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INDEX. 



Calcareous casts of branches and roots of 

 trees at King George's Sound, 537. 



Calcareous incrustations on rocks of As- 

 cension, 587, 



Callao, 446. 



Calomys bizcacha, 143. 



Camelidae, fossil animal allied to, 210. 



Cape of Good Hope, 573. 



Capybara, or carpincho, 57. 



Caracara, or Carrancha, 64. 



Carcharias megalodon, 423. 



Cardoon, beds of, 138. 



Carrion hawks, 63. 



Casuchas, 413. 



Castro, ChiIoe,338. 



Cathartes atratus, 68. 



Cattle, effects of their grazing on the ve- 

 getation, 137. 



Cattle wild at the Falkland Islands, 247. 



Cauquenes, hot springs of, 321. 



Cause of extinction of species among 

 mammalia, 210. 



— of discoloured sea, 18. 



Cavia Patagonica, 81. 



Cervus campestris, 51. 



Chacao, Chiloe, 335. 



Chalk, formation of, 553. 



Charles Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 

 456. 



Cheucau, 351. 



Chile, 308. 



features of countrv, 311. 



Chiloe, 333, 356. 



, forests of, 358. 



, roads of, 3.57. 



Chonos Archipelago, 342. 



, vegetation of, 349. 



, ornithology of, 353. 



Chupat, Rio, 125. 



Clearness of atmosphere within Andes, 

 398, 



Clouds of vapour after rain, 27, 



on Corcovado, 33. 



Colias ediosa, flocks of, 185. 



Collectors, advice to, 598. 



Concluding remarks, 602. 



Colonia del Sacramiento, 169. 



Compound animals, 261. 



Concepcion, Chile, 370. 



Condor, habits of, 219. 



Confervas, pelagic, 14. 



Convicts, condition of^ in New South 



Wales, 531. 

 Copiapo, river of, 429. 



^ valley of, 430. 



, town of, 437. 



Coquimbo, 421. 

 Coral formations, 539. 



, stinging species of, .552. 



, dead, 549. 



Cordillera, passage of, S8S. 



-, different productions on east 



and west side, S99. 



■ , structure of, 389. 



, geology of, 390. 



■ , rivers of, 407. 



Corrales, where animals are slaughtered 



at Buenos Ayres, 140. 

 Countries, unhealthy, 446. 

 Crabs, hermit species of, 544. 



at Keeling Island, 551. 



Craters, number of at the Galapagos 



Archipelago, 453. 

 Crustacea, like trilobites, 303. 



pelagic, 189. 



Ctenomys Braziliensis, 58. 



Cucao, ^Chiloe, 359. 



Cuckoo-like habits of Molotbrus, 60. 



Cumbre of Cordillera, 414. 



Cuttle-fish, habits of, 6. 



Dacelo Jagoensis, 2. 



Dasypus, three species of, 113. 



Deer, with strong odour, 56. 



Degradation of coral reefs, 547. 



Deserts of Peru, 444. 



Despoblado, valley of, 437. 



Diodon, habits of, 13. 



Discoloured sea, 18. 



Dogs, shepherd, 174. 



D'Orbigny, travels in South America, 110, 



Doris, eggs of, 258. 



Droughts, periodical, 157. 



, great in Pampas, 155. 



Dung-feeding beetles, 583. 

 Dust, falling from atmosphere, 4. 



Earthenware fossil, 452, 

 Earthquake at Concepcion, 370. 



, effects of on hard rock, 370, 



= , effects of on sea, 373, .377. 



, line of vibration of, 375. 



accompanied by an elevation of 



the coast, 379. 



, causes of, 380, 



at Valdivia, 369. 



, effects of on the tides, 369. 



, at Coquimbo, 422. 



, effects of on a river-bed, 413. 



of Callao, 450. 



accompanied by rain, 431. 



Eggs of Doris, 258. 



Elater, springing powers of, 35. 



Electricity of atmosphere, within Andeai, 



399. 



Elevated shells near Lima, 451. 



at Chiloe, 362. 



Elevation of coast of Chile, 310, 417. 



