INDEX. 



Tubes, siliceous, formed by lightning, 44. 



Tucutuco, habits of, 37. 



fossil species of, 59. 



Tuff, craters of, 271. 



Infusoria in, 360. 



Tupungato, volcano of, 236. 



Turco, El, 197. 



Turkey buzzard, 133, 206. 



Turtle, manner of catching, 334. 



Type of organization in Galapagos islands, 

 American, 286. 



Types of organization in different coun- 

 tries, constant, 126. 



Tyrannus, 100. 



ULLOA on hydrophobia, 257. 



on Indian buildings, 259. 



Unanue, Dr., on hydrophobia, 257. 

 Uruguay, Rio, 98, 106. 

 not crossed by the Bizcacha, 89. 

 Uspallata range and pass, 241. 



VACAS, Rio, 242. 



Valdivia, 216. 



forests of, 217, 219. 



Valley of St. Cruz, how excavated, 131. 



dry, at Copiap6, 258. 



Valleys, excavation of, in Chile, 229, 258. 



of Tahiti, 297, 300. 



in Cordillera, 229. 



Valleys of New South Wales, 319. 



Valparaiso, 183, 227. 



Vampire bat, 16. 



Vapour from forests, 18. 



Van Diemeu's Land, 324. 



Vanellus Cayanus, 82. 



Vanessa, flocks of, 114. 



Vanikoro, 342, 343, 346. 



Vegetation of St. Helena, changes of, 356. 



on opposite sides of Cordillera, 237. 



luxuriant, not necessary to support 

 large animals, 61. 



Ventana, Sierra, 77. 



Verbena melindres, 29. 



Villa Vicencio, 241. 



Virgularia Patagonica, 72, 146. 



Volcanic bombs, 359. 



islands, 6. 



phenomena, 226, 



Volcanos near Chiloe, 198, 200, 212, 227. 



their presence determined by eleva- 

 tion or subsidence, 351. 



Vultur aura, 42, 133, 206. 



WADERS, first colonists of distant islands, 

 877. 



Waimate, New Zealand, 306. 

 Walckenaer on spiders, 28. 

 Walleechu tree, 49. 

 Wasps preying on spiders and killed by, 



25-28. 



Water-hog, 36. 

 Water, sold at Iquique, 263. 



fresh, floating on salt, 28, 333. 



Waterhouse, Mr., on Rodents, 36, 275. 



on the Niata ox, 105. 



on the insects of Tierra del Fuego, 



172. 



of Galapagos, 277, 285. 

 Waves, caused by fall of ice, 163, 179. 



from earthquakes, ^22, 225. 



Weather, connection with earthquakes, 



256. 



Weather-board, N.S. Wales, 318. 

 Weeds in New Zealand, imported, 286, 



3"- 



Weight of large quadrupeds, 63. 

 Wellington, Mount, 325. 

 Wells, ebbing and flowing, 333. 



at Iquique, 265. 



West Indies, banks of, 320. 



coral reefs of, 344, 350. 



zoology of, 95. 



Whales, oil from, 13. 



leaping out of water, 162. 



White, Mr., on spiders, 26. 

 Wigwams of Fuegians, 154. 

 Williams, Rev., on infectious disorders, 



316. 

 Winds, dry, in Tierra del Fuego, 167. 



at the Cape Verds, 2. 



cold, on Cordillera, 261. 



on Cordillera, 235. 



Winter's bark, 170, 204. 

 Wolf at the Falklands, 140. 

 Wood, Capt., on the Agouti, 50, 

 Woollya, 160. 



YAQUIL, 193. 

 Yeso, Valle del, 233. 

 York Minster, 150. 



ZONOTRICHIA, 38. 



Zoological provinces of N. and S. America, 



Zoology 



of Galapagos, 274. 



of Keeling Island, 331. 



of Tierra del Fuego, 171. 



of Chonos Islands, 209. 



of St. Helena, 356. 



Zoophytes, 71. 



at Falkland Islands, 145. 



Zorillo, or skunk, 58. 



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