INDEX. 



527 



algae, 32, 354 ; on Loiaiiihus 

 AphyllHs, 474. 

 Dykes, of Basalt, cleavage of, 41 ; 

 volcanic, 94, 99, 170. 



E. 



Easter Island, a sheep run, 447. 

 Eaton, Rev. A. E., on cry of petrels, 



156; on Diptera of Kerguelens 



Land, 168. 

 Echidna, 231. 

 Echiiionietra, 42. 

 Ecliincis Rciiiora, habits and colour 



of, 7, 8. 

 Echiiim stenosiphoii, ^r). 

 Eggs, half-hatched, eaten, 356 ; of 



birds hatched in sand, 34S ; of 



turtles, 487. 

 Einbeviza Brazilieiisis, 105 (note). 

 Enipetrinii iiigruni, 95, 117. 

 Equatorial current, 59. 

 Enhalus, 3 1 1 . 

 Eyitada scandeus, 308. 

 Epcira cldvtpcs, 329. 

 EpizoantliHS parasiticus, 512. 

 Erica arborea, 4; Azorica, 31. 

 Eriodeiidron, 13. 

 Erythrina liidica, 255. 

 "Etna," the, Dutch ship of war, 



378, 3S2, 384. 

 Erriiia labiata, 458. 

 Eua Island, 244. 

 Eiibalaiia A ttstralis, 1 7 1 . 

 Eucalyptus Antygdalitta, 226. 

 Eudyptcs, saltator, 102, 152, 169; 



chrvsoloph Its Aes,cr'\he6, 170, 198; 



Adelia:, 220. 

 Eunice, 1 1 . 

 Euphorbia, Cauaricnsis, 2 ; iuckey- 



ana, 38. 

 Eupliyllia, 311, 312. 

 Euplectella, 5 1 1 ; aspcrgillum, dredge 



used for, 351. 

 Euprepes cyanura, -^^it, punctatus, 72. 

 Eustephanus Fernandensis and E. 



galcritus, 468. 

 Examination halls, Chinese, 363. 

 Exhibition at Kioto, 420. 

 Expressions and gestures, at the 



Admiralty Islands, 395; of the 



Api natives, 299 ; at Fiji, 299 ; of 



Fuegians, 479 ; of Gudangs, 310; 



of Japanese, 426; of Papuans 



380; of rage used in fighting, 



381 ; of Tongans. 246. 



Falkland Islands, the, 480. 



Fayal Island, 28. 



Feathers, remarkable, of j'oung 

 ostriches, 131 ; of Chrysnna, 262. 



Feira St. Anna, 81, 83. 



Fell, Mr., on horses of the Falkland 

 Islands, 482. 



Fernando Noronh.Ii, 66. 



Ferns, in the Azores, 30; prepon- 

 derance of, in vegetation, at 

 Juan Fernandez, 466 ; at Ker- 

 MADECS, 242; at Tahiti, 449; of 

 Ternate, 339. 



Fertilization ot flowers, by bats, 

 252; by birds, 305, 468; of in- 

 troduced plants at Juan Fernan- 

 dez, 469; of introduced plants 

 at Tahiti, 454. 



Fcsiuca Cookii, 166. 



Ficus Norlionce, 71. 



Fig tree choking itself, 321. 



Fijian, chief, domestic life of, 283; 

 " ula," 292 ; convicts, 267 ; moun- 

 taineers, 267, 277 ; native's igno- 

 rance of his age, 281. 



Fiji Islands, 260. 



Fire, getting of, by friction, 249; 

 signal, of Papuans, 376. 



Fish, deep-sea, at Madeira, 34; 

 living on land, 255. 



Fishing, for Snook, 134 ; mode of, 

 at St. Vincent Island, 45 ; at 

 St. Paul's Rocks, 61. 



Fish-hooks of Admiralty Islanders, 



.403- 

 Fitchia nutans, 452. 

 Fjords, formation of, 160, 162, 477. 

 Flies, with rudimentary wings, 



habits of, 147, 157, 166, 485; 



House, on board the "Challen- 

 ger," 514. 

 FFight, of birds, II, 179; of Draco 



volans, 351; of flying fish, 495 ; 



of petrels and other birds, 494; 



loss of, at breeding season, by 



albatross, 1 12. 

 Flower, Prof. W. H., on tusks of 



Ziphioids, 136 (note). 

 Flowers, variety of, at the Cape of 



Good Hope, 132; conspicuous, 



at Juan Fernandez, 468. 

 Flowering season, Marion Island, 



145; at Tristan da Cunha, 



116. 



