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INDEX. 



Waterhouse, Mr., on Galapagos beetles, 273 



Wales, peculiar fish of, 322, 328 



Warm climates of Northern latitudes, long 



persistence of, 193 

 Watson, Mr. H. C, on the flora of the 

 Azores, 248 

 on peculiar British plants, 339 

 on vegetation of railway-banks, 481 

 Webb, Mr., on comparison of Mars and the 



Earth, 160 

 West Australia, rich flora of, 463 



former extent and isolation of, 435 

 West Indies, 52 



White, Dr. F. Buchanan, on the Hemiptera 

 of St. Helena, 292 

 Mr. John, on native accounts of the 

 moa, 448 



Winter temperature of Europe and America, 

 189 



Winged birds of New Zealand, 453 

 Wingless birds never inhabit continents, 

 408 



their evidence against " Lemuria," 409 



of New Zealand, 447 

 Wings of struthious birds show retrograde 



development, 451 

 Wolf, range of, 14 



WoUaston, Mr. T. V., on insular character 

 of St. Helena, 283 

 on St. Helena shells and insects, 236 



Wood, Mr. Searles V., jun., on formation of 



"till," 111 

 on alternations of climate, 114 

 on causes of glacial epochs, 121 

 conclusive objection to the excentricity 



theory, 154 

 on continuous warm Tertiary climates, 



173 



Woodward, Mr., on " Lemuria," 398 

 Wright, Dr. Percival, on lizards of the Sey- 

 chelles, 402 



Y. 



Young, Professor J., on contemporaneous 



formation of deposits, 213 

 Young Island, 490 



Z. 



Zoology of Bermuda, 257 



of the Sandwich Islands, 301 

 of Borneo. 351 



of islands round Celebes, 424 



of Celebes, 428 

 Zoological and geograpical regions com- 

 pared, 52 

 Zoological features of Japan, 365 



character of New Zealand, 444 



THE EN P. 



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