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Caprovis vignei . . . 303 

 Centetes ecaudatus (Madagascar 



hedgehog) . . .189 



Cerastes common in South Africa 224 

 Chapman's Travels in South Africa, 



reviewed . , . 201 



Chimouraree Lake . . 307 



Cheiromys Madagascariensis . 191 



China Sea, Collingwood's rambles in 363 



,, South, birds got by Lieut. 



Oliver 349, 350, 355, 358 



,, ,, Oliver's excursions in 346 



Chor Mountain . . . 303 

 Cinchona, introduction in India, 



due to Dr Royle . . 844 



Classification of ferns . . 258 



Climatal changes in Himalayahs 337 



Colius, affinities of . . 245 

 Coloration of the sea, &'c., by 



microscopic algas . . 23-24 



Colossochely's atlas . 333-34° 



Cormorant rookery . . 197 



Crocodile, habits of . . 297 



,, in lakes in the Sahara 322 



, , not in Tana Sea . 153 



,, pond in Scinde . 297 



Cryptoprocta ferox . . 188 



Cussoo .... 316 



Cynocephalus, habits of, at Pungo 



Andongo . . . 31 

 Cypselus apus . . . 239 

 ,, melba , . . 239 

 Dahlakian Archipelago . . 149 

 Deinotherium, microscopic struc- 

 ture of teeth of . . 274 

 Delpino on the apparatus for fecun- 

 dating phanerogamous plants 

 reviewed . . . 181 

 Deserts in South Africa . . 213 

 Diet, different, of allied birds . 247 

 Dinosaur, new ... 71 

 Djibarra . . . ' 316 

 Dogs in South Africa . . 223 

 Domed nests, Duke of Argyle's 



explanation of . . . 286 



Dufton's Abyssinia, reviewed . 41 



Earthquakes at Hawaii . . 36 

 Electricity of aconitea of sea 



anemones, discussed . . 366 



Elephants, adventure with . 217 

 ,, drink only every other 



night . . 217 

 ,, food . . . 2ig 

 ,, hunting by ambush . 97 

 ,, hurling trees , 218 

 ,, lard makes good oint- 

 ment . . 219 

 ., miscroscopic structure 



of teeth of . . 273 



,, narrow escape from . 206 

 ,, tusk, portion of, found 

 in another elephant's 



stomach . . 219 



,, sagacity of . . 218 



,, trees broken by . 218 



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Elephants shaking trees for their 



fruit . . 218 



,, " Skaarms" destroyed by 218 



,, strength of . . 218 



,, trunk good to eat . 219 



Entomologising in Brazil . 170 



Equisetum, monograph of, in 



Milde's Ferns of Europe . 259 



Equus Chapmanni . . 222 

 Exceptions to Mr Wallace's birds' 



nests theoiy ... 85 



Falconer and his labours in India 324 

 Falconer, Hugh, fossils discovered 



by . . 229 



, , life and history of 228 

 ,, Palceontogical 



Memoirs of . 226 



Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis . 231 

 ,, of Madagascar (Pollen and 



van Dam) . . 186 



Fennec, near Lake N'Gami . 224 



Ferns, geographical distribution of 319 

 Filices Deckeniana; (Kuhn's) reviewed 319 

 Fireflies, intermittent flashing of 

 light at Rio . . 167-168 



,, in South Africa — queried 225^ 

 Fishes met with in Abyssinia by Sir 



S. Baker . . 100 

 ,, in Tana Sea different from 



those in Xile . . 153 



Fleas, what do they live upon ? . 199 

 Flies in Brazil . . .172 



Flora Orien talis (Boissier's) reviewed 118 



Flying squirrel . . . 376 



Formosa, coal at . . 371 

 Fowls, small, like bantams, in Ma- 



kololo country . 224 



,, in South Africa . . 224 



French expedition to North Pole 71 



Frogs, Indian, predatory habits of 199 



Galeopithecus Philippensis . 379 



Galidia elegans and concolor . t88 

 Geekie on the geological origin of 



the present scenery of Scotland i 

 Genera Plantarum (Bentham and 

 Hooker's), reviewed by Professor 



de Candolle ... 50 



Geocolaptes olivaceus . . 242 

 Geographical relations of the reptilia 



and batrachia of Sonora 137 

 ,, science, present state 



and prospects of. , 106 

 type-regions of the flora 



of the Old World 124 



Geology of Central North America 321 



Geological structure of Abyssinia 154 



,. ,, Scotland 3 



Giraffe leg bones solid . . 99 



not rare near Walvisch Bay 224 

 Greenland — Whymper's expedition to 70 



Guinea-fowl in South Africa . 224 

 Hivmonia cquiseti, mode of cap- 

 turing . . . .328 



Hamlet Clark's Letters home . 162 



,, Clark — notice of his life 163 



