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INDEX. 



Fung Shui, 419. 

 Furnas, hot springs at, 35. 

 Fur Seal, 538 ; eating penguins, 189 ; killed, 

 187 ; pet, on board the " Challenger," 596. 



G. 



Galeopitnecus Phil'qyjyensis, habits of, 405. 



Galinis at St. Jago Island, 57, 59. 



Galinula nesiotis, 122. 



Garfish, 53, 479. 



Gauchos, Scotch, 554. 



Gammarus, Arcticus and Themisto, 189. 



" Gazelle," ship of war, sounding by, 170,281. 



Gecko at St. Vincent, 49, at Teneriffe, 7. 



Geese, wild, caught with the bolas, 558 ; 

 shooting, 551. 



Genettafelina, 153. 



Geology, of Bermuda, 18 ; of Blue Moun- 

 tains, 267 ; of Kerguelen's Land, 185, 

 194, 195, 197 ; of Marion Island, 164, 

 180 ; of Mbau Island, 315 ; of Bat 

 Island, 83 ; of Baine Island, 347 ; of 

 St. Paul's Bocks, 75 ; of Ternate, 393 ; of 

 Tristan da Cunha, 127 ; deposits of land 

 organic remains in the deep sea, 583. 



Geoplana, 279. 



Geopdia, 353. 



Gerry s, 571. 



Georychus Capensis, 145. 



Geyser, formation at the Azores, 35. 



Gibbon, cries of the, 337. 



Gilbert Islanders, 400. 



Gilolo, 394. 



Glaciers, at Heard Island, 217 ; descent 

 of, 244. 



Glacial epoch in Heard Island, 223. 



Glaciation in Kerguelen's Land, 185, 197. 



Glaciated stones dredged in deep water, 583. 



Gladiolus, 153. 



Glaucus, 569. 



Gleichmut dichotoma, 393, 521. 



Globigerina, 574. 



Gnat, wingless, 193, 559. 



Goats, wild, at Juan Fernandez, 542 ; wild, 

 colour of, at St. Vincent Island, 54; 

 at Tristan da Cunha, 124 ; feared by 

 savages, 477. 



Goat, pet, on board the " Challenger," 596. 



GODDEFROY, BROTHERS, 283. 



Gods, of Admiralty Islanders, 473 ; Chinese, 

 420 ; of Hawaii, 503-509 ; Japanese, 484. 



Gonostomyus, 325. 



Good Hope, Cape of, 138, 150, 152. 



Goodridge, Charles, on King Penguins, 

 .178; nesting of albatross, 173; on the 

 Sea-elephant, 228; on tree trunks in the 

 Crozets, 182. 



Gough Island, plants of, 136. 



Gould, Mr., on birds from Booby Island, 

 365 ; on eggs of Chiouis, 210. 



Grampus, a, 253. 



Grapsus striyosus, habits of, 48, 59, 70, 83 ; 

 climbing trees, 26. 



Green Mountain, St. Vincent Island, 43. 



Grisebach, A., on diffusion of plants by 



birds, 522 ; on Eucalypti and Acacias, 264 ; 



on vegetation, of Bermuda, 24, of the 



Azores, 35. 

 Ground Squirrel and owl in same hole in 



China, 431. 

 Grysbok, 151. 

 Gryllus, 79. 



Guava, the, encroachment of, at the Sand- 

 wich Islands, 496 ; at Tahiti, 515. 

 Guilandina bonduc, 17, 135. 

 Gulf-weed, fauna of the, 567. 

 Gymnetrus, 43U. 



Gum trees, 33, 141, 258 ; giant, 260. 

 Gunnera Chilensis, 538. 

 Gunther, Dr. A. C. L. G., on Chloroscartes, 



304 ; on deep-sea fish, 38 ; on Ptr'wpthal- 



mus, 296 ; size of sharks, 10. 

 Gurnet, Flying, 51, 562, 571. 

 Gyyis Candida, 563. 



H. 



Haastia, 169. 



Haidahs, houses of the, 399. 



Haeckel, Prof. E., on Medusae, bib. 



Haemoglobin, in fish, 281 ; in Mammalia, 592. 



Hair, of Admiralty Islanders, 458 ; curl of, in 

 various races, 459 ; forcing growth of, by 

 Fijians, 326 ; dressing at Fiji, 310, 328 ; at 

 Tonga, 284 ; on moles, significance of, 459. 



Haircutter, equestrian, 546. 



Halcyon, Erythroyastra, 56 ; sacra, 292 ; sancta, 

 278, 365. 



Ilalimeda opuntia, 12. 



Haliotis, 147 ; mode of cooking, 148. 



Halmahera, 394. 



Halmaturus ualabatus, 261, 269. 



Halobates, 571. 



Halobcena ccerulea, 181. 



Halophila, 322, 361 ; flowering in 18 fathoms, 

 581. 



Ilalyritus amphiblus, 193. 



Hammer-headed shark, 52. 



Hands clapped, during dancing, 329 ; to ex- 

 press astonishment, 337; to express respect, 

 in Japan, 337 ; in Fiji, 328. 



Hands, gestures of, in dancing, 401. 



Hand-marks made by Australian blacks, 

 275. 



Hawaii Island, 499. 



Heard Island, 196, 216. 



Heat, toleration of, by plants, 36, 384, 410. 



Hi lichrysum, 153. 



Il< liconiai, 90. 



Helicortia narcea, 85. 



Heligoland, migratory birds at, 364. 



Hdiopora cozndea, 404. 



Hemiramphus, 58. 



Hemp, Manila, 411. 



Heritiera llttoralis, 433. 



Hermit Island, 224. 



Herpestes, 152. 



Herpetolitha Umax, 386. 



Hibiscus t ilia cuts, 2<S8. 



llippotherium, 423. 



Uirundo, tahitica, 295 ; rustica, 482. 





