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INDEX. 



Quoy and Gaimard oa stinging 



corals, 464 

 • on coral reefs, 



470 



Rabbit, wild, at the Falkland Islands, 



193 

 Piain at Coquimbo, 338, 347, 34S 



at Rio, 29 



and earthquakes, 351 



in Tern, 364, 365 



in Chile, formerly more abun- 

 dant, 357 

 , effects on vegetation, 



338 

 Rana Mascariensis, 382 

 Rat, only aboriginal animal of New 



Zealand, 427 

 Rats at Galapagos, 378 



■ at Ascension, 492 



at Keeling Island, 45S 



Rattle-snake, species wiU adiod 



habit, 97 

 Red snow, 322 

 Reduvius, 330 

 Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone, 



498 

 Reefs of coral, 465 to 4S2 



, Barrier, 469, 476 



, Fringing, 472 



Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt, 66 



bones, 155 



salt and 



shells, 370 

 Remains, human elevated, 370 

 Remedies of the Gauchos, 128 

 Rengger on the horse, 233 

 Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego, 



237 



at Galapagos, 381 



Respiration difficult in Andes, 322 

 Retrospect, 50 



Revolutions at Buenos Ay res, 140 

 Rhinoceroses live in desert coun- 

 tries, 86 



, frozen, 89, 250 



Rhynchops nigra, 137 



Richardson, Dr., on mice of North 



America, 378 

 ■ , on polished rocks, 



251 



248 



on frozen soil, 88, 

 on eating fat, 1 1 7 



Richardson, Dr., on geographical 

 distribution, 131 



Rimsky atoll, 466 



Rio de Janeiro, 19 



Plata, 39 



Negro, 63, 149 



Colorado, 70 



S. Cruz, 177 



Sauce, 106 



Salado, 118 



Rivers, power of, in wearing chan- 

 nels, 180, 320 



River-bed, arched, 358 



River-courses dry in America, 107 



Rocks burnished with ferruginous 

 matter, 12 



Rodents, number of in America, 49, 

 179 



, fossil species of, 82 



Rosas, General, 71, 103, 140 



Ruins of Callao, 369 



of Indian buildings in Cordil- 

 lera, 356, 36S 



S. Cruz, 177 



Salado, Rio, 118 



Salinas at the Galapagos Archipe- 

 lago, 377 



— - — in Patagonia, 65, 170 



Saline efflorescences, 78 



Salt with vegetable food, 110 



, superficial crust of, 364 



, with elevated shells, 369 



Salt-lakes, 65, 170, 377 



Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at, 

 382 



Land, 248 



San Pedro, forests of, 281 



Sand-dunes, 75 



Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, 377 



, noise from friction of, 361 



Sandstone of New South Wales, 437 



' , reef of, 498 



Santa Cruz, river of, 177 



Santiago, Chile, 262 



Sarmiento, Mount, 233, 241 



Sauce, Rio, 106 



Saurophagus sulphurous, 54 



Scarus eating corals, 464 

 Scelidotherium, 82 

 Scenery of Andes, 318 

 Scissor-tail, 138 

 Scissor-beak, habits of, 1 37 



