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INDEX. 



Waders easily fossilized, 613. 



in the Cretaceous, 466, 468. 



in the Tertiary, 503, 510. 

 Wahsatch Mts., 453, 751. 



in the Mesozoic, 486. 



Tertiary in, 493. 

 Walchia, 349, 370, 371. § 



piniformis, 370,* 371. 

 Waldheimia, 170 ,*§ 173. 



compacta, 341. 

 Wales, Carboniferous in, 345, 

 346. 



Devonian in, 282. 



disturbances in, 402. 



geological map of, 344.* 



in the Triassic, 423. 



Primordial in, 179. 



Quaternary in, 533, 555. 



Silurian in, 207, 244. 



Subcarboniferous in, 306. 

 Wallace, A. R., on Creation of 



Man, 601. 

 Wall-rock, 114. § 

 Walnut, 471, 514. 

 Walrus, 507. 

 Warm-temperate regions, 41, § 



609. 

 Warren, skeleton of Mastodon, 



567. 

 Warren & Storer on oils, 362. 

 Warsaw limestone, 294. 

 Washita limestone, 457. 

 Wasp, 121. § 

 Water, arrangement of, 10. 



as a chemical agent, 687. 



as a dynamical agent, 635. 



lost in metamorphism, 725. 



oxygen in, 49. 



See, further, Rivers, Oceans, 

 Glaciers, Aquatic, Gey- 

 sers. 

 Waters, of ocean, specific gravity 

 of, 657. 



freezing, 674. 



hot, action of, 453, 719, 721. 



subterranean, 653. 

 Waterlime group, 164, 236. 

 Water-rat, 577. 

 Water-species inferior, 592. 

 Wave-action on coral reefs, 621. 

 Wave-marks, 84,§ 222, 267, 671. 

 Waves, force and action of, 

 661. 663. 



tidal, 660. 



earthquake, 662. 

 Waverly sandstone, 295, 376. 

 Weald clay, 435. 

 Wealden epoch, 434, 470, 485. 

 Wear. See Erosion. 

 Weasel , 577. 

 Websky, analysis of peat, 316. 



analysis of marsh-gas, 364. 



analysis of Sphagnum, 362. 

 Weevils, 349. 

 Weinhold, analysis of fern-ash, 



365- 

 Weissliegende, 369. 

 Wells, Artesian, 653, 654.* 

 Welwitschia, 329, 330. 



mirabilis, 328.* 

 Wenlock group, 164, 244, 247. 

 Werfen beds, 425. 

 Wesenburg group, 164. 

 West Indies, trends of islands 

 in, 35. 



volcanoes in, 703. 



West Virginia, Carboniferous in, 

 291. 



Quaternary in, 528, 532. 



Subcarboniferous in, 295, 305. 

 Western -border region, 146, 401. 

 Western-interior region, 401, 

 406, 407, 431, 454. 



Islands, 37.* 

 Whale, 121, 416, 507, 568, 665. 

 Whales, range of, in time, 589.* 

 Whetstone beds, 304. 

 White, C. A., on Iowa rocks, 



294, 305, 374, 377. 

 White, M. C, on Protophytes, 

 etc. , in hornstone, 257, *260. 

 White Lias, 425. 

 White Mountains, Quaternary 



in, 537, 538. 

 White Oak Mountain sandstone, 



379. 

 White River group, 495, 506. 



trap, 76. § 

 Whittleseya, 349. 



elegans, 530. 

 Whittlesey, C, combustible 

 matter in shales, 198. 



iron ores, 153. 



Lake Superior rocks, 184. 

 Whitnev, J. D., analysis of 

 limestone, 222. 



borax deposits, 722. 



Cretaceous in California, 457. 



Drift in California, 528. 



Missouri iron-ores, 153, 159. 



ore-deposits of Galena, 113. 



Primordial in Nevada, 168. 



Triassic in California, 406, 

 407. 

 Whortleberry, 514. 

 Wild-boar, 562, 564, 571, 577. 

 Wild-cat, 564. 



Wilkes, C, on icebergs, 686. 

 Williamsite, 73. § 

 Willow, 459, 471. 

 Winchell, A., on rocks of Mich- 

 igan, 374, 376. 

 Windings of streams, 643. 

 Wind River group, 495. 

 Wind River Mts., Archaean in, 

 150, 390. 



Chazy in, 185. 



Jurassic in, 431. 



Upper Silurian in, 232. 

 Windsor series, 296- 

 Winnipeg Lake, Upper Silurian 

 fossils at, 230. 



terraces at, 548. 



Trenton at, 194. 

 Winooski limestone, 167. 

 Wisconsin, Calciferous in, 183. 



Chazv in, 182. 



Clinton in, 220. 



lead-mines of. 197. 



Potsdam in, 168. 



Quaternary in, 529. 



Trenton in, 196. 



Upper Helderbergin, 256. 

 Wittig, E., analyses of ashes, 



365. 

 Wodnika striatula, 372. 

 Wolf, 506, 507, 518, 562, 564, 



568, 571, 577. 

 Wood, composition of, 361. 



decomposition of. 362. 

 Woodpecker, 503, 510. 

 Woodviile sandstone, 377 ■ 



Woodward, on Atrypa, 171. 

 Woolhope limestone, 244. 

 Woolwich beds, 512. 

 World Kingdom, l.§ 

 Worm-holes in Potsdam beds, 



168. 

 Wormley, analyses of coals, 316, 



317. 

 Worms, 122,§ 123,§ 333, 342, 

 475, 592, 596. 



number of Silurian, 249. 



range of, in time, 387.* 

 Worthen, A. H., on rocks of 

 Illinois, 294, 374, 378. 



Illinois Devonian, 256. 



oil in the Niagara, 222. 

 Writing slate, 69.§ 

 Wurtemberg, salt-works in, 424. 

 Wurtz. metam orphic heat, 729. 



albertite and grahamite, 315. 

 Wyman, J., on fossil man, 578. 

 Wyoming, Canadian in, 182. 



Carboniferous in, 293. 



Cretaceous in, 454, 456. 



geysers in. 719. 



Lignites in, 457. 



Subcarboniferous in, 296. 



Tertiary in, 491, 493. 



Xanthidia, 257,* 471. 

 Xenoneura antiquorum, 274. 

 Xiphodon, 517,§ 519. 



gracilis, 519. 

 Xylobius Dawsoni, 342. 



fractus, 342. 



similis, 342. 



Sigillariae, 334 * 342, 350. 

 Xylophaga, first of, 477. 



Yellowstone National Park, 611, 

 692, 719. 



River, in the Cretaceous, 479. 

 Yoldia, 303, 468. 



Arctica, 562. 



glacialis, 551, 555. 



impressa, 510. 



limatula, 495, 500* 510. 

 Yorktown period, 490, 494. 

 Yosemite valley, 453. 

 Ypresian group, 512. 

 Yucca, 450. 



Zamia, 514. 



Zamites graminioides, 407,* 409. 



megalophylla, 436,* 450. 

 Zaphrontis, 240, 243, 256. 



bilateralis, 224,* 228. 



Canadensis, 204. 



gigantea, 256, 259* 261. 



Rafinesquii, 259* 26k 



Stokesi, 206. 

 Zeacrinus, 303, 341. 



elegans, 298* 303. 

 Zechstein, 369. 

 Zeolites, 77, 186, 418. 



formed in a brick wall at 

 Plombieres, 734. 



origin of, 734. 

 Zeuglodon, 494. 



cetoides, 502*503, 509. 

 Zinc-ores, 186, 197. 

 Zircon-syenyte, 70. § 

 Zizyphus hyperboreus, 498. 

 Zones of depth, for oceanic 



species, 611. 

 Zygobates, 510- 



