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Show 614 INDEX. Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support of large quadrupeds, 99. ---------,on perforated peb-bles, 173. Snake, venemous, 114. Snow-line, on Cordillera, 275. Snow, effects of on rocks, 388. --,red, 394. Soda, nitrate of, 443. --, sulpbate of, 91. Southeru islands, 272. Sparus, coral-eating fish, 553. Spawn on surface of sea, 18. Spiders, babits of 40. ---, gossamer, 187. Stalactited o'' sulphate of lime, Y. Ste11.m issuing from fissures iu ground at tbe Azortls, 596. Stinging coral, 552. Str~>ami of stones at Falkland Islands, 254. St1·uthin Rhea, 105. --- Darwinii, 108. Subsidence in Pacific Ocean, 557. ----at Keeling Island, 560. Sulphate of soda incrusting the ground,91. Sydney, 515. Tabanus, ~00. Tahiti (Otabeite), 480. ---, three zones of fertility, 484. T11il, fossil, gigantic size of, 181. Talcabuano, 370. Tameness of birds, 47 5, Tapocolo and Turco, 329. Tapalguen,Sierra, flat hills of quartz,135. Tasmania, 532. Tattootug, 482, 501. Temperance of tbe Tahitians, 490. Teru.tero, habits of, 133. Tercero Rio, fossil remains, in banks of 146. Terraces in valleys of Cordillera, 385. ---of Coquimbo, 423. ---of Pa1agonia, bow formed, 202. Testudo lndicus, habits of, 462. Theory of lagoon islands, 5.">3. Thistle beds, 138, H3, 172. 'l'ierra del Fuego, 227, 263. -------, climate and vt-getation of, 268, -------, geology of, 266. ------,deep channels in, 267. --·----, zoology of, 300. -------, t>'ntomology of, 302. 1'inamus rufescens, 51. Tinochorus Eschscholtzii, 110. Toad, habits of, 115. --not found in volcanic islands, 472. Tortoise, hftbits of, 462. Torrents, effects of, in Cordillera, 385. Toxodon, 180. ---, teeth of, 146. Transport of seeds, 541. ---of boulders, 280, to 292. ----of stones iu roots of trees, 5·J.9. ---- of fragm~>nts of rock on banks of the St. Cruz rivn, 216. Travertin n·ith leaves of trees, Van Diemen's Land, 535. Tree-ferns, southern limits of, 271. 'fret'S, absence of, in Pampas, 53. --, silicified, vertic11l, 406. Tres Montes, 343. Trigonocephalus, or Cophias, 114, T1·ochilus gigas, 331. Tropical sc•·nery, 590. Tubes, siliceous, formed by lightning, 69. Tucutuco, habits of, 58. Turkey buzzard, 68. Tupungato, volcano of, 397. Turtle, manner of catching, 547. Types of organization in different countries, constant, 209. Uruguay, Rio, 171. Uspallata range, 406. Valdivia, 363, ----, forests of, 364, 368. Valley of St. Cruz, how excavated, 217. ----, dry, at Copiap6, 43R. Valleys, excavation of, in Chile, 314, •133. ---- of Tahiti, 486. ---- in Cordillera, 385. Valparaiso, 308. Vampire bat, 25 . Van Diemeu's Land, 532. Vanellus Cayanensis, 133. Vanikoro, encircled island, 555. Vegetation of St. Helena, 580, 58!. ----, changes of, at ditto, 579. - ·--of New South Wales, 51.7. ---- on opposite sides of Cor-dillera, 399. ----, luxuriant, not necessary to support large animals, 99. Ventana, Sierra, 125. Villa Vicencio, 405. Virgularia Patagonica, 117. Volcanic phenomena, 380. Volcanoes nt-ar Chiloe, 336. ----, occur within the areas of elevation, 567. Vulttw au1·a, 68. uu INDEX. Waders, first colonists amongst birdi of distant islands, 543. \Vaimate, New Ze11land, 507. Wnlleechu treP, 79. Wasps preying on spiders, 40. Water-hog, 57. Water, sold at Iquique, 442. Wellington, Mount, 536. Wells at Jquique, 445. Wells, ebbing and flowing, .'>45. Wigwams of Fuegians, 234. Winds, cold on Cordillera, 440. ---on Cordillera, 395. 615 Waves, caused by full of ice, 281. ---from earthquakes, 377. Weatber·board, N. S. Wales, 522. Weeds, English, in New Zealand, 511. Weight oflarge quadrupeds, 101. Zoological provinces of N. and S. America, 153. Zooph_vtes, Falkland Islands, 258. Zorillo, or skuuk, 94. 1'IIE END. |