KANGAROO-HUNTING, [469]
Kater’s Peak, [224]
Kauri pine, [454]
Keeling Island, [481]
inside an atoll, [481]
flora of, [483]
birds of, [485], [486]
entomology of, [486]
subsidence of, [504]
Birgos latro, [512]
Kelp, or seaweed, [253], [254]
Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, [263]
Kingfishers, [2], [147]
King George’s Sound, [478]
Kororadika, [447], [453]

LABOURERS, condition of, in Chile, [285]
Lagoon-islands, [429], [482], [489], [495]
Lagostomus, [130]
Lake, brackish, near Rio, [22]
with floating islands, [283]
formed during earthquake, [395]
Lamarck on acquired blindness, [53]
Lampyris, [31]
Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree, [105]
Land-shells, [371], [519], [520]
Las Minas, [43]
Lazo, [46], [160], [201]
Leaves, [250]
fossil, [477]
Leeks in New Zealand, imported, [455]
Lemuy Island, [295], [297]
Lepus Magellanicus, [203]
Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak, [147]
on rabbit of the Falklands, [203]
Lichen on loose sand, [387]
Lichtenstein on ostriches, [96]
Lightning storms, [63]
tubes, [61]
Lima, [389], [392]
and San Lorenzo, [360]
elevation of a river near, [383]
Lime, changed by lava into crystalline rock, [6]
Limnæa in brackish water, [2]
Lion-ant, [470]
Lizard, [102]
marine species of, [407]
Lizards, transport of, [404]
Llama or guanaco, habits of, [175]
Locusts, [351]
Longevity of species in Mollusca, [87]
Lorenzo, San, island of, [393]
Low Archipelago, [429], [497]
Luciano, story of, [117]
Lumb, Mr., [158], [164]
Lund, M., on antiquity of man, [382]
Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil, [138], [183]
Luxan, [130], [351]
Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to support large animals, [89]
Lycosa, [36]
Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, [367]
on longevity of Mollusca, [87]
on change in vegetation, [126]
on fossil horses’ teeth, [137]
on flocks of butterflies, [168]
on extinct mammals and ice-period, [184]
on stones twisted by earthquakes, [329]
on frozen snow, [347]
on distribution of animals, [349]
on subsidence in the Pacific, [498]

MACCULLOCH on infection, [464]
Macquarie river, [471]
Macrauchenia, [86], [182]
Macrocystis, [253]
Madrina, or godmother of a troop of mules, [336]
Magdalen channel, [255]
Magellan, flora of, [265]
H.M.S. Beagle in Straits of, [Beagle]
Straits of, [229], [244]
Port Famine, [246]
kelp of, [267]
Malays, [482]
Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, [122]
Maldiva atolls, [496], [505], [507]
Maldonado, [41], [47], [61], [65], [145]
Mammalia, fossil, [86], [134], [137], [164], [182], [183], [395]
Man, antiquity of, [382]
body frozen, [264]
fossil remains of, [395]
fear of, an acquired instinct, [427]
extinction of races, [463], [476]
Mandetiba, [20]
Mandioca or cassava, [23], [27]
Mare’s flesh eaten by troops, [107]
Mares killed for their hides, [163]
Mastodon, [134], [137]
Maté pots and Bambillio, [118]
Matter, granular, movements in, [104]
Mauritius, [513]
Maypu river, [338]
Megalonyx, [86], [139]
Megatherium, [86], [88], [139]
Mendoza, [352]
climate of, [345]
Mercedes on the Rio Negro, [156]
Mexico, elevation of, [139]
Miasmata, [389], [463]
Mice inhabit sterile places, [384]
number of, in America, [51]
how transported, [307], [404]
different on opposite sides of Andes, [348]
of the Galapagos, [403]
of Ascension, [523]
Millepora, [493]
Mills for grinding ores, [284]
Mimosæ, [26]
Mimus, [56], [420], [424]
Miners, condition of, [277], [283], [362], [370]
Mines, [277], [365], [369]
how discovered, [340]
Miranda, Commandant, [105]
Missionaries at New Zealand, [446]
Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys of Australia, [466]
Mocking-bird, [56], [420], [424]
Molina omits description of certain birds, [289]
Molothrus, habits of, [54]
Monkeys with prehensile tails, [29]
Monte Video, [41], [151], [152]
Moresby, Capt., on a great crab, [493]
on coral-reefs, [509]
Mount Sarmiento, [247], [256]
Tarn, [249]
Victoria, [47]
Mountains, elevation of, [333]
Movements in granular matter, [104]
Mud, chalk-like, [494]
disturbed by earthquake, [328]
Mules, [336]
Muniz, Signor, on niata cattle, [155]
Murray, Mr., on spiders, [170]
Mylodon, [86], [140], [164]
Myopotamus Coypus, [306]

NARBOROUGH ISLAND, [401]
Negress with goître, [336]
Negro, Rio, [65], [192]
lieutenant, [78]
Nepean river, [444]
New Caledonia, reef of, [499], [501], [507]
New Zealand, [444]
Niata cattle, [155]
Noises from a hill, [385]
Noses, ceremony of pressing, [451]
Nothura, [47]
Notopod, crustacean, [171]
Nulliporæ, incrustations like, [9]
protecting reefs, [529]

OCTOPUS, habits of, [7]
Oily coating on sea, [17]
Olfersia, [10]
Opetiorhynchus, [425]
Opuntia, [278]
Darwinii, [175]
Galapageia, [427]
Orange-trees self-sown, [126]
Ores, gold, [284]
Ornithology of Galapagos, [404], [420]
Ornithorhynchus, [470]
Osorno, volcano of, [292], [294], [312]
Ostrich, habits of, [44], [94]
Ostrich’s eggs, [119]
Otaheite, [429]
Otter, [307]
Ova in sea, [17]
Oven-bird, [99]
Owen, Capt., on a drought in Africa, [141]
Professor, on the Capybara, [51]
fossil quadrupeds, [86-89], [137]
nostrils of the Gallinazo, [195]
Owl of Pampas, [73], [132]
of Galapagos Islands, [406]
Oxyurus, [252], [308]
Oysters, gigantic, [180]

PAINT, white, [234]
Pallas on Siberia, [69]
Palm-trees in La Plata, [48]
south limit of, [260]
in Chile, [272]
Palms absent at Galapagos, [400]
Pampas, halt at a pulperia on the, [64]
number of embedded remains in, [165]
southern limit of, [80]
changes in, [130]
giant thistle of, [125]
not quite level, [134], [137], [153]
geology of, [136], [165]
view of, from the Andes, [348]
Pan de Azucar, [47]
Papilio feronia, [34], [39]
Parana, Rio, [136], [148], [156]
River, [133]
islands in, [143]
Parish, Sir W., on the great drought, [142]
Park, Mungo, on eating salt, [116]
Parrots, [147], [259]
Partridges, [47]
Pas, fortresss of New Zealand, [445]
Passes in Cordillera, [356]
Pasture altered from grazing of cattle, [124]
Patagones, [65]
Patagonia, geology of, [190], [349]
birds of, [93]
zoology of, [174], [180], [189]
raised beaches, [182]
Patagonian bolas, etc, [248], [249]
Patagonians, Cape Gregory, [245]
Paypote ravine, [383]
Peach-trees self-sown, [126]
Peat, formation of, [305]
Pebbles perforated, [158], [285]
transported in roots of trees, [491]
Pelagic animals in southern ocean, [172]
Penas, glacier in Gulf of, [261]
Penguin, habits of, [209]
Pepsis, habits of, [36]
Pernambuco, reef of, [529]
Pernety on hill of ruins, [208]
on tame birds, [425]
Peru, [386], [396]
dry valleys of, [382], [386]
Peruvian pottery, [396]
Petrels, habits of, [309]
Peuquenes, pass of, [341]
Phonolite at Fernando Noronha, [11]
Phosphorescence of the sea, [172]
of land insects and sea animals, [31]
of a coralline, [213]
Phryniscus, [101]
Pine of New Zealand, [454]
Plains at foot of Andes in Chile, [282], [337]
almost horizontal near St. Fé, [135]
Planariæ, terrestrial species of, [28]
Plants of the Galapagos, [402], [418], [421]
of Keeling island, [483]
of St. Helena, [517]
Plants, fossil, in Australia, [477]
Plata, R., [40]
thunderstorms of, [65]
Plover, long-legged, [120]
Polished rocks, Brazil, [12]
Polyborus chimango, [58], [209]
Braziliensis, [57]
Novæ Zelandiæ, [59]
Ponsonby Sound, [229], [233], [239], [241]
Porpoises, [40]
Port Desire, [97], [174]
river of, [112], [178]
St. Julian, [180]
Famine, [246], [247]
Jackson, [459]
Portillo Pass, [335] to 352
Porto Praya, [2]
Potato, wild, [304]
Potrero Seco, [375]
Prairies, vegetation of, [124]
Prévost, M., on cuckoos, [55]
Priestley, Dr., on lightning-tubes, [61]
Prisoner, bringing in a, [84]
Procellaria gigantea, habits of, [309]
Proctotretus, [102]
Proteus, blindness of, [53]
Protococcus nivalis, [345]
Pteroptochos, two species of, [288]
species of, [297], [307]
Puenta del Inca, [356], [380]
Puffinuria Berardii, [309]
Puffinus cinereus, [309]
Puma, habits of, [144], [193], [287]
flesh of, [122]
Puna, or short respiration, [344]
Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca, [83]
Gorda, [136], [380]
Huantamó, [317]
Pyrophorus luminosus, [32]

QUADRUPEDS, fossil, [83], [136], [141], [164], [182]
large, do not require luxuriant vegetation, [89]
weight of, [91]
Quartz of the Ventana, [122]
of Tapalguen, [122]
of Falkland Island, [207]
Quedius, [10]
Quellaypo volcano, [312]
Quilimari, [362]
Quillota, valley of, [270]
Quinchao Island, [296]
Quintero, [270]
Quiriquina Island, [324]
Quoy and Gaimard on stinging corals, [493]
on coral-reefs, [505]

RABBIT, wild, at the Falkland Islands, [203]
Rain at Coquimbo, [361], [371], [372]
at Rio, [30]
effects on vegetation, [361]
and earthquakes, [375]
in Chile, formerly more abundant, [381]
in Peru, [389], [390]
Rana Mascariensis, [407]
Rat, only aboriginal animal of New Zealand, [455]
Rats at Galapagos, [403]
at Keeling Island, [485]
at Ascension, [523]
Rattlesnake, species with allied habit, [100]
Red snow, [345]
Reduvius, [352]
Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone, [529]
Reefs of coral, [495] to 512
barrier, [498], [504]
fringing, [501]
Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt, [68]
bones, [164]
salt and shells, [394]
Remains, human, elevated, [394]
Remedies of the Gauchos, [135]
Rengger on the horse, [247]
Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego, [252]
at Galapagos, [407]
Respiration difficult in Andes, [344]
Retrospect, [51]
Revolutions at Buenos Ayres, [149]
Rhea Darwinii (Avestruz Petise), [110]
Rhinoceroses live in desert countries, [92]
frozen, [93], [264]
Rhynchops nigra, [145], [146]
Richardson, Dr., on mice of North America, [404]
on frozen soil, [92], [263]
on eating fat, [123]
on geographical distribution, [139]
on polished rocks, [267]
Rimsky atoll, [496]
Rio de Janeiro, [19] to 39
Botofogo Bay, [19]
Plata, [40]
Negro, [65], [192]
Colorado, [73]
Sauce, [112]
Salado, [124]
S. Cruz, [187]
River-bed, arched, [383]
River-courses dry in America, [113]
Rivers, power of, in wearing channels, [191], [339]
Rocks burnished with ferruginous matter, [12]
Rodents, number of, in America, [51], [189]
fossil species of, [87]
Rolor, General, [149]
Rosas, General, [73], [116], [149]
Rozario, [129], [133], [147], [153]
Ruins of Callao, [391]
of Indian buildings in Cordillera, [380], [382]

SALADO, RIO, [124]
Saladillo river, [134]
Salinas at the Galapagos Archipelago, [402]
in Patagonia, [66], [177]
Saline efflorescences, [81]
Salt with vegetable food, [116]
superficial crust of, [388]
with elevated shells, [393]
Salt-lakes, [68], [177], [402]
San Carlos, [313]
Nicolas, [133], [147]
Felipe, [276]
Pedro, [299]
Pedro, forests of, [299]
Lorenzo Island, [393]
Sand-dunes, [78]
Sand, hot from sun’s rays, at Galapagos Archipelago, [403]
noise from friction of, [385]
Sandstone of New South Wales, [465]
reef of, [529]
Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at, [407]
Land, [263]
Santa Cruz, river of, [187]
Santiago, Chile, [282]
Sarmiento, Mount, [247], [256]
Sauce, Rio, [112], [371]
Saurophagus sulphureus, [55]
Scarus eating corals, [494]
Scelidotherium, [86]
Scenery of Andes, [335] to 341
Scissor-beak, habits of, [145], [146]
Scissor-tail, [147]
Scoresby, Mr., on effects of snow on rocks, [340]
Scorpions, cannibals, [165]
Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes, [376]
Scytalopus, [252], [308]
Sea, open, inhabitants of, [172]
phosphorescence of, [172]
explosions in, [327]
Sea-pen, habits of, [104], [212]
Seals, number of, [303]
Seaweed, growth of, [253]
Seeds transported by sea, [418], [484]
Serpulæ, [529]
Sertularia, protecting reef, [494]
Shark killed by Diodon, [14]
Shaw, Dr., on lion’s flesh, [122]
Sheep, infected, [464]
Shelley, lines on Mont Blanc, [178]
Shells, land, in great numbers, [368]
elevated, [86], [137], [180], [343], [367], [395]
tropical forms of, far south, [258]
fossil, of Cordillera, [343]
decomposition of, with salt, [393]
of Galapagos, [416]
at St. Helena, [519]
Shepherd’s dogs, [159]
Shingle-bed of Patagonia, [78], [189]
Shongi, New Zealand chief, [447]
Siberia compared with Patagonia, [69]
zoology of, related to North America, [140]
Siberian animals, how preserved in ice, [264]
food necessary during their existence, [93], [96]
Sierra de la Ventana, [112]
Tapalguen, [119]
Silicified trees, [354], [376]
Silurian formations at Falkland Islands, [207]
Silurus, habits of, [144]
Sivatherium, [155]
Skunks, [83]
Slavery, [20], [25], [530]
Smelling power of carrion-hawks, [195]
Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support of large quadrupeds, [88]
on perforated pebbles, [158]
Snake, venomous, [100]
Snow, effects of, on rocks, [340]
prismatic structure of, [347]
red, [345]
Snow-line on Cordillera, [259], [358], [347]
Socêgo, [23]
Society, state of, in La Plata, [42], [165]
state of, in Australia, [471], [474]
Archipelago, [440]
volcanic phenomena at, [505], [510]
Soda, nitrate of, [388]
sulphate of, [81]
Soil, frozen, [92], [263]
South American bit, [338]
Spawn on surface of sea, [17]
Species, distribution of, [136], [391]
extinction of, [182]
Spiders, habits of, [37] to 39
gossamer, [169]
killed by and killing wasps, [37] to 39
on Keeling Island, [485]
on St. Paul’s, [10]
Spurs of Guaso, [275]
Springs, hot, [281]
Stevenson, Mr., on growth of seaweed, [253]
St. Helena, [517]
Jago, C. Verds, [1]
unhealthiness of, [390]
Paul’s rocks, [8]
Fé, [135]
Maria, elevated, [333], [338]
introduction of spirits into, [439]
Louis, Mauritius, [513]
Stinging animals, [493]
Stones perforated, [158], [285]
transported in roots, [490]
Storm, [223], [300]
in Cordillera, [338], [374]
Streams of stones at Falkland Islands, [207]
Strongylus, [34]
Struthio rhea, [44], [94]
Darwinii, [97]
Strzelecki, Count, [476]
Suadiva atoll, [496]
Subsidence of coral-reefs, [495] to 512
of Patagonia, [180]
of Cordillera, [343], [355]
of Coasts of Chile, [354]
cause of distinctness in Tertiary epochs, [367]
of coast of Peru, [379]
of Keeling Island, [496], [504]
of Vanikoro, [504]
of coral-reefs great in amount, [509]
Sulphate of lime, [69], [180], [386]
soda with common salt, [69], [81], [386]
soda incrusting the ground, [81]
Swainson, Mr., on cuckoos, [54]
Sydney, [459]

TABANUS, [180]
Tahiti (Otaheite), [429]
three zones of fertility, [432]
Fatahua fall, [436]
Christianity in, [437], [441]
Tahitian, [438]
Talcahuano, [311], [324]
Tambillos, Ruinas de, [380]
Tameness of birds, [425]
Tandeel, pumas at, [287]
Tapacolo and Turco, [288]
Tapalguen, Sierra, flat hills of quartz, [122]
Tarn, Mount, [249]
Tasmania, [474]
Tattooing, [430], [439]
Temperance of the Tahitians, [438]
Temperature of Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands, [244]
of Galapagos, [399], [403]
Tercero, Rio, fossils in banks of, [134]
Terraces in valleys of Cordillera, [337]
of Patagonia, [181], [190]
of Coquimbo, [367]
Tertiary formations of the Pampas, [86], [136], [165]
of Patagonia, [180], [349]
in Chile, epochs of, [368]
Teru-tero, habits of, [120]
Testudo, two species of, [420]
Abingdonii, [397]
nigra, habits of, [408]
Theory of lagoon-islands, [499]
Theristicus melanops, [175]
Thistle beds, [125], [130], [157]
Thunder-storms, [63]
Ti, liliaceous plant, [437]
Tierra del Fuego, [215] to 257
climate and vegetation of, [250], [257]
zoology of, [251]
entomology of, [253]
Tinamus rufescens, [119]
Tinochorus rumicivorus, [98]
Toad, habits of, [101]
not found in oceanic islands, [407]
Torrents in Cordillera, [338], [343]
Tortoise, habits of, [408], [420]
Toxodon, [86], [134], [137], [164]
Transparency of air in Andes, [358]
in St. Jago, [4]
Transport of boulders, [190], [262]
of fragments of rock on banks of the St. Cruz river, [190]
of seeds, [418], [484]
of stones in roots of trees, [491]
Travertin with leaves of trees, Van Diemen’s Land, [479]
Tree-ferns, [478]
southern limits of, [258]
Trees, absence of, in Pampas, [48]
time required to rot, [322]
silicified, vertical, [376]
size of, [377]
floating, transport stones, [490]
Tres Montes, [301]
Trichodesmium, [15]
Trigonocephalus, [100]
Tristan d’Acunha, [426], [485]
Trochilus forficatus, [268]
Tropical scenery, [526]
Tschudi, M., on subsidence, [393]
Tubes, siliceous, formed by lightning, [61]
Tucutuco, habits of, [52]
fossil species of, [87]
Tuff, craters of, [398]
infusoria in, [525]
Tupungato, volcano of, [347]
Turco, El, [288]
Turkey buzzard, [60], [192], [303]
Turtle, manner of catching, [488]
Type of organisation in Galapagos Islands, American, [423]
Types of organisation in different countries, constant, [182]
Tyrannus savana, [147]