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INDEX. 



Ostrich farm, habits of the birds, at, &c, 151. 

 Ostriches, young, on board the ' ' Challenger,' ' 



595. 

 Otaria jubata, 189, 552. 

 Otariadce, 188, 204. 



O'Meara, Rev. E., on Diatoms, 216. 

 Otosaurus microlepis, 292. 

 Otters, the sea, 494; the Clawless, habits 



of, 154. 

 Otus Brachiotus, 500. 

 Ovulwn ovum shells, 466. 

 Owen, Prof., on fossil Mammalia, 423 ; on 



Cimoliornis, 523 ; on tusks of Ziphioids, 



158 (note). 

 Owl and rat in same hole, 431. 

 Oxalis, 135. 



P. 



Pacific Ocean, shallows in, 584. 



Pagoda, the Whampoa, 419. 



Pagodroma nivea, 253. 



Paguridaz, terrestrial, 17, 304 ; deep-sea, 590. 



Painting of the body at Fiji, 331 ; at the 



Admiralty Islands, 463 ; of face in 



Japan and China, 489. 

 Palcemon in fresh water, 60. 

 Palm a Island, seen from the Peak of 



Teneriffe, 5. 

 Palinurus, 74; frontalis, 542. 

 Palythoa, 48, 73. 

 Pandanus, 294, 370, 499. 

 Pandarus with Lepas attached, 281. 

 Pandion hcdlcetus, 476. 

 Pansch, Dr., on Arctic vegetation, 226. 

 Papeete, town of, 514. 

 Papiliof&ronia, 89. 

 Paradlsea Apoda, 375 ; papuana, 392 ; rubra, 



392. 

 Paritium Tiliaceum, 497. 

 Parroquet, 211 ; brush-tongued, 352. 

 Parrots, African, ship full of, 41 ; pet, on 



board the " Challenger," 594 ; at Tonga, 



292 ; at Fiji, 304, 322, 325; at Aru, 372. 

 Patagonia, fjords of, 549. 

 Patagonians, saluting, 551. 

 Patella, 148. 

 Peak, of Teneriffe, ascent of, 2 ; of 



Tern ate, ascent of, 392; the, of Tristan 



da Cunha, 109. 

 Peat, at Bermuda, 23 ; at Marion Island, 



165. 

 Pelagic, animals, range in depth of, 575 ; 



animals, protective colouring of, 567, 



569 ; plants and animals, 565, 576. 

 Pelargonium, 153; at Tristan da Cunha, 



134, 135. 

 Pelagonemertes Rollestoni, 569, 572. 

 Pelamys bicolor, 292. 

 Pdea capreola, 151. 

 Pelacanoides urinatrix, 129, 171, 208. 

 Pele's hair, formation of, 502. 

 Pellcanus fuscus, habits of, 11, 15. 

 Penguins, 113, 115 ; origin of word, 129 ; 



eaten by seals, 189 ; Jackass of the Falk • 



land Islands, 560; Jackass at the Cape 



of Good Hope, 155 ; Johnny, 175, 189 

 King, 176, 197 ; nesting in caves, 196 

 used as fuel, 229 ; Rock-hopper, 175, 195 

 Rock-hopper, mode of swimming, 117, 125 

 sensitiveness of iris of, 118 ; Rock-hopper 

 numbers of, at Inaccessible Island, 133 

 migrations of 133; Rock- hopper, rocks 

 worn by feet of, 128; Rock-hopper, rookery 

 of, 120, 127, 132. 



Pentacrinus, many dredged, 589. 



Parameles nasuta, hunting, 269. 



Perlophthahnus, 295, 322. 



Peripatus, at St. Thomas, 14; capensis, struc- 

 ture and habits of, 159 ; Aorce Zealandke, 

 279. 



Peristera geoffroyi, 79. 



Peruaguacu River, 92. 



Pekon, on drawings of Australian Blacks, 

 275; on the Sea-elephant, 228; figure of 

 Sea-elephant, 202. 



Petrel, diving, habits of, 208; Giant, 171, 

 180, 254; nesting of, 207, 521; Snow- 

 white, 253 ; flight of, 569. 



Phaethon, 282, 516, 521 ; cethereus, 563 ; Jlavi- 

 rostris, 25, 563. 



Phalacrocorax, verrucosus, nesting of, 212 ; 

 at Heard Island, 230 ; Capensis, 152, 155 ; 

 imperial'is, 230. 



Phalanqista vulplna, shooting, 267 ; young 

 of, 268 ; traps for, 257. 



Phalanger, Woolly, 384, 465, 479. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, 434. 



Phascogale penicillata, 268. 



Phascolarctos cinereus, 259. 



Pheasants at the Cape of Good Hope, 145. 



Philippine Islands, 395. 



Phoca Greenlandica, 189. 



Phosphorescence, in deep sea, 590 ; of 

 Pelagic animals, 574. 



Phyllca arbovea, 110, 111, 115, 126, 135. 



Physalus Australia, 252. 



Picnics, Ministerial, 266. 



Pico Island, 32. 



Pigeon, with aberrant plumage, 303 ; Fruit, 

 292, 304, 364,382, 386, 479 ; Fruit, diffusion 

 of plants by, 386 ; Ground, 353 ; Nutmeg, 

 382 ; at St. Jago Island, 60 ; at Juan 

 Fernandez, 542. 



Pigeon English, 415. 



Pigmies, the, 428. 



Pigs, of the Admiralty Islands, 478 ; wild, 

 125, 183 ; wild, destroying crabs, 403 ; at 

 Tahiti, 517. 



Pigtails, Chinese and English, 423. 



Pile dwellings, Papuan, 445 ; modifications 

 and origin of, 396-400. 



Pilgrims, Japanese, 484. 



Piper methysticum, 311. 



Pilot fish, 281 ; habits of, 9, 10. 



Pillows of Tongans, Japanese, &c, 286. 



Pine-apple, fabric made from, 411. 



Pityriasis versicolor, 3H0. 



Planarians, large, marine, 402; Land, 89, 154, 

 279. 



Plants, introduced, supremacy of, 496 ; diffu- 

 sion of, by flotation on sea, 135, 368, 419, 

 433 ; diffusion of, by Procellaridee, 522 ; 



