INDEK. 



535 



329 ; at St. Jac^o Isi-and, 52 ; at 

 Juan Fernandez, 470. 



Pigeon English, 358. 



Pigmies, the, 369. 



Pigs, of the Admiralty Islands, 

 413 ; wild, 107, 158 ; wild, de- 

 stroying crabs, 348 ; at Tahiti, 

 449. 



Pigtails, Chinese and English, 



.364- 



Pile dwellings, Papuan, 384 ; modi- 

 fications and origin of, 34I-345. 



Pilgrims, Japanese, 418. 



Pin lis canariensis, 4. 



Piper methysticuMt, 268. 



Pilot fish, 243 ; habits of, 8, 9. 



Pillows of Tongans, Japanese, etc., 

 248. 



Pine-apple, fabric made from, 355. 



Pityriasis versicolor, 328. 



Planarians, large, marine, 347 ; 

 Land, 77, 133, 242. 



Plants, introduced, supremacy' of, 

 430 ; diflusion of, by flotation on 

 sea, 116, 317, 362, 374; diffusion 

 of, by Procellaridtx, 453 J diflu- 

 sion of by winds and birds, 

 21, 141, 334 ; on board the 

 "Challenger," 515; range of, in 

 depth, 504; Pelagic, 187. 



Platyariitniy 234, 320. 



Platyccrcits spleiidens, 263, 278, 280; 

 tabiiensis, 253. 



Platypus, 228. 



Pleiironectids, Pelagic, 244. 



Plumage, aberrant, of pigeon, 262 ; 

 change of, by heron, 252 ; of 

 young ostriches, 131. 



Poa cookii, 144, 194. 



Poetry, origin of, 287. 



Polydonia, 349. 



Polyoiiimatus, 69. 



Polyopogoii, 511. 



Polycheles. 256, 511. 



Polvpodiiim australc, 145. 



Population, of Heard Island, 198; 

 of Tonga, 249; of Admiralty 

 Islands, 412. 



Porcupine, hole of, 132. 



Porites, 42, 332. 



Povpita, 493. 



Porpoises, 27. 



Porto Grande, 37. 



Port Jackson, 230. 



Porto Praya, 48. 



Possession Island, Crozets, 157. 



Potts, Mr. T. H., on habits of the 



Kaka, 241 ; on Apteryx, 108. 

 Ponta Delgada, 29, 33. 

 Prasiula tuimda, 65. 

 Prawn, fresh water, at Cape 



Verdes, 53 ; at Fiji, 280. 

 Pressure, the, in the deep sea, 502 ; 



effect of, on animals, 503. 

 Prince Edward Islands, 141. 

 Pringlea antiscorbutica, 144, 146, 



166, 194. 

 Prion, 106, 156, 159, 199, 219 ; 



desolatus, habits of, 180. 

 Procellaridce, 1 79. 

 Procellaria rostrata, 452, 432 ; 



a'quinoctialis, 1 1 8 ; glacialoides, 



US- 

 Procession, at Ponta Delgada, 2,2, ', 



at Bahia, 73. 

 Proteacea, 122. 

 Protococcus ajftnis, 65. 

 Psammetichus, King, experiment 



of, 326. 

 Ptitinopits porphyraceiis, 253, 280 ; 



supcrbus, 314. 

 Ptilotis, carimcidata, 252; crysotis 



and Jiligera, 303; procerior, 266. 

 Ptilorhis Alberti, 304. 

 Ptcris aqtiilina, 466 ; argitta, 29. 

 Ptcropns, 413; keraudrenii, 25 1 ; 



poliocephalns, 232. 

 Pteropod with ej^cs on stalks, 445. 

 Puff-adder, 131. 

 Pitffmus, 14, 106; nugax, 452. 

 Pycnogonids, giant, 512. 

 Pygosceles ta:niata, 1 5 1, 165. 

 Pyrosonia, giant, 498. 



O. 



Quail, painted, the, 314 ; at St. Jago 

 Island, 49 ; at St. Vincent Is- 

 land, 47. 



Qiian Yin, 362. 



Oicediiis, 63. 



Querquedula Eatoni, habits of, 165. 



Rabbits of Tenerife, 6; of Cro- 

 zets, 158. 



Races, congregation of, at Fiji, 290. 



Radiolarians, yellow cells of, 253. 



Rain, belt of excessive, 57 ; fall of, 

 Honolulu, 430 ; effect of on dis- 

 tribution of ferns, 243. 



