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INDEX 



Cruelty to animals, 162 

 Crustacea, pelagic, 171 

 Ctenomys Brasiliensis, 52 



fossil species of, 86 

 Cucao, Chiloe, 3 1 5 

 Cuckoo-like habits of Molothrus, 55 

 Cudico, mission at, 320 

 Cuentas, Sierra de, 158 

 Cufre, 153 



Cumbre of Cordillera, 358 

 Cuming, Mr., on shells, 416, 520 

 Cuttlefish, habits of, 7 

 Cuvier on Diodon, 14 

 Cynara cardunculus, 125 

 Cyttaria Darwinii, 250, 251 



Dacelo Iagoensis, 2 



Dasypus, three species of, 100 



Deer, 50, 139 



Degradation of tertiary formations, 



. 368 

 Deinornis, 455 

 Deserts, 371, 384 

 Desmodus, 22 

 Despoblado, valley of, 379 

 Dieffenbach, Dr. E., 2 



on Auckland Island, 259, 464 

 Diodon, habits of, 13 

 Discoloured sea, 15 

 Diseases from miasma, 389, 464 

 Distribution of mammalia in America, 



138 



of animals on opposite sides of Cor- 

 dillera, 348 



of frogs, 407 



of Fauna of Galapagos, 419 

 Dobrizhoffer on ostriches, 98 



on a hail-storm, 122 

 Docks, imported, 455 

 Dogs, shepherd, 159 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 404 

 D'Orbigny, Travels in South America, 



81, 97, 125, 137, 159, 177 

 Doris, eggs of, 211 

 Dormidor, or horse-tamer, 160 

 Doubleday, Mr., on a noise made by a 



butterfly, 34 

 Drigg, lightning tubes at, 61 

 Droughts, great, in Pampas, 141 

 Drynaess of St. Jago, 4 



of winds in Tierra del Fuego, 245 



of air in Cordillera, 348 

 Du Bois, 407, 426 

 Dung-feeding beetles, 520, 521 

 Dust, falling from atmosphere, 5 



Earthenware, fossil, 394 



Earthquake, accompanied by an elevation 

 of the coast, 331 

 accompanied by rain, 375 

 at Callao, 393 

 at Concepcion, 325 

 at Coquimbo, 366 

 at Keeling and Vanikoro, and Society 



Islands, 504 

 at Valdivia, 322 

 causes of, 330 

 effect of, on springs, 281 

 on bottom of sea, 327 

 effects of, on rocks, 274, 324 

 effects of, on sea, 323, 324, 325 

 effects of, on a river-bed, 381 

 line of vibration of, 328 

 on S.W. coast, 260 

 tossing fragments from the ground, 208 

 twisting movement of, 328 

 Eggs of Doris, 211 

 Ehrenberg, Prof., on Atlantic dust, 5 

 on infusoria in Pampas, 87, 137 

 in the open sea, 172 

 in Patagonia, 180 

 in Fuegian paint, 234 

 in coral mud, 494 

 in tuff at Ascension, 525 

 on phosphorescence of the sea, 172 

 on noises from a hill, 385 

 Eimeo, island of, 432 ; barrier-reef, 433 

 Elater, springing powers of, 32 

 Electricity of atmosphere within Andes, 



348 

 Elephant, weight of, 91 

 Elevated shells, 89, 136, 180, 266, 313, 



331, 367, 393 

 Elevation of coasts of Chile, 266, 313, 



323. 331. 355. 367, 381 



Bahia Blanca, 87 



Pampas, 137 



Patagonia, 180, 395 



mountain-chains, 333 



Cordillera, 338, 343, 354 



Peru, 393 



within human period, 395 



fringing-reefs, 508 

 Entomology of the Galapagos Archi- 

 pelago, 407, 418, 420 



Brazil, 34 



Patagonia, 180, 349 



Tierra del Fuego, 253 



Keeling Island, 485 



St. Helena, 520 

 Entre Rios, geology of, 132 

 Epeira, habits of, 37 to 39 

 Erratic blocks, how transported, 262 



absent in intertropical countries, 263 



