490 



INDEX. 



Dcinornis, 410 



Deserts, 334, ::!* 



Desmodus, 21 



Despoblado, valley of, 340 



Deiffenbacli 011 Auckland Island, 

 233, 418 



Diodon, habits of, 12 



Discoloured sea, 13 



Diseases from miasma, 350, 418 



Distribution of mammalia in Ame- 

 rica, 123 



of animals on opposite 



sides of Cordillera, 313 



of frogs, 366 



of fauna of Galapagos, 



Dobrizhoffer on ostriches, 88 



on a hail-storm, 100 



Docks, imported, 410 



Dogs, shepherd, 142 



D'Orbiguy, Travels in South Ame- 

 rica, 73, 87, 113, 122, 142, 

 159 



Doris, eggs of, 190 



Doubleclay, Mr., on a noise made 

 by a butterfly, 32 



Drigg, lightning tubes at, 56 



Droughts, great, in Pampas, 125 



Dryness of St. Jago, 4 



of winds in Tierra del Fit- 

 ego, 220 

 of air in Cordillera, 312 



Du Bois, 367, 384 

 Dung-feeding beetles, 469 

 Dust, falling from atmosphere, 4 



Earthenware fossil, 355 

 Earthquake, accompanied by an 

 elevation of the coast, 297 



- accompanied by rain, 



337 



at Callao, 353 

 at Concepcion, 290 



nt Coquhnbo, 328 



at Keeling and Vani- 

 koro, and Society Islands, 456 

 at Yaldivia, 289 



, causes of, 298 



, effect of, on springs, 



252 



, on bottom 



of sea, 294 

 , effects of, on rocks, 



245, 290 



Earthquake, effects of, on sea, 289, 



291 to 293 

 , on a river- 



bed, 343 

 294 



, line of vibration of, 



on S.W. coast, 234 



, tossing fragments from 



the ground, 188 



, twisting movement of, 



295 



Eggs of Doris, 190 

 Ehrenberg, Prof., on Atlantic dust, 5 

 on infusoria in 



Pampas, 77, 122 

 in 



the open sea, 154 

 in 



Patagonia, 163 



in 



Fuegian paint, 210 



. in 



coral mud, 446 



. in 



tuff at Ascension, 474 



- on phosphorescence 



of the sea, 155 

 on noises from a 



hill, 346 



Eimeo, view of, 390 

 Elater, springing powers of, 29 

 Electricity of atmosphere within 



Andes, 312 



Elephant, weight of, 82 

 Elevated shells, 79, 122, 162, 242, 



285, 297, 330, 354 

 Elevation of coasts of Chile, 243, 



285, 295, 297, 324, 330, 342 

 B. Blanca, 76 



Patagonia, 162, 356' 



Pampas, 122 

 mountain-chains, 299 



Cordillera, 303, 307, 



318 



fringing-reefs, 457 



Pern, 854 



within human period, 355 



Entomology of the Galapagos Archi- 

 pelago. 366, 376, 378 



Brazil, 32 



Patagonia, 162, 313 



Tierra del Fuego, 227 



Keeling Island, 438 



St. Helena, 470 



