INDEX. 



621 



Insects of the Galapagos, 273 

 of the Sandwich Islands, 805 

 peculiar British, 325 

 of Celebes, peculiarities of, 432 



Insular faunas, summary of conclusions as 

 to, 507, 510 



Interglacial warm periods on the continent 



and in North America, 117 

 Interglacial periods and their probable 



character, 147 

 Interglacial periods will not occur during an 



epoch of extreme glaciation, 150 

 Interglacial climates never very warm, 154 

 Ireland, poverty of, in reptiles, 319 



in plants, 320 

 Ireland, peculiar fishes of, 321, 323 

 Ireland, plants of not found in Great 



Britain, 340 

 Islands, classification of, 234 



importance of, in study of distribution, 



233 



Islands, remote, how stocked with plants 



and animals, 263 

 Islands submerged between Madagascar and 



India, 396 



Isle of Man, peculiarities of Lepidoptera of, 

 331 



Isle of Wight, peculiar beetle of, 336 

 Isatis tinctoria, on railway bank, 481 

 Italian sparrow, restricted range of, 15 

 Ithaginis, 26 



J. 



Japan birds in distant areas, 370 

 Japan, zoological features of, 365 



mammalia of, 865 



birds of, 368 



birds peculiar to, 3C9 

 Japan and Formosa, 383 

 Java, fauna of, 356 



Asiatic species in, 358 



past history of, 359 

 Java and Borneo, past changes of, 359 

 Jays, distribution of species of, 20 

 Jays of Europe and Japan, 65 

 Jeffreys, Dr. Gwyn, on shallow-water mol- 

 lusca in chalk, 90 



on fossil shallow-water shells in deep 

 water, 318 

 Jones, Mr., on red clay of Bermuda, 256 



on migration of birds to Bermuda, 259 



on vegetation of the Bermudas, 261 

 Juan Fernandez, flora and fauna of, 276 

 Judd, Prof. J. W., on absence of glaciation 

 in east Europe, 135 



on glaciation of the Alps produced by 

 elevation, 173 

 Juniperus hariadensis, 262 

 Jura, travelled blocks on, 107 

 Jurassic warm Arctic climate, 195 



K. 



Keeling Islands, animals of, 274 

 Kirk, Mr. T , on temporary introduced 

 plants, 483 



Knowledge of various kinds required for 

 study of geographical distribution, 

 7, 9 



L. 



Lagopus scoticus, 320 



Land as a barrier to ocean-currents, 145 



Land and sea, changes of, 81 



how changes of affect climate, 143, 141! 

 Land and water, disproportion of renders 



globe habitable, 201 

 Land-birds of Celebes, list of, 436 

 Land-connection, how far necessary to dis- 

 persal of mammals, 72 

 Land-shells, great antiquity of, 76 



universal distribution of, 77 



causes favouring the abundance of, 77 

 Land-shells of the Azores, 247 



of Bermuda, 260 



of the Galapagos, 274 



of St. Helena, 292 



of the Sandwich Islands, 303 



of the Seychelles, 405 

 Laurus canariensis, 251 

 Leguat on the Solitaire, 407 

 Leguminosae, abundance of in Australia, 

 460 



"Lemuria," a supposed submerged conti- 

 nent, 394-399 

 Lemurs in Madagascar, 388 

 Leopard, enormous range of, 14 

 Lepidoptera, list of peculiar British, 327 

 Lepidoptera of the Isle of Man, 331 

 Lepidosiren, 62 



Lepidosiren paradoxa, and L. annectens, 67 

 Lepidosternidse, 27 



Limestone as indicating change of sea and 



land, 83 

 Livmcea involuta, 338 

 Linaria purpurea, on railway bank, 482 

 Liopelma hochstetteri, 454 

 Liotrichidae, 29 



List of the land-birds of Celebes, 428 

 Lizards of the Galapagos, 269 



local variation of colour of, 403 

 Lizard peculiar to the Mascarene Islands, 

 410 



Lizards of New Zealand, 454 



Lobeliaceae, abundance of in the Sandwich 



Islands, 308 

 Locality of a species, importance of, 12 

 Loddigesia mirabilis, rarity of, 16 

 Lord, Mr., on species of Urotrichus, 366 

 Low-grade and high-grade heat, 140 

 Lowlands nowhere covered with perpetu;i,l 



snow, 131 

 Lundy Island, peculiar beetles of, 386 

 Lyell, Sir Charles, on permanence of conti- 

 nents, 82 

 on calcareous mud, 88 

 on the distribution of chalk, 91 

 on geographical causes as modifying 



chmate, 143 

 on estimate of geological time, 203 

 on classification of sedimentary rocks, 

 209 

 Lynxes, 41 



M. 



McLachlan, Mr, , on peculiar British caddis- 

 flies, 327, 337 

 Madagascar, physical features of, 881 



former condition of, 386 



biological features of, 388 



mammalia of, 388 



reptiles of, 389 



relation of to Africa, 390 



early history of, 391 



birds of in relation to "Lemuria," 891 



conclusion on fauna and flora of, 417 



great antiquity of, 417 

 Madagascar and Africa, contrast of, 6 



relations of, 390 



