INDEX 



553 



Darwin, experiments on seed-dispersal, 

 258 

 on natural liistory of the Keeling 



Islands, 28(3 

 theory of f(irniation of atolls, 307 

 on cultivated plants not running wild, 

 507 

 Dawkins, Professor Boyd, on animal mi- 

 grations during the glacial epoch, 

 120 

 Dawson, Mr. G. M., on alternations of 

 climate in British Columhia, 121 

 Pi-ofessor, on Pal»ozoic bouldei"-beds 

 in Nova Scotia, 201 

 De Candollc on dispersal of seeds, 80 

 Deep-sea deposits, 219 

 Deer in Celebes, 450 



Delphiniuvi ajacis, on a railway bank, 515 

 Dendrceca, 10 

 D. ccerulea, 10 

 -D. discolor, 10 

 D. domhiica, 19 



Dendraca coronaia, variation of, 58 

 Dendroiihida% 28 

 Denudation destroys the evidences of 



glaciation, 172 

 Denudation and deposition as a measure 



of time, 213 

 Denudation in river basins, measurement 



of, 215 

 Denudation, marine as compared with 



sub-aerial, 225 

 Deposition of sediments, how to estimate 



the average, 221 

 Deserts, cause of high temperature of, 



132 

 Diagram of excentricity and precession, 



129 

 Diagram of excentricity for thi-ee million 



years, 171 

 Dididse, how exterminated, 436 

 Didunculus, keeled sternum of, 437 

 Diosf)>TOs, in upper greensand of Green- 

 land, 186 

 Diplotaxis imiralis, on railway banks, 513 

 Dipnoi, discontinuity of, 69 

 Dipterus, 69 

 Discontinuity among North American 



birds, 67 

 Discontinuity a proof of antiquity, 69 

 Discontinuous generic areas, 23 

 Discontinuous areas, 64 



wliy rare, 64 

 Dispersal of animals, 72 



of land animals, how effected, 73, 76 

 along mountain-chains, 81 

 of seeds bv wind, 80, 257 

 by birds, 81, 258 

 by ocean-currents, 81, 258 

 of Azorean plants, facilities for, 260 

 Distribution, changes of, shown by extinct 

 animals, 102 

 how to explain anomalies of, 420 

 Drontheim mountains, peculiar mosses of, 



368 

 Dobson, Mr., on bats of Japan, 394 



on th.e affinities of Mystacina tuber- 

 culata, 474 



Dodo, the, 436 



aborted wings of, 437 

 Dryiophida;, 28 

 Dumeril, Professor, on lizards of Bourbon, 



435 

 Duncan, Professor P. M., on ancient sea 



of central Australia, 496 



E. 



Early history of New Zealand, 484 



Earth's age,'210 



East Asian birds, range of, 38 



East and West Australian floras, geologi- 

 cal explanation of, 494 



Echidna, 30 



Echimyidas, 27 



Elevation of North America during glacial 

 period, 154 

 causing diversion of gulf-stream, 154 



Elwes, Mr. H. J., on distalbution of 

 Asiatic birds, 380 



Emberiza scliceniclus, discontinuity of, 66 



E. passerina, range of, 66 



E. pyrrhulina, 66 



Endemic genera of plants in Mauritius, 

 etc., 443 



Pndemic genera of plants in New Zealand, 

 526 



English plants in St. Helena, 297 



Environment, change of, as modifying or- 

 ganisms, 225 



Eriocaulon septangulare, 363 



Ethiopian Region, definition of, 42 

 birds of, 43 



Ettingshausen, Baron von, on the fossil 

 flora of New Zealand, 499 

 on Australian plants in England, 518 



Eucalyptus, wide range of, in Australia, 

 185 



Eucalyptus and Acacia, why not in New 

 Zealand, 507 



Eucalyptus in Eocene of Sheppey, 518 



Eupetes, distribution of, 25 



Europe, Asia, &c., as zoological terms, 32 



European birds, range of, 16 

 in Bermuda, 269 



European occupation, effects of, in St. 

 Helena, 294 



European plants in New Zealand, 507 

 in Chile and Fuegia, 521 



Everett, Mr. , on Bornean 1 lirds, 377 



on mammalia of the Philipx)ines, 387 

 on Philippine birds, 388 

 on raised coral-reefs in the Philip- 

 pines, 389 



Evolution necessitates continuity, 70 



Excentricity and precession, diagram of, 

 129 



Excentricity, variations of, during three 

 million years, 171 



Excentricity a test of rival theories of cli- 

 mate, 171 



Excentricity, high, its effects on warm 

 and cold climates, 198 



Explanation of peculiarities of the fauna 

 of Celebes, 460 



