492 



1XDEX, 



Geology of St. Paul, 7 



of 15. Blanca, 7G 



of Pampas, 122 



of Brazil, 11 



Georgia, climate of, 237 

 Geospiza, 364, 379 

 Gill, Mr., on an upheaved river- 

 bed, 313 



Gillies, Dr., on the Cordillera, 310 

 Glaciers in Tierra del Fuego, 213, 



233 



in Cordillera, 311 



. iu lat. 46 40', 235 



Glow-worms, 29 



Goats, destructive to vegetation at 

 St. Helena, 4G9 



, bones of, 159 



Goitre, 301 



Gold-washing, 254 



Good Success Bay, 194 



Gossamer spider, 151 



Gould, Mr., on the Calodera, US 



, on birds of Galapagos, 



363 



Granite mountains, Tres Monies, 

 271 



. of Cordillera, 307 



Graspus, 10 



Gravel, how far transported, 102 



of Patagonia, 70, 162 



Greenstone, fragments of, 245 



Gryllus migratorius, 31G 



Guanaco, habits of, 157 



, fossil allied genus, 164 



Guantajaya, mines of, 348 



Guardia del Monte, 111 



Guasco, 333 



Guasos of Chile, 246 



Guava, imported into Tahiti, 387 



Guinea-fowl, 3, 473 



Guimera seabra, 267 



Gypsum, great beds of, 30G 



in salt-lake, 62 



in Patagonian tertiary- 

 beds, 162 



at Iquique with salt, 349 



at Lima with shells, 354 



Haehettc, M., on lightning-tubes, 



57 



Hailstorm, 109 

 Hall, Capt. Basil, on terraces of 



Coquimbo, i\M'.i 

 Haro, Varying, 4:? 



Head, ('apt., on thistle-beds, 112, 

 117 



Height of snow-line on Cordillera, 



233 



Hcnslow, Prof., on potatoes, 273 

 , on plants of Keeling 



Island, 436 

 Hermit crabs, 439 

 Hill, emitting a noise, 34G 

 Hirnantopus, 108 

 Hogoleu barrier-reef, 451 

 Holes made by a bird, 89 

 Holman on drifted seeds, 4P>6 

 Holutlmriae feeding on coral, 44G 

 Hooker, Sir J., on the Cardoon, 112 

 , Dr. J. D., on the Kelp, 227 

 , on Galapageian 



plants, 377, 380 

 Horn, Cape, 201 

 Homer, Mr., on a calcareous deposit, 



9 



Horse, powers of swimming of, 136 

 wild at the Falkland 



Islands, 181 



fossil, 77, 123 



Horse-fly, 162 



Horsemanship of the Gauchos, 145, 



185 



Horses difficult to drive, 104 

 drop excrement on paths, 



112 



killed by great droughts, 



126 



, multiplication of, 222 



broken in, 143 



Hot springs of Cauqueues, 25 1 



Huacas, 353, 355 



Humboldt on burnished rocks, 12 



on the atmosphere in 



tropics, 30 



on frozen soil, Si 



on hibernation, 92 



on potatoes, 273 



on earthquakes and rain, 



337 



on miasma, 351, 418 



Humming-birds of Kio de Janeiro, 

 30 



of Chile, 259 



Hybernatiou of animals, 1)2 

 Ilydrochrerus capybara, 17 

 Hydrophobia. :!I!s 

 Hyla, 28 

 Hymenophftllus, 31 



