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INDEX. 



Ptyonodus, 687 

 Pudding-granite, 97§ 

 Pudding-stone, 80§, 147 

 Puerco Eocene lake or basin, 881*, 

 8S2, 893 



— group, 886 

 Puerto Rico, 19 

 Puget group, 831 



— Sound, 831 

 Pugnellus densatus, 854 

 Pulaslci shales, 494 

 PuUastra arenicola, 774 

 Pulmonates, 423, 674 (first), 676* 

 Pumice, 80, 84§, 136, 144, 266, 276, 



892 



Punjab, 770 



Pupa, 152, 708; Blandi, 966; con- 

 tracta, 966; fallax, 966; mus- 

 corum, 966 ; quarticaria, 966 ; 

 simplex, 966 ; Vermilionensis, 

 676*, 690 ; vetusta, 676*, 682, 690 



Purbeck axis, 936 



— beds, Purbeckian, 411, 775, 777, 

 783, 789, 791 



Purity of air and waters in the 



Cambrian, 484, 485 

 Purpura, 130 ; cancellata, 855 

 Pun'is, 867 



Putnam County, N.T., 24 

 Pycnodonts, 417§, 836 

 Pycnodus, 417, 772, 783 

 Pycnogonids, 419 

 Pygidium, 421§ 

 Pygocephalus Couperi, 703 

 Pygopterus, 692, 705 ; mandibularis, 



707 

 Pygurus rostratus, 865 

 Pyramids of Egypt, made In part of 



Nummulitic limestone, 920 

 Pyrazisinus acutus, 916 ; campanu- 



"latus, 898*, 916 

 Pyrenean basin, 857 

 Pyrenees, 23, 239, 265, 812 ; Lower 



Silurian in, 518 ; Jurassic, 775 ; 



Cretaceous, 866; Tertiary, 347, 



365, 919, 920 ; elevation of, 932, 



936 

 Pyrifusus granosus, 855 ; New- 



berryi, 841*, 855 ; subduratus, 



854 

 Pyrite, 70*§, 123 

 Pyrites, 80 



Pyritiferous rocks, 78§, 84, 653 

 Pyromeride, 84§ 

 Pyrophyllite, 68§, 89 

 Pyrophyllyte schist, 89§ 

 Pyroxene, 67*§, 85, 86, 288* ; rocks, 



88-89 

 Pyroxenyte, 88§, 532 

 Pyrrhotite, 70§ 

 Pytho, 847 

 Pythonomorphs, 826, 847 



Quadersandstein, Upper, 866 

 Quadrumana, 54, 902, 903, 906, 907, 



917 ; in Europe, 923, 925, 927 

 Quadrupeds. See Mammals 

 Quakertown coal-beds, 656 

 Quartz, 15, 62, 63§ ; work of solu- 

 , - tionsof, 135-136 

 Quartz-andesyte, 86§, 273, 296; 



basalt, 296; dioryte, 86§, 272; 



doleryte, 87§ ; felsyte, 272, 325; 



gabbro, 87§ ; porphyry, 84§, 817 ; 



syenyte, 85§ ; trachyte, 84§, 86, 



273, 314 (see also Rhyolyte) 

 Quartz flour from glaciers, 169 

 Quartzophyric rocks, 77§, 83, 84 

 Quartzose rocks, 78§ 

 Quartzyte, 80§, 82§, 112* (jointed) ; 



septaria, 138* 

 Quartzytic rocks, 83, 84 

 Quaternary era, 940 ; general obser- 

 vations on, 1016 

 Quebec, 466 

 — group, 482, 490, 496, 497, 503, 



527* 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, 747, 757, 



760, 809, 818, 830, 868 

 Queensland, 698, 699 ; Devonian in, 



628 ; Jurassic, 776 ; Cretaceous, 



857 

 Quenstedioceras cordiforme, 758*, 



760 

 Quercus, 840,921,922; angustiloba, 



839 ; castanopsis, 839 ; Ellisiana, 



839 ; Godeti, 839 ; myrtifolia, 895*, 



896 ; suber, 713 

 Quercy phosphorite beds, 926 

 Quetta, earthquake in 1892, 375 

 Quicklime, 78§, 79 

 Quicksilver mines, 335 

 Quito, plateau, 26; volcanoes of, 296 



Packet Elver, 946 



Eacodiscula, 432* 



Eadack Islands, 36, 38, 39, 145 



Eadiates, 419 



Eadiolarian earth, 935, 986 ; ooze, 



144 

 Eadiolarians, 57, 64, 72, 121, 136, 



141, 144, 433* ; Archaean, 1029 

 Eadiolite limestone, 866 

 Eadiohtes, 820, 861, 877; Austin- 



ensis, 865 ; Bournoni, 861* ; Mor- 



toni, 861 ; Neocomiensis, 865 ; 



Texanus, 834, 835*, 836 

 Eadula acutilieneata, 854 

 Eaflnesquina, 503, 579 ; alternata, 



507*, 514, 524; fasciata, 503; 



incrassata, 503 

 Eaft of Eed Eiver, 191 

 Eagadinia annulata, 432* 

 Eaibl shales, 774 

 Eain, causes influencing the amount 



of, 50, 51 

 Eain-drop, work of, 177§, 178* 

 Eain-prints, 95§, 178, 223, 646, 742 

 Eainfall, 51, 944, 945 

 Rainier, Mt. See Tacoma 

 Rainy Lake, 446 

 Rajmahiil group, 698, 873 

 Ralick Islands, 36, 38, 39, 145 

 Rancocas group, 821 

 Rangifer caribou, 946, 1002 ; taran- 



dus, 946 

 Ranunculus, 240 

 Eaphistoma, 506, 520, 521 ; lenticu- 



lare, 507*, 514, 524, 567; multi- 



volvatum, 601 ; Pepinense, 501 ; 



planistrium, 503 

 Rappahannock freestones, 816 

 Raritan beds (group), 815, 821 

 Rat, 63, 156, 797 



Eaton coal-field, 364 



Eaton Mts., 828 



Rattan, 435 



Rattlesnake, 682 



Rauchwacke, 697 



Rauhkalk, 697 



Rauracian group, 790 



Rays, 415§, 418 



Razor stone, 88§ 



Recent period, 1012 



Receptaculites, 497*, 513, 515, 516, 

 660, 584, 597 ; elegantulus, 497*, 

 500 ; globularis, 513 ; Infundibuli- 

 formis, 562 ; lowensis, 513 ; Nep- 

 tuni, 517, 624, 569; Oweni, 513, 

 615 



Red Bluff group, 889 



Eed Crag, 927 



Eed Deer Eiver, 847 



Eed earth, 134 



Eed marl, 542, 627 



Eed ocher, 70§, 126, 331 



Eed porphyry, S6§ 



Red River, 191 (raft), 819, 885, 888, 

 895 



Red River of the North, 947 



Red Sea, 21, 41, 200 ; volcanoes of, 

 295, 296 



Red Wall Group, 469, 658 



Redwood, 831, 859, 939 



Regelation, 245§ 



Reindeer, 946, 950, 1013 



Reindeer or Mesohthic epoch, 

 997, 1009 



Remopleurides, 620, 621 



Renssel^ria, 562, 678, 579 ; ovoides, 

 578*, 579 



Eensselaerite, 320, 453§ 



Eeptiles, 54, 55, 414 ; reign, or era 

 of, 737 ; Permian, 687, 706, 726 ; 

 relation to Birds, 794, 796 



Eequienia, 877 (end of genus) ; am- 

 monia, 865; Lonsdalei, 865; ob- 

 longa, 865; patagiata, 836; Texana, 

 834, 836*, 836 



Eesins, 74, 143, 712, 713 



Eespiration, 136§ 



Eeteocrinus, 516 



Eetepora, 427 



Eetzia, 627 



Ehabdoceras Eusselli, 757 



Ehabdoceras bed, 757 



Ehacophyllites, 760 



Rhacophyllum, 699 ; Brownii, 611 ; 

 filiciforme, 689, 705 ; flabellatum, 

 645 ; lactuca, 689, 693, 705 



Ehadinichthys, 692 



Ehffitic bedsj 738, 769 



Ehamnus Goldianus, 839 ; rectiner- 

 vis, 839 ; salicifohus, 839 



Ehamphorhynchus, 788, 790; phyl- 

 lurus, 787*, 788 



Rhea, 64 



Rhenan beds, 626, 627 



Rhine, 169, 176, 191 (denudation), 

 195 (tess), 570 



Rhinoceros, 64, 902, 907, 909, 910, 

 911, 927, 928; Etruscus, 927; 

 hemitoechus, 1005, 1006 ; inclsl- 

 vus, 927 ; megarhinus, 927 ; pro- 

 terus, 1001 ; Schleiermacheri, 927; 

 tichorhinus, 1004, 1005, 1006 



