Index 



387 



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Hammerkoff . . . 250 



Hamran sword-hunters . . 93 



Hegleek .... 193 

 Heuglin's Reise-nach Abyssinien, 



reviewed . . . 146 

 Henlopen Cape, kitchen middens 



of ... . 136 

 Hildeorande, Dr, on recent earth- 

 quakes at Hawaii . . 360 

 Hirundo lunifrons . . 239 

 Hinialayahs, data of elevation of 339 

 still rising . . 337 

 Himalayan titmouse . . 39 

 Hippopotamus, Indian fossil . 341 

 ,, value of different 



teeth of . 273 



Honolulu, notes from . . 136 



Hobby-falcon at the Cape ground 240 



Hornbill .... 246 



Houriar .... 303 

 Howard, Frederick, letter from 



North Coast of Australia . 192 



Hyphantornis capitalis — nest of 251 



Ibex .... 305 



Icthyological faunas of the Amazons 38 



Impeyan pheasant . . 304 



Indian frogs, predaceous habits of 199 

 , , hippopotamus perhaps coeval 



with man . . , 341 

 Indians of the western shores of 

 Vancouver's Island, by R. 



Brown .... 288 



Indicator, affinities of . . 243 



,, minor . . 242 

 Insect migrations in South America 



(Spruce) . . . 264 

 Insects, habits of, observed by 



Clark, at Rio . . 168 

 Instances in support of MrWallace's 



theory of bird's nests . . 78 

 Irrisor, affinities of . . 243 

 Jararaca, adventure with . 260 

 Jibara .... 160 

 Kalahari desert . . . 213 

 Kelung harbour, sandstone rocks at 370 

 Kilmandjaro, ferns of . . 319 

 Kitchen middens of Cape Hen- 

 lopen, age of . . . 134 

 Kolqual .... 314 

 Kuhn's Filices Deckenianae, re- 

 viewed . . . 319 

 Ladak .... 306 

 Lake Chimouraree . . 307 

 Layard's birds of South Africa . 238 

 Lates Niloticus . . . lol 

 Lemurs, habits of . .187 

 ,, of Madagascar . 186 

 ,, and opossums, resem- 

 blance in their habits 187 

 Leconte on the geology of Cen- 

 tral America . . . 327 

 Le Vaillant^s errors . 240 

 Limbs, symmetry and homology 



in, C. Wyman . . 112 



Lions, adventure with . . 209 



,, man-eating . . 221 



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Lions more daring when men 



away from the villages . 221 

 Lochleven and Lomonds of Fife, 



sketch of . . . 7 



Madagascar bats . . 191 

 Magellan, Straits of, letters from 



Dr Cuninghame . 64, 323 

 ,, Straits of, letters from 



Captain Mayne . 62, 196 

 ,, relative proportion of 

 European and African types 



in Abyssinia . . , 159 



Manatee said to occurin TanaSea 151 



Marble Mountains, caverns in 336 



,, rocks of the Seven Stars 355 



Marmot, red . . . 307 

 Mastodon, microscopic structure of 



teeth of . . . 274 

 Mayne, Captain, letters from — 



Straits of Magellan . . 62-196 



Melon, two kinds from seeds of 



same fruit . . . 223 

 Michella . . . .312 

 Mihero lakes in Sahara, crocodiles in 302 



Milde's ferns of Europe, &c., reviewed 256 



Monal .... 304 



Mount Vesuviue, eruption of . 133 



Mugger-peer crocodile pond . 297 



Musa Ensete . . . 313 



Nasicornia, list of species of . 338 



Native Africans, adventure with . 203 

 Natural history, recent progress of, 

 in Holland — Van der 



Hoeven on . . 127 



,, in Belgium — Candezeon 127 



Nesodon, species of . . 33S 



Nesodontidae, species of . 338 



Nest builders in South Africa . 251 



N'Gami, lake . . . 210 

 Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia (Sir 



Samuel Baker's), reviewed . 90 

 Nine-tusked elephant . 220, 265 



Notes from Honolulu . . 135 



Notodelphs and ascedians . 365 



Nudibranchs of China Seas . 366 



Numida mitrata . . . 252 



Oliver's excursions in south of China 346 

 Osmunda, monograph of, in Milde's 



Ferns of Europe . 259 



regalis, distribution of 257 



Palms in Abyssinia . . 312 



Pangonia sp. . . . 102 



Parasitic plants at Rio Janeiro . 167 

 Pedras Negrasof Pungo Andongo, 



by Dr Welwitsch . . 22 



Pheasant, Plack . . . 306 



Philetairus socius . . 251 



Phosphorescence of sea, causes of 368 



Pill-rolling beetles . . 135 



Pink topazes . . . 71 



Pith hats . . . 133 

 Plants in Abyssinia — relative pro- 

 portion of European and African 



forms nearly equal . . 160 



Plocepasser Mahali, nests of . 251 



Fodica Mosambicana . . 253 



