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INDEX. 



( 



Quoy and Gaimard on stinging 



corals, 464 

 • on coral-reefs, 



47G 



Rabbit, -wild, at tlie Falkland Islands, 



193 

 Rain at Coquimbo, 338, 347, 348 



at Rio, 29 



and earthquakes, 351 



in Pern, 3tJ4, 365 



in Chile, formerly more abun- 

 dant, 357 

 , effects on vegetation, 



338 

 I 'ana Mascaiiensis, 382 

 Rat, only aboriginal animal of New 



Zealand, 427 

 Rats at Galapagos, 378 



at Ascension, 492 



at Keeling Island, 456 



Rattle-snake, species with allied 



habit, 97 

 Red snow, 322 

 Reduvius, 330 

 Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone, 



498 

 Reefs of coral, 465 to 482 



, Barrier, 469, 476 



, Fringing, 472 



Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt, 66 



bones, 155 



salt and 



shells, 370 

 Remains, human elevated, 370 

 Remedies of the Gauchos, 128 

 Rengger on the horse, 233 

 Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego, 



237 



at Galapagos, 381 



Respiration difficult in Andes, 322 

 Retro?pL-ct, 50 



I\evolutions at Buenos Ayres, 140 

 Rhinoceroses live in desert coun- 

 tries, 86 



, frozen, 89, 250 



Rhynchops nigra, 137 

 Richardson, Dr., on mice of North 

 America, 378 



, on polished rocks. 



251 



248 



-, on frozen soil, 88, 

 - on eating fat, 1 1 7 



Richardson, Dr., on geographical 



distribution, 131 

 Rimsky atoll, 466 

 ITio de Janeiro, 19 



Plata, 39 



Negro, 63, 149 



Colorado, 70 



S. Cruz, 177 



Sauce, 106 



Salado, 118 



Rivers, power of, in wearing chan. 



nels, 180, 320 

 River-bed, arched, 358 

 River-courses dry in America, 107 

 Rocks burnished with ferruginous 



matter, 12 

 Rodents, number of in America, 49, 



179 



, fossil species of, 82 



Rosas, General, 71, 103, 140 



Ruins of Callao, 369 



of Indian buildings in Cordil 



lera, 356, 368 



S. Cruz, 177 



Salado, Rio, 118 



Salinas at the Galapagos Archipe- 

 lago, 377 



in Patagonia, 65, 170 



Saline efflorescences, 78 



Salt with vegetable food, 110 



, superficial crust of, 364 



, with elevated shells, 369 



Salt-lakes, 65, 170, 377 



Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at, 

 382 



Land, 248 



San Pedro, forests of, 281 



Sand-dunes, 75 



Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, 377 



, noise from friction of, 361 



Sandstone of New South Wales, 437 



, reef of, 498 



Santa Cruz, river of, 177 



Santiago, Chile, 262 



Sarmiento, Mount, 233, 241 



Sauce, Rio, 106 



Saurophagus sulphureus, 54 



Scarus eating corals, 464 



Scelidotheriura, 82 



Scenery of Andes, 318 



Scissor-tail, 138 



Scissor-beak, habits of, 137 



