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INDEX. 



Puy de Come, volcano of, 6S9. 



de Pariou, crater of, 691. 



de Tartaret, eruptions of, 6SS. 



Pyrenees, curvatures of strata in, 58. 



altered fossiliferous rocks of, 739. 



lamination of clay-slate in, 756. 



Pyroxene, 597. 



Pyroxenic porphyry, 606. 



Puzzuoli, elevation and depression of land at, 



661. 

 Pyrula reticulata, Coralline crag, 204. 



Qoadbitjiana of Upper Miocene strata, Gers, 



233. 

 Quadrupeds, extinct, in alluvium, 11. 

 Quartz, fusion of, 705. 



veins in gneiss of Norway, 715. 



Quartzite, quartz rock, 734, 736. 

 Quebec group, fossils of, 583. 

 Quekett, Prof., on Pupa vetusta, 512. 

 Quenstedt, M., on zones of Lias, 416. 



Eadaboj, fossils of, 245. 



Badicofani, Older Pliocene volcanic rocks of, 



673. 

 Badiolites foliaceus, Chalk, 337. 



Mortoni, Chalk, 328. 



radiosa, Chalk, 337. 



Eadnorshire, stratified trap of, 700. 

 Bain-prints with worm-tracks, 489. 

 — — carboniferous, 4S9. 

 Eaised beach of San Catalina, 676. 

 Eamsay, Prof., on Welsh glaciers, 159. 



on causes of Weald denudation. 374. 



on cretaceous fossils, 344. 



on denudation, 67. 



— - on Devonian Brachiopoda, 542. 



on fossils of Mountain Limestone, 517, 



518. 



on relations of Oolitic fossils, 413. 



on St. Cassian fossils, 437. 



on Tremadoc slates, &c, 577. 



on Trias of England, 440. 



on two granites of Arran, 728. 



on volcanic tuffs of Snowdon, 700. 



on zones of Lias, 416. 



Bastrites peregrinus, Silurian, 565. 

 Eaulin, M. V., on Diest sands, 235. 

 Eavine of Barranco de las Angustias, 638. 

 Eecent strata, defined. 107. 



• strata near Naples, 10S. 



volcanic rocks, why invisible, 718. 



Eecord, imperfection of, in the earth's history, 



ISO. 

 Eed crag of Suffolk. 200. 

 Bed Sandstone, origin of, 447. 

 Bed Sea, saltness of, 450. 



and Mediterranean, distinct species in, 96. 



Eeindeer period in South of Prance, 125. 

 Belation of trap, lava, and scoriae, 620. 

 Eelistran mine, pebbles in tin, 771. 

 Beptile of the Xupferschiefer, 463. 

 Beptiles of coal-measures, 511. 



carboniferous, 504. 



of the Lias, 422. 



supposed remains of, in Old Bed, 529. 



Betepora Jiustracea, 460. 

 B luetic beds, 442. 

 Ehine, fossils of, 120. 



■ valley, human skeleton of, 117. 



Rhinoceros leptorhinus, molar of, 134. 



tichorhinns, molar of, 134. 



Ehomboidal scaled fish, 533. 

 Bhijnchonella Wilsoni, Aymestry, 551. 



• navicula, Ludlow, 553. 



■ octoplicata, White Chalk, 327. 



spinosa, Inferior Oolite, 412. 



Bhytisma induratum, OCningen, 267. 

 Bichardson, Sir John, on fossil Sequoia, 262. 

 Bichmond, Ya., triassic coal-field of, 451. 

 Bimula clathrata, Great Oolite, 405. 

 Eink, Mr., on ice of Greenland, 141. 

 Bipple-mark, formation of, 19. 

 Else and fall of land, 108, 114. 

 in Wealden period, 352. 



Bissoa ChasUMi, Hempstead, 240. 

 Eitter, M., on submergence of Sahara, 176. 

 Biver terraces, ancient, of Nile, 118. 



channels, ancient, 504. 



Boche de Pignon, Seine, 356. 

 Boche moutonnee described, 141. 

 Boches d'Orival, Elboauf, 355. 

 Bock, term defined, 2. 



cretaceous, 340. 



and Spindle, St. Andrew's, 697. 



salt, origin of, 447-450. 



Eocks, four classes of, contemporaneous, 8. 



altered by subterranean gases, 741. 



classification of, 86. 



composed of fossil zoophytes and shells, 



24. 



glacial scorings on, 143. 



metamorphic, 732. 



metamorphic, age of, 758. 



trachytic, of Madeira, 653. 



trappean, 88. 



Silurian, table of, 550, 551. 



smoothed and striated, 139. 



volcanic eocene, 694. 



Eocene, granite, and plutonic, 721. 



altered by subterranean gases, 615. 



tests of age of, 655. 



volcanic, structure of, 616. 



Boderberg, volcano of, 6S2. 



Eogers, Prof., on Devonian rocks, U. S., 544. 



on coal-field, United States, 498, 501. 



on reptile footprints, 509. 



on Bichmond coal-field, 451. 



Boman relics in Swiss strata, 121. 

 Borne, formations at, 209, 673. 

 Bomer, F., on chalk of Texas, 340. 



on Aix-la-Chapelle beds, 334. 



Bose, Gustav, on fusion of quartz, 705. 



on Fifeshire dike, 698. 



on hornblende, 596. 



Boss, Capt., on greenstone at Keeling Island, 



324. 

 Boss-shire, denudation in, 67. 

 Eosso antico, red porphyry of Egypt, 601. 

 Bostellaria ampla, 293. 

 Both, M., on Miocene formations of Greece, 



247. 

 Boxalina, Chalk, 26. 

 Bubble, term explained, 81. 

 Eunn of Cutch, salt of, 449. 

 Bupelian of Dumont, 237. 

 Bupelmonde, Upper Eocene beds, 238. 

 Bussia, glaciation of, 149. 



Devonian of, 542. 



fossil meteoric iron in, 177. 



Butimeyer, M., on Eocene monkey, 294. 



Sables de Bracheux, 306. 



moyens, 302. 



Saarbriick coal-field, 506. 



Sabal major, Vevay, 259. 



Sahara, submergence of, 175. 



St. Abb's Head, unconformable stratification at, 



60. 



curved strata near. 49. 



St. Andrew's, Bock and Spindle in, 697. 



St. Helena, volcanic dike of horizontal prisms, 



617. 

 St. Lawrence, Gulf of, inland beaches and 



cliffs, 78. 

 St. Mary's, shells of, 676. 

 St. Mihiel, France, inland cliffs near, 77. 

 St. Paul's or Amsterdam Island, 643. 

 St. Peter's Mount, near Maestricht, sandpipes 



in. 83. 

 S. Yicente, tuffs and limestones of, 646. 

 Salisbury Craig, altered strata near, 615. 

 Salt rock, origin of, 448. 



lakes of Asia, 449. 



Salter, Mr., on fossils of Lower Llandeilo, 567. 

 San Catalina, raised beach of, 676. 

 Sandberger, Dr. F., on Mayence Tertiary, 243. 

 Sandpipes of North Downs, 861. 



in Norwich, 82. 



or sandgalls, term explained, 82. 



