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INDEX. 



P. 



Pachyccpliala, 314. 



Pacific Ocean, shallows in, 507. 



Pagoda, the Whampoa, 362. 



Pagodroitia nivea, 219. 



Pagiirtdce, terrestrial, 15, 263; 



deep-sea, 511. 

 Painting of the body at Fiji, 285; 



at the Admiralty Islands, 400 ; 



efface in Japan and China, 423. 

 Palceiuon in fresh water, 53. 

 Palma Island, seen from the Peak 



OF Tenerife, 5. 

 Palinttrus, 64 ; frontalis, 470. 

 Palythoa, 42, 63. 

 Pandnnits, 254, 297, 319. 

 Paiidnrits with Lepas attached, 243. 

 Paiidion linli actus, 4 1 1 . 

 Pansch, Dr., on Arctic vegetation, 



195- 

 Papeete, town of, 446. 

 Papilio feronia, 77. 

 Paradisca apoda, 324 ; p>apuana, 



338 ; rubra, i2>)^. 

 Parinariuui latirinimt, cement made 



from, 404 (note). 

 Pariiiuni tiliaceiiin, 430. 

 Paroquet, 183, 229; brush-tongiied, 



303- 



Parrots, African, ship full of, 36 ; 

 pet, on board the "Challenger, ' 

 515; at Fiji, 253, 262; at Aru, 

 321. 



Patagonia, fjords of, 477. 



Patagonians, saluting, 479. 



Patella, 127. 



Payne, Dr. J. F., on ancient phar- 

 macopeias, 368. 



Peak, of Tenehife, ascent of, 2; 

 of Ternate, ascent of, 338 ; the, 

 of Tristan da Cunha, 94 ; of 

 Fernando Noronha, 67. 



Peat, at Bermuda, 20 ; at Marion 

 Island, 144. 



Pelagic, animals, range in depth of, 

 499 ; animals, protective colour- 

 ing of, 492 ; plants and animals, 

 491, 496. 



Pelargonium, 132; at Tristan da 

 Cunha, 116. 



Pelagotiernertes Rollestoni, 493, 496. 



Pelcmys hicolor, 253. 



Pelca capreola, 129. 



Pelecanoides, iirinatrix, 148, iSi. 



Pele's hair, formation of, 434. 



Pelicaiiiis fiiscus, habits of, 10, 13. 

 Penguins, 97, 99 ; origin of word, 

 III; eaten by seals, 164; Jack- 

 ass of the Falkland Islands, 

 486 ; Jackass at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, 133; Johnny, 151, 

 165; King, 152, 171; nesting in 

 caves, 170; used as fuel, 198; 

 Rock-hopper, 152, 169; Rock- 

 hopper, mode of sv^imming, 100, 

 108 ; sensitiveness of iris of, 102 ; 

 Rock-hopper, numbers of, at In- 

 accessible Island, 114; migra- 

 tions of, 114; Rock-hopper, rocks 

 worn by feet of, 110; Rock- 

 hopper, rookery of, 103, 109, 114, 



Pentacrinus, many dredged, 511. 



Paranieles uastita, hunting, 233. 



Periophthalnius, 255, 278. 



Peripatits, at St. Thomas, 13 ; 

 capensts, structure and habits of, 

 137 ) Nova Zcalaiidia\ 241. 



Peristcra Geoffroyi, 68. 



Peruaguacu Rivlr, 80. 



Peron, on drawings of Australian 

 Blacks, 238 ; on the Sea-elephant, 

 198; figure of Sea-elephant, 175. 



Petrel, diving, habits of, 181 ; Giant, 

 115, 148, 156, 220; nesting of, 

 181, 452 ; Snowwhite, 219 ; flight 

 of, 494. 



Phaethon, a'therciis, 489 ; flaviros- 

 tris, 22, 489. 



Phalacrocorax, verrucosus, nesting 

 of, 184; at Heard Island, 199; 

 Capcnsis, 1 3 1, 133 ; imperialis, 

 199. 



Phalangista vtdpina, 223 ; young 

 of, 223 ; traps for, 232. 



Phalanger, Woolly, 332. 



Phalaropus liyperhorcus, 375. 



Pliascogale pciiicillata, 232. 



Phascolarctos ciuereus, 224. 



Pheasants at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, 125. 



Philippine Islands, 341. 



Phoca Greenlandica, 164. 



Phosphorescence, in deep sea, 5 '2; 

 of Pelagic animals, 498. 



Phylica arhorea, 95, 96, 99, 1 09, 1 16. 



Physalas A ustralis, 2 1 8. 



Pico Island, 28. 



Pigeon, with aberrant plumage, 

 262; Fruit, 253, 262, 314, ^2,2,, 

 413 ; Fruit, diffusion of plants 

 by, 333; Ground, 305; Nutmeg, 



