INDEX. 



Gil 



Dredging, deep-sea, process of, 578. 



Dress, origin of, 412; peculiar, of Bisayans, 

 411. 



Drift-wood, large masses of, 367 ; off New- 

 Guinea, 432 ; on deep-sea bottom, 583. 



Drums, 379; log, 309; wooden, of Admi- 

 ralty Islanders, 471; wooden, Fijian, 321. 



Drymis WinU-ri, 539. 



Duck, loggerhead, the, tameness of, 552. 



Dugong, the, 424 ; bones of, used as decora- 

 tion, 363 ; skulls of, placed in temples, 474. 



Dules Malo, 516. 



Duncan, Prof. Martin, on parasites in 

 corals, 581. 



D'Urvillcea utilis, 165, 171, 227. 



Dyer, Mr. W. T. Thiselton, on algte, 36, 

 410 ; on Lwanthus Aphyllus, 545. 



Dykes, of Basalt, cleavage of, 46 ; volcanic, 

 109, 115, 196. 



E. 



Easter Island, a sheep run, 515. 



Eaton, Bev. A. E., on cry of petrels, 181 ; 



on Diptera of Kerguelen's Land, 193. 

 Echidna, 266. 

 Echinometra, 47. 



Echineis Remora, habits and colour of, 8. 

 Echium stenosiphon, 44. 

 Eggs, half-hatched, eaten, 412; of birds 



hatched in sand, 4u3 ; of turtles, 561. 

 Emberiza Brazilknsis, 122 (note). 

 Empetrum nigrum, 110. 

 Equatorial current, 68. 

 Enhalus, 361. 

 Entada scandtns, 357. 

 Epeira clavipes, 382. 

 Epizoanthus p>arasiticus, 590. 

 Erica, arborea, 5, 7; Azorica, 34. 

 Erythrina Indica, 295, 352. 

 " Etna," the, Dutch ship of war, 438, 443, 445. 

 Errina labiata, 528. 

 Eua Island, 282. 

 Eubalaina Australis, 197. 

 Eucalyptus Amygdalina, 261. 

 Eudyptes, saltator, 117, 175, 195 ; chrysolophus 



described, 195, 229. 

 Euphorbia, Canaritnsis, 2 ; tuckeyana, 42. 

 Euphyllia, 362. 

 Euplectella, 589 ; aspergillum, dredge used for, 



407. 

 Euprepes cyanura, 479. 



Eustephanus Eernandensis an&E. galeritus, o39. 

 Examination halls, Chinese, 421. 

 Exhibition at Kioto, 486. 

 Expressions and gestures, at the Admiralty 



Islands, 457; of the Api natives, 346; 



at Fiji, 336 ; of Fuegians, 551 ; of Gudangs, 



360 ; of Japanese, 492 ; of Papuans, 440 ; 



of rage used in fighting, 441. 



F. 



Falkland Islands, the, 135, 553. 

 Fayal Island, 29. 



Feathers, remarkable, of young ostriches, 

 152 ; of Chrysama, 303. 



Feira St. Anna. 93,95. 



Fernando do Norhona, 77. 



Ferns, in the Azores, 33 ; preponderance of, 

 in vegetation, at Juan Fernandez, 537, 

 at Kermadecs, 280, at Tahiti, 518, of 

 Ternate, 393. 



Fertilization of flowers, by bats, 291 ; by 

 birds, 354, 539 ; of introduced plants at 

 Juan Fernandez, 540 ; of introduced 

 plants at Tahiti, 524. 



Festuca Cookii, 191. 



Ficus Xorhonm, 82. 



Fig tree choking itself, 371. 



Fijian, chief, domestic life of, 328 ; " ula," 

 338 ; convicts, 309 ; group, 293, 301 ; moun- 

 taineers, 309, 321 ; native's ignorance of 

 his age. 325. 



Fiji, reality of rank at, 336. 



Fire, getting of, by friction, 288 ; signal, of 

 Papuans, 435. 



Fish, deep-sea, at Madeira, 38 ; living on 

 land, 295. 



Fishing, for Snook, 156 ; mode of, at St. 

 Vincent Island, 52 ; at St. Paul's 

 Bocks, 71. 



Fish-hooks of Admiralty Islanders, 467. 



Fitchia nutans, 521. 



Fjords, formation of, 185, 199, 549. 



Flies, with rudimentary wings, habits of, 

 170, 181, 192, 558 ; House, on board the 

 " Challenger," 593. 



Flight, of bats, 291 ; of birds, 13, 206 ; of 

 Draco volans, 406 ; of flying fish, 570 ; of 

 petrels and other birds, 569 ; loss of, at 

 breeding season, by albatross, 131, 173. 



Flower, Prof. W. H., on tusks of Ziphioids, 

 158 (note). 



Flowers, variety of, at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, 153 ; conspicuous, at Juan Fer- 

 nandez, 539. 



Flowering season, Marion Island, 169 ; at 

 Tristan da Cunha, 134. 



Flying-fish, flight of, 571 ; development of, 

 flight of, 479 ; hooked, 51 ; shooting at, 562. 



Fogo Island, 54. 



Fox, Gen. Lane, collection of, 451 ; on de- 

 velopment of weapons, 468 ; on savage 

 decoration, 509. 



Foraminifera, at St. Vincent Island, 47; 

 large, 292. 



Fortifications at Admiralty Islands, 472 ; 

 Fijian, 326 ; origin of idea of, 355. 



Fossil, animals found in the deep-sea, 587 ; 

 wood at Kerguelen's Land, 195. 



Francofinus, 145. 



Frigate bird, 11, 82, 349, 563. 



Fritz Muller on Ocypoda, 49. 



Frogs, noise made by, in Brazil, 93. 



Fringilla Teydeaivi, 8. 



Fruit pigeon, 292, 304, 479. 



Fuegian natives, 550. 



Fucus vesiculous, 567. 



Fulmarus glacialis, 206. 



Funchal, 38. 



Fun<n, growing, washed by sea-water, 455. 



Fungia, 385 ; alternation of generations in, 

 524. 



