610 



INDEX. 



Cormorants, 152, 155, 171, 212, 229. 

 Costumes, Fijian fancy, 831 ; of women at 



Fayal, 31. 

 Counting, of Gudangs no higher than three, 



358 ; method of, by Admiralty Islanders, 456. 

 Courtship, of Great White Albatross, 174 ; of 



Mollymauk, 131. 

 Corvo Island, 54. 

 Coryphozna, 434. 

 Cotula plumosa, 191. 



Cox, Mr., R.N., boatswain H.M.S. "Chal- 

 lenger," use of trammel net, 51 ; seining 



at St. Jago Island, 57. 

 Crabs, habits of, 59, 70; King, 402; at 



Bermuda, habits of, 26 ; at St. Vincent 



Island, 48 ; Land and Birgus, breathing 



organs of, 305; Hermit, terrestrial, 17, 304 ; 



Hermit, deep-sea, 590. 

 Crater, broken-down at Heard Island, 



223 ; at Fatal, 30 ; of Kilauea, 500 ; of 



Matuku Island, 293 ; of Teneriffe, 6 ; 



of Ternate, 393. 

 Creagh, Mr. C. V., translation by, from 



Chinese, 424, 428. 

 Crickets, House, on board the " Challenger," 



593. 

 Crithagra insidaris, 122 (note). 

 Crocodile, 479. 

 Crotophaga am, 13. 

 Crow, Piping, the, 257. 

 Crozet Islands, 181. 

 Crozier, Mount, 185. 

 Crosbie, A., Staff Surgeon R.N., 380, 578. 

 Crusoe, Robinson, 537. 

 Cryptogamia of Tristan da Cunha, 136; 



absent at Raine Island, 348. 

 Cry, of the Api Islanders, 343 ; used in 



mountains by Fijians, 326 ; of the Gibbon, 



337; of Papuans, 438. 

 Ctenomys, 146. 



Cuajiro Indians, houses of, 399. 

 Cuckoo, Golden, the, 404 ; Pheasant, the, 



352. 

 Currents, oceanic, 68 ; at Kerguelen's 



Land, 185 ; seeds transported by, 17, 135, 



164. 

 Cuscus, 384, 465, 479. 

 Cyclops Mountains, the, 435. 

 Cystlsoma, 589. 



D. 



Dactylopterus, 562 ; flight of, 571. 



Dana, Prof. J. D., on the area of the Fiji 

 Group, 302 ; on basalt at Fiji, 317 ; on 

 corals, 290, 306, 307 ; on coral rock, 21 ; 

 on the geology of Eua Island, 282 ; on 

 the genus Atya, 61. 



Dance, club, 331 ; fan, 332 ; development of 

 the, 333 ; of Admiralty Islanders, 472 ; 

 of Fijians, 314 ; grand, at Fiji, 327 ; of Ke 

 Islanders, 380 ; Mahommedan, 387 ; of 

 Lutaos, 400 ; waltz by Malays, 387. 



Daption capensis, 134,183, 229. " 



Darwin, Mr. C, <>n Aplysia, 48; on the bolas, 

 557 ; on " carne con cuero," 560 ; on 



continental areas, 587 ; on Dlodon anten- 

 natus, 52 ; on expression, 284 ; on flora of 

 Kerguelen's Land, 169 ; on the Tucutuco, 

 146 ; on getting Are by friction, 289 ; on 

 Gvnnera, 538; on hooked seeds, 541; on 

 horses of the Falkland Islands, 555 ; on 

 icebergs, 243 ; journal of, 537 ; on lime- 

 stone bed at St. Jago Island, 55, 65 ; on 

 ostriches, use of wings by, 595 ; on peat, 

 23 ; on PeJecanoides urinatrix. 209 ; on 

 Petrels as carriers of seeds, 522 ; on sexual 

 selection in birds, 373 ; on spiders' webs, 

 382 ; on St. Paul's Kocks, 73 ; at Tahiti, 

 523 ; on tree in Fernando do jSTorhona, 

 78 ; on the Uspallata Pass, 544. 



Dasyptilus, 435 ; pequetU, 392, 479. 



Dasyurus viverrinus, 268. 



Davids, Mr. Rhys, on embankments in 

 Ceylon, 485. 



Deep-sea animals, food of, 581 ; colours of, 

 591 ; relations of, 590 ; fossil forms 

 amongst, 587 ; range of, 584 ; rich locali- 

 ties for, 589. 



Deep-sea, faunas and Alpine floras com- 

 pared, 585 ; absence of sunlight in, 580 ; 

 pressure in, 579. 



Deer, at Amboina, 390 ; at the Aru Islands, 

 379 ; introduced into the Sandwich 

 Islands, 500. 



Delphlnus, 82. 



Demiegretta sacra, 291, 322. 



Dendrobium, 456. 



Dendroseris, 542. 



Denudation, by rain in New South Wales, 

 267 ; of Tristan da Cunha group, 136. 



Depth, average, of the ocean, 577 ; relation 

 of, to area in the oceans, 576. 



Diadema Antillarwn, 12. 



Diatoms, Pelagic, 216, 566; staining ice, 249. 



Dickens, Mr. F. V., trip with, 482. 



Dickie, Prof. G., on algas, 65 ; on seaweeds 

 of Heard Island, 227. 



Digging sticks of Gudangs, 357 ; of Hotten- 

 tots, 148. 



Dicks<mia cidclta, 34. 



Diodon, 271; antennatus , 51 ; hystrix, 52. 



Diomedea, exulans, 134, 171, 180, 183, 254; 

 fuliginosa, 180, 183, 254 ; culminata, 129, 

 183, 254 ; Melanophrys, 254. 



Diptera, of the Falkland Islands, 558 ; 

 of Kerguelen's Land, 192. 



Dispersion, of insects, 384 ; of plants, 17, 

 135, 368, 419 ; of plants by birds, 164, 386, 

 522. 



J)i.-<tichopora cocclnea, 531, 534. 



Distribution, of genus Atya, 61 ; of Marsu- 

 pials, 142; of penguins, 119. 



Dobbo, 367. 



Dogs, run wild in penguin rookery, 132 ; of 

 the Admiralty Islands, 478. 



Dodo, the, 598. 



Domicella solitaries 295, 309. 



Draco volans, habits of, 406. 



Draccenas, planted by savages, 466. 



Dragon, the, last seen in England, 426; 

 bones and teeth of, 423; Chinese account 

 of, 425 ; origin of, 423. 



