INDEX 



539 



Coral, dead, 486, 505. 

 Corallines, 216. 

 Corcovado, clouds on, 39. 



volcano, 309. 



Cordillera, appearance of, 274, 293, 



338. 

 , different productions on east 



and west side, 346. 



passage of, 334. 



structure of valleys, 335. 



geology of, 339, 351. 



rivers of, 336. 



of Copiapq, 382. 



Cormorant catching fish, 213. 

 Corral, where animals are slaugh- 

 tered at Buenos Ayres, 134. 



Coseguina, eruption of, 309. 

 Countries, unhealthy, 386. 

 Couthouy, Mr., on coral-reefs, 500. 

 Crabs, hermit species of, 482. 



at Keeling Island, 488. 



at St. Paul's, 20. 



Craters, number of, at the Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, 394. 



of elevation, 511. 



Crisia, 216. 



Cruelty to animals, 168. 

 Crustacea, pelagic, 175. 

 Ctenomys Brasiliensis, 6t. 



, fossil species of, 94. 



Cucao, Chiloe, 312. 



Cuckoo-like habits of Molothrus, 63. 



Cuentas, Sierra de, 162. 



Cumbre of Cordillera, 335. 



Cuming, Mr., on shells, 414, 516. 



Cuttle-fish, habits of, 17. 



Cuvier on Diodon, 24. 



Cynara, 131. 

 Cyttaria Dar 



winii, 252. 



Dacelo lagoensis, 12. 



Dasypus, three species of, 1 08. 



Deer, 59, 145. 



Degradation of tertiary formations, 

 364- 



Demornis, 451. 



Deserts, 369, 384. 



Desmodus, 32. 



Despoblado, valley of, 376. 



Dieffenbach on Auckland Island, 

 260, 460. 



Djodon, habits of, 23. 



Discoloured sea, 24. 



Diseases _from miasma, 386, 460. 



Distribution of mammalia in Amer- 

 ica, 143. 



of animals on opposite sides of 



Cordilleras, 346. 



of frogs, 404. 



of fauna of Galapagos, 417. 



Dobrizhoffer on ostriches, 105. 



on a hail-storm, 128. 



Docks, imported, 452. 

 Dogs, shepherd, 163. 



D'Orbigny, Travels in South Amer- 

 ica, 90, 105, 132, 142, 163, 181. 

 .Doris, eggs of, 215. 



Doubleday, Mr., on a noise made by 



the butterfly, 44. 

 Drigg, lightning tubes at, 70. 

 Droughts, great, in Pampas, 145. 

 Dryness of St. Jago, 14. 



of winds in Tierra del Fuego, 



247. 



of air in Cordillera, 345. 



Du Bois, 404, 423. 

 Dung-feeding beetles, 516. 



Dust falling from atmosphere, 15. 



Earthenware fossil, 391. 

 Earthquake, accompanied by an ele- 

 vation of the coast, 329. 



accompanied by rain, 373. 



at Callao, 390. 



at Concepcion, 321. 



at Coquimbo, 362. 



at Keeling and Vanikoro, and 



Society Islands, 500, 501. 



' at Valdivia, 320. 



, causes of, 330. 



, effect of, on springs, 271. 



, effect of, on bottom of sea, 



325. 



, effects of, on rocks, 274, 320. 



, effects of, on sea, 312, 320, 



323. 



, effects of, on a river-bed, 379. 



, line of vibration, 325. 



on S. A. coast, 262. 



, tossing fragments from the 



ground, 213. 

 , twisting movement of, 326, 



T, 3*7. , 



Eggs of Dons, 215. 



Ehrenberg, Prof., on Atlantic dust, 



IS- 



176. 



on infusoria in Pampas, 94, 



. 



on infusoria in the open sea, 



on infusoria in Patagonia, 185. 

 on infusoria in Fuegian paint, 

 237. 



- on infusoria in coral mud, 490. 



- on infusoria in tuff at Ascen- 

 sion, 521. 



- on phosphorescence of the sea, 

 177- 



on noises from a hill, 382. 

 Eimeo, view of, 429. 

 Elater, springing powers of, 41. 

 Electricity of atmosphere within 



Andes, 343. 



Elephant, weight of, 99. 

 Elevated shells, 96, 143, 184, 270, 



316, 329, 364, 391. 

 Elevation of coasts of Chile, 271, 



316, 326, 328, 358, 365, 378. 



- of B. Blanca, 91. 



- of Patagonia, 186, 392. 



- of Pampas, 142. 



- of mountain-chains, 328. 



- of Cordillera, 335, 339, 351. 



- of fringing-reefs, 503. 



