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INDEX. 



Dinothere (D. giganteum),518,* 



520. 

 Diorite, 70.§ 

 Dioritic slate. 70. § 

 Diospyros, 515. 

 Dip,94,§*97.§* 

 Diphyphyilum arundinaceum, 

 256. 



stramineum, 256. 

 Diploeynodus, 510. 

 Diplodus, 304, 343. 



compressus, 343. 



gracilis, 343. 



latus, 343. 

 Diplograptus, 207. 

 Diplopterus 286. 

 Diplostylus Dawsoni, 342. 

 Diploxylon ; 349. 

 Dipristis Miersii, 467. 

 Diprotodon, 571. 

 Dipters, 449, 450, 610. 

 Dipterus, 282. 



macrolepidotus, 286.* 

 Dirt-bed, Portland, 452. 

 Dirt-beds of the Coal-measures, 



313 319 

 Discina,' 173,§* 174, 190, 199, 

 203,271,385,500,597. 



Acadica, 174,* 176. 



family, 170.§* 199, 386* 594. 



lamellosa, 173.* 



punctata, 207. 



range of, in time, 386.* 

 Discosanrus, 464. 



carinatus, 467. 

 Disintegration from freezing, 

 674. 



without decomposition, 701 

 Dislocations, 92.§* 



See Disturbances. 

 Distortions of fossils, 98,§ 99.* 

 Disturbances after Devonian, 

 289, 754. 



after Jurassic, 452. 



after Lower Silurian, 211, 212, 

 754. 



after Mesozoic, 487. 



after Paleozoic, 395. 



during Mesozoic, 486. 



during Paleozoic, 392. 



during Primordial, 181. 



during Subcarboniferous, 306. 



during Tertiary, 523, 740. 



in Recent period, 582. 



preceding Carboniferous, 308. 



of Archaean rocks, 155- 



of Triassic, 417. 

 Dithyrocaris carbonarius, 342. 

 Diversity of rocks in different 



regions, 373. 

 Divine origin of the universe, 



596. 

 Dodo, 580,§ 581.* 

 Dog, 562, 568. 

 Dog-tooth spar, 222. 

 Dog-wood, 497. 

 Dolabra Sterlingensis, 205. 

 Doleryte, 78,§ 707, 722, 736. 

 Dolerytic glass, 78 § 

 Dolichosaurus, 476. 

 Dolomite, 55,§* 74,§ 222, 696. 

 Dolphin, 507. 

 Donax, 508. 



D'Orbigny's subdivisions of Ju- 

 rassic, 435. 



subdivisions of Cretaceous, 

 470. 

 Dorsal valve, 170. § 

 Dorsibrancbs, 123.§ 



Dorycrinus unicornis, 298,* 



303. 

 Dosinia, 508. 



Dove, on temperature, 44. 

 Dracaena, 450. 

 Dragon-fly, fossil, 349, 441,* 



450. 

 Dreissena, 610. 

 Drepanacanthus, 304. 



anceps, 343. 

 Drepanocheilus Americanus, 



461,* 467. 

 Drepanodon, 511. 

 Drew, on alluvial fans, 651. 

 Drift, 527.§ 

 deposition of, 543. 

 distribution of, 528. 

 origin of, 534. 

 period, 534. § 

 scratches, 530.* 

 stratified, 544. 

 unstratified, 544. 

 See, further. Glacial and 

 Glacier. 

 Drift-sand hills, 6S1. 

 Dromatherium svlvestre, 415,* 



417. 

 Dry-bone, 197- 

 Dryopithecus, 519.§ 

 Dublisian group, 435. 

 Dugong, 518. 

 Dumenil, analysis offish-bones, 



60. 

 Dunes, 631. § 

 Dunyte, 71. § 



Dupont, E., on Belgium in the 

 Recent period, 562. 

 on fossil man, 576. 

 Durability of rocks, 645. 

 Durocher, on moisture in rocks, 



656. 

 Dust-showers, 632* 

 Dust, transportation of, 630. 

 Dyas, 369. § See Permian. 

 Dyestone group, 379. 

 Dynamical Geology, 7.§ 605. 

 agencies intensified in the 

 Quaternary, 587. 

 Dysaster ringeus, 449. 



Eagle, 503, 511. 

 Eagre, 660,§ 666. 

 Earth, as an individual, 2. 

 relation of, to the universe, 3. 

 form of, and arrangement of 



land of, 9. 

 evolution of features of, 744. 

 system in reliefs of, 23. 

 system in the courses of 

 feature-lines of, 29, 744. 

 Earth's crust, effects on, of con- 

 traction, 737, 739. 

 development, law of, in geo- 

 logical history, 756 

 Earthquake oceanic waves, 662, 



665, 742. 

 Earthquakes, nature and origin 



of, 741. 

 Earth-worm. 122, 123. § 

 Eastern-border region, 146, 167, 

 197, 210, 232, 238, 241, 250, 

 251,266,289,291,319,380, 

 401. 

 reality of. 210, 250. 

 East Indies, trends of islands 

 in, 33, 35. 

 volcanoes in, 704. 

 Eatonia, 171. 

 peculiaris, 243. 



Eatonia singularis, 239* 240. ' 

 Eaton, D.C., on fossil ferns, 271. 

 Ebb-and-flow structure, 83.§* 

 Eccentricity of earth's orbit, 



697. 

 Ecculiomphalus Canadensis, 

 189. 

 Bucklandi,208. 

 I intortus, 189. 

 Echinoderms, 127, § 598. 

 number of Silurian, 249. 

 range of, in time, 386.* 

 Echinoids, 127,§ 472, 482. 

 Echinorhinus. 510. 

 Echinosphae rites, 207. 

 Echinostaehys cylindrica, 426. 



oblonga, 426. 

 Echinus, 117,* 127,§ 297, 595, 

 608,611. 

 granulosus, 476. 

 Eclogyte, 71.§ 



Economical products, Archaean, 

 153, 159. 

 Canadian, 185. 

 Carboniferous. 313, 318. 

 Corniferous, 256. 

 Cretaceous, 458. 

 Hamilton, 268. 

 Niagara, 222. 

 Primordial, 169. 

 Salina, 234. 

 1 ertiary , 495. 

 Trenton, 197. 

 Triassic, 406, 420. 

 Edaphodon mirificus, 467. 

 Eddy-marks, 85.§ 

 Edentates, 569, 592, 610. 

 characteristic of Quaternary 



South America, 570, 571. 

 earliest of, 518. 

 I range of, in time, 589.* 

 I Edestosaurus, 468. 

 I dispar, 468. 

 | Edriocrinus, 240, 243. 

 Edwards, A. Milne, Tertiary 



birds, 516. 

 Effects referred to causes, 758. 

 Egypt, Tertiary in, 512. 

 Ehrenberg, Diatoms of Rich- 

 mond, 496. 

 dust-showers, 632.* 

 Eoraminifers in chalk, 471. 

 growth of Diatoms, etc., 615. 

 Polycystines, 615. 

 Eifel, Devonian in, 282. 

 Elasacrinus, 261. 

 Elasmosaurus platyurus, 464. 

 Elements constituting rocks, 

 48. § 

 made stable by oxygen, 48 § 

 Elephant, 416, 495, 5f'3, 508, 

 518, 561, 564. 565,§ 567, 

 571, 572, 576, 577 

 family, range of, in time, 589.* 

 preserved in ice, 565 

 Elephas, 519, 520. 

 Africanus, 565. 

 Americanus, 508, 565, 566.* 

 antiquus, 565, 571. 

 imperator, 511. 

 meridionalis, 513, 519, 571. 

 primigenius, 564, 565, § 571, 

 573,* 581. 

 Elevations, causes of, 735, 761. 

 extensive, 735. 

 modern, 582. 

 of Pacific islands, 583. 

 Tertiary, in Europe, 533. 

 See Heights. 



