INDEX. 



313 



Infusoria in white paint, 221 



in coral mud, 465 



at Ascension, 494 



Insects, first colonists of St. Paul's 

 rocks, 10 



blown out to sea, 159 



of Patagonia, 170, 327 



of Tierra del Fuego, 238 



of Galapagos, 381, 392, 394 



of Keeling Island, 456 



of St. Helena, 490 



Instincts of birds, 95, 398 

 Iodine with salt at Iquique, 365 

 Iquique, 362 



Iron, oxide of, on rocks, 1 2 

 Islands, oceanic, volcanic, 8 



, floating, 265 



, Antarctic, 248 



, low, 402, 467 



Kater's peak, 212 

 Kauri pine, 427 

 Keeling Island, 452 



, subsidence of, 475 



, birds of, 456 



1 entomology of, 456 



■ , flora of, 454 



Kelp, or sea-weed, 239 



Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, 



249 

 Kingfishers, 2, 138 

 King George's Sound, 449 



Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 



267 

 Lagoon-islands, 402, 453, 465 

 Lagostomus, 124 

 Lake, brackish, near Rio, 21 



with floating islands, 265 



formed during earthquake, 371 



Lamarck on acquired blindness, 52 



Lampyris, 30 



Lancaster, Capt, on a sea-tree, 100 



Land-shells, 347, 488, 490 



Lazo, 44, 153, 189 



Leaves, fall of, 235 



, fossil, 448 



Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 



428 

 Lepus Magellanicus, 193 

 Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak, 138 

 , on rabbit of the Falk- 



lands, 193 

 Lich?n on loose sand, 364 



Lichtenstein on ostriches, 92 



Lightning storms, 62 



tubes, 59 



Lima, 365, 368 



, elevation of a river near, 358 



Lime, changed by lava into crystal- 

 line rock, 6 



Limnaea in brackish water, 2* 



Lion-ant, 442 



Lizard, 97 



, marine species of, 385 



Lizards, transport of, 382 



Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 166 



Locusts, 329 



Longevity of species in Mollusca, 83 



Lorenzo, San, island of, 369 



Low archipelago, 402 



Lund, M., on antiquity of man, 358 



Lund and Clausen on fossils of Bra- 

 zil, 131, 173 



Luxan, 329 



Luxuriant vegetation not necessary 

 to support large animals, 85 



Lycosa, 35 



Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 

 343 



, on longevity of Mollusca, 



83 



, on subsidence in the Paci 



fie, 468 



, on change in vegetation, 



120 



, on fossil horses' teeth, 130 



, on distribution of animals, 



327 



, on frozen snow, 325 



, on extinct mammals and 



ice-period, 172 



, on flocks of butterflies, 



158 



" , on stones twisted by earth 



quakes, 308 



MacCulloch on infection, 435 

 Macquarie river, 442 

 Macrauchenia, 82, 173 

 Macrocystis, 239 

 Madrina, or godmother of a troop of 



mules, 315 

 Magdalen channel, 241 

 Magellan, Strait of, 231 

 Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, lie 

 Maldiva atolls, 467, 476, 478 

 Maldonado, 39 



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