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INDEX 



Protococcus nivalis, 342. 

 Pteroptochos, two species of, 28; 



, species of, 296, 306. 



Puente del Inca, 354, 377. 



Puffinus cinereus, 307. 



Puma, habits of, 148, 198, 286. 



, flesh of, 129. 



Puna, or short respiration, 341. 

 Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca, 93. 



Gorda, 142, 378. 



Pyrophorus luminosus, 41. 



Quadrupeds, fossil, 93, 139, 142, 

 168, 186. 



• , large, do not require luxuriant 



vegetation, 97. 



, large, weight of, 99. 



Quartz of the Ventana, 121. 



of Tapalguen, 129. 



of Falkland Island, 211. 



Quedius, 20. 



Quillota, valley of, 271. 



Quintero, 270. 



Quirrquina Island, 321. 



Quoy and Gaimard on stinging 



corals, 489. 

 on coral reefs, 502. 



Rabbit, wild, at the Falkland Isl- 

 ands, 207. 



Rain at Coquimbo, 358, 368, 369. 



at Rio, 39. 



and earthquakes, 372. 



in Peru, 385, 386. 



in Chile, formerly more abun- 

 dant, 378. 



in Chile, effects on vegetation, 



„ 358. . . 



Rana mascanensis, 404. 



Rat, only aboriginal animal of New 

 Zealand, 451. 



Rats at Galapagos, 400. 



at Ascension, 519. 



at Keeling Island, 481. 



Rattle-snake, species with allied 

 habit, 108. 



Red snow, 342. 



Reduvius, 349. 



Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone, 

 524. 



Reefs of coral, 491-508. 



, Barrier, 494-501. 



, Fringing, 497. 



Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt, 77. 



, analysis of bones, 169. 



, analysis of salt and shells, 391. 



Remains, human elevated, 392. 

 Remedies of the Gauchos, 140. 

 Rengger on the horse, 249. 

 Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego, 



254 ' ~ , 

 at Galapagos, 404. 



Respiration difficult in Andes, 341. 



Retrospect, 527. 



Revolutions at Buenos Ayres, 153- 

 Rhinoceroses live in desert coun- 

 tries, 98. 



Rhinoceroses, frozen, 100, 266. 



Rhynchops nigra, 149. 



Richardson, Dr., on mice of North 



America, 401. 



, on frozen soil, 101, 265. 



, on eating fat, 130. 



, on geographical distribution, 



144. 



Rimsky atoll, 492. 

 Rio de Janeiro, 29. 



Plata, 49. 



Negro, 74, 161. 



Colorado, 81. 



■ S. Cruz, 191. 



, Sauce, 119. 



Salado, 130. 



Rivers, power of, in wearing chan- 

 nels, 194, 332. 



River-bed, arched, 340. 



River-courses dry in America, 119. 



Rocks burnished with ferruginous 

 matter, 23. 



Rodents, number of, in America, 60, 

 193. 



, fossil species of, 94. 



Rosas, General, 82, 115, 153. 

 Ruins of Callao, 390. 

 of Indian buildings in Cordil- 

 lera, 377, 389. 



S. Cruz, 191. 

 Salado, Rio, 130. 



Salinas at the Galapagos Archipel- 

 ago, 399- 



in Patagonia, 76, 184. 



Saline efflorescences, 89. 



Salt with vegetable food, 122. 



, superficial crust of, 385. 



, with elevated shells, 391. 



Salt-lakes, 76, 184, 399. 



Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, 399. 



, noise from friction of, 382. 



Sand-dunes, 86. 



Sandstone of New South Wales, 46a, 



, reef of, 524. 



Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at, 

 404. 



— — Land, 265. 

 San Pedro, forests of, 298. 

 Santa Cruz, river of, 191. 

 Santiago, Chile, 279. 

 Sarmiento, Mount, 249, 257. 

 Sauce, Rio, 119. 

 Saurophagus sulphureus, 64. 

 Scarus eating corals, 490. 

 Scelidotherium, 93. 

 Scenery of Andes, 337. 

 Scissor-tail, 151. 

 Scissor-beak, habits of, 151. 

 Scoresby, Mr., on effects of snow on 



rocks, 337. 

 Scorpions, cannibals, 179. 

 Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes, 373. 

 Scytalopus fuscus, 253, 307. 

 Sea, open, inhabitants of, 176. 

 , phosphorescence of, 176. 



