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Show tHO INDEX. Calcareous casts of branches and roots of trees at King George's Sound, 537. Calc~reous incrustations on rocks of As-cension, 587. Callao, 446. Calomys bitcacltu, 143. Camelidre, fossil animal allied to, 210. Cape of Good Hope, 573. Capybara, or carpincbo, 57. Caracara, or Carrancha, G4. Ca1·charias megalodon, 423. Cardoon, beds of, 138. Carrion hawks, 6S. Casuchas, 41:3. Castro, Cbiloe, 338. Catha1·tes atratus, 68. Cattle, effects of their grazing on the ve-getation, 137. Cattle wild at the Falkland Islnnds, 247. Cauqut-nes, bot springs of, 3~1. Cause of extinction of species among mammalia, 210. ---of discoloured liea, 18. Cavia Patagonica, 81. CFrvu.s campestl'is, 51. Cbacao, Chiloe, 335. Chalk, formation of, 553. Charles Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 456. Cheucau, 351. Chile, 308. ---features of country, 311 . Chiloe, 333, 356. ---, forests of, 358. ---,roads of, 357. Chonos Archipelago, 342. -------,vegetation of, 349. --------, omithology of, 353. Cbupat, Rio, 125. Clearness of atmosphere within Andes, 398. Clouds of vapour after rain, 27. --- on Corcovado, 33. Coliaa edusa, flocks of, 185. Collectors. advice to, o98. Concluding remarks, 602. Colonia del Sacramiento, 169. Compound animals, 261. Concepcion, Chile, 370. Condor, habitt~ of, 219. Confervre, pelagic, 14. Convicts, condition of. in New South Wales, 531. Copiapo, river of, 4'29. ---, valley of, 430. ---, town of, 437. Coquimbo, 421. Corn! formations, 539. --, stinging species of, 552. --, dead, 549. Cordillera, passage of, 583. ---,different productions on oast and west side, 399. ---, structure of, 389. ----, geology of, 390. ----,rivers of, 407. Corrales, wht>re animals are slaugl,t.rn•d at Buenos Ayres, 140. Countries, unhealthy, 1146. Crabs, hermit species of, 544. -- at Keeling leland, 551. Craters, number of at the Galapagos Archipelago, 453. Crustacea, like trilobites, 303. ---, pelagic, 189. Ctenomys Bmziliensis, 58. Cucao, Chiloe, 359. Cuckoo-like habits of 1\Iolothrus, GO. Cumbre of Cordillera, 414. Cuttle-fish, hab1ts of, 6. Dacelo Jctgoensis, 2. Dasypus, three species of, u ;;. Deer, with strong odour, 56. DPgradation of cora} reefs, 547. Deserts of Peru, 444. Despoblado, valley of, -137. Diodon, habits of, 13. Discoloured sea, 18. Dogs, shepherd, 174. D'Orbigny, travels in South America, 110. Doris, eggs of, 258. Droughts, periodical, 157. ----, great in Pampas, 155. Dung-feerling beetles, 583. Dust, f~lling from atmosphere, 'J.. Earthenware fossil, 452. Earthquake at Concepcion, 370. ----, effects of on hard rock, 370. - --, effects of on sea, 373, 377. ----, line of vibration of, 375. ---- accompanied by an elevation of the coast, 379. ----, causes of, 380. ----at Valdivia, 369. ---,effects of on the tides, 369. ----, at Coquimbo, 422. ----,effects of on n river·bed, 41,-,. ----of Callao, 450. ---- accompanied by rain, 431. Eggs of Doris, 258. Elater, springing. powers of, 35. Electricity of atmosphere, within Ande~t, 399. Elevated shells near Lima, 451. ------ at Chiloe, 362. Elevation of coast of Chile, 310, 417. INDEX. 611 l·:levation within human era, 4.'>1. Entomology of the Galapagos Archipe-lago, 4·73. -----of Brazil. 37. J.:mre Rios, gt-ology of, 149. :Epeira, habits of, 4.0. Erratic ulocks, how transported, 288. --- absent in iutertropical countries, 288. --- on plains of Santa Cruz, 1:!~4. ---of Tierra del Fuego, 267. :Estancia, value of, 170. Extermination of aborigines in Australia, 520. Extinction or species, causes of, 210. ----of wild animals in New South Wales, 525. Extinct quadrupeds in South America, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 180, ~10. Falkland Islands, 246. ----, birds tame at, 476. Fennel, 138. Fern-trees, 536. Fernando Noronha, 10. Fields of dead coral, 459. Fire, art of making, 251, 488. Fish, eatiug coral, 553. -- emitting barah sound, 160. Fleas, 424. Forests of Tierra del Fuego, 228, 300. Fossil Mammalia, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 180, '210. -- earthenware, 452. Fox, of the Falkland Islands, 249. --of Chilo8, 341. Frogs, noises of, :H. --- and toads, not found on volcanic islands, 472. 'Fruit treE's, southern limit of, 268. Fucus giga11teus, 303. Fueginns, 227, 234, 239, 240, 24'2. Fulgurites, 69. Fungus. edible, 298. F11rnarius fuliginnsus, 353. ---'rttjits, 112. Galapagos Arcllipelngo, 453. ---- belongs to American Zoolo-gical province, 474. Gallinazo, 68. Gauchos, 48. --- character of, 182. --- live on meat, 136. Gay, M., on floating islands, 323. Geese at the Falkland Islands, '1.[)7. Geology of La Plata, 52. --- of Patogonin, 201. neology of Cm·dillera, 390. Glaciers, 279, 28:3, 306. --- elferts of, 280, 283. --- in lat. 46° 40', 285. Glow worms, :~4. Goats, destructive to veg~tation at St. Helena, b82. Goeree Roads, 237. Good Success Bay, 227. Gossamer spider, 187. Granite mountaias, Tres Montes, 345. Gravel, how transported. 201 to 20ti. Greenstone, fragments of, 313. (}ryllus migratol'ius, 412. Guanaco, habits of, 195. Guantnjaya. mines of, 444. Guardia qel Monte, 137. Guasos of Chile, 315. Guasco, 427. Gmmera scabm, 340. Gypsum, great bt::ds of, 389. Hailstorm, 134. Hall, Capt. Basil, on terraces of Coquim-bo, 423. Height of snow-line on Cordillera, 275. Hermit crabs, .5-4-4. Himantopus melunura, 133. Horse, power~ of swimming of, 168. --- wild at the Falkland Islandli, 246. ---fossil, 1<19. Horsemanship of the Gauchos, 175. Hot springs of Cauquenes, 32~. Humming- birds of Rio de Janeuo, 37. ------ of Chile, 330. Hunt.iug party in Pampas, 131. II vb•rmuion of animals, 115. 1:(1Jdrochl£1'US cap.lJbu1·a, 57. Hydrophobia. 436. Hymenopballus, 37. Jaguar, habits of, 159. James Island, Galapagos Archipelago,4·56. Ibis melanops, 194. lee at bottom of sea, 297. - prismatic structure of, 397. lcebergs, 280, 282, 283. Inca's bridge, 409. Incrustations, calcareous on roc!.s of As-cension, 587. ----of phosphate of lime, 8. Indians, 118. --- grave of, 199. --- of the Pampas, 84. --- ruins of houses of, 409, 438. ---of Valdivia, 366. --- antiquities of, in Chile, 3~5. -- decreaie in numbers, U2. |