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Index 



PAGE 



Podica personata . . 253 



Pagodas of Shao-K'ing . . 352 

 Pollen and Van Dam's Fauna of 



Madagascar (noticed) . . 1S6 

 Pungo Andongo, cultivated plants 

 of .... 30 

 ,, indigenous flora of 28 

 ,, Pedras Negras 22 

 . , seed of . . 23 

 Punjaub, salt ranges of . . 302 

 Purple water in the Tagus . 24 

 Quagga, new species of . . 222 

 Rats in Madagascar . . 189 

 Red Sea, age of . . . 149 

 ,, depression of . . 150 

 Rhinoceros, black, eats the euphor- 

 bia with impunity 223 

 ,, fossil . . 234 

 ,, shedding their horns 70 

 ,, shedding of horns (E. 



Blyth) . . 130 



,, in South Africa . 221 

 ,, remains in Central 



Thibet . . 336 

 ,, whether an inhabitant 



of Borneo or not . 373 



Rhynchopetalum montanum . 160 



Royan river ... 93 



Sahara, crocodiles in lakes in . 302 



Saxicolapileata . . . 245 

 St Abb's Head, cun-ed Silurian 



strata in . . .14 



Salt-pans in South Africa . 212 



Sarawak, Malay houses at . 371 

 Scenes and Studies of Savage Life 



(Sproats), reviewed . . 288 



Science west of the Rocky Mountains 173 



,, in Vancouver's Island, &c. 

 Scinde, geological changes in . 300-302 

 Sclater on Baird's review of Ameri- 

 can birds . . .116 



Scopus umbretta, habits of . 250 



Sciurus Madagascariensis . 191 



ScuirofEigg ... 15 



Scytonema chorographicum . 36 

 Shao-K'ing . . -353 



Sea-lions . . . 197 

 Secretary birds, brittleness of their 



bones .... 249 



Senna in Abyssinia . . 504 



Seroot fly ... 102 



Serpentarius reptilivorus . 249 



Siberian rhinoceros . . 336 

 Si Kiang river . . -351 



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Sivalik beds, age of, and geological 



history . . . 331 



,, range . . . 330 



Snake, electricity of . . 366 



Snakes do not like great heat . 226 

 Social grosbeak . . .251 



Songsters in South Africa . 265 



South Africa, nest-builders in . 251 

 Species numerous in all mountain 



regions, reason why . 155 



Splitting the horns of young calves 266 



Spiders in South Africa . . 222 



,, silk of . . . 222 



Sproat's Scenes and Studies of 



Savage Life, reviewed . . 288 



Steatornis Caripensis . . 139 



Stockholm Museum . . 208 

 Straits of Magellan, survey of 



62, 64, 196, 323 



Strychnos in Abyssinia . . 316 



Swainson's Books at Cape Town 241 



Symmetry and homology in limbs 172 



Synam .... 349 



Tana Sea . . . 151 

 ,, fishes in, different from 



those in Nile . 153 



,, no crocodiles in . 153 

 ,, shells of . .160 



Tangue (Centetes ecaudatus) . 189 



Taranta Pass ... 48 



Terminology of ferns (Milde's) . 295 



Theodore, King of Abyssinia . 42 



Tocasso .... 317 



Trichina in pork, first discovery of 198 



Umbre .... 250 

 Van der Hoeven, Professor, death of 198 



Vegetables of Abyssinia . 104 



Vermifuge, new ... 79 

 Victoria Falls . . .214 

 Visit to Shao-King-fu and the 



marble rocks, of, by Lieut. 01iver3 46 

 Vultures in Ayssinia . . 100 

 ,, heightof flight of differ- 

 ent species . . 100 

 , , scarce to the north-west 



of Lake N'Gami . 224 

 Vulturidse of South Africa . 253 

 Wahlberg's death . . 208 

 Water-spout . . . 377 

 Whirlpool at the Royan junction 92 

 White mammals . . 328 

 Wyman on symmetry and homo- 

 logy in limbs, noticed . . 112 

 Zisyphus . . . .318 



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