INDEX. 
513 
Infusoria in white paint, 221 
in coral mud, 465 
at Ascension, 494 
Insects, first colonists of St, Paul’s 
rocks, 10 
blown out to sea, 159 
of Patagonia, 170, 327 
of Tierra del Fuego, 238 
of Galapagos, 381, 392, 394 
of Keeling Island, 456 
of St. Helena, 490 
Instincts of birds, 95, 398 
Iodine with salt at Iquique, 365 
Iquique, 362 
Iron, oxide of, on rocks, 12 
Islands, oceanic, volcanic, 8 
, floating, 265 
, Antarctic, 248 
, low, 402, 467 
Kater’s peak, 212 
Kauri pine, 427 
Keeling Island, 452 
—_—_—__—__, subsidenee of, 475 
—__-—, birds of, 456 
, entomology of, 456 
, flora of, 454 
Kelp, or sea-weed, 239 
Kendall, Lieut. on a frozen body, 
249 : 
Kingfishers, 2, 138 
King George’s Sound, 449 
Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 
267 
Lagoon-islands, 402, 453, 465 
Lagostomus, 124 
Lake, brackish, near Rio, 21 
-— with floating islands, 265 
—— formed during earthquake, 371- 
Lamarck on acquired blindness, 52 
Lampyris, 30 
Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree, 100 
Land-shells, 347, 488, 490 
Lazo, 44, 153, 189 
Leaves, fall of, 235 
—__— , fossil, 448 
Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 
428 , 
Lepus Magellanicus, 193 
Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak, 138 
——, on rabbit of the Falk- 
lands, 193 
Lichen on loose sand, 364 
' Lichtenstein on ostriches, 92 
Lightning storms, 62 
————- tubes, 59 
Lima, 365, 368 
—~—., elevation of a river near, 358 
Lime, changed by lava into crystal- 
line rock, 6 
Limneea in brackish water, 2) 
Lion-ant, 442 
Lizard, 97 
, marine species of, 385 
Lizards, transport of, 382 
Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 166 
Locusts, 329 
Longevity of species in Mollusca, 83 
Lorenzo, San, island of, 369 
Low archipelago, 402 
Lund, M., on antiquity of man, 358 
Lund and Clausen on fossils of Bra- 
zil, 131, 173 
Luxan, 329 
Luxuriant vegetation not necessary 
to support large animals, 85 
Lycosa, 35 
Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 
343 
, on longevity of Mollusca, 
8&3 
, on subsidence in the Paci- 
fic 
: on change in vegetation, 
120 
———, on fossil horses’ teeth, 130 
, on distribution of animals, 
327 
, on frozen snow, 325 
,on extinct mammals and 
ice-period, 172 
, on flocks of butterflies, 
158 
————, on stones twisted by earth- 
quakes, 308 
MacCulloch on infection, 435 
Macquarie river, 442 
Macrauchenia, 82, 173 
Macrocystis, 239 
Madrina, or godmother of a troop of 
mules, 315 
Magdalen channel, 241 
Magellan, Strait of, 231 
Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, 116 
Maldiva atolls, 467, 476, 478 
Maldonado, 39 
