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INDEX. 



Gilbert Islands, 163, 170, 183, 276, 306. 



elevations in, 343. 

 Glacial era synchronous with the era of 



the coral island subsidence, 366. 

 Globigerinae, nature of, 378. 

 Globigerina mud, 143. 

 Goniopora columna, 52, 94, 97. 

 Gorgonacea, 85. 

 Gorgonia fiabellum, 85. 

 " flesuosa, 85. 

 " quercifolia, 87. 

 Gorgonia?, spicules of, 86. 

 Gosse, P. H.. species of Peachia, Edward- 

 sia, etc., from his British 

 Sea-Anemones, 25. 

 on lasso-cells, 34. 

 on spontaneous fission in 



Anthea, 57, 

 mention of his work, Brit- 

 ish Sea-Anemones, 93. 

 Guam, 307. 



" elevation of, 345. 

 Guano, birds contributing to, 286. 

 Guano islands of Pacific, 291. 

 Gulf Stream, influence of, in the Oolit- 

 ic and Cretaceous eras, on the tem- 

 perature of the Atlantic Ocean, 362. 

 Gypsum on coral islands, 294. 



Hague, J. D., sands shifted in position 

 with the season, 237. 

 on guano islands of Pa- 

 cific, 291, 298. 

 on birds of Pacific coral 

 islands, 284. 

 Hale, H., on Gilbert Islanders, 279. 



" on subsidence at Ponape, 331. 

 Halocampa chrysanthellum, 25. 

 Hapaii Group, 305, 337. 

 Haplophyllia paradoxa, 80. 

 Harbors and channels, conditions deter- 

 mining the formation and condition 

 of, 236, 247. 

 Hartt, C. F., corals of Brazilian coast, 113. 



" Brazil reefs, 140, 

 Hawaian chain, length of, 365. 



western coral atolls of, 

 306, 324, 328. 

 " northwestern part, sound- 

 ings in, 173. 

 Hawaian Islands, corals of, 111. 

 " " elevations at, 341. 



Hawaii, reefs of, 306 



Heliopora, 105. 



Henuake, 167, 182, 198, 333. 



Henderson's Island, 172, 194. 



Hero Island, 296, 339. 



Hervey Group, elevations in, 336. 



Hogoleu, 306. 



Holothurians, characters of, 376. 



Holothuria, dried, 160. 



Honden, see Henuake. 



Home Island, 306, 342. 



Horsburgh, J. J., on the Maldives, 189. 



Howland's Island, 294, 340. 



Huahine, shells of, at elevations, 335. 



Hull's Island, 341. 



Hunt, E. B., rate of growth of corals, 



125. 

 " on Florida Reefs, reference 



to paper by, 204. 

 Hunter's Island, 307. 

 Hydra, 101. 

 Hydroids, 101, 105. 



Indian Ocean, reefs of, 313. 



" subsidence in, 370. 



Isis hippuris, 88. 

 Isothermal or isocrymal chart, 108, 300. 



Jakvis's Island, 168, 195, 293, 339. 

 Jukes, Australian reefs, 141, 181. 

 Julien, on guano minerals, 297. 



Kao, 305. 



Kawehe, 179, 202. 



Kauai, 306, 324, 341. 



Reeling's Island, 172, 314. 



Kent, W. S., on Veretillum cynomorium, 



92. 

 Key West, 204. 



Kingsmills, see Gilbert Group. 

 King's Island, 199. 

 Kophobelemnon, see Cophobelemon. 

 Kotzebue, on water of coral islands, 283. 

 Kuria, 164, 173, 344. 

 Kusaie, 306. 



Lacaze Duthiers, on Corallium rubrum, 



90. 

 Laccadives, 314. 

 Ladrones, 306, 327. 



" elevations in, 344. 



