INDEX. 



493 



Ibis mcliuiops, 157 

 Ice, prismatic structure of, 311 

 Icebergs, 177, 213, 234 to 240 

 Iiicas Bridge, 320, 341 

 Incrustations on coast rocks, 9, 11 

 Indian fossil remains, 3o5 

 Indians, attacks of, GO, 72 



, Patagonia ns, 220 



, Araucarians, 287 



of the Pampas, 9-4 



of Valdivia, 287 



, perforated stones used by, 

 255 



powers of tracking, 314 



-, grave of, 1G1, 178 



, ruins of houses of, in Cor- 

 dillera, 341, 353 



-, antiquities of, in La Plata, 



43, 98 



decrease in numbers, 98 



Infection, 418 



Infusoria in dust in the Atlantic, 5 



in the sea, 15, 154 



in Pampas, 77, 122 



in Patagonia, 162 



in white paint, 210 



in coral mud, 446 



at Ascension, 474 

 Insects, first colonists of St. Paul's 



rocks, 10 



blown out to sea, 151 



of Patagonia, 162, 313 



of Tierra del Fuego, 227 



of Galapagos, 366, 376, 378 



of Keeling Island, 438 



of St. Helena, 470 



Instincts of birds, 89, 382 

 Iodine with salt at Iquique, 349 

 Iquique, 347 



Iron, oxide of, on rocks, 12 

 Islands, oceanic, volcanic, 8 



, Antarctic, 236 



, floating, 253 



, low, 386, 448 



Jackson, Col., on frozen snow, 311 

 Jaguar, habits of, 127 

 Jajuel, mines of, 248 

 James Island, Galapagos Archipe- 

 lago, 361 



Juan Fernandez, volcano of, 297 

 , flora of. 377 



Eater's Peak, 201 



Kauri pine, 410 

 Keeling Island, 434 



, birds of, 438 



, entomology of, 438 



, flora of, 436 



, subsidence of, 456 



Kelp, or sea-weed, 227 



Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, 



237 



Kingfishers, 2, 130 

 King George's Sound, 431 



Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 



255 



Lagoon-islands, 386, 435, 446 

 Lagostomus, 117 

 Lake, brackish, near Kio, 20 



with floating islands, 253 



formed during earthquake, 



355 



Lamarck on acquired blindness, 49 

 Lampyris, 28 



Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree, 94 

 Land-shells, 333, 468, 469 

 Lazo, 42, 146, 180 

 Leaves, fall of, 224 

 , fossil, 430 



Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 



410 



Lepus Magellanicus, 183 

 Lesson, M., on the scissor-bcak, 130 

 -, on rabbit of the Falk- 



lands, 183 



Lichen on loose sand, 348 



Lichtenstein on ostriches, 86 



Lightning storms, 58 

 tubes, 56 



Lima, 349, 352 



, elevation of a river near, 343 



Lime, changed by lava into crystal- 

 line rock, 5 



Limnaea in brackish water, 2 



Lion-ant, 424 



Lizard, 91 



, marine species of, 370 



Lizards, transport of, 367 



Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 157 



Locusts, 315 



Longevity of species in Mollusca, 78 



Lorenzo, San, island of, 353 



Low archipelago, 386 



Lund, M., on antiquity of man, 343 



Lund and Clausen on fossils of 

 Brazil, 123, 164 



