INDEX. 



537 



II; borings of, 42; at Fiji, 



266. 

 Seemann, Dr., on Fijian calendar, 



255 ; on Mttsa, 448. 

 .Seining at St. Jagg Island, 50. 

 Selache maxima, 9. 

 Selkirk, Alexander, 466, 469. 

 Semper, Prof., on Fuiigia, 454; on 



lungs of Land Crabs, 264. 

 Sequoia gigaiitca, 225. 

 Serolis, large, 508. 

 .Serpulae forming reefs, ig. 

 Sexual selection in butterflies, 322 ; 



experiments proposed on, 322. 

 Sharks, at Fiji, 280; catching, 7, 



61 ; colouring of muscles of, 243 ; 



freshwater, at Fiji and elsewhere, 



280 ; large, caught, 50 ; Port 



Jackson, 239; size of, and largest 



known, 9 ; treatment of, by 



sailors, 51. 

 SnARrE, Mr. R. Bowdler, on birds 



of Kerguelen's Land, 186; on 



Ground Owls, 372. 

 Sheathbill, habits of, 148, 155, 170, 



179, 182. 

 Sheep, from Easter Island, 447 ; 



at the Falkland Islands, 481. 

 Silk-cotton trees, 13. 

 Silver tree, 122. 

 Simon's Bay, 119, 121. 

 Siiiapidendron Vogclli, 45. 

 Siplionacece, 10. 

 Sipitiiciilids, larvae of, 347- 

 Stutchbury, ^t. G., on fiuigia, 455. 

 .Skua, 106, 113, 151, 166, 179, 220. 

 Slaves, condition of, in Brazil, 91 ; 



property of Europeans in Brazil, 



88. 

 Snakes, at Cape of Good Hope, 



131 ; feared by savages, 412 ; 



Sea, 253. 

 Snipe, 341. 



So/amim aiitliropophagontm, 292. 

 Sombrero Island, 7, 51 !• 

 Somerset, Cape York, 302. 

 Sonchits olciacciis, 99, 470. 

 SoRBY, Mr. H. C, on Pele's Hair, 



435 

 Sounding, deep sea, time occupied 



in, 501. 



Spa/acini, 125. 



Spartiiia aritndiuacea, 95, 99, lOl. 

 Spartocytisits niihigniKS, 4. 

 Spcotylo ciiiiicularia, 372. 

 Spcrmophilus moiigvliats, 372. 



Sphcnisctis iiiagcllaniciis, 102, 108, 

 134, 486; dcynersus, 102, 133; 

 minor, 108, 17c, 



Sphyiiriia barracuda, 64. 



Spider, Ground, 12 ; large, on 

 board the "Challenger," 516; 

 making horizontal web, 7. 



Spider's web, bird caught in, 330; 

 strong, 44. 



S/)o;«(7v/«s shells at Bermuda, 16, 18. 



Sporadopora, 460. 



.St. Antonio Island, 37, 44. 



Stalactite deposit in streams, 327, 



Starfish, giant, 313. 



Starling, glossy, 330; nests of, 321. 



Statice Jovis barba, 39. 



Stcnotynchus leptoityx, 174. 



Stephenson, Mr., excursion with, 

 222. 



Stcrcorariiis Autarcticits, 105, 106, 

 199, 220. 



Slcriia, fitliginosa, 301, 489; luiiala, 

 413; virgata, 148, 183. 



St. Jago Island, 48. 



S'^. Michael's Island, 29. 



.Stone, sacrificial, at Fiji, 274. 



Stone implements, at the Admiral- 

 ty Islands, 404; at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, 127 ; grindstones for, 

 261, 275 ; used by Gudangs, 308 ; 

 at Fiji, 270; improved modifica- 

 tions of, 282, 383 ; Papuan, 404 ; 

 Tahitian adze, 454 ; at Tong.\, 

 250. 



.Stone, mounds surrounded by slabs 

 of, 273, 282. 



Stone weapons, of the Admiralty 

 Islands, 404 ; scattered at the 

 Falkl.a.nd Islands, 4S6 ; Ha- 

 waiian stone club, 442. 



Storck, Mr., at Fiji, 279. 



St. Paul's Island, 147, 164. 



St. Paul's Rocks, 58 ; seaweeds 

 of, 65 ; Noddies and Boobies at, 

 58, 62 ; shyness of, 64. 



Strawberries, at Juan Fernandez, 

 467 ; at Tahiti, 448. 



Struggle for existence amongst 

 birds, 184. 



.St. Thomas, 9. 



St. Vincent Island, 37. 



Sty/astcrida', structure of the, 45S- 

 464. 



Sucker fish, 7-9. 



Suckling, Lieut. R.N., trip with, 

 266. 



