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INDEX. 



of the coral island subsidence, 



315 



Globigerinos, nature of, 325 

 Globigerina mud, 1 14 

 Goniopora columna, 32, 71, 73 

 Gorgonacea, 61 

 Gorgonia flabellum, 62 

 ,, flexuosa, 62 

 ,, quercifolia, 63 

 Gorgonise, spicules of, 63 

 Crosse, P. H., species of Peachia, 

 Edwardsia, etc,, 

 from his British 

 Sea- Anemones, 8 

 ,, on lasso-cells, 15 



,, on spontaneous fis- 



sion in Anthea, 36 

 ,, mention of his work, 



British Sea-Ane- 

 mones, 70 

 Guam, 262 



,, elevation of, 295 

 Guano, birds contributing to, 242, 



245 

 Guano islands of Pacific, 248 

 Gulf Stream, influence of, in the 

 Oolitic and Cretaceous eras, on 

 the temperature of the Atlantic 

 Ocean, 311, 312 

 Gypsum on coral islands, 251 

 Hague, J. D., sands shifted in posi- 

 tion with the season, 

 202 

 ,, on guano islands of 



Pacific, 248, 254 

 ,, on birds of Pacific 



coral islands, 242 

 Hale, H., on Gilbert Islanders, 238 

 ,, on subsidence at Ponape, 

 283 

 Halocampa chrysanthellum, 9 

 Hapaii Group, 260, 289 

 Haplophyllia paradoxa, 57 

 Harbours and channels, conditions 

 determining the formation and 

 condition of, 201, 210 

 Hartt, C. F., corals of Brazilian 

 coast, 88 



,, Brazil reefs, in 



Hawaian chain, length of, 365 



,, ,, western coral atolls 



of, 261, 277, 281 



,, ,, northwestern part, 



soundings in, 139 



Hawaian Islands, corals of, 86 



Hawaian Islands, elevations at, 292 



Hawaii, reefs of, 261 



Heliopora, 80 



Henuake, 134, 148, 162, 284 



Henderson's Island, 139, 159 



Hero Island, 253, 290 



Hervey Group, elevations in, 287 



Hogoleu, 261 



Holothurians, characters of, 324 



Holothuria dried, 129 



Honden, See Henuake 



Home Island, 261, 293 



Horsburgh, J. J., on the Maldives, 



153 

 Howland's Island, 251, 291 

 Huahine, shells of, at elevations, 287 

 Hull's Island, 292 

 Hunt, E. B., rate of growth of 



corals, 98 

 ,, ,, -on Florida Reefs, 



reference to paper 

 by, \6-i et seq. 

 Hunter's Island, 262 

 Hydra, 77 



Hydrallmania falcata, 78 

 Hydroids, 76, 80 

 Indian Ocean, reefs of, 267 



,, subsidence in, 317 



Isis hippuris, 65 

 Isothermal or isocrymal chart, 83, 



256 

 Jarvis's Island, 135, 159, 250, 290 

 Jones, J, M., on the Bermudas, 



185—188 

 Jukes, Australian reefs, 113, 147 

 Julien, on guano minerals, 253 

 Kao, 260 

 Kawehe, 146, 165 

 Kauai, 261, 277, 292 

 Reeling's Island, 139, 268 

 Kent, W. S., on Vertillum cyno- 



morium, 69 

 Key West, 167 tt seq. 

 Kingsmills. See Gilbert Group 

 King's Island, 162 

 Kophobelemnon. See Cophobele- 



mon. 

 Kotzebue, on water of coral islands, 



242 

 Kuria, 134, 140, 294 

 Kusaie, 261 

 Lacaze Duthiers, on Corallium 



rubrum, 67 

 Laccadives, 268 

 Ladrones, 261, 280 



