INDEX. 



Abbott, Mr. W. J., R.N., shooting 



Bird of Paradise, 326. 

 Acana ascendeus, 100, 144, 145, 166. 

 Acacia Koa, 430. 

 Aciocladia Maivillata, 265. 

 Adianlimii iiigrttni, 30. 

 Aciostichiiiii aureiem, 20. 

 Admiralty Islands, the, 387 ; 



Fruit-pigeons of the, 333 ; natives 



of the, 390, 415. 

 iEohan formation, at Bermuda, 18 ; 



in icebergs, 208; at Fernando 



Noronha, 67. 

 Agassiz, Prof., on deep-sea animals, 



Agaruits phylicigeiia, 1 1 7. 

 Agouti at .St. Thomas, 13. 

 Agrostis Antarctica, 168. 

 Aizoon canarietise, 40. 

 Albatross, origin of word, ili; 



Great White, the, 148, 156, 220; 



nesting of the, 112, 149; Sooty, 



the, 156, 219 ; flight of the, 494; 



diffusion of plants by, 452 ; range 



of, 452. 

 Albino Fijian, 289. 

 Alcyonarians, phosphorescent, in 



deep sea, 512; various at Philip- 

 pines, 349. 

 Aleuritcs triloba, 3 1 8, 430. 

 Algae, at St. Paul's Rocks, 65 ; in 



hot water, 32, 331, 354 ; parasitic 



in Foraniinifera, 253 ; parasitic 



in corals, 504. 

 Allopora niiniacea, 46 1 ; nobilis, 



460 ; profunda, 46 1 . 

 Alpine, floras and deep-sea faunas 



compared, 507 ; plants, probable, 



pf Ne\v Guimf.a, 375. 



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Alsopliila Tahitiensis, 449. 

 Amnlopteryx niaritiiiia, 157, 168, 



485. 

 Ambernoh River, the, 373. 

 Amboina, 334. 

 Aiiiphio.viis laitceolatus, 311. 

 Amsterdam Island, 117, 147. 

 Anas supcrciliosa, 278. 

 Anchor, the ship's broken, 478. 

 Andes, the, not well scon from the 



coast, 472. 

 Angiopteris evecta, 450. 

 Allans sto/idiis, 58, 301, 413 ; tnc- 



lanogenys, 58. 

 Antelopes, habits of, 129. 

 Antennariiis, nest of, 492. 

 Antipodes Isl.^nd, paroquets at, 



183. 

 Ant-lion, 44. 

 Ants, Leaf-cutting, habits of, 90 ; 



curious relation of, to plants, 



336; on board the "Challenger," 



514- 



Api Island, 295. 



Apiiiin aiistrale, 95, llj ; gravco- 

 leiis, 99. 



Aplysia, 42. 



Aptenodytes longirostris, 152, 171 ; 

 Fosteri, 171. 



Apleryx Anstralis, attitude in sleep- 

 ing, 108. 



Arafura Sea. 316. 



Areca, 303, 393. 



Archer, Mr. W., on algae in hot 

 springs, 32. 



Arctocephaliis, 177- 



Arenga saccharifera, 338. 



Argvnnis, 1 16. 



Areyreiosus setipinnis, 51. 



Arrows, leaf, at Ke Islands, 329 ; 

 poisoned, at Api, 298 ; at the Aki; 



