INDEX. 



Climate of Antarctic Islands, 180. 

 Galapagos, 274, 290. 



change of, in Chile, 260. 

 Clouds of vapour after rain, 18. 

 on Corcovado, 21. 



hanging low, 265. 



at sea, 292. 



Coleoptera in Tropics, 25. 



out at sea, 115. 



' of St. Julian, 123. 

 Colias edusa, flocks of, 114. 

 Colnett, Capt., on spawn in sea, 13. 



on a marine lizard, 281. 



on transport of seeds, 286. 



Colonia del Sacramiento, 104. 

 Colorado Rio, 51. 

 Compound animals, 145. 

 Concepcion, Chile, 223. 

 Condor, habits of, 132, 134. 

 Confervae, pelagic, n. 

 Conglomerate on the Ventana, 77. 



in Cordillera, 233. 

 Conurus, 100. 



Convicts of Mauritius, 352. 



condition of, in New South Wales, 



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Cook, Capt., on Kelp, 173. 

 Copiapd, river and valley of, 255. 



town of, 257. 



Coquimbo, 248. 



Coral formations, 293, 329-3501 



stinging species of, 337. 



-dead, 335-349- 

 Corallines, 146. 

 Corcovado, clouds on, ax. 



volcano, 212. 



Cordillera, appearance of, 187, 201, 231. 



different productions on east and 



west side, 237. 

 Cordillera, passage of, 228. 

 structure of valleys, 229. 



geology of, 232, 242. 



rivers of, 230. 



of Copiap6, 262. 

 Cormorant catching fish, 144. 



Corral, where animals are slaughtered at 



Buenos Ayres, 87. 

 Coseguina, eruptton of, 212. 

 Countries, unhealthy, 266. 

 Couthouy, Mr., on coral-reefs, 347. 

 Crabs, hermit species of, 332. 

 at Keeling Island, 337. 



at St. Paul's, 8. 



Craters, number of at the Galapagos 



Archipelago, 272. 

 of Elevation, 353. 

 Crisia, 145. 

 Cruelty to animals, 109. 



Crustacea, pelagic, 116. 

 Ctenomys Braziliensis, 37. 



fossil species of, 59. 

 Cucao, Chiloe, 214. 

 Cuckoo-like habits of Molothrus, 38. 

 Cuentas, Sierra de, 107. 



Cumbre of Cordillera, 244. 

 Cuming, Mr., on shells, 284, 357, 

 Cuttle-fish, habits of, 5, 209. 

 Cuvier on Diodon, 10. 

 Cynara, 85. 

 Cyttaria Darwinii, 171. 



DACELO Jagoensis, 2. 



Dasypus, three species of, 69. 



Deer, 35, 96. 



Degradation of tertiary formations, 250. 



Deinornis, 145, 311. 



Deserts, 252, 262. 



Desmodus, 16. 



Despoblado, valley of, 259. 



Dieffenbach on Auckland Island, 177, 



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Diodon, habits of, 10. 

 Discoloured sea, n. 

 Diseases from miasma, 266, 316. 

 Distribution of mammalia in America, 94. 

 of animals on opposite sides of Cor- 

 dillera, 237. 



of frogs, 278. 



of Fauna of Galapagos, 287. 



Dobrizhorfer on ostriches, 68. 



on a hail-storm, 83. 



Docks, imported, 311. 



Dogs, shepherd, 108. 



D'Orbigny, Travels in South America, 57, 



67, 86, 93, 108, 121. 

 Doris, eggs of, 145. 

 Doubleday, Mr., on a noise made by a 



butterfly, 24. _ 



Drigg, lightning tubes at, 44. 

 Droughts, great, in Pampas, 95. 

 Dryness of St. Jago, 2. 



of winds in Tierra del Fuego, 167. 



of air in Cordillera, 237. 



Du Bois, 278, 291. 

 Dung-feeding beetles, 357. 

 Dust, falling from atmosphere, 4. 



EARTHENWARE fossil, 270. 

 Earthquake, accompanied by an elevation 

 of the coast, 225. 



accompanied by rain, 256. 

 at Callao, 268. 



at Concepcion, 221. 



at Coquimbo, 249. 

 at Keeling and Vanikoro, and So- 

 ciety Islands, 347. 



