INDEX. 



529 



Gryllus, 68. 



Guanches, 3. 



Guava, the encroachment of, at the 

 Sandwich Islands, 430 ; at Ta- 

 hiti, 447. 



Giiilandiiia iondiic, 15, 1 1 6. 



Gulf-weed, fauna of the, 492. 



Gymnetms, 371- 



Gum trees, 29 ; giant, 226. 



Giimtcra Chileiisis, 467. 



GuNTHF.R, Dr. A. C. L. G., on 

 Cliloroscartes, 263 ; on deep-sea 

 fish, 34 ; on Periopthaliiiiis, 256 ; 

 size of sharks, 9. 



Gurnet, Flying, 45, 58S, 595. 



Gygis Candida, 489. 



H. 



Haastia, 146. 



Haidahs, houses of the, 345. 



Haemoglobin, in fish, 243. 



Hair, of Admiralty Islanders, 396; 



curl of, in various races, 396 ; 



forcing growth of, by Fijians, 



281 ; dressing at Fiji, 268, 283; 



at Tonga, 246; on moles, signifi- 

 cance of, 397. 

 Haircutter, equestrian, 475. 

 Halcyon, erytlirogastra, 50 ; sacra, 



25; sancta, 264, 241, 314; Julia;, 



297. 

 Haliincda opiDitia, 10; H. t ride 11 s, 



10. 

 Haliotis, 127. 

 Halmahera, 340. 

 Haliitatiints tialabalits, 226, 233. 

 Halobaics, 495. 

 Haloba-na camlea, 156. 

 Halopliila, 278, 311; flowering in 



18 fathoms, 504. 

 Halyritus autphibiits, 168. 

 Hammer-headed shark, 46. 

 Hand-marks made by Australian 



blacks, 238. 

 Hawaii Island, 432. 

 Heard Island, 187. 

 Heat, toleration of, by plants, 32, 



331. 354- 

 Heltchrysuiu, 132. 

 Heliconice, 78. 

 Heliconia nnrcea, 11. 

 Heligoland, migratory birds at, 



314- 

 Heliopora ccerulea, 349. 



Hvlix, 19. 



Heniiyanipluis, 51. 



Hemp, Manila, 355. 



Hermit crabs, habits of, 15. 



Hermit Island, 224. 



Herpesies, 131. 



Hcrpetolitha Umax, 333. 



Hibiscus tiliaccits, 249, 266 ; rosa si- 

 nensis, 398. 



Hildebranlia expansa, 66. 



Hippotherimit, 365. 



Hirundo, tahitica, 255, 297 ; rttstica, 

 417. 



Htstiophorus, 388. 



Holothurians, abundance of, at 

 Bermuda, 24; deep-sea, 513. 



Honam, Monastery of, 363. 



Hong Kong, 358. 



Honolulu, 428; rainfall at, 430; 

 scientific library at, 444. 



Hooker, Sir J. D., on the Big Trees 

 of California, 226; on the flora 

 of Australia, 122; on the flora 

 of Kerguelen's Land, 147, 173; 

 on the flora of Tristan da Cunha, 

 1x6; on the ice stained by dia- 

 toms, 216; on vegetation of the 

 Kermadec Islands, 242 ; on 

 vegetation of Possession Island, 

 Heard Island, etc., 195. 



Hooker Mount, 161. 



Horses, charging with, 473 ; deal- 

 in, in Brazil, 87 ; with deformed 

 hoofs, 481 ; Falkland Island, 

 domestic and wild, 482 ; learn- 

 ing not to trip in mole-holes, 

 125; and mules compared, 477; 

 white, worshipped, 417. 



HoRTA, Town of, 27 ; costume of 

 women at, 28. 



Hot springs, Azores, 31 ; at Cami- 

 guin, 354. 



Hottentots, middens of, 128. 



Houses, of the Admiralty Islanders, 

 401 ; of natives of Aru, 320; of 

 Fijians, 283; at Humboldt Bay, 

 385; at Ke Dulan, 328; at the 

 Philippines, 342; of Tongans, 

 248; origin of first story in, 344. 



Hoya, 297. 



Humboldt Bay, 375. 



Humming birds, of Juan Fernan- 

 dez, 468; flight of, II, 494; 

 shooting, 79. 



Hitra crepitans, 1 3. 



Hutton, Capt. F. W., on Pcripatiis, 

 138; on Land Planarians, 242. 



