550 



IXDEX 



Australian Alps, indications of glaciation 



in, 163 

 birds absent from New Zealand, 

 ' 4S3 



flora, general features of, 491 

 richest in temperate zone, 491 

 recent and derivative in the tropics, 



492 

 its south-eastern and south-western 



divisions, 493 

 Sir Joseph Hooker on, 494 

 geological explanation of, 494 

 its presence in New Zealand, 49S 

 natural orders of, wanting in Xew 



Zealand, 490 

 orchidese in China, 527 

 genera of plants in India, 524 

 l)lants absent from New Zealand, 



488, 490 

 none in north temperate zone, 527 

 running wild in Neilgherrie moun- 

 tains, 528 

 region, definition of, 45 

 mammals and birds of, 46 

 seeds scattered in New Zealand, 



508 

 Aylward, Captain, on glaciation of South 



Afi-ica, 163 

 Azores, 247 



absence from, of large- fi'uited trees 



or slu-ubs, 260 

 zoological features of, 248 

 birds of, 249 

 insects of, 253 

 beetles of, 253 

 land-shells of, 256 

 flora of, 256 

 Azores and New Zealand, identical plants 



in both, 512 

 Azorean bird-fauna, origin of, 250 



fauna and flora, deductions from, 



261 

 plants, facilities for the dispersal of, 



260 



B. 



Babirusa alfurus in Celebes, 456 ! 



Badgers, 41 I 



Bahamas contrasted with Florida, 5 

 Baker, Mr., on flora of Mauritius and the | 

 Seychelles, 441 ! 



Bali and Lombok, contrasts of, 4 | 



Banca, peculiar species of, 386 ; 



Bnrharea jwecox on railway bank, 514 j 



Barn-owl, wide range of, 15 | 



Baron, Eev. R., on the flora of Madagascar, 



441 

 Barriers to dispersal, 73 

 Batrachia, 30 

 Bats in Bermuda, 269 

 Bears of Europe and America, 14 

 Beaver of Europe and America, 14 

 Beetles of the Azores, 253 



remote affinities of some of, 255 



of the Galapagos, 284 



of St. Helena. 298 



of the Sandwich Islands, 318 



Beetles, peculiar British species of, 351 

 Bell-birds, distribution of, 24 

 Bennett, Mr. Arthur, on iieculiar British 

 plants, 360 



on the vegetation of railway banks, 

 514 

 Bentham, Mr., on the compositaj of the 

 Galapagos, 288 



on the compositse of St. Helena, 307 



on the Mascarene compositaj, 445 



on Sandwich Island compositre, 325 

 Bermuda, 262 



soundings around, 203 



red clay of, 265 . 



zoology of, 266 



reptiles of, 266 



birds of, 266 



insects of, 269 



land-mollnsca of, 270 



flora of, 271 

 Bermuda and Azores, comparison of bird- 

 faunas of, 268 

 Bernicla sandvichensis, 314 

 Biological causes which determine dis- 

 tribution, 532 

 Biological features of Madagascar, 416 

 Birds as plant-dispersers, 81 



as seed-caiTiers, 81, 258 



common to Great Britain and Japan, 

 396 



common to India and Japan, 399 



specific range of, 15 



range of British, 34 



range of East Asian, 38 



variation in N. American, 58 



dispersal of, 75 



of the Azores, 249 



of Bermuda, 266 



of Bermuda and Azores compared, 

 268 



of the Galapagos, 280 



of the Sandwich Islands, 313 



peculiar to Britain, 340 



of Borneo, 377 



of Java, 382 



of the Philippines, 388 



of Japan, 396 



peculiar to Japan, 398 



peculiar to Formosa, 404 



common to Formosa and India or 

 Malaya, 407 



of Madagascar, and their teachings, 

 422 



of Comoro Islands, 429 



of the Seychelles, 430 



of the Mascarene islands, 436 



of islands east and west of Celebes, 

 454 



of Celebes, 458 



peculiar to Celebes, 459 



Himalayan types of, in Celebes, 462 



list of, in Celebes, 466 



of New Zealand, 476, 482 



wingless, of New Zealand, 476 

 Blackburn, Mr. T., on the beetles of the 



Sandwich Islands, 318 

 Blakiston and Prver on birds of Japan, 

 396 



