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INDEX. 



Lazo, 55, 158, 194. 

 Leaves, fall of, 237. 



fossil, 441. 



Leeks in New Zealand, im- 

 ported, 421. 

 Lepus Magellanicus, 196. 

 Lesson, M., on the scissor- 



*beak, 143. 

 on rabbit of the Falk- 



lands, 196. 

 Lichen on loose sand, 360. 

 Liclitenstein on ostriches, 100. 

 Lightning storms, 72. 



tubes, 69. 



Lima, 361, 364. 



elevation of a river 



near, 355. 

 Lime changed by lava into 



crystalline rock, 19. 

 Limnsea in brackish water, 



92. 

 Lion-ant, 435. 

 Lizard, 106. 



marine species of, 380. 



Lizards, transport of, 377. 

 Llama or guanaco, habits 



of, 170. 

 Locusts, 327. 

 Longevity of species in Mol- 



lusca, 92. 

 Lorenzo, San, island of, 365. 

 Low Archipelago, 396. 

 Lund, M., on antiquity of 



man, 355. 

 Lund and Clausen on fossils 



of Brazil, 136, 177. 

 Luxan, 327. 

 Lycosa, 47. 

 Lyell, Mr., on terraces of 



Coquimbo, 340. 

 • on subsidence in the 



Pacific, 460. 

 on change in vegetation, 



126. 



Lyell, Mr., on fossil hor 



teeth, 136. 

 on distribution 



animals, 325. 



on frozen snow, 322. 



on extinct mammals, 



ice-period, 178. 

 on flocks of butterflies, 



163. 

 on stones twisted 



earthquakes, 307. 



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MacCulloch on infection, 



428. ^ 

 Macquarie river, 435. -^^ 

 Macrauchenia, 91, 177. ^H 

 Macrocystis, 240. 

 Madrina, or godmother of a 



troop of mules, 313. 

 Magdalen Channel, 242. 

 Magellan, Strait of, 233. 

 Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, 123. 

 Maldiva atolls, 458, 467, 469. 

 Maldonado, 51. 

 Mammalia, fossil, 90, 136, 



137, 160, 177. 

 Man, antiquity of, 355. 



fossil remains ot, 367. 



body frozen, 250. 



fear of, an acquired 



instinct, 395. 

 extinction of races, 428, 



439- 

 Mares killed for their hides, 



159- 

 Mare's flesh eaten by troops, 



109. 

 Mastodon, 133, 135. 

 Matter, granular, movements 



in, 108. 

 Mauritius, 474. 

 Maypu river, 314. 

 Megalonyx, 90, 137. 

 Megatherium, 90, 91, 137. 



