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INDEX 



Fringing reefs, formation of, 279 



Fruit pigeon, 299, 338 



Funafuti atoll, investigation of, 234 



Funerals in the atoll, 55 



Ftmgi, list of species of, 378 



of the islands, 295 

 Fungia, observations on, 243 



Garden, arrival of insects in, 310 

 Gardiner, S., on atoll formation, 222 

 on bathymetrical limits of 



corals, 241 

 on Liihothatnnionidw, 157 

 on " reversed atolls," 272 

 Gecarcoidea lalandei, 316, 368 

 Geckos, 307, 345 

 Gelasimus, 176, 315, 368 

 George Clunies-Ross, 32 

 Glendinning Shoal, 149 

 Glohigerina ooze, 149 

 Governor, appointment of Ross II., 

 29 

 appointment of Ross III., 34 

 Gradient of submarine slope, 150 

 Graham's Island, destruction of, 225 

 Grass, influence of, on reclamation 



of land, 177,187 

 Graves in Oocos- Keeling, 55 

 Green fish, 324, 347 

 Ground thrush, 299, 344 

 Growth forms of corals, 71 

 Guppy, Dr., references to work of, 8, 

 137, 150, 157, 171, 177, 192, 208, 

 225, 278 

 Gygis Candida. 339 



Hague, J. H., on Jarvis Island, 210 



Hair, superstitions regarding, 55 



Hare, Alexander, 10 



Hare, John, 12 



Hedley, 0., on Great Barrier Reef, 



235 

 Height of island-building, 263 

 Hermit crabs, 317 

 Hesse, Mr. F., 145 

 Hickson, Prof. S., on currents, 233 



Hipjjomenes, 14 



Ilistio'pliorus gladius, 322, 347 



Holothurians as sand-producers, 165, 



265 

 Hotno'piera, species of, 362 

 Horsburgh, 4 

 Horseshoe islands, 269 

 Hymenoptera, species of, 355 



InijV, wife of Ross III., 34 



death of, 44 

 Insects flying out to sea, 309 

 Introduced fauna, 297 

 Islands, growth of, 259 



origin of, 257 



structure of, 176 

 " Itchy corals," 133 



J. G. C.-Ross, ship, 37 



loss of, 39 

 Jampei, 55 

 Jarvis Island, 210 

 Java, cable route to, 148 

 Java sparrow, 299, 344 

 Jelly-fish, 331 

 Jetsam of reef, 290 

 John Olunies-Ross, 8 

 John George Clunies-Ross, 27 

 Juno, H.M.S., visit of, 28 



Kakatua, 130, 164, 264, 325 

 Ka.peting, 176, 178, 315, 367 

 Karang gatal, 133 

 Keeling, Captain William, 3 

 Keeling Island, 141 



development of, 271 

 Keyser, Mr. A., visit of, 129 

 Krakatua, eruption of, 290 



pumice from, 170 

 Kramer on atolls, 236 

 Kunyet, 50 



Ladbs, Captain, 136 

 Lagoon, beaches of, 172 



description of, 185 



silting of, 186 



