INDEX 



551 



Bland, Mr., on land-shells of Bermuda, 



270 

 Elanford, Mr. W. T., on small effect of 



marine denudation, 225 

 Ilanford, Mr. H. F., on former connection 



of Africa and India, 426 

 Blocks, travelled and perched, 109 

 Blue magpies, range of, 15 

 Borneo, geology of, 375 

 mammalia of, 376 

 birds of, 377 

 affinities of fauna of, 3S1 

 Borneo and Asia, resemblance of, G 

 Borneo and Java, 373 

 Boulder-beds of the carboniferous forma- 

 tion, 201 

 Boulder clays of east of England, US 

 Bovidai, 29 

 Brady, Mr. H. B., on habitat of gh^bi- 



gerinaj, 92 

 Braithwaite, Dr. R., on peculiar British 



mosses, 365 

 Britain, probable climate of, with winter 



in aphelion, 156 

 British birds, range of, 34-38 

 British Columbia, interglacial warm 



periods in, 121 

 British fauna and flora, peculiarities of, 



370 

 British Isles, recent changes in, 332 

 proofs of former elevation of, 334 

 submerged forests of, 335 

 buried river channels of, 336 

 last union of, with continent, 337 

 why poor in species, 338 

 peculiar birds of, 339 

 fresh-water fishes of, 340 

 peculiar insects of, 344 

 lieculiar Lei)idoptera of, 347 

 peculiar Coleoiitera of, 351 

 jieculiar Trich<jptera of, 355 

 jieculiar land and fresh-water shells 



of, .356 

 peculiarities of the flora of, 300 

 peculiar mosses and Hepatica; of, 3G0 

 British mammals as indicating a zoologi- 

 cal region, 33 

 BuUer, Sir W. L., on the New Zealand 



rat, 475 

 Buried river-channels, 336 

 Biiteo solitariug, 314 

 Butterflies of Celebes, peculiar shape of. 



403 

 Butterflies, peculiar British, 347 



Caddis-flies peculiar to Britain, 355 

 Cecilia, species of, in the Seychelles, 432 



wide distribution of, 432 

 Caiciliadije, 28 



Callithea Leprieuri, distribution of, IS 

 CalUthea sapphira, 18 

 Camels as destroyers of vegetation, 296 



former wide distribution of, 421 

 Camehis, 17, 27 

 Campanula vidalii, 261 



Canis, 17, 26 



Carabus, numerous speoies of, 42 



Carboniferous boulder-beds, 201 



warm Arctic climate, 201 

 Carnivora in Madagascar, 417 

 Carpenter, Dr., on habitat of globigerinte, 



92 

 Carpenter, Mr. Edward, on Mars and 



glacial periods, 104 

 Carduus marianus in New Zealand, 515 

 Carpodacus purpureus and P. calif ornic us, 



68 

 Castor, 17 

 Casuarina, 185 



in India, 527 

 Cause of extinction, 63 

 Caves of Glamorganshire, 336 

 Cebibte, overlapping genera of, 29 

 Celebes, ]iliysical f^-atures of, 451 

 islands around, 452 

 zoology of, 455 



derivation of mammals of, 457 

 birds of, 458 



not a continental island. 461 

 insect peculiarities of, 462 

 Himalayan types in, 462 

 peculiaritv of butterflies of, 463 

 I list of land-birds of, 466 



i Centetidse, 27 

 Centetidaj, formerly inhabited Europe, 



420 

 Central America, mixed fauna of, 53 

 Ceratodus, or mud-fish, 69 

 Cervus, 17, 26 



Chalk a supposed oceanic formation, S9 

 Chalk at Oahu, analysis of, 90 

 Chalk, analysis of, 91 

 Chalk moUusca indicative of shallow water, 



93 

 Chalk sea, extent of, in Europe, 03 

 Clialk-forraation, land-plants found in, 

 94 

 deposited in an inland sea, 93 

 of Faxoe an ancient coral-reef, 94 

 modern formation of, 95 

 supposed oceanic origin of, erroneous, 

 96 

 " Challenger " soundings and .shore-depo- 

 sits, 86 

 " Challenger " ridge in the Atlantic, 101 

 Chameleons verv abundant in Madagascar, 



430 

 Chamois, distribution of, 13 

 Changes of land and sea, 83 

 Chasmorhynchus, distribution of, 24 

 C. nudicoilis, 24 

 C. tricarunculatus, 24 

 C. variegatus, 24 

 C. niveus, 24 

 Chilomenus Innata, 300 

 Chinchillas, 26 

 Chi-ysochloridie, 29 

 Cicindela, 17 

 Cicindelidse common to South America 



and Madagascar, 28 

 Clay, red, of Bermuda, 265 

 Climate, astrononncal causes of changes 

 of, 126 



