INDEX. 



533 



Myrmelcoii, 4 j.. 



My zonula jiii^iilan's, 255. 



N. 



Naja hajc, 131. 



Nakello, 282. 



Names, vernacular, of southern ani- 

 mals, III. 



Narf.s, Sir G. S., excursion with, 

 46,68, 70; manceuvres amongst 

 icebergs, 2lS; landing with, at 

 Heard Island, 188. 



Narwhal, the, 366, 369. 



Natural selection amongst wild 

 horses, 483. 



Naiicratcs, 8, 243. 



Naulactis, 496. 



Nanlilograpstis iiiintittis, 493. 



Nauliliis, ornament made of shell 

 of, 298; tiia''ioiiiphalHS, 259; 

 Ponipiliits, living, caught, 256. 



Navusa, 281. 



Na Vatani Tawaki, 273. 



Nectarinia fi'cnala, 303. 



Necta 1 7 ; i idw, 125. 



Nelson, flag captured from, 7. 



Nelson, Major-Gen., R.E., on geo- 

 logy of Bermuda, 18. 



Ncmtrtine, Land, 23 ; Pelagic, 496. 



Nephila, web of, 44. 



Nesospisa AchIukv, 105. 



Nertera depressa, 95, 99, 1 17. 



Nesouclda eretiiita, 105. 



Nestor, 375; nteridionalis, 241. 



Nettle cells, tube composed of, 353 ; 

 of corals, 335. 



Nciiopogon Taylori, 168. 



New Guinea, 373, 375; driftwood 

 from, 373. 



Newport, Mr., on the genus Atya, 



54- 

 New Hebrides, 295. 

 New Zealand, 240 ; art of, related 



to Hawaiian, 442 ; tikis of, 441. 

 Nightingale Island, 108. 

 Nino.x boobook, 304. 

 Nitella Antarclicc, 169 ; ficxilis, 251. 

 Noddies, 58, 59, 60, 83, 106, 301. 

 Novaloa, 278. 

 Nukualofa, 247. 

 Nycteribia, 63, 233. ■ 



O. 



Oahu Island, 429. 



Obsidian, lance-heads of, 404. 



Oceanilis, 159, 18 1, 199, 432. 



Oehrocarptis ovaliforniis, 263. 



Oc.acnciims hythitis, described, 509. 



Octopus, 108. 



QLcodoiiui, 90. 



(Jcypoda, 23, 72, 34S ; ippeiis, habits 



of, 43- 

 (Estrelata Lessont, habits of, 180. 

 Oliver, Prof., on plants of Marion 



Island, 147. 

 Olfcrsia, 62. 

 Onslow, Capt., R. N., on chasm 



formed by rain, 231. 

 Ophioglossum pendulum, 393. 

 Opuntia, plantations of, at Tene- 



RiFE, 2, 14 ; at Oahu, 430. 

 Opossums, Australian, shooting, 



232 ; traps for, 223. 

 Oracles, Japanese, consulted, 418. 

 Orotava, 3. 

 Orang Utan, significance of name, 



371- 

 Orange and lemon, feral in Tahiti, 



454- . 

 Orbitolttcs, algce parasitic in, 253. 

 Oi'ca amongst the ice, 219. 

 Oreastcr, very large, 313. 

 Ornament, Hawaiian Hook, origin 



of, 436. 

 Oruithorynclnis paradoxus, 227. 

 Ornithoptcra poscidon, 322. 

 Osaka, 418. 

 Oscillnn'a sordida, 65. 

 Oscillaton'cE in hot water, 354. 

 Osniunda cinnaniomca and O. re- 



galis, 20, 30. 

 Ossi/raga gigantca, 92, 115, 118, 



159. 17^1 199. 220. 

 Ostrich farm, habits of the birds, 



at, etc., 130. 

 Ostriches, young, on board the 



" Challenger," 516. 

 Otan'a jubata, 164, 480. 

 Otaiiadct, 163, 177. 

 O'Meara, Rev. E., on Diatonus, 187. 

 Otosaurus niicrolepis, 253- 

 Otters, the sea, 428 ; the Clawless, 



habits of, 152. 

 Otus brachiotus, 433. 

 Oviduni ovum shells, 402. 

 Owen, Prof., on fossil Mammalia, 



365 ; on Cinioliornis, 453 ; on 



tusks of Ziphioids, 136 (note). 

 Owl and rat in same hole, 372. 

 Oxalis, 117. 



