321 



Peach-trees self sown, i., 154. 

 Peat, formation of, ii., 25. 

 Peb&les perforated, i., 190, 345. 

 ' transported in roots of trees, 



ii., 254. 

 Pelagic animals in southern ocean, 



i., 207. 

 Penas, Gulf of, i., 318. 

 Penguin, habits of, i., 256. 

 Pepsis, habits of, i., 45. 

 Pernambuco, reef of, ii., 301, 302. 

 Pernety on hdl of ruins, i., 252. 



on tame birds, ii., 174. 



Peru, ii., 124-137. 



, dry valleys of, ii., 119, 124. 



Petrels, habits of, ii., 29. 

 Peuquenes, pass of, ii., 68. 

 Phonolite at F. Noronha, i., 14. 

 Phosphorescence of the sea, i., 208. 

 of a coralline, i., 



260. 

 ^ of land insects and 



sea animals, i., 37, 38. 

 Phryniscus, i., 124. 

 Pine of New Zealand, ii., 209, 210. 

 Plains at foot of Andes in Chile, i., 



338, ii., 63. 

 almost horizontal near St. Fe, 



i., 161. 



.anariiE, terrestrial species of, i., 33. 

 Plants of the Galapagos, ii., 140, 164, 



169. 



of Keeling Island, ii., 244. 



of St. Helena, li., 287. 



fossil in Austi-alia, ii., 237. 



Plata, Rio, i., 49. 



, thunderstorms of, i., 79. 



Plover, long-legged, i., 146. 

 Polished rocks, Brazil, i., 16. 

 Polyborus chimango, i., 73. 



Novas Zelandis, i., 73. 



Braziliensis, i., 70. 



Ponsonby Sound, i., 285. 

 Porpoises, i., 49. 

 Port Desire, i., 211. 



, river of, i., 136, 215. 



St. .Julian, i., 218. 



Famine, i., 300. 



Portillo pass, ii., 68, 76. 



Porto Praya, i., 1. 



Potato, wild, ii., 23. 



Potrero Seco, ii., 108. 



Prairies, vegetation of, i., 152. 



Prevost, M., on cuckoos, i., 68. 



Priestley, Dr., on lightning-tubes, 



i., 76. 

 Procellariagigantea, habits of, ii.,29. 

 Proctotretus, i., 125. 

 Proteus, blindness of, i., 66. 



11—21 



Protococcus nivalis, ii., 73. 

 Pteroptochos, two species of, i., 348. 



■ -, species of, ii., 14,27,28. 



Puente del Inca, ii., 88, 117. 

 Puffinus cinereus, ii., 29. 

 Puffinuria Berardii, ii., 30. 

 Puma, habits of, i., 173, 235, 347. 



, flesh of, i., 149. 



Puna, or short respiration, ii., 71. 

 Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca, i., 104. 



Gorda, i., 165, ii., 116. 



Pyrophorus luminosus, i., 38. 



Quadrupeds, fossil, i., 104, 162, 165, 



198, 222. 

 , large, do not require 



luxuriant vegetation, i., 108. 



■eight of, i.,111. 



Quartz of the Ventana, i., 139. 



of Tapalguen, i., 148. 



of Falkland Island, i., 252. 



Quedius, i., 13. 



Quillota, valley of, i., 327. 



Quintero, i., 327. 



Quiriquma Island, ii., 46. 



Quoy and Gaimard on stingingcorals, 



ii.,258. 

 on coral-reefs, ii.. 



Rabbit, wild, at the Falkland Islands, 



i., 248. 

 Rain at Coquimbo, ii., 92, 104, 106. 



at Rio, i., 36. 



and earthquakes, ii., 110. 



in Peni, ii., 127, 128. 



in Chile, formerly more abun- 

 dant, ii., 118. 



, effects on vegetation, 



11., 93. 

 Raiia Mascariensis, ii., 151. 

 Rat, only aboriginal animal of New 



Zealand, ii., 210. 

 Rats at Galapagos, ii., 146. 



at Ascension, ii., 294. 



at Keeling Island, ii., 247. 



Rattle-snake, species with allied 



habit, i., 123. 

 Red snow, ii., 73. 



Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone, li., 



301, 302. 

 Reefs of coral, ii., 260-281. 



, Barrier, ii., 264, 274. 



, Fringing, ii., 268. 



Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt, i., 83. 



■ bones, i., 198. 



salt and shells. 



135. 



