376 INDEX. 



Juan Fernandez, vftlcano of, aaS. 

 flora of, 286. 



IBIS melanops, 119. 

 Ice, prismatic structure of, 236. 

 Icebergs, 135, 162, 178-183. 

 Incas" bridge, 243, 259. 

 Incrustations on coast rocks, 6, 9. 

 Indian fossil remains, 269. 

 Indians, attacks of, 46, 57, oa. 



Patagonians, 169. 



- Araucarians, 217. 



of the Pampas, 73. 



ofValdivia,2i 7 . 



perforated stones used by, 194. 



powers of tracking, *?&. 



grave of, 122, 13^ 



ruins of houses of, in Cordillera, 259, 



267. 



antiquities of, in La Plata, 33, 76. 



decrease in numbers, 75. 



Infection, 317. 



Infusoria in dust in the Atlantic, 4. 



in the sea, 12, 117. 



- . in Pampas, 59, 93. 



Patagonia, 123. 



in white paint, 160. 

 in coral mud, 338. 



at Ascension, 360. 



Insects, first colonists of St. Paul's rocks, 8, 

 ^^ blown out to sea, 115. 



of Patagonia, 123, 238. 



of Tierra del Fuego, 172. 



of Galapagos, 277, 285, 288. 



of Keeling Island, 332. 



of St. Helena, 357. 



Instincts of birds, 69, 291. 

 Iodine with salt at Iquique, 465. 

 Iquique, 263. 



Iron, oxide of, on rocks, 9. 

 Islands, oceanic, rolcanic, 6, 



floating, 193. 



Antarctic, 180. 



low, 293,340. 



KATER'S peak, 153, 

 Kauri pine, 311. 

 Keeling Island, 329. 



subsidence of, 346. 



> birds of, 331. 



entomology of, 332. 



flora of, 330. 



Kelp, or sea-weed, 173. 



Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, 181. 



Kingfishers, 2, 100. 



King George's Sound, 327. 



LABOURERS, condition of, In Chile, 194. 



Lagoon Islands, 332, 335, 338. 



Lagostomus, 89. 



Lake, brackish, near Rio, 16. 



with floating islands, 193. 



formed during earthquake, 270. 



Lamarck on acquired blindness, 37. 



Lampyris, 22. 



Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree, 72. 



Land-shells, 252, 355, 356. 



Lazo, 33, no, 137. 



Leaves, fall of, 170. 



fossil, 326. 



Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 311. 



Lepus Magellanicus, 140. 



Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak, 99. 



on rabbit of the Falklands, 140. 



Lichen on loose sand. 264. 

 Lichtenstein on ostriches, 66. 

 Lightning storms, 45. 



tubes, 43. 



Lima, 265, 267. 



elevation of a river near, 261. 



Lime, changed by lava into crystalline 



rock, 4. 



Limnaea in brackish water, 6r. 

 Lion-ant, 321. 

 Lizard, 70. 



marine species of, 280. 



Lizards, transport of, 278. 



Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 120. 



Locusts, 239. 



Longevity of species in Mollusca, 60. 



Lorenzo, San, island of, 268. 



Low archipelago, 292. 



Lund, M., on antiquity of man, 260. 



Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil. 



94. 125. 

 Luxan, 240. 

 Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to 



support large animals, 61. 

 Lycosa, 26. 

 Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 249. 



on longevity of Mollusca, 60. 



on subsidence in the Pacific, 341. 



on change in vegetation, 86. 



on fossil horses' teeth, 93. 



on distribution of animals, 238. 

 on frozen snow, 236. 



on extinct mammals and ice-period, 



126. 



on flocks of butterflies, 114. 



on stones twisted by earthquakes, 

 275- 



MAcCuLLOCH on infection, 317. 

 Macquarie river, 322. 

 Macrauchenia, 59, 126. 

 Macrocystis, 173. 



