INDEX. 



499 



Corcovado, clouds on, 40. 



volcano, 290. 



Cordillera, appearance of, 



246, 255, 315. 

 — — different productions on 



east and west side, 317. 



passage of, 311. 



structure of valleys, 313. 



\ geology of, 317, 329. 



rivers of, 314. 



of Copiap6, 358. 



Cormorant catching fish, 202. 

 Corral, where animals are 



slaughtered at Buenos 



Ayres, 128. 

 Coseguina, eruption of, 290. 

 Couthouy, Mr,, on coral 



reefs, 466. 

 Crabs, hermit species of, 449. 



at Keeling Island, 455. 



at St. Paul's, 23. 



.Craters, number of, at the 



Galapagos Archipelago, 



369. 

 of Elevation, 475. 



Crisia, 204. 



Cruelty to animals, 156. 

 Crustacea, pelagic, 167. 

 Ctenomys Brasiliensis, 61. 



fossil species of, 91. 



Cucao, Chiloe, 294. 

 Cuentas, Sierra de, 154. 

 Cumbre of Cordillera, 333. 

 Cuming, Mr., on shells, 385, 



480. 

 Cuttle-fish, habits of, 20, 287. 

 Cuvier on Diodon, 26. 

 Cynara, 126. 

 Pyttaria Darwinii, 237. 



Deserts, 344, 356. 

 Desmodus, 34. 

 Despoblado, valley of, 352. 

 Dieffenbach on Auckland 



Island, 246, 428. 

 Diodon, habits of, 26. 

 Discoloured sea, 27. 

 Diseases from miasma, 362, 



428. 

 Dobrizhoffer on ostriches, 



102. 



on a hail-storm, 122. 



Dogs, shepherd, 155. 

 D'Orbigny, Travels in South 



America, 88, 102, 126, 135, 



i55» 172. ^ 

 Doris, eggs of, 204. 

 Doubleday, Mr., on a noise 



made by a butterfly, 45. 

 Drigg, lightning-tubes at, 71. 

 Droughts, great, in Pampas, 



138. 

 Dryness of St. Jago, 16. 

 — — of winds in Tierra del 



Fuego, 233. 



of air in Cordillera, 323. 



Du Bois, 377, 395. 

 Dung-feeding beetles, 480. 

 Dust, falling from atmo- 



sphere, 18. 



Earthenware, fossil, 367. 

 Earthquake, accompanied by 



an elevation of the coast, 



308. 

 accompanied by rain, 



348. 



at Callao, 365. 



at Concepcion, 302. 



at Coquimbo, 339. 



at Keeling and Vanikoro, 



and Society Islands, 467. 



at Valdivia, 3CX). 



causes of, 310. 



