CONTENTS 



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PAET II 



INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS 



CHAPTER XI 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF ISLANDS 



Importance of Islands in the Study of the Distribution of Organisms- 

 Classification of Islands with Reference to Distribution — Continental 

 Islands — Oceanic Islands ...... Pages 241 — 245 



CHAPTER XII 



OCEANIC ISLANDS :— THE AZOKES AND BERMUDA 



The Azores, or JVestcrn Islands 

 Position and Physical Features — Chief Zoological Features of the Azores — • 

 Birds — Origin of the Azorean Bird-fauna— Insects of the Azores — Land- 

 shells of the Azores— The Flora of the Azores — The Dispersal of Seeds 

 — Birds as seed-carriers — Facilities for Dispersal of Azorean Plants — 

 Important Deduction from the Peculiarities of the Azorean Fauna and 

 Flora Pages 246—262 



Bermuda 



Position and Physical Features — The Red Clay of Bermuda — Zoology of 

 Bermuda — Birds of Bermuda — Comparison of the Bird -faunas of Ber- 

 muda and the Azores — Insects of Bermuda — Land Mollusca — Flora of 

 Bermuda — Concluding Remarks on the Azores and Bermuda 



Pages 263—274 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 



Position and Physical Features — Absence of Indigenous Mammalia and 

 Amphibia — Reptiles — Birds — Insects and Land-shells — The Keeling 

 Islands as Illustrating the Manner in which Oceanic Islands are 

 Peopled — Flora of the Galapagos — Origin of the Flora of the Galapagos 

 — Concluding remarks Pages 273 — 291 



CHAPTER XIV 



ST. HELENA 



Position and Physical Features of St. Helena — Change Effected by Euro- 

 pean Occupation — The Insects of St. Helena — Coleoptera — Peculiarities 

 and Origin of the Coleoptera of St. Helena — Land-shells of St. Helena 

 -—Absence of Fresh-water Organisms — Native Vegetation of St. Helena 

 — The Relations of the St. Helena Compositse — Concluding Remarks 

 on St. Helena Pages 292— 30^ 



