530 



INDEX 



Loris, 176 



Lyell, Sir C, gives up iceberg theory to 

 explain Swiss erratics, 73 



on sinking of land, 45 



on sub-glacial moraine at Soleure, 79 



M. 



Macacus, 164 



Madagascar and West Indies, 27K 



lemurs of, 179 

 Madeira, coleoptera of, 250 

 Mahoris are of Caucasian affinities, 412 



or Vjrown Polynesians, 404 

 Malays and Polynesians compared, 402 

 Mammals, cervical vertebras of, 361 



of New Guinea, 419 

 Man, jaws of civilised small, 331 

 Mantidaj, disguises of, 197 

 Map of Ancient Rhone Glacier, explana- 

 tion of, 128 

 Marmosets, 174 



Mentawi islands, natives of, 490 

 Merriam, Mr. C. H., on migration, 503 

 Mias, 157 



nest-building of, 159 

 Midas clirysolevcas, 175 

 Migratory instinct, 502 

 Migration, report of Committee of B.A. 



on, 505 

 Miklucho Maclay, Dr., on Papuans, 454 

 Mississippi valley, migration in, 503 

 Mivart, Dr., on recognition marks, 384 

 Modification in the individual, 338 

 Moel Tryfaen, glacial gravels of, 92 

 Monkeys, affinities and distribution of, 

 146 

 affinities of, 182 

 African, 152 

 American, 165 

 Asiatic, 157 



difference from men, 148 

 different kinds of, 149 

 distribution of, 180 

 feet and hands of, 147 

 geological range of, 181 

 Old World and American, 150 

 Monstrosities and origin of species, 358 

 Moraines, 62 

 Moraine at Flamborough Head, 83 



at Thornwick on chalk, 83 

 Morgan, C. Lloyd, on instinct, 497 



on inheritance of acqviired char- 

 acters, 507 

 Moselle river illustrating valley forma- 

 tion, 17 

 Moths resembling lichen, 197 

 Motu tribe in N. Guinea, 450 

 Mouhot on old Cambodian temples, 470 

 Mounds in N. W. Australia, 470 

 Mountains, roots of, 47 

 Moura, J., portraits of Cambodians, 481 

 Murray, Andrew, on distribution of 

 beetles, 250 

 Sir J., on permanence of oceans, 28 

 on depth of oceans, 30 

 Mycetee, 166 



N. 



Natives of New Hebrides, 457 



of Timor, 458 

 Natural selection will improve our race 



523 

 Nepean river, N.S. Wales, 20 

 New Guinea, 416 



birds of, 423, 433 



climate of, 418 



early visitors to, 417 



inhabitants of, 434 



mammals of, 419 

 New species, how originated, 290 

 Niata cattle, 393 

 Night-monkeys, 174 

 N. America, botanical divisions of, 213 



rural scenery of, 209 



weeds are mostly European, 210 

 N. American plants not in Europe, 205 

 North Australia, native of, 493 

 Number of parts, variation in, 359 

 Nuts, not a direct adaptation, 312 

 Nycticebus, 176 

 Nyctipithecus, 174 



O. 



Ocean floor, contour of, 34 



Ocean floor and land surface compared, 85 



Oceanic and continental masses, 31 



Oceans not raised and depressed, 35 



Oiiochycerus scorplo, disguise of, 194 



Orange tip butterfly, disguise of, 189 



Orang-utan, 157 



Organic stability, 366 



Origin of species and genera, 285 



Palsearctic and Nearctic regions, 235 



land-birds of, 241 



mammals of, 237 



summary of facts, 247 

 Papuans, 434 



affinities of, 459 



characters of, 436 



customs of, 446 



hair of, 438 



houses of, 440 



manufactures of, 442 

 Paradise-birds, 423 



new species of, 426 



number of, 432 

 Pendulum experiments, 47 

 Perched blocks, 69, 86 

 Permanence of ocean basins, 2S, 37 

 Pines of the Sierra Nevada, 225 

 Pipits, meadow and tree, 356 

 Pithecia, 171 



Pitta anfjolensis, isolation of, 273 

 Plains and prairies, the, 214 

 Piatt Ball on use and disuse, 335 

 Polynesian languages, 401 

 I Polynesians, affinities of, 461, 496 



