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Show 612 INDEX. Insects,first colonistsofS1.Paul'~ rocl;s, 10. --blown out to sea, 186. lquique, 442. Kater's peak, 23.'3. Kauri pine, 510. Keeling Island, 539. ------birds of, 54·3. ------ entomology of, 544. ----- Flora of, 541. Kelp, or sea-weed, 303. King George's Sound, S36. Labourf'rs, condition of, in Chile, 317, 324, 417. Lagoon islands, 540, 553. Lakt>s of brackish watt>r in Brazil, 24. Larnpy1·is occidentalis, 34. Lazo, manuer of using, 50. Lepus magellanicus, 248. Lichen on loose sand at Iquique, 4-14. Lightning storms, 72. ---tubes, 69. Lima, 446. Lime changed by Java into crystalline rock, 5. --, phosphate of, 90. Lion-ant in Australia, 526. Lizard, marine species of, 466. Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 195. --, fossil species, alJied to, 210. Locusts, swarms of, 402. Longevity of species in Molluscs, 97. Lorenzo, San, island of, 451. Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to support large animals, 98. Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 423. -- on longevity of Molluscs, 97. -- on Siberian animals preserved in ice, 293. -- on transportation of boulders by ice, 287. -- on subsidence in the Pacific, 557. Madrina, or the godmother of a troop of mules, 384. Magdalen Channel, 305. Magellan, Strait of, 26.3. Maldonado, 45. Mammalia fossil, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 180, 210. Mandioca, 25. Mares, killed for their hides, 179. Mare's flesh, eaten by the troops, 8.3. Marine Saurian, 466. Mastodon angustidens, 152. Mauritius, 570. Maypo river, 385. Jlfelisuga Kiugii, 330. l\letl'orolites, 4·33. Mt>ndoza, 404. 1\liasmitn, 4•1,6. Micf', inhabit sterile places, -J:l9. Millepora, stinging propPrty ot, :"!!>'2. Mills for grinding ores, 3~H. 11Iil1!1tl1tS fmficatus, 163. Mines, 424. ---how discovered, 4!l6. !\liners, 418, 420. --- condition of, :3'2:3. Mining system in Chile, ~H7. Mi,sionary system at Tnhiti, 493. ----at New Zt'nhmd, SOB. Mo(king bird, 62. Molothrus, habits of. 60. 1\Jonte Video, 167. Mount Sarmiento, 306. --Tarn 265. Mules, 384.' Murchison, Mr., on rocl!s from .F~tlklanJ Islands, 253. Myopotamus Cvipus, 351. New Zealand, 496. --Caledonia, 559. Noctlla cunicula1·ia, 14.';. Noises from hill at Copiap6, 114-J. Noses, ceremony of pressing, fJOfJ. Octopus, habits of, 6. Oily coating on sea, 19. Ophryessa, 115. Opuntia Galapugeia, 460. -- Da1·winii, 194. Ores, gold, .324. Ornithology of the Galapagos ltilands, 461. 01·pheus modulatm·, 62. Osorno, volcano of, :156. Ostrich, habits of, 105. ---, eggs of, 13~. Otabeite, 480. Otter, Chonos Archipelag·o, 351. Owl of Pampas, 145. Palm-trees, sap from, 312. Pampas, number of embedded remnius in, 155. Papilio jel'onia, 38. Parana, Rio, 146. --- islands in, 158. Parrots, 163. Partridges, bow caught, 51. Pas, fortrt'sses of Nev.• Zt>aland, ·!93. INDEX, Gl.'J Passt>S in CorrlilJera, 408. Pasture, altered from grazing of cattle, 137. Patagonia, geology of, 201. Peat, formation of, 349. Pebbles perforated, 173. --- transported in roots of trees, .S49. Pelagic animals in southern ocean, 190. Penas, Gulf of, 284. Penguin, habits of, 256. Pentand, Mr., on Bolivian Andes, 392. Pepsi!!, habits of, 40. Pernambuco, 591. ----- reef of, 593. Petrels, habits of, 354. Peuquenes, pass of, 389. Phosphate of lime incrusting rocks, 8. Phosphorescence of sea, 191. Plains at foot of Andes in Chile, 4·02. --round the Sierra Ventana, 126. --almost horizontal near St. Fe, 146. Planarire, terrestrial species of, 30. Plover, long-legged, 133. Polished rocks, Brazil, 12. Polyborus chimango, 66. --- NovlE Zelandte, 67. Polyborus Bmziliensis, 64. Ponsonby Sound, 240. Porto Praya, 1. Port Desire, 193. ----, river of, 198. --St. Julian, 199. -------, entomology of, 200. -- Famine, 264. Portillo pass, 383, 3~8. Potato, wild, 347. Procellaria gigantea, habits of, 354. P1·otococcus nivalis, 394. Pteroptochos, two spPcies of, 329. ------,three species of, 351. P·,~f!inus cinerettS, 354. Puffimtria Bemrdii, 355. Puma, habits of, 327. --,flesh of, 135. Puna, or short respir11tion, 593. Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca, 95. --Gorda, 438. Pyrophoms lumi11oms, 35. Quillotn, 3 I 0. ----,valley of, 314. Rabbit, wild, at the Falkland Islands, 248. Rain at Coquimbo, 422, 425. --iu Chile, effects on vegetation, 417. Rat, only aboriginal animal of New Zealand, 511. Red snow, 39,1. Reef at Pernnmbl!l:o, .'190. Reefs, encircling, 555. ---,barrier, 556 --, fringing, ib." RemPdies of the Gaucho~, 148. Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego, 30L. ---- at Galapagos, 472. Respiration, difficult in Andes, 393. Revolution of October, 1833, at Buenos Ayres, 165. Rhinoceroses, live in desert countries, 100, 103, 577. Rhyncops nigra, 161. Rio de Janeiro, 21. -- Plata, 44. --Negro, 73. -- Colorado, 82. Rocks burnished with ferru~inous matter, a. Rosas, General, 85. Ruins of Callao, 450. --of lndian buildings in Con.lillem, 409. Ruts worn in Java rocks, 597. St. Helena, 578. -Fe, 147. - Jago, trade.wind, 3. -Paul's rocks, 7, Salado, Rio, 137. Salinas at the Galapagos Archipelago, 459. ---,at the Rio Negro, 75. Saline efflorescences, 91. Salt-lakes, 75. Sandal-wood trees, dead at Juan Fernandez, :)83. San Pedro, forests of, 341. Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Galapa.,.os Archipelago, 459. 0 Santa Cruz, river of, 213. Santiago, Chile, 319. Sauce, Rio, 1~4. Saurophagus sulplm!'eus, 62. Scenery of Andes, 388, 394. Scissor-tail, 163. Scissor-beak, habits of, 161. Sea-pen, habits of, 117. Shells, Jand,spEicies,in great numbers, 426. Sbeph~rd dogs, 174. Shingle-bed~, how deposited, 201, to 206. Siberian animals, how preserved in ice, 29.3. ------,preserved in ice, food necessary during their existence, 103. Silicified trees in vertical position, 406. Silurian formations at Falkland Islauds, 253. Silurus, habits of, 160. Slavery, 27. Smelling power of carrion ha"·l;s, 2'!'!. |