CONTEN'TS 



CHAPTER XY 



THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 



Position and Physical Features — Zoology of the Sandwich Islands — Birds 

 — Reptiles — Land-shells — Insects — Vegetation of the Sandwich Islands 

 — Peculiar Features of the Hawaiian Flora — Antiquity of the Hawaiian 

 Fauna and Flora — Concluding Observations on the Fauna and Flora of 

 the Sandwich Islands — General Remarks on Oceanic Islands 



Pages 310—330 



CHAPTER XYI 



CONTINENTAL ISLANDS OF EECENT ORIGIN : GREAT BRITAIN 



Characteristic Features of Recent Continental Islands — Recent Physical 

 Changes of the Britisli Isles — Proofs of Former Elevation — Submerged 

 Forests — Buried River Channels — Time of Last Union with the 

 Continent — "Why Britain is Poor in Species — Peculiar British Birds — 

 Fresh- water Fishes — Cause of Great Speciality in Fishes — Peculiar 

 British Insects — Lepidoptera Confined to the Britisli Isles — Peculiarities 

 of the Isle of Man Lepidoptera — Coleoptera Confined to the British 

 Isles — Trichoptera Peculiar to the Britisli Isles — Land and Fresh- water 

 Shells — Peculiarities of the British Flora — Peculiarities of the Irish 

 Flora — Peculiar British Mosses and Hepaticse — Concluding Remarks on 

 the Peculiarities of the British Fauna and Flora . Pages 331 — 372 



CHAPTER XVII 



BORNEO AND JAVA 



Position and Physical Features of Borneo — Zoological Features of .Borneo : 

 Mammalia— Birds— The Affinities of the Borneo Fauna— Java, its 

 Position and Phj^sical Features— General Character of the Fauna of 

 Java— DitFerences Between the Fauna of Java and that of the other 

 ]\Ialay Islands— Special Relations of the Javan Fauna to that of the 

 Asiatic Continent— Past Geogi-aphical Changes of Java and Borneo— 

 The Philippine Islands— Concluding Remarks on the Malay Islands 



Pages 373—390 



CHAPTER XVIII 



JAPAN AND FORMOSA 



Japan, its Position and Physical Features— Zoological Features of Japan- 

 Mammalia— Birds— Birds Common to Great Britain and Japan— Birds 

 Peculiar to Japan— Japan Birds Recurring in Distant Areas— Formosa 

 —Physical Features of Formosa— Animal Life of Formosa— Mammalia 

 —Land Birds Peculiar to Formosa— Formosan Birds Recurring in India 

 or Malaya— Comparison of Faunas of Hainan, Formosa, and Japan- 

 General Remarks on Recent Continental Islands . Pages 391—410 



