xvi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIIL 



BOTANICAL NOTES IN BOUGAINVILLE STRAITS. 



Knowledge of Plants possessed by these Islanders — Ascent of a Stream- 

 Course — Interior of the Forest — Up to the Summit of Faro Island 

 — Littoral Vegetation — How a Coral Island is stocked with Trees — 

 List of Plants — Flotation of Fruits — ^Weeds and Kubbish-Plants— 

 Tuber regium pp. 280-307 



CHAPTER XIV. 



REPTILES AND BATRACHIAN3. 



Unexpected Discoveries — List of Reptiles — Crocodiles — Lizards — Snakes — 

 Batrachians — A New Family — A region of great promise to future 

 collectors ... ... ... .. ... ... pp. 308-318 



CHAPTER XV. 



GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Robber-Crab — Nut-cracking-Gizzard of the Nieobar Pigeon — Megapods — 

 Edible Birds' Nest — Scorpions — Millipedes — Hermit-Crabs — Scypho- 

 Medusse — Legends of Anthropoid Apes — New Cetacean pp. 319-335 



CHAPTER XVL 



LAND AND FRESHWATER SHELLS. 



Several New Species — Variation of Species — Bulimi — Neritinee — Mode of 

 Dispersal — Suggestion as to the Origin of Tree-Nerites — The capa- 

 bility of Neritiuse to adapt themselves to different climates — List 

 of my Collection of Shells — Description of New Species — Littorina 

 Bcabra ... ... ... ... ... ... pp. 336-351 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE CLIMATE OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 



Rainfall — The Black Squall — Rain Records of Ugi and Santa Anna — Ship 

 Record — Annual Rainfall of the Coasts and Hip;her Regions — Baro- 

 metric Pressure — Temperature — Humidity — Sun-burns — Winds — 

 Table of Meteorological Observations — Wind Record — The Effects 

 of the Chmate on' the Weight of the Body ... pp. 352-370 



INDEX ^71 



