INDEX. 



615 



Milleporidm, 307. 



Milvus korschum, 55. 



Milne Edwards, M. A., on Rhlnopit 'he c us ,429. 



MlNDONAO, 395. 



Misodendron, 546. 



Missionaries, Dutch, 369; at Fiji, 315, 320, 



327, 330, 335 ; at Tonga, 285, 287. 

 Mitten, Mr. W., mosses of Marion Island, 



168; mosses of Tristan da Cunha, 136. 

 Mistletoe, 90 ; leafless on cactus, 545 ; valu- 

 able on Australian trees, 545. 

 Mobius, Dr. K., on the flight of Flying-fish, 



570, 571 ; on deep-sea animals, 581. 

 Mole, the Golden, 147 ; the Sand, habits of, 



145 ; true, and Rodent compared, 145. 

 Moles, hairy, signification of, 459. 

 Mollusca, shells of, composing rock, 19. 

 Mollymauk, 183, 254; nests of, 129, 130. 

 Monasteries, Chinese, 421. 

 Monkeys, at St. Jago Island, 60 ; figures of 



in Chinese books, 429. 

 Montia fontanel, 191. 

 Moraines at Heard Island, 217; at 



Kerguelen's Land, 198. 

 Morbid growths, due to reversion, 460. 

 Mormon fratercula, Celtic name of, 129. 

 Morunga elephantlna, 114, 171, 187, 200, 222, 



227. 

 Moros, the, 396. 

 Moseley, Eev. Canon, on the descent of 



glaciers, 244. 

 Moseley, Mount, 185. 

 Moss, Staff-Surgeon R.N.,on Arctic ice, 239. 

 Mosses at Heard Island, 225. 

 Mound-birds, 353, 365 ; eggs of, 403. 

 Mud spring, Azores, 37. 

 Mule, and horse as mountaineers, compared, 

 548; load of, in Brazil, 97; riding in 

 Brazil, 94 ; wounded, 547. 

 MiJller, Baron von, on Eucalyptus, 260. 

 Mullet, Gray, 271. 



Murray, Mr. John, at Elizabeth Island, 

 552 ; at Humboldt Bay, 443 ; on sharks, 9 ; 

 use of tow-net in deep water, by, 575. 

 Musa, textllis, 411 ; uranoscopus, 517. 

 Museums, origin and development of, 3. 

 Musschenbroek, Mr. S. C. J. W. Van, on 



Trigonla, 276 j at Ternate, 390. 

 Music, origin of, 333 ; instruments of, in 

 the Admiralty Islands, 471; knowledge 

 of, by modern Hawaians, 498. 

 Mus rattus, 594. 



Mya truncata eaten by seals, 205. 

 Myrmecodla armata, 389. 

 Myrmeleon, 50. 

 Mythical animals, 423, 430. 

 Myzomela jugularis, 295. 



N. 



Naja haje, 153. 



Names, vernacular, of southern animals, 129. 



Nares, Sir G. S., excursion with, 52, 79, 



84; manoeuvres amongst icebergs, 252; 



landing with, at Heard Island, 217. 

 Narwhal, the, 424. 



Natural selection amongst wild horses, 556. 



Natter ates, 9, 281. 



Nautactis, 572. 



Nautilograpsus minutus, 568. 



Nautilus, ornament made of shell of, 345 ; 



Macromphalus, 300; Pompilius, living, 



caught, 297. 

 Navusa, 323. 

 Na Vatani Tawaki, 317. 

 Nectar inia frenata, 352. 

 Nectarinidm, 145. 

 Nelson, flag captured from, 8. 

 Nelson, Major-Gen., R.E., on geology of 



Bermuda, 21. 

 Nemertine, Land, 26 ; Pelagic, 572. 

 Nephila, web of, 50. 

 Nesospiza Acuhnm, 122. 

 Neuopogon Taylori, 193. 

 Nertera depressa, 111, 116. 

 Nesoclchla eremita, 122. 

 Nestor, 434 ; Meridionalis, 279. 

 Nettle cells, tube composed of, 408 ; of corals, 



388. 

 New Guinea, 432, 435; drift wood from, 432. 

 Newport, Mr., on the genus Atya, 61. 

 New Hebrides, 340. 

 New Zealand, 277; art of, related to 



Hawaian, 510 ; tikis of, 509. 

 Nightingale Island, 126. 

 Ninox boobook, 352. 

 Nitella Antarctica, 194; jkxilis, 290. 

 Nukualofa, 286. 



O. 



Oahu Island, 495. 



Oasis, miniature, 51. 



Obsidian, lance-heads of, 468. 



Oceanitis, 183, 208, 499. 



Octacnemus Bythius, described, 587. 



Octopus, 125. 



(Ecodoma, 104. 



Ocypoda, 26, 403 ; ippeus, habits of, 48. 



(Estrelata Lessoni, habits of, 208. 



Oliver, Prof., on plants of Marion Island, 



170. 

 Olfersla, 73. 

 Onslow, Capt., R.N., on chasm formed by 



rain, 267. 

 Ophioglossum pendulum, 455. 

 Opuntia, plantations of, at Teneriffe, 2 ; at 



Oahu, 496. 

 Opossums, Australian, shooting, 267 ; traps 



for, 257. 

 Oracles, Japanese, consulted, 483. 

 Orotava, 4. 



Orang Utan, significance of name, 430. 

 Orange and lemon, feral in Tahiti, 524. 

 Orbitolites, alga parasitic in, 292. 

 Orca amongst the ice, 253. 

 Greasier, very large, 363. 

 Ornament, Hawaian Hook, origin of, 504. 

 Ornithorynchus paradoxus, 262. 

 Omithoptera poseidon, 373. 

 Osaka, 484. 



Oscillator'm in hot water, 410. 

 Ossifraga gigantea, 107, 134, 180, 183, 205, 254. 



