ULLOA on hydrophobia, [377]
on Indian buildings, [380]
Unanùe, Dr., on hydrophobia, [377]
Uruguay, Rio, [147], [152]
not crossed by the Bizcacha, [131]
Uspallata range and pass, [353]
VACAS, RIO, [355]
Valdivia, [318]
forests of, [319], [322]
Valley of St. Cruz, how excavated, [190]
dry, at Copiapó, [380]
Valleys, excavation of, in Chile, [343], [383]
of New South Wales, [46]
in Cordillera, [343]
of Tahiti, [437], [439]
Valparaiso, [268], [335]
Vampire bat, [22], [23]
Van Diemen’s Land, [474]
Vanellus cayanus, [120]
Vanessa, flocks of, [168]
Vanikoro, [500], [504]
Vapour from forests, [25]
Vegetation of St. Helena, changes of, [519]
luxuriant, not necessary to support large animals, [89]
on opposite sides of Cordillera, [349]
Ventana, Sierra, [71], [112]
Verbena melindres, [42]
Vilipilli, [315]
Villa Vicencio, [353]
Villarica volcano, [332]
Virgin forest, [25]
Virgularia Patagonica, [104]
Volcanic bombs, [524]
cellular formation of, [524]
islands, [8]
phenomena, [331]
Volcanoes near Chiloe, [294], [300], [312], [332]
their presence determined by elevation or subsidence, [496]
Vultur aura, [60], [192], [303]
WADERS, first colonists of distant islands, [405]
Waimate, New Zealand, [452]
Waiomio, [456]
Walckenaer on spiders, [39]
Walleechu tree, [71]
Wasps preying on spiders and killed by, [37] to 39
Water-hog (Hydrochærus capybara), [51]
Water-serpents, [103]
Water sold at Iquique, [386]
Water, fresh, floating on salt, [41], [487]
Waterhouse, Mr., on Rodents, [51], [485]
on the niata ox, [156]
on the insects of Tierra del Fuego, [253]
of Galapagos, [406], [417]
on the terrestrial mammals of Galapagos, [403]
Waves caused by fall of ice, [237], [260]
from earthquakes, [326], [330]
Weather, connection with earthquakes, [375]
Weatherboard, N.S. Wales, [465]
Weeds in New Zealand, imported, [455]
Weight of large quadrupeds, [88]
Wellington, Mount, [477]
Wells, ebbing and flowing, [487]
at Iquique, [388]
West Indies, banks of sediment, [468]
zoology of, [143]
coral-reefs of, [502], [510]
Whales, oil from, [17]
leaping out of water, [236]
White, Mr., on spiders, [36]
Whitsunday Island, [495], [497]
Wigwam cove, [223], [228]
Wigwams of Fuegians, [151], [224]
Williams, Rev. Mr., on infectious disorders, [452], [463]
Winds, dry, in Tierra del Fuego, [245]
at the Cape Verds, [3]
on Cordillera, [345]
cold, on Cordillera, [384]
Winter’s Bark, [250], [299]
Wolf at the Falklands, [204]
Wollaston Island, [224], [244]
Wood, Captain, on the Agouti, [72]
Woollya, [239]
YAQUIL gold mines, [283]
Yeso, Valle del, [341]
York Minster, [215], [227], [241], [294]
ZONOTRICHIA, [54]
Zoological provinces of N. and S. America, [140]
Zoology of Galapagos, [403]
of Tierra del Fuego, [251]
of Chonos Islands, [306]
of Keeling Island, [485]
of St. Helena, [520]
Zoophytes, [104], [211]
at Falkland Islands, [210]
Zorillo, or skunk, [83]