550 



INDEX 



Australia, two sets of Northern plants 

 in, 523 



South European plants in, 523 

 Australia and South Africa, supposed 



connection of, 525 

 Australian Alps, indications of glaciation 



in, 163 



birds absent from New Zealand, 

 483 



flora, general features of, 491 

 richest in temperate zone, 491 

 recent and derivative in the tropics, 

 492 



its south-eastern and south-western 



divisions, 493 

 Sir Joseph Hooker on, 494 

 geological explanation of, 494 

 its presence in New Zealand, 498 

 natural orders of, wanting in New 



Zealand, 490 

 orchidese in China, 527 

 genera of plants in India, 524 

 plants absent from New Zealand, 



488, 490 



none in north temperate zone, 527 



running wild in Neilgherrie moun- 

 tains, 528 



region, definition of, 45 



mammals and birds of, 46 



seeds scattered in New Zealand, 

 508 



Aylward, Captain, on glaciation of South 



Africa, 163 

 Azores, 247 



absence from, of large-fruited trees 



or shrubs, 260 

 zoological features of, 248 

 birds of, 249 

 insects of, 233 

 beetles of, 253 

 land-shells of, 256 

 flora of, 256 

 Azores and New Zealand, identical plants 



in both, 512 

 Azorean bird-fauna, origin of, 250 



fauna and flora, deductions from, 

 261 



plants, facilities for the dispersal 

 of, 260 



B. 



Babirusa alfurus in Celebes, 455a, 456 

 Badgers, 41 



Bahamas contrasted with Florida, 5 



Baker, Mr., on flora of Mauritius and the 

 Seychelles, 441 



Bali and Lombok, contrasts of, 4 



Banca, peculiar species of, 386 



Barbar a 'precox on railway bank, 514 



Barn-owl, wide range of, 15 



Baron, Rev, R., on the flora of Mada- 

 gascar, 441 



Barriers to dispersal, 73 



Batrachia, 30 



Bats in Bermuda, 269 



Bears of Europe and America. 



Beaver of Europe and America, 14 

 Beeby, Mr. W. H., on new plants in the 



Shetland Is., 370 

 Beetles of the Azores, 253 



remote affinities of some of, 255 

 of the Galapagos, 284 

 of St. Helena, 298 

 of the Sandwich Islands, 318 

 Beetles, peculiar British species of, 349 

 Bell-birds, distribution of, 24 

 Bennett, Mr. Arthur, on peculiar British 

 plants, 361 

 on the vegetation of railway banks, 

 514 



Bentham, Mr., on the compositse of the 

 Galapagos, 288 



on the compositse of St. Helena, 307 



on the Mascarene compositse, 445 



on Sandwich Island compositse, 325 

 Bermuda, 262 



soundings around, 263 



red clay of, 265 



zoology of, 266 



reptiles of, 266 



birds of, 266 



insects of, 269 



land-moUusca of, 270 



flora of, 271 

 Bermuda and Azores, comparison of 



bird-faunas of, 268 

 Beryiicla sandvichensis, 314 

 Biological causes which determine dis- 

 tribution, 532 

 Biological features of Madagascar, 416 

 Birds as plant-dispersers, 81 



as seed-carriers, 81, 258 



common to Great Britain and Japan, 

 396 



common to India and Japan, 399 

 specific range of, 15 

 range of British, 34 

 range of East Asian, 38 

 variation in N. American, 58 

 dispersal of, 75 

 of the Azores, 249 

 of Bermuda, 266 



of Bermuda and Azores compared, 

 268 



of the Galapagos, 280 



of the Sandwich Islands, 313 



peculiar to Britain, 340 



of Borneo, 378 



of Java, 382 



of the Philippines, 388 



of Japan, 396 



peculiar to Japan, 398 ^ 



peculiar to Formosa, 404 



common to Formosa and India or 



Malaya, 407 

 of Madagascar, and their teachings, 



422 



of Comoro Islands, 429 

 of the Seychelles, 430 

 of the Mascarene islands, 436 

 of islands east and west of Celebes, 

 454 



of Celebes, 457 

 peculiar to Celebes, 458 



