INDEX. 



497 



Rodents, fossil species of, 77 

 Kosas, General, 66, 07, 133 

 Kuins of Callao, 353 

 of Indian buildings in Cordil- 

 lera, 341, 352 



S. Cruz, 168 



Salado, Kio, 111 



Salinas at the Galapagos Archipe- 

 lago, 362 



in Patagonia, 61, 161 



Saline efflorescences, 73 



Salt with vegetable food, 104 



, superficial crust of, ."in 



, with elevated shells, 35 1 



Salt-lakes, 61, 161, 362 



Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, 362 



, noise from friction of, 316 



Sand-dunes, 70 



Sandstone of New South Wales, 

 420 



, reef of, 477 



Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at, 

 367 



Land, 236 



San Pedro, forests of, 26S 



Santa Cruz, river of, 168 



Santiago, Chile, 250 



Sanniento, Mount, 222, 230 



Sauce, Ilio, 100 



Saurophagus sulphureus, 51 



Scarus eating corals, 446 



Scelidotherium, 76 



Scenery of Andes, 305 



Scissor-tail, 131 



Scissor-beak, habits of, 12!), 130 



Scoresby, Mr., on effects of snow on 

 rocks, 305 



Scorpions, cannibals, 157 



Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes, 338 



Scytalopus fuscus, 226, 276 



Sea, open, inhabitants of, 154 



, phosphoresence of, 154 



, distant noise of, 283 



Sea-pen, habits of, 93, 192 



Sea- weed, growth of, 228 



Seals, number of, 272 



Seeds transported by sea, 377, 436 



Serpulte, protecting reef, 477 



Shark killed by Diodou, 13 



Shaw, Dr., on lion's flesh, 110 



Sheep, infected, 418 



Shelley, lines on Mont IManc, 160 



Shells, land, in great numbers, 333 



, at St. Helena, 468 



fossil, of Cordillera, 307 



of Galapagos, 375 



elevated, 78, 122, 162, 242, 



330, 354 

 , tropical forms of, far south, 



231 

 , decomposition of, with salt, 



354 



Shepherds' dogs, 142 

 Shingle-bed of Patagonia, 70, 162 

 Siberia compared with Patagonia, 



G3 

 , zoology of, related to North 



America, 125 

 Siberian animals, how preserved in 



ice, 238 

 , food necessary 



during their existence, 84 

 Silicified trees, 319, 338 

 Silurian formations at Falkland 



Islands, 186 

 Silurus, habits of, 12U 

 Skunks, 75 



Slavery, 19, 22, 23, 478 

 Smelling power of carrion-hawks, 



175 

 Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support 



of large quadrupeds, 80 

 , on perforated 



pebbles, 142 

 Snake, venomous, 90 

 Snow, effects of on rocks, 305 



, prismatic structure of, 311 



, red, 309 



Snow-line on Cordillera, 233, 309, 



311 

 Society, state of in La Plata, 39, 149 



in Australia, 426 



Archipelago, 386 



. volcanic phe- 

 nomena at, 456, 462 

 Soda, nitrate of, 347 



, siilphate of, 73 



Soil, frozen, 83, 236 

 Spawn on surface of sea, 16 

 Species, distribution of, 123, 347 



, extinction of, 166 



Spiders, habits of, 33 to 36 



, gossamer, 151 



killed by and killing wasps, 



33 to 35 



on Keeling Island, 438 



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