INDEX. 



617 



diffusion of by winds and birds, 24, 164, 



386 ; on board the " Challenger," 594 ; 



range of, in depth, 581 ; Pelagic, 216. 

 Platycerium, 270, 371. 

 Platycercus splendens, 304, 322, 324; tabuensis, 



292. 

 Pleuronectids, Pelagic, 281. 

 Plumage, aberrant, of pigeon, 303 ; change 



of, by heron, 291 ; of young ostriches, 152. 

 Poa cookii, 165, 167, 224* 

 Poetiy, origin of, 333. 

 Polyopogon, 589. 

 Polycheles, 297, 589. 

 Poly podium Austrcde, 167. 

 Population, of Heard Island, 229; of 



Tonga, 287; of Admiralty Islands, 478. 

 Porcupine, hole of, 153. 

 Porites, 48, 344. 

 Porpita, 569. 

 Porpoises, 30, 271. 

 Porto Grande, 41. 

 Port Jackson, 266. 

 Porto Pray a, 55. 



Possession Island, Crozets, 181 ; in Ant- 

 arctic Sea, plants of, 224. 

 Potts, Mr. T. H., on habits of the Kaka, 



279 ; on Apteryx, 125. 

 Ponta Delegada, 32, 37. 

 Prawn, fresh water, at Cape Yerdes, 60 ; 



at Fiji, 324. 

 Pressure, the, in the deep sea, 579 ; effect 



of, on animals, 580. 

 Prince Edward Islands, 163. 

 Pringlea antiscorbidica, 167, 169, 191, 224. 

 Prion, 123, 181, 229, 253 ; deso lotus, habits 



of, 207. 

 Procellaridce, 206. 

 Procdlaria rostrata, 521, 499. 

 Procession, at Ponta Delgada, 37 ; at 



Bahia, 86. 

 Property, retained by natives of Api, 345 ; 



relative value of Papuan, 439 ; hidden by 



savages, 357. 

 Proteacece, 142. 

 Proiococcus offinis, 76. 

 Psammetichus, King, experiment of, 377. 

 Ptilinopus, i>ovi>liyvacms, 292, 324; suptrhus, 



364. 

 Ptilotis, caruneidata, 292 ; crysotis andjiligcra, 



351 ; procerior, 309. 

 Ptilorhis Alberti, 352. 

 Pttris aquilina, 33, 537. 

 Pteropus, 323, 375, 479 ; leraudrenii, 291 ; 



poliocephalus , 268. 

 Pteropod with eyes on stalks, 514. 

 Puff-adder, 153. 

 Puffinus, 16, 123 ; nugax, 522. 

 Pycnogonids, giant, 586. 

 Pygosceles tceniata, 175, 189. 

 Pyrosoma, giant, 574. 



Q. 



Quail, painted, the, 364 - t at St. J ago Island, 



56 ; at St. T 

 Quan Yin, 420. 



56 ; at St. Vincent Island, 54. 



Quedius, 73. 



Qucrquedula Eatoni, habits of, 190. 



R. 



Babbits of Teneriffe, 6 ; of Crozets, 183. 

 Kaces, congregation of, at Fiji, 336. 

 Badiolarians, yellow cells of, 293. 

 Bain, belt of excessive, 66 ; fall of, Honolulu, 



497 ; effect of on distribution of ferns, 280. 

 Baine Island, 347 ; birds of, 348 ; insects 



of, 350. 

 Rallus pectoralts, 348. 

 Ramphastos arid, 92. 

 Raoulia, 169. 



Ranuncidus, biiernatus, 168 ; Moadeyi, 194. 

 Bat Island, 83. 

 Bats, Black, on board the " Challenger.'' 594 ; 



at Fiji, 308, 324; Kangaroo, 269; at 



Tahiti, 517. 

 Battans, 351, 372. 

 Beef, coral, encircling, 294 ; barrier, visit to, 



at Fiji, 306 ; at Api, 343 ; raised, 282, 344, 



389, 408. 

 Beligion, in the Admiralty Islands, 473 ; 



in~CHiNA, 420 ; in Japan, 487, 493. 

 Remipes, 26. 

 Rtmora, the, 8, 11. 

 Rediacece, 142. 

 Betama, 5. 



Rhea Americana, 595. 

 Bkeebok, 151. 

 Rhizomorpha girdles, 330. 

 Rhinopithecus Roxdlanoi, 429. 

 Bhinoceros horn, an antidote, 427 ; horn of, 



cups of, 427 ; trickorhinus, 423. 

 Rhynchodemus, 154, 279. 

 Bibeira Grande, 34. 

 Bichards, Mount, 185. 

 Bice fields, 395, 485. 

 Ricliardia jEthiopica, 153. 

 Bichards, Mr. B., B.N., on habits of birds, 



&c, at Tristan da Cunha, 116 (note). 

 Bine Bird, habits of the, 352. 

 Biver, great, of Fiji, 322 ; Ambernoh, the, 



432. 

 Roches Moidonnes, 197. 

 Bolleston, Prof. G., Nemertine named after, 



572. 

 Boss, Sir J., on icebergs, 242. 

 Boss, Mount, 185, 214. 

 Bowitt, Mr. B., 422. 

 Boyal Sound, excavation of, by ice, 198. 

 Rumcx, 110, 115. 



Bumphius, his account of Nautilus, 298. 

 Rusa moluccensis, 379, 390. 



S. 



Saccharum, 323, 433. 



Saccopteryx canina, 103. 



Salpm, 569 ; experiment on sinking of, 582. 



Saluting, the, Patagonians, 551; remarks on, 



387. 

 Samolus Valerandi, 51. 



