1096 
THE TOY AGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Nassellaria, 222, 224, 227. 
National Air of Tahiti, 801. 
Natuna Island, 647, 815. 
Naturalists’ workroom, apparatus for, 43 ; 
description of, 5. 
Nauphanta, 629 ; N. challengeri, 603. 
Nausithoe, 603. 
Nautilograpsus minutus, 136, 169, 585. 
Nautilus, pearly, 490; ornament mad 
from, 518. 
Nautilus pompilius, 274, 490. 
Navire Cove, 319, 321; depth of water at, 
321. 
Navusa, 497, 499; fortifications of, 500. 
Naxia, 588. 
Neasellus kerguelenensis, 882. 
Nebalia, 150, 743 ; N. geoffroyi, 151, 152 ; 
N. longipes, 152. 
Nebaliopsis, 743. 
Necroscia moderata, 580. 
Nectarinia frenata, 534. 
Nectarophila juliae, 666. 
Needles, vibrating, 42. 
Negretti & Zambra’s thermometers, de- 
scription of, 88 ; Magnaghi’s revers- 
ing apparatus for, 94 ; improved deep- 
sea thermometer, 93. 
Negrito tribes, 730, 733. 
Negros Islands, 618, 652, 698. 
Neira Island, 561, 573. 
Nellia simplex, 182, 674. 
Nelson Strait, 866. 
Nematocarcinus, 526. 
Nematops microstoma, 729. 
Nematoscelis, 741. 
Nemertea, account of the, 830. 1 
Nemerteans, 150. 
Nemertines, 150. 
Neocrinoids, 313. 
Nephila, 489 ; N. nigritarsis, 485 ; N. 
victorialis, 485, 490, 518. 
Nephilengys, 489. 
Nephrops, 525. 
Nephthya, 689. 
Neptunus sayi, 136, 586 ;, N. spinicarpus, 
■ 586. 
Neriene, 269. 
Nerita, 684. 
Neritina shells for ornaments, 547. 
Nerium oleander, 143. 
Nertera, 261; N. depressa, 253, 257. 
Nervous system, diseases of, 1030. 
Nesocichla eremita, 261. 
Nesospiza acv/nJioe, 261. 
Nest, of Antennarius, 136; of Booby, 205; 
of Megayodius, 535 ; of Mollymauks, 
294 ; of Noddy, 529. 
Nestor meridionalis, 473. 
Nets, of Admiralty Islands, 715 ; fishing, 9 ; 
trammel, 43. 
Nettastoma parviceps, 745. 
Neumeyer, Dr., 369. 
Neuropogon taylori, 356. 
Neuroptera, 485. 
New Britain, 705. 
New Caledonia, 704. 
New Guinea, 449, 666, 679, 730, 731, 933; 
pile-dwellings of, 661, 681. 
New Hanover, 705, 722. 
New Hebrides, 496, 514, 730 ; natives of, 
516 ; nurse from, 498. 
New Mexico, ’462. 
New Zealand, 285, 463, 475, 730, 878 ; 
deposits off east coast of, 476. 
New Zealand to the Kermadec, Islands, 
474. 
Newfoundland, deposits off, 169. 
Newton on phosphorescence of the sea, 
xxxiv. 
Nezumi Sima, 747. 
Ngaloa, 491 ; Harbour, 491, 508 ; descrip- 
tion of, 507 ; Island, 491, 507. 
Ngor Island, 543. 
Nicaragua, Lake of, 499. 
Nicobar Islands, 227, 709 ; rock at, 
227. 
Nicobar Pigeon, 709. 
Night Birds, 262, 787. 
Night Heron, 709. 
Nightingale Island, 240, 262, 944 ; channel 
between, and Inaccessible Island, 
263 ; fresh water at, 267 ; rocks at, 
264 ; survey of, 262 ; vegetation at, 
263. 
Nile, the, 967. 
Ninox boobook, 535. 
Nipon Island, 666, 745, 749. 
Nippers, Burt’s, 42. 
Nitella antarctica, 356, 484; N flexilis, 
484. 
Nitsch,- C. L., 934. 
Niu Sawa, 488. 
No Sima, 750, 754. 
Noctiluca, 740, 748, 750; N. miliaris, 
639, 679, 746, 933. 
Noctilucidae, 934. 
Noctuid, 269. 
Noddies, 204, 213, 262, 529, 729, 928 ; 
nests of, 204, 529. 
Noddy Tern, 738. 
Nodel, Bartolome Garcia de, 875. 
Nodel, Gongalo de, 875. 
Nodosaria, 837; N. calomorpha, 912. 
Nodules, manganese, see Manganese no- 
dules. 
Noessaniva Point, 576. 
Nolloth, Commander, 242, 268. 
Nonionina umbilicatula, 912. 
Nooit, Oliver van, 875. 
Nordenskiold, 426, 809. 
Norfolk Island, 475, 697. 
Normanby, Marquis of, 455. 
North Atlantic, temperature of water in, 
428 ; temperature strata in, 24. 
North Bay, 507. 
North Cape, New Zealand, 467. 
North Danger, 647. 
North Island, 339. 
North Pacific, bed of, 754 ; surface fauna 
in, 758 ; temperature in, see Tempera- 
ture ; use of tow-net in, 758. 
North Rock, 137. 
North Sea, 978. 
Northers, 353. 
Norway Rat, 498. 
Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, 75. 
Norwegian Sea, 427, 428, 959, 967. 
Notacanthidse, 906. 
Nothria, 635 ; N. ehlersi, 635 ; N. wille- 
moesii, 635. 
Notophyllum, 629. 
Notopygos, 630. 
Novaloa, mission college at, 497. 
“Novara,” the, xlix, 777. 
Nuculina ovalis, 625. 
Nudibranchiata, account of the, 693. 
Nukalofa, 477, 480, 481 ; buildings at, 
480 ; meteorology of, 486 ; natives at, 
481. 
Numerals, of Admiralty Islands, 706 ; of 
Australian aborigines, 538. 
Nummoloculina, 835. 
Nummulites, 835. ■ 
Nusa Laut, 578. 
Nusa Tello, 558. 
Nutcracker, 566. 
Nutmeg, Pigeons, 555 ; plantations, 565 ; 
trees, number of, 569. 
Nuuanu Yalley, 760. 
Nycterybia, 205. . 
Nyctiphanes norvegiea, 743. 
Nymphaster, 612, 617. 
Nymphon, 857, 858 ; N. brevicaudatvm, 
861 ; N. gallicum, 861 ; N. gracile, 
xlii ; N. grossipes, 858 ; N. hamatum, 
859 ; N. longicollum, 833 ; N. 
macronyx, 860 ; N. macrum, 861 ; 
N. meridionale, 860. 
• Oahu Island, 754, 755, 759, 765 ; barren 
aspect of, 759. 
Obi Lato Island, 592, 593. 
Obi Major Island, 592. 
Oboor Island, 556. 
Observation Islet, 683, 688. 
Observations, botanical, 27 ; chemical, 27 ; 
physical, 23 ; temperature, see Tem- 
perature ; tidal, 25, see also Tides ; 
zoological, 32. 
Observatory Islet, 6.96, 701, 702, 
