INDEX. 



779 



Carboniferous period, 577. 



Cardan on sliowers of frogs, 346. 



Carnivorous birds, nests of, 271. 



Carpenter-bee [Megachile sicida), 205; and 

 its little chambers, engraving of, 20G. 



Carpenters, insects, 197. 



GariiopliiUia Tamca, engraving of, G6. 



Cascade in the gorges of Mount Taurus, Val- 

 ley of Erosion, engraving of, G'So. 



Cassava, extraction of, from poisonous fluids, 

 437, note. 



Cassicus Jupuba, nest of, 300 ; engraving of, 

 311. 



Cataclysms and upheavals of the globe, G24. 



Caterpillar, gl'eat numbers of muscles in, 114; 

 willow, muscular ap^iaratus, engraving of, 

 115; great digestive powers of, 124; head 

 and jaws of, engraving of, 124; devoured 

 by larvae of ichneumons, and covered with 

 their cocoons, engraving of, 1G4. 



Cedar of California [Welling tonia gigantea), 

 size of, 537; engraving of, 539. 



Cellular tissue filled with fecula, seen with 

 the microscope, engraving of, 373. 



Cerambyx, musk odour of, derived from same 

 source as smell of bugs, 136. 



Cetacean attacking a ship, engraving of, 770. 



Cctonia cerulea, C\ cervus^ and C. sanguino- 

 lenta, engra\'ings of, 07. 



Cetoniae, 97. 



Chalk animalcules, immense accumulations 

 of, 89 ; minuteness of, 90 ; of Meudon, seen 

 with the microscope, engraving of, 90. 



Chapel oak in Normandy, engraving of, 531. 



Chateaubriand on migrations of bisons, 322. 



Chemistry, instinct of, in birds, 250. 



Chestnut of a Hundred Horses, 534; engrav- 

 ing of, 535. 



Chicken spider (Aranea pullaria), the size 

 of life, engra^^ing of, 175. 



Chlamydera, Spotted, construction of l)ower 

 of, 278; engraving of, 279; in London Zoo- 

 logical Gardens, 282. 



Chlorops lincata, devastations occasioned by, 

 109; its numbers checked by the Al//sia 

 Olivieri, 111, note. 



ChJorostilhon prasiniis, emerald humming- 

 bird, household of, engraving of, 339; 

 limited sphere of action of, 345. 



Cicindela campcstris, and Chinese engravings 

 of, 168. 



Cinchona, value of, in medicine, 451; histoiy 

 of discovery of, 451, note. 



Cinnamon-tree [Laurus cianamor/ium), true 

 value of, 453; engraving of, 453. 



Circulation in plants, causes of, 404; force 

 of, 405; engraving of, 406. 



Circus of Gavarnie in the Pyrenees, engrav- 

 ing of, 046. 



Cities built of microscopic shells, 35. 



Clarke, Dr., on mosquitoes in the Crimea, 

 105, note. 



Claw of lion compared to claw of spider, 119 ; 

 engraving of, 119. 



Clothes-moth [Tinea sarciteUa)^ 208; in its 

 butterfly state, engraving of, 209. 



Clouds of Magellan, the, 738. 



Clover plant, sleep of, 468. 



Clnsia rosea, aerial roots of, 309. 



Coal, formation of, 579; i)eriod, supposed 

 duration of, 578, note; theories of forma- 

 tion of, 5S4. 



Coal i^eriod, forest of, imaginary view, 582. 



Cocoa-nuts, long journeys of, 556. 



Cocos [Cocos nucifcra), seeds of, 508. 



Cotfee, dissemination of, by i^u-e/-raHi((sa??.f/«, 

 561, note. 



Coleoptera,Aquatic,eye3of, 121; of the family 

 of Carabidie, engraving of, 152; feigning 

 of death by, 153. 



Colibri, limited sphere of action of, 345. 



Ciibjmbas minor, nest of, engraving of, 291. 



Combustion of vapours from plants, 446; of 

 bastard dittany, engraving of, 447. 



Comet, length of tail of, 756. 



Comets, 752; strange idea of Maupertuis 

 concerning, 754; Donati's of 1858, engrav- 

 ing of, 754 ; bleeding, of 1528, 755, note; 

 engraving of, 765. 



Common Gnat [C idex inpiens) and its meta- 

 morphoses magnified, engraving of, 129. 



Common Utricularia, nuptials of, 504. 



Comparative dimensions of birds' eggs, en- 

 graving of, 245. 



Condor of the Andes [Vultur gryp)hus). flight 

 of, 330; engraving of, 327. 



Cone Pyralis [Tortrix Strobiliana), engraving 

 of, 228. 



Coniferous forests in Germany, destruction 

 of, by Bomhyx Phahm.a p)ini, 216. 



Constellations, attempt to rename, 728. 



Convolvulus, huge size of a, 541. 



Coral, its builders, 64 ; natural history of, 

 i'io ; completed by Lacaze-Duthiers, 71, 

 note; considered to be a submarine shrub, 

 05; vegetable nature affirmed by Tourne* 

 fort, Marsigli, Keaumur, and Jussieu, 65, 

 67,68; engraving of Cari/opJnlHa ramca, 

 66; engraving of polypi of, 67; vegetable 

 nature disproved by Peyssonnel, 67 ; 

 fishing for, engraving of, 69; supposed to 

 harden by contact with the air, and dis- 

 proved by Nicolai, 71; fishing, remuner- 

 ative nature of, 72, note. 



Coral banks, growth and nature of, 72; 

 Owen on, 73; rapid growth of, contested 

 hy Quoy and others, 73, note; where princi- 

 pally found, 73; in Europe, 76; at ante- 

 diluvian periods, 76; Buckland on mission 

 of, 76; Ellis on wonders of, 76. 



Corn-weevil [Calandra granaria and C. 

 ori/zce), destruction caused by, 357; rapid 

 multiplication of, 357, note; engraving of, 

 357. 



