502 INDEX. 



how far transported 



Gravel 



115- 



of Patagonia, 84, 175. 



Greenstone, fragments of, 



257- 

 Gryllus migratorius, 327. 

 Guanaco, habits of, 170. 



fossil allied genus, 177. 



(iuantajaya, mines of, 360. 

 Guardia del Monte, 125. 

 Guasco, 345. 

 Guasos of Chile, 258. 

 Guava imported into Tahiti, 



397- 

 Gumea-fowl, 17, 483. 

 Gunnera scabra, 279. 

 Gypsum, great beds of, 317. 



in salt-lake, 75. 



in Patagonian tertiary 



beds, 175. 

 at Iquique with salt, 



361. 

 at Lima with shells, 366. 



Hachette, Mr., on light- 

 ning-tubes, 71. 



Hail-storm, 122. 



Hall, Capt. Basil, on terraces 

 of Coquimbo, 340. 



Hare, Varying, 56. 



Head, Capt, on thistle-beds, 

 126, 130. 



Henslow, Prof., on potatoes, 

 284. 



on plants of Keeling 



Island, 446. 



Hermit crabs, 449. 



Hibernation of animals, 106. 



Hill emitting a noise, 358. 



Himantopus, 121. 



Hogoleu barrier-reef, 461. 



Holes made by a bird, 99. 



Holman on drifted seeds, 

 447. 



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on tl: 



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Holuthuriae feeding 



457. 

 Hooker, Sir J. 



cardoon, 126. 

 Dr. J. D., on the kel| 



240. 

 on Galapageian ph 



387. 391- 

 Horner, Mr., on a 



careous deposit, 23. 

 Horse-fly, 175. 

 Horses difficult to dfm 



117. 

 drop excrement on paths 



125. 

 killed by great drought 



139. 



• multiplication of, 234, 



broken in, 156. 



Horse, powers of swimming 



of, 148. 

 wild at the Falklanc 



Islands, 194. 



fossil, 91, 136. 



Horsemanship of the Gau- 



chos, 157, 198. 

 Huacas, 365, 367. 

 Humboldt on burnished 



rocks, 25. 

 on the atmosphere ir 



tropics, 43. 



on frozen soil, 97. 



on hibernation, 107. 



 on potatoes, 285. 



on earthquakes and 



rain, 349. 



on miasma, 363, 429. 



Humming-birds of Rio de 



Janeiro, 44. 



of Chile, 271. 



Hydrochaerus capybara, 60. 

 Hydrophobia, 350. 

 Hyla, 41. 

 Hymenophallus, 44. 



