INDEX. 



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Suhm, K. von Willemoes, 26; on Ad- 

 miralty Islanders, 452 ; at Humboldt Bay, 

 442 ; bird caught in spider's web, 382 ; on 

 C'ardlsoma, 64 ; birds and butterflies of 

 Tristan da Cuxha, 122, 134; death of, 

 513 ; excursion with, 402 ; papers and draw- 

 ings left by, 513 ; wingless fly, 192. 



Sulci, capensls, 155 ; cyanops, nest of, 349 ; 

 leucoyaster, 68, 349, 563; piscatrix, 349, 

 563. 



Sulu Islands, 396. 



Survivals in Chinese and Japanese funerals, 

 490. 



Swiss chalets, origin of, 399. 



Swallows, nesting on rocks, 145 ; seen at sea, 

 65, 482; on mountain tops, 295, 384. 



Swifts, Tree, 292. 



Swire, H., Lieut. E.N., sketch by, 81. 



Swordfish, 253, 448. 



Synapta, the Admiralty worm, 498 ; large, 

 at Api, 344. 



Sydney, 266. 



Sylvia, 79. 



T. 



Table Bay, 138. 



Table Mountain, 138; Kerguelex's Land, 

 187. 



Tachypetes aaidla, 11, 82, 563 ; minor, nests of, 

 349. 



Tahiti, 513. 



Tahitians, ignorance of mountains by, 519, 

 523 ; national air of, 536. 



Talaur Islands, and natives of, 432. 



Taleyalla Lalhami, 353. 



Talpa, 146. 



Tamandua, roasted, 97. 



Tameness of birds in islands, &c, 122, 190, 

 209, 552. 



Tarentola, 7 ; Delalandll, 49. 



Taro, 35, 464. 



Tattooing of Admiralty Islanders, 463; at 

 Fiji, 319 ; Japanese, described, 491 ; re- 

 lation of, to dress, 412; origin of, 509 (note). 



Taylor, Bev. Bichard, on New Zealand 

 Lake Fas, 400. 



Teal at Kerguelen's Land, 190. 



Telphusa, 561. 



Temperature, of air at Marion Island, 170 ; 

 in the deep sea, 584 ; high, of sea water, 

 368 ; limit of, at which algfe grow, 410 ; 

 maintenance of, by seals, 204 ; of moun- 

 tain pools at Marion Island, 168 ; in the 

 mountains at Tahiti, 518; at Tristan 



DA CUNHA, 111. 



Temples, at Admiralty Islands, 473; at 



Fiji, 316 ; of Horrors, Canton, 420 ; 



Fapuan, 447 ; of Hawaii, 504. 

 Teneriffe, 2. 

 Tennant, Sir Emerson, on the Mermaid, 



424. 

 Terebra metadata, adze blades made from, 



467. 

 Termites, nests of, 14, 350. 

 Ternate, 390 ; Peak of, ascended, 392. 

 Test udo geometrica, 152. 

 Tetrastemma agricola. 26. 



ThAckombau, King, burns a town, 309; 

 interview with, 319. 



Tkalassia, 361. 



Thalatsceca ylaclaloUhs, 134, 253. 



Theatres, Japanese, 494. 



Thomson, F. T., Capt. E.N., amongst Ad- 

 miralty Islanders, 475, 477 ; at Humboldt 

 Bay, 443. 



Thomson, Sir 0. Wyville, 166, 185 ; 

 Director of Scientific Staff, 1 ; on deep- 

 sea phenomena, 589 ; at the dredge, 57* ; 

 on ; ' Implosion," 580; originator of the 

 Expedition, 598 ; on range of Pelagic 

 animals, 575 ; on phosphorescence. 590. 



Three-toed Sloth, roasted, 97 ; habits of, 

 104. 



Threshing floor in the Azores, 33. 



Thwaites, Mr. G. H. K., in Ceylon, 535. 



Thynnus argtntlnttatus, 53. 



Thyrsopterls eleyaits, 537. 



Thysanodactylus blllneatus, 84. 



Thysanozoon, 402. 



Tidore, 390. 



Tillcea moschata, 165. 



Tizard, T. H., Staff-Corn. E.N., 369, 378; 

 593 ; temperatures of Marion Island, 

 170. 



Toads, mewing, 93. 



Tobacco, introduction of, to New Guinea, 

 357 ; market in Brazil, 97 ; pipes of 

 Gudangs, 356 ; smoked by Papuans, 437. 



Tokelau race, 336. 



Tombs, of chiefs at Fiji, 327 ; of Chinese, 

 at Ternate, 391. 



TONGATABU, 282. 



Tonga, King George of, 320. 



Torres Straits, 361. 



Tortoises, 152 ; large, on board the " Chal- 

 lenger," 595. 



Toucans, shooting, 91. 



Tracks, of animals in sand, 152 ; of Australian 

 Blacks on trees, 258 ; of OrnlthoryncUus, 

 263. 



Trade, of Fijians, 324; of Papuans, 439; 

 of Admiralty Islanders, 451; gear, 451; 

 Wind, climatic effect of the, 45, 50. 



Trap for Opossum, 258 ; for wild swine, 381. 



Travers, Mr. H. H., on Maorioris, 340. 



Travers, Mr. T. W. Locke, present of 

 specimens by, 279 ; on Maoris, 340. 



Trees, destruction of, at Juan Fernandez, 

 538 ; high at Aru, 371 ; highest existing, 

 260 ; Composite, at Tahiti, 542 ; with 

 plank-like roots, 405 ; shedding leaves in 

 dry season, 94; transplanted by the waves . 

 368; trunks of , found in Cp.ozets, 182; 

 fossil at Kerguelen's Land, 195. 



Trlbidus clstoldes, 43. 



Trlchodesmlum, 566. 



Trlchnylossus Svalnsonil, 352. 



Trichomanes peltatum, 455. 



Tridcwna, ornaments made from shell of, 

 470; living, appearance of, 362. 



Trigger fish, 51, 74. 



Triyonla, 276, 361. 



Tristan da Cunha, 108 ; insects at, 134 ; 

 relations of flora of, 135. 



