38o INDEX. 



Society, state of, in Australia, 323. 



Archipelago, 293. 



volcanic phenomena at, 347, 350. 



Soda, nitrate of, 263. 



sulphate of, 57. 



Soil, frozen, 64, 181. 

 Spawn on surface of sea, 13. 

 Species, distribution of, 94, 264. 



extinction of, 127. 



Spiders, habits of, 26-28. 



gossamer, 115. 



killed by and killing wasps, 26, 27. 



on Keeling Island, 332. 



on St. Paul's, 8. 



Springs, hot, 192. 



Stevenson, Mr., on growth of sea-weed, 



173- 



Stinging animals, 337. 

 St. Helena, 354. 

 introduction of spirits into, 300 



6, 92. 



Jago, C. Verds, i. 



unhealthiness of, 266. 



Jago, Chile, 190. 



Maria, elevated, 223, 227. 



Paul's rocks, 6. 



Stones perforated, 107, 194. 

 transported in roots, 336, 

 Storm, 157, 204. 



in Cordillera, 236, 262. 



Streams of stones at Falkland Islands, 



Strongylus, 24, 



Struthio Rhea. 31, 65. 



Darwinii, 67. 



Strzelecki, Count, 326. 



uadiva atoll, 340. 



Subsidence of coral reefs, 340, 351. 



of Keeling Island, 347. 



of Patagonia, 124. 



of coast of Peru, 268. 



of Cordillera, 233, >^ 



of Coasts of Chile, 250. 



of Vanikoro, 347. 



^ of coral reefs great in amount, 351. 



cause of distinctness in Tertiary 



epochs, 250. 

 Sulphate of lime, 48, 124, 268. 



-> soda incrusting the ground, 57. 



of soda with common salt, 48, 268. 

 Swainson, Mr., on cuckoos, 38, 

 Sydney, 313. 



TABANUS, 123. 

 Tahiti (Otaheite), 293. 



three zones of fertility, 995. 



Talcahuano, 220. 

 Tambillos, Ruinas de, 959. 



Tameness of birds, 291. 



Tapacolo and Turco, 197. 



Tapalguen, Sierra, flat hilli of quartt, 



8 3- 



Tarn, Mount, 169. 

 Tasmania, 325. 

 Tattooing, 294, 310. 

 Temperance of the Tahitians, 299. 

 Temperature of Tierra del Fuego and 



Falkland Islands. 176. 



of Gslapagos,'27i, 274. 



Tercero, Rio, fossils in banks of, 91. 

 Terraces in valleys of Cordillera, 229. 



of Coquimbo, 249. 



of Patagonia, 124, 130. 



Tertiary formations of the Pampas, 59, 



93. "2- 



of Patagonia, 123, 239. 



in Chile, epochs of, 250. 



Teru-tero, habits of, 82. 

 Testudo, habits of, 278, 289. 

 Theory of lagoon islands, 344, 

 Theristicus, 119. 

 Thistle beds, 86, 89, 107. 

 Thunder-storms, 45. 

 Tierra del Fuego, 147-177. 



climate and vegetation of, r/fi. 



zoology of, 171. 



entomology of, 172. 



Tinamus rufescens, 81. 

 Tinochorus Eschscholtzii, 68. 

 Toad, habits of, 70. 



not found in oceanic islands, 278. 



Torrents in Cordillera, 230, 233. 

 Tortoise, habits of, 278, 289. 

 Toxodon, 59, 91, 93, 112. 

 Transparency of air in Andes, 237. 



in St. Jago, 3. 



Transport of seeds, 286, 331. 



of boulders, 135, 180. 



Transport of stones in roots of trees, 336. 



of fragments of rock on banks of the 



St. Cruz river, 130. 

 Travertin with leaves of trees, Van Die- 



men's Land, 326. 



Tree-ferns, southern limits of, 177, 327. 

 Trees, absence of, in Pampas, 33. 

 floating, transport stones, 336. 



silicified, vertical, 242. 



size of, 256. 



time required to rot, 219. 



Tres Monies, 204. 

 Trichodesmium, ir. 

 Trigonocephalus, 70. 

 Tristan d'Acunha, 292, 33* 

 Trochilus, 197. 

 Tropical scenery, 361. 

 Tschudi, M., on subsidence, a6& 



