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Show 324 INDEX. Olafsen, on the auundance of drift wood on the Coast of Siberia, 244. Onmg-Outang, Lamm·ck on its conversion into the human species, 14. -- taught to climb t1·ees uy the inhauitnnts of Borneo, 47. Organic remains, imbedded in deposits on emerged land, 209. --in peat, 210,215. --in caves and fissures, 219. --in alluvium and the ruins caused by landslips, 228. --·in ulown sand, 234. -- in volcanic formations on the land, 236. --in subaqueous deposits, 239. Osseous ureccins, remarks on the formation of, 232. Otaheite, an habitual volcanicvent,2!H. Oujein, account of the buried city of, 237. Ouse, its estuary recently filled up, 275. -- section of the ueds formed in its estuary, 276. Owhyhee, an habitual volcanic vent, 291. Oysters, &c., thrown alive on the beach by a storm in the Forth, 280. Pacific, animals found in the islands of the, !JO. -- volcanic islands of the, 288. -- a great theatre of volcanic action, 2!)0. -- all tl1e islands yet examined in the, arc formed of coral or volcanic rocks, 290. -- the calcareous formations of the, probably all stratified, 294. - - subsidence greater than elevation in the, 296. --- earthquakes felt from time to time in the, 297. --recent changes of level in the, 297. -- calcareous formations in the, the most cx.teusive now in progress, 298. -- lJeds of oysters, &c., found on the coral reefs of the, 283. -- coral very abundant in thl', 285. Panama, effects which wonld follow the siukiug down of the isthmus of, 162. Pat·asitic testacea, 287. Paris basin, tertiary deposits of the, 305. Paroxysmal convulsions, remarks on, IOU. Parrot trihes, their geographical distribution, 100. l:>arry, Capt., on the swimming of the J>oJar bear, 07. -- on the animals of Melville Island, 97. Paviland cave, human skeleton found in, 223, 226. Peat, its formation has not always a conservative tendency, HJ3. -- on its g1·owth and the preservation of organic and othe1· remains in it, 210. -- abundant in hot and humid climates, 211. -- at·ea in Europe covered by, 211. --site of ancient forests now occu-pied l>y, 20G, 214. -- human J'emains found in, 215. -- its antiseptic property, whence derived, 216. -- mosses, accounts of the bUl·sting of, 217. --cattle mired in, 217. --animal remains iu, 218. --submarine, 218, 278. Penco uplifted 25 feet in 1750, IGl. Pennant on the distribution of animals, 89. -- his account of the migrations of rats in Kamtschatka, 94. Peron 011 the geographical distribution of fish, 105. -- 011 the distribution of zoophytes, Ill. Pel'sian Gulf, coral said to abound in the, 285. Peterhead, a large whale cast a~hore near, in 1682, 278. Physical geography, effect of changes in, on the distl'ibution of species, lGO, 308. -- changes which have taken place in, since the deposition of the older tCl·tiary strata, (see map,) 304. - - effects of changes in, on climate, 308. Pigs, fortuitous acquirements of some not hereditary, 42. -- instances of their swimming to great distances, 92. -- the carcassPs of some found entire at Dulverton in diggii1g a well, 216. Piz, fall ofthe mountain of, 229. Plants, varieties in, produced Ly culture, 32. -- extent of variation in, 33. -- influence of soil on the colour of the petals of, 34. -- agency of tl1e wind in the fructifi. cation of, 55. --their geograpl1ical distribution, 67. --eft'ect of climate, &c., on their dis· tribution, 68. -- numher common to tl1e old and new world, 69. -- distinct provinces of indigenous, ()!}, INDEX. 325 Plants, in islands, 70, 127. -- ageney of the winds in the dispersion of, 73. -- form of the seeds of some freshwater, 75. -- on the .dispersion of Cl'yptogamic, 75. -- agency of rivers and torrents in the dispersion of, 76. --- absence of liquid matter in the seeds of, 77. --theh· migrations aided hy islands, 11· -- agency of animals in the distribution of, 78. -- diffused by birds, 30. -- agency of man in the dispersion of, 82. -- causes which determine their stations, 131. --equilibrium among, kept up by insects, 132. -- elements found in, 188. --which contribute to the formation ofpeat, 210. --imbedding of the remains of terrestrial in suLaqueous deposits, 240. -- drifted from the tropics to Iceland by the gulf stream, 24it --their lighter parts drifted out to sea by hurricanes, 244. -- on the number that are now becoming fossilized, 245. -- freshwater, imbedding of tl1e remains of, in subaqueous strata, 272. -- marine, imbedding of the remains of, 277. J>Jayfair 011 the formation of vegetable soil, 188. Plems, town of, and its inhabitants buried by a landalip, 229. Po, its delta rapidly increased by embankments, 203. Pointer, its stand p1·obal,ly a modification of the instinct of a wild race, 40. Polar bears, drifted from Greenland to Iceland, 97. --Scoresby on their numbers, 97. -- Cavt. Parry on theh· power of swimming, !)7. -- effects which may have followed theh· first entrance into Iceland, 144. Pomerania, several ships found entire in the recent formations of~ 260. Pondres, human remains and extinct animals found in a cave at, 225. Poole harbour, effects of the foundering of a vessel near its entrance, 259. Population, human, of the gloLe, 148. -- changes caused by the progress of, 148 Port Royal, suhsidence of, in 1692, 264. Port Royal, Mr. De la Beebe's remarks on the subsidence of, 269. -- Sir C. Hamilton on the submerged buildings of, 269. Prevost, l\J. Constant, his division of geological causes, 209. -- on the drifting of plants by the gulf stream, 243. Pre-occupancy the most powerful barrie1· against emigration, 1G7, 168. PJ·ichard, D1·., on the distinct origin of the dog and wolf, 27. --on the unequal transmissibility of colour, &c. 52. --on hybrid races, 52. -- on the facial angle, 61 . -- on the geographical distribution of animals, 88. -- on animals found in islands, 90. -- on the distdLution of the parrot tribes, 100. -- his account of Linnreus's theory of the introduction of ~pecies, 124. Progressive development, Lamarck's theory of, 11. Pursh on the phanerogamic plants of the United State!l, 6!J. Quadrupeds, domestic, their rapid multiplication in America, 152. -- imbedding of the remains of terrestrial, 247. Quaggas, their migrations in South Africa, 95. Quoy, M., on the depth at which zoO· phytes that form coral live, 286. RaffieR, Sir S., on the training of the Sumatra baLoon to ascend trees, 47. Rain, remarks on the action of, 1 !)!). --..~ diminished by the destruction of forests, 200. Rats migrate in great numbers in Kamtschatka, 94. -- involuntarily introduced by man into America, 121. Ray, the green lizard found in Ireland according to, 103. Reaumur on the mpid propagation of the Aphis, 135. -- on the ravages of tl1e Gamma moth, 136. Rein-deer, geographical range of the, 94. --migrations of the, !J7. -- imported into Iceland, 154. Remains, human, and extinct animals found in a cave at Pondres, 225. -- found in W okey Hole, 224. Rennie, Rev. Dr., on the seeds of fresh. water plants, 75. |