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INDEX. 



Islands, 323 ; of Humboldt Bay, 



383. 



Art, native, in the Admiralty Is- 

 lands, 406. 



Artatniis leucopygialis, 305 ; mcla- 

 leiicus, 297. 



Aru Islands, 316; bows and ar- 

 rows of, 323 ; houses of, 320, 323 ; 

 ornaments of, 320 ; dredgings off, 



511- 



Arnndo donax, hedges of, 29. 



Ascension Island, 487 ; migration 

 of turtles at, 155. 



Ascidian, remarkabledeep-sea, 509. 



Aspulhun iitulirioidcs, 145. 



Aspleiiiitm, Nidus, 266, 450 ; obtii- 

 satiiiii, 95 ; nioiiantliciiutiu, 30 ; 

 inariiiimi, 30. 



Astlu'iiosottia, II. 



Astra idee, 265, 31 1. 



Astrcea, 311, 312, 332. 



Astylus sitbviridis, 461, 463. 



Atlantic Ocean, form of the sea- 

 bed of the, 506. 



Atya sukatipcs, 53. 



Australian Blacks, camp of, 305 ; 

 caves, middens, and drawings of, 

 New South Wales, 257 ; descrip- 

 tion of clergyman by, 355 ; En- 

 glish of, 309 ; food of, 308 ; at 

 Government Reserve, 227 ; habits 

 and utensils of, 306 ; ideas of 

 after life, 309; method of smoking 

 ofi 307; nakedness of, 310; 

 tracks of, on trees, 224. 



Asorella, selago, 144, 145, 146, 166, 

 195 ; irifoliata, 475. 



Azores, The, 26. 



B. 



Baboons, habits of, 123. 



Baker, Mr. J. G., on ferns, 339. 



Balamts, 134, 373. 



Balfour, A. F., Lieut. R.N., ascent 



of Ternate, 338. 

 Batistes, habits of, 64 ; noise made 



by, 45- 

 Bahia, appearance of town, 72. 

 Bamboo Jew's-harp, 346 ; spears, 



347- 



Banda Island, 330 ; zones of vege- 

 tation at, 40. 



Bandicoots, hunting, 233. 



Bara, 67. 



Barracuda, 64, 134. 



Barrington, Hon. Daines, experi- 

 ments on song of birds, 325. 



Barringtonia, 297, 334, 374. 



Basilan Island, 349. 



Bat, Fruit, feeding on flowers, 252 

 habits of, 232 ; at Aru, 324. 



Bat, pouch-winged, 89. 



Bathyadis symiiietrica, size of, in 

 deep water, 508. 



Bathyergits suit/is, habits of, 125. 



Bdcllostoiiia, 134. 



Bee Eater, 305. 



Belemnites, search for, 509. 



Bell, origin of the, from wooden 

 drum, 278. 



Bclonc, 46, 51, 72 ; habits of, 413. 



Belt, Mr. Thomas, on Ants, 90; on 

 cock-fighting, 357 ; on dress in 

 Nicaragua, 355 ; on sharks, 281. 



Bendigo, 225. 



Bennett, Dr. G., on Nantilns, 259 ; 

 on Onnthoiyncliiis, 228 ; on Por- 

 to Praya, 57. 



Berkeley, Rev. M. J., on fungi of 

 Tristan da Cunha, 117. 



Bermuda, 15. 



Betel, chewing of, 400. 



Bethell, G. R., Lieut. R.N., ex- 

 cursion with, 474- 



Betsey Cove, 171. 



Bible, the, of a Boer, 129; King 

 Th.vckombau's, 276. 



Birds, at Api, 297 ; burrowing, 106, 

 107, 113, 180, 487; change of 

 habits in, 107 ; migrations of, in 

 Torres Straits, 313; learning 

 by experience, 64 ; Land, met 

 with at sea, 417; notes of, not 

 necessarily a test of race, 325 ; 

 of prey at St. Jago Island, 52 ; 

 Sea, nesting with Land, 72 ; .Sea 

 resting on drift-wood, 317; tame- 

 ness of, 105, 182, 480; young, 

 pugnacity of, 63 ; young, power 

 of concealment of, 480. 



Birds of Paradise, the King, 326; 

 arrows used to kill, 323 ; for sale, 

 338 ; the Great, cry of, 325 ; the 

 Great, pursuit of, 324. 



Biigiis tatro, 263, 348. 



Bleek, Dr. W. H., on Bushmen, 

 128. 



Bladder-nose Seal, 11 1. 



BlighsCap, 158. 



Boatswain Birds, 22, 71. 



Boatsw.mn-Bird Island, 488. 



