320 



Mice, number of, in America, i., 62. 

 , how transported, i:., 27, 140. 



different on opposite sides of 



Andes, ii., 78. 



of the Galapagos, ii., 146. 



of Ascension, li., 294. 



MiUepora, ii., 257. 



Mills for grinding ores, i., 343. 



Mimosie, i., 32. 



Miinus, i., 69, ii., 168, 173. 



Miners, condition of, i., 336, 342, ii., 

 94, 103. 



Mines, i., 335, ii., 95, 103. 



, how discovered, ii., 66. 



Missionaries at New Zealand, ii.,207. 



Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys of Aus- 

 tralia, ii., 224. 



Mocking-bird, i., 69, ii.. 168, 173. 



Molina, omits description of certain 

 birds, 1., 350. 



Molothrus, habits of, i., 66. 



Monkeys with prehensile tails, i., 35. 



Monte "Video, i., 50, 181. 



Moresby, Capt., on a great crab,ii., 257. 



on coral-reefs, ii.. 



Mount Sarmiento, i., 300, 310. 



Tarn, i., 301. 



Mountains, elevation of, ii., 59. 

 Movements ingTanularmatter,i.,128. 

 Mud, chalk-like, li., 259. 



disturbed by earthquake, ii.,52. 



Mules, ii., 62. 



Muniz, Sig., on niata cattle, i., 186. 

 Murray, Mr., on spiders, i., 206. 

 Mylodon, i., 104, 167, 198. 

 Myopotamus Coipus, ii., 26. 



Negress virith goitre, ii., 61. 

 Negro, Rio, i., 80, 190. 



lieutenant, i., 96. 



New Caledonia, reef of, ii., 265, 267, 

 275. 



Zealand, ii., 196. 



Niata cattle, i., 185, 186. 

 Noises from a hill, ii., 123. 



Noses, ceremony of pressing, ii., 204, 



205. 

 Nothura, i., 57. 

 Notopod, crustacean, i., 207. 

 NuUiporae, incrustations like, i., 11. 

 protecting reefs, ii., 301, 



302. 



Octopus, habits of, i., 8. 

 Oily coating on sea, i., 22. 

 Olfersia, i., 13. 

 Opetiorhynchus, ii., 28. 

 Opuntia Galapageia, ii., 140. 



Opuntia Darwinii, i., 212. 



, i.,336. 



Orange-trees, self-sov/n, i., 154. 



Ores, gold, i., 343. 



Ornithorhynchus, ii., 228. 



Ornithology of Galapagos, ii., 146, 

 168. 



Osorno, volcano of, fi., 8, 10, 31. 



Ostrich, habits of, i., 54, 114. 



Ostrich's eggs, i., 144. 



Otaheite, ii., 177. 



Otter, ii., 26. 



Ova in sea, i., 21. 



Oven-bird, i., 121. 



Owen, Capt., on a drought in Africa, 

 i., 169. 



, Professor, on the Capybara, 



i., 63. 



fossil quadru- 

 peds, i., 104-107, 166. 



nostrils of the 



Gallinazo, i., 237. 

 Owl of Pampas, i., 89, 159. 

 Oxyurus, i., 305, ii., 28. 

 Oysters, gigantic, i., 219. 



Paint, white, i., 284. 

 Pallas on Siberia, i., 85. 

 Palm-trees in La Plata, i., 59. 



in Chile, i., 329, 330. 



, south limit of, i., 314 



Palms absent at Galapagos, ii., 142. 

 Pampas, number of embedded re' 



mains in, i., 199. 



, S. hmit of, i., 95. 



, changes in, i., 153. 



not quite level, i., 157, 161 



183. 



, geology of, i., 164, 199. 



, view, of, from the Andes 



ii.,79. 

 Papilio feronia, i., 42. 

 Parana, Rio, i., 160, 177, 188. 



, islands in, i., 171. 



Parish, Sir W., on the great drought. 



i., 170. 

 Park, Mungo, on eating salt, i., 141 

 Parrots, i., 176, 315. 

 Partridges, i., 57. 

 Pas, fortresses of New Zealand, ii. 



198. 

 Passes in Cordillera, ii., 88. 

 Pasture, altered from grazing of cat 



tie, i.. 152. 

 Patagones, i., 82. 



Patagonia, geology of, i., 219, ii.,81 

 , zoology of, i., 212, 219, 



230. 

 Patagonian Indians, i., 298. 



