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INDEX. 



Dance, club, 286; fan, 287; de- 

 velopment of the, 287 ; of Ad- 

 miralty^ Islanders, 407 ; of Fijians, 

 271 ; grand, at Fiji, 2S4 ; of Ke 

 Islanders, 328 ; Mahommedan, 

 334 ; of Lutaos, 346 ; waltz by 

 Malays 334. 



Daptioii capeiisis, 1 1 5, 1 1 8, 159, 199. 



Darwin, Mr. C, on Aplysia, 42 ; 

 on the bolas, 484; on "carne 

 con cuero," 486 ; on continental 

 areas, 509 ; on Diodoii antcnnaUts, 

 45; on expression, 246, 298; on 

 llora of Kerguelen's Land, 146 ; 

 on the Tiiaitnco, 125; on getting 

 fire by friction, 250 ; on Gtinnera, 

 467 ; on hooked seeds, 469 ; on 

 horses of the Falkland Islands, 

 482; on icebergs, 210; on lime- 

 stone bed at St. Jago Island, 

 48, 56 ; on ostriches, use of wings 

 by. 516; on peat, 20 ; on Pele- 

 canoides uiinatrix, 18 1 ; on Pe- 

 trels as carriers of seeds, 453 ; on 

 sexual selection in birds, 322 ; on 

 spiders' webs, 329 ; on St. Paul's 

 Rocks, 63; at Tahiti, 454; on 

 tree in Fernando Noronha, 

 67 ; on the Uspallata Pass, 473. 



Dasyprocta, 13. 



Dasyptilus, 375 ; pcqiielti, 338. 



Dasyurus viverriniis, 232. 



Davids, Mr. Rhys, on embank- 

 ments in Ceylon, 419. 



Deep-sea animals, food of, 5'-'4 J 

 colours of, 513 ; relations of, 512 ; 

 fossil forms amongst, 509 ; range 

 of, 507 ; rich localities for, 511. 



Deep-sea, faunas and Alpine floras 

 compared, 507 » absence of sun- 

 light in, 502 ; pressure in, 502. 



Deer, at Amboina, 336; at the Aru 

 Islands, 327 ; introduced into 

 the Sandwich Islands, 433. 



Delpluniis, 70. 



Demiegrctta sacra, 252, 278. 



Dcndrobinm, 393. 



Dciidroseris, 470. 



Dentrecasteaux, on the Admiralty 

 Islands, 388. 



Denudation, by rain in New .South 

 Wales, 231 ; of Tristan daCun- 

 HA group, 1 17. 



Depth, average, of the ocean, 501 ; 

 relation of, to area in the oceans, 

 500. 



Diadcma Antillantm, 11. 

 Diatoms, Pelagic, 187, 491 ; stain- 

 ing ice, 216. 

 Dickens, Mr. F. V., trip with, 417. 

 Dickie, Prof. G., on algae, 56, 73 ; 



on seaweed of Heard Island, 



196. 

 Digging sticks of Gudangs, 308 ; 



stones of Hottentots, 128. 

 Dicksonia cnlcita, 31. 

 Diodoti, 235 ; antennatus, 45 ; hys- 



trix, 45. 

 Diontedca exiilans, 115, 148, 159, 



220 ; f II liginosa, 156, 159, 219; 



cnliitiiiata, III, 159; niclanopluys, 



220. 

 Diploiia ccrebn'foniiis, 24. 

 Diptera, of the Falkland Islands, 



485; of Kerguelen's Land, 166. 

 Dispersion, of insects, 331 ; of 



plants, 15, 116, 317; of plants 



by birds, 145, ^t,t„ 452. 

 Distichopora coccinea, 461, 463. 

 Distribution, of genus Atya, 54; 



of Marsupials, 123; of penguins, 



102. 

 DoBBo, 317. 

 Dogs, run wild in penguin rookery, 



114; of the Admiralty Islands, 



413- 

 Doniicella sohtaria, 255, 266, 280. 

 Draco volans, habits of, 351. 

 Dracwuas, 266, 297 ; planted by 



savages, 402. 

 Dragon, the, last seen in England, 



368 ; bones and teeth of, 365 ; 



Chinese account of, 366 ; origin 



of, 365- 

 Dredging, deep-sea, process of, 50T. 

 Dress, origin ©f, 355 ; peculiar, of 



Bisayans, 355. 

 Drift-wood, large masses of, 317 > 



off New Guinea, 373; on deep- 

 sea bottom, 505. 

 Drums, 327; log, 267; wooden, 



of Admiralty Islanders, 407, 



v\ooden, Fijian, 277. 

 Drytitis IVintcri, 467. 

 Dugong, the, 365 ; bones of, used 



as decoration, 313; skulls of, 



placed in temples, 409. 

 Dnles Malo, 448. 

 Duncan, Prof. Martin, on parasites 



in corals, 504. 

 D'Urvillcca utilis, 144, 148, 196. 

 Dyer, Mr. W. T. Thiselton, on 



