarkable varieties in plants, from a common stock, 34. -- his experiments on the cowslip, 34. -- on hybrid plants, 56. Herschell, Mr., his remarks on a change of climate, 309. Hilaire, M. Geof. St., on the unlnter- INDEX. 319 rupted succession in the animal kingdom, 2. Hoff, M. Von, on human remains in the delt~~; of the Ganges, 258. -- h1s account of a buried vessel between Bromberg and Nakel 260. Hogs, rapid multiplication of,' in South America, 153. Holl~nd, the teredo navalis brought by slups to, 122. --submarine peat found in, 278. - a large cachalot stranded on the west coast of, in 1598, 278. H?oker, Dr., on the drifting of a fox on ICe, 145. Horsburgh, Capt., his description of the l\1aldiva Islands, 285. -- on the situation of the channels into the lagoons of coral islands, 293. Horses, the amble hereditary in some 44. ' - numerous, in a wild state in lUississippi vaUey, 152. -- wild, annually drowned in great numbers in South America, 249. Horsfield, Dr., on the distribution of the Mydaus meliceps in Java, 95. Horticulture, changes in plants produced by, 32. . Human bones, changes which some have undergone in fourteen or fifteen centuries, 225. Hum~n remains in peat mosses, 215. -- m caves, 223. -- their durability, 258. --found in the delta of the Ganges 258. ' --found in calcareous rock at Guadaloupe, 259. Humboldt on the training of monkeys to ascend trees, 47. -- on the distribution of species, G7. --on the plants common to the Old and New World, 69. -- on the di11tribution of animals, 88. --. on the periodicalmigrationsofAme-rtcan water-fowl, 102. -- on the drifting of insects by the wind in the Andes, 114. -- on the rapid multiplication of domestic quadrupeds in America, 152. -- on the comparative size of the African desert and the 1\Iediterranean, 166. -- origin of beings said by him not to belong to zoological geography, 179. -- his account of the annual drowning of wild horses in South America, by river floods, 249. Humming-birds peculiar to the New World, 100. Humming-birds, found by Captain King in the Straits of Magellan, in the depth of winter, 100. -- some species very local, I 00. Hunter, John, on mule animals, 50. --on the identity of the dog, wolf, and jackal, 50. Hunter, Mr., his account of the buried city of Oujein, 237. Huron, Lake, strata containing recent shells, found on the shores of, 275. Hurricanes, many of them connected with submarine earthquakes, 232. --leaves of plants drifted out to sea by, 244. Huttonian theory, remarks on the, 196. Hybrid races, Lamarck on the origin of, 10. Hybrids, phenomena of, 49. --sometimes prolific, 49. --John Hunter's opinion on, 50. --not strictly intermediate between the parent species, 51. --between the dog and wolf, 51. --among plants prolific through se-veral generations, 52. --rare among plants in a wild state, 04. -- ~ifliculties attending their propa· gatwn, 59. Hydrangea hortensis, influence of soil on the colour of its petals, 34. Hydrophytes, distribution of, 72, 78. Ianthina fmgilis, its extensive range, 108. -- an active agent in disseminating other species, 108. Icebergs, plants transported by, 77. Ice-floes, drifting of animals on, 97. Iceland, the polar bear frequently drifted from Greenland to, 143. -- rein-deer imported into, 154. Igneous action, remarks on its intensity at different epochs, 194. Igneous causes, the real antagonist power to the action of running water, 194. Imbedding of organic remains in depo-sits on emerged land, 209. --in peat mosses, 215. --in caves and fissures, 219. -- in alluvium, and the l'uins caused by landslips, 228. ' -- in volcanic formations on the land 236. ' --in subaqueous deposits, 239. -- ~y river inundations, 247. -- m recent marl-lakes in Scotland 251. , Imperieuse, coral reef, 294. |