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INDEX 



Keeling Island, subsidence of, 500. 



Kelp, or sea-weed, 255. 



Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, 



265. 



Kingfishers, 12, 151. 

 King George's Sound, 474. 



Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 



283. 



Lagoon-islands, 425, 478, 491. 

 Lagostomus, 136. 

 Lake, brackish, near Rio, 31. 

 , with floating islands, 282. 



formed during earthquake, 392. 



Lamarck on acquired blindness, 62. 

 Lampyris, 40. 



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

 Land-shells, 368, 513, 516. 

 Lazo, 54, 167, 204. 

 Leaves, fall of, 251. 



, fossil, 473. 



Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 



452. 



Lepus Magellanicus, 208. 

 Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak. 151. 

 , on rabbit of the Falklands, 



208. 



Lichen on loose sand, 384. 

 Lichtenstein on ostriches, 104. 

 Lightning storms, 72. 



tubes, 70. 



Lima, 386, 389. 



, elevation of a river near, 379. 



Lime, changed by lava into crystal- 

 line rock, 1 6. 



Limnza in brackish water, 31. 



Lion-ant, 466. 



Lizard, no. 



, marine species of, 408. 



Lizards, transport of, 405. 



Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 179. 



Locusts, 348. 



Longevity of species in Mollusca, 94. 



Lorenzo, San, island of, 388. 



Low archipelago, 425. 



Lund, M., on antiquity of man, 

 370. 



Lund and Clausen on fossils of 

 Brazil, 143, 187. 



Luxan, 348. 



Luxuriant vegetation not necessary 

 to support large animals, 97. 



Lycosa. 46. 



Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 

 363- 



, on longevity of Mollusca, 95. 



, on subsidence in the Pacific, 



494. 



, on change in vegetation, 132. 



, on fossil horses' teeth, 143. 



, on distribution of animals, 346. 



, on frozen snow, 344. 



, on extinct mammals and ice- 

 period, 1 88. 



, on flocks of butterflies, 172. 



, on stones twisted by earth- 

 quakes, 326. 



Macculloch on infection, 459. 

 Macquarie river, 467. 

 Macrauchenia, 94, 186. 

 Macrocystis, 255. 

 Madrina, or godmother of a troop 



of mules, 334. 

 Magdalen Channel, 257. 

 Magellan, Strait of, 247. 

 Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, 128. 

 Maldiva atolls, 492, 501, 504. 

 Maldonado, 50. 

 Mammalia, fossil, 93, 140, 143, 169, 



1 86, 392. 

 Man, antiquity of, 378. 



, fossil remains of, 392. 



, body frozen, 266. 



, fear of, an acquired instinct, 



424- 



, extinction of races, 459, 472. 



Mares' flesh eaten by troops, 1 1 4. 



killed for their hides, 168. 



Mastodon, 139, 143. 



Matter, granular, movements in. 



112. 



Mauritius, 509. 

 Maypu river, 335. 

 Megalonyx, 93, 143. 

 Megatherium, 93, 95, 143. 

 Mendoza, climate of, 343. 



i 350. 



Mexico, elevation of, 143. 



Miasmata, 386, 459. 



Mice inhabit sterile places, 380. 



, number of, in America, 60. 



, how transported, 305, 400. 



different on opposite sides ot 



Andes, 346. 



of the Galapagos, 400. 



of Ascension, 518. 



Mjllepora, 489. 



Mills for grinding ores, 283. 



Mimosae, 36. 



Mimus, 65, 4:8, 423. 



Miners, condition of, 277, 282, 359, 

 366. 



Mines, 276, 360, 365. 



, how discovered, 336. 



Mjssionaries at New Zealand, 449. 



Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys of Aus- 

 tralia, 462. 



Mocking-bird, 65, 418, 422. 



Molina omits description of certain 

 birds, 288. 



Molothrus, habits of, 63. 



Monkeys with prehensile tails, 38. 



Monte Video, 51, 155. 



Moresby, Capt., on a great crab, 489. 



on coral-reefs, 505. 



Mount Sarmiento, 249, 357. 



Tarn, 250. 



Mountains, elevation of, 330. 

 Movements in granular matter, 112. 

 Mud, chalk-like, 490. 



disturbed by earthquake, 325. 



Mules, 334. 



Muniz, Sig., on niata cattle, 159. 



Murray, Mr., on spiders, 175. 



