INDEX. 



505 



Mendoza, climate of, 321- 



328. 



Mexico, elevation of, 137. 

 Miasmata, 362, 427. 

 Mice inhabit sterile places, 



356. 

 number of, in America, 



60. 

 how transported, 287, 



374- 

 different on opposite 



sides of Andes, 324. 



of the Galapagos, 374. 



of Ascension, 483. 



Millepora, 456. 



Mills for grinding ores, 266. 



Mimosas, 37. 



Mimus, 65, 389, 393. 



Miners, condition of, 260, 266, 



336, 343. 

 Mines, 260, 337, 343. 



how discovered, 315. 



Missionaries at New Zealand, 



411. 

 Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys 



of Australia, 431. 

 Mocking-bird, 65, 389, 393. 

 Molina omits description of 



certain birds, 271. 

 Molothrus, habits of, 63. 

 Monkeys with prehensile 



tails, 40. 

 Monte Video, 50, 147. 

 Moresby, Capt., on a great 



crab, 455. 



on coral reefs, 470. 



Mount Sarmiento, 235, 242. 



Tarn, 236. 



Movements in granular 



matter, 108. 

 Mud, chalk-iike, 457. 

 disturbed by earthquake, 



305. 

 Mules, 313. 



Muniz, Sig., on niata cattle, 



151- 

 Murray, Mr., on spiders, 166. 

 Mylodon, 92, 137, 160. 

 Myopotamus Coipus, 286. 



Negress with goitre, 312. 

 Negro, Rio, 73, 152. 



lieutenant, 85. 



New Caledonia, reef of, 461, 



463, 469. 



Zealand, 410. 



Niata cattle, 150. 

 Noises from a hill, 358. 

 Noses, ceremony of pressing, 



417. 

 Nothura, 56. 



Notopod, crustacean, 166. 

 Nulllporae, incrustations like, 



22. 

 protecting reefs, 488. 



Octopus, habits of, 20. 

 Oily coating on sea, 30. 

 Olfersia, 23. 

 Opetiorhynchus, 288. 

 Opuntia, 261. 



Darwlnli, 170. 



Galapageia, 370. 



Orange-trees, self-sown, 127. 

 Ores, gold, 267. 

 Ornithology of Galapagos, 



374. 393- 

 Ornithorhynchus, 434. 

 Osorno, volcano oi, 273, 275, 



290. 

 Ostrich, habits of, 54, 98. 

 Ostrich's eggs, 120. 

 Otaheite, 396. 

 Otter, 287. 

 Ova in sea, 30. 

 Oven-bird, 103. 

 Owen, Capt., on a drought 



in Africa, 138. 



