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INDEX. 



Fauna, of abyssal region, ii. 14. 



of bottom between Windward Islands, 

 ii. 14. 



of calcareous ooze, i. 143. 



of continental region, ii. 14. 



of early geological periods, i. 154. 



of great limestone banks, ii. 13. 



of limestone plateaux, i. 143. 



of littoral region, ii. 14. 



of past periods uniform at great depths, 

 i. 168. 



of plateaux, i. 92. 



of plateaux in track of currents, i. 92. 



of Pourtales Plateau, ii. 13. 



of Pourtales Plateau, extension of, i. 287. 



of pteropod ooze, ii. 13. 



of Red Sea and Mediterranean, differ- 

 ence of, i. 123. 



of reef region, ii. 14. 



of steep slope of Gulf Stream, i. 120. 



of successive reefs, i. 161. 



off the Tortugas, ii. 14. 

 Faunal districts, i. 302. 



narrow limits of, i. 167. 

 Favosites, supposed species of, ii. 83. 

 Ferrell on swinging of cold water at bottom, 



i. 249. 

 Fewkes, J. Walter, i. x. 



on "Blake" acalephs, ii. 129. 



Report on Acalephs, i. xxi. 

 Fierasfer and holothurians, association of, 



i. 215. 



Firoloidea, i. 101. 



Fish Commission, U. S. . explorations of, i. 50. 

 "Fish-Hawk," i. 50. 

 Fish teeth in bottom deposits, i. 281. 

 Fishes, bathymetrical range of, i. 168 ; ii. 23. 



bottom feeders, ii. 27. 



bottom living species, ii. 24. 



cartilaginous skeletons of, i. 304. 



color of deep-sea, i. 311. 



known previous to ' ' Blake ' ' Expedi- 

 tion, ii. 4. 



migration of, ii. 23. 



of the abyssal realm, ii. 23. 



pelagic types of, ii. 23. 



phosphorescent light of. ii. 34. 



phosphorescent organs of, ii. 36. 



predaceous, ii. 27. 



report on by Goode and Bean, i. xxi. 



shallow-water species of, ii. 24. 



tactile organs of, ii. 36. 



upper limits of, ii. 23. 

 Flabellum Goodei, ii. 150. 

 Flabellum Moseleyi, ii. 150. 

 Flat fishes, fossil, ii. 24. 



Flora, distribution of by drift, i. 122. 

 Florida, Agassiz on the age of, i. 88. 



axis of elevation of, i. 110. 



backbone of, Smith and Hilgard on the, 

 i. 61. 



bathymetrical sections off, i. 66. 



bryozoa of, identical with tertiary types, 

 ii. 79. 



character of coast islands of, i. 67. 



coral reef of, i. 58. 



Dietz on character of, i. 68. ' 



eastern coast-line of, i. 52. 



flora of, i. 116. 



geology of, Conrad on, i. 110. 

 geology of, by E. Hilgard, i. 110. 



geology of, by E. A. Smith, i. 110. 



limestone backbone of, i. 110. 



limestone plateaux of, i. 122. 



mangrove islands of, i. 53. 



not built up by reef, i. 69. 



recent limestones of, i. 62. 



submarine plateau of, i. 62. 



southern coast-line of, i. 52. 



west bank of, i. 52. 

 Florida Bank, i. x. 



material of, i. 56. 



submarine base of, i. 141. 



west edge of, i. ix. 

 Florida flats, keys of, i. 52. 

 Florida keys, structure of, i. 53. 

 Florida mud flats, dip of, i. 59. 

 Florida peninsula, age of, i. 88. 

 Florida plateau, animal life abundant on, 



i. 62. 

 Florida Reef, i. 52. 



channels across, i. 60. 



curve of, i. 57. 



depth of water on, i. 54. 



extension of to deeper water, i. 60. 



flats of, i. 58. 



mud fiats, appearance of, i. 59. 



northern extension of, i. 69. 



not elevated, i. 61. 



Pourtales exploration of, i. 286. 



recent corals of, i. 78. 



shape of, i. 53. 



survey of, i. vii. 



survey of, by L. Agassiz, i. 49. 



tides across the, i. 57. 



Food question in distribution of animals, i. 91. 

 Food supply of young fishes, i. 204. 

 Foraminifera and currents, i. 279. 

 Foraminifera, arenaceous types of, ii. 158. 



as guides to deep-sea deposits, i. 146. 



at great depths, Huxley on, i. 45. 



bathymetrical range of pelagic, i. 196. 



