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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Pompadour Parrot, 485. 
Ponies, at Samboangan, 657 ; at Falkland 
Islands, 889 ; at Fiji, 494. 
Ponta Delgada, 176 ; breakwater at, 179. 
Pontaster, 610, 612, 614, 615. 
Pontia atlantica, 136. 
Pontostratiotes abyssicola, 845. 
Pootoy Island, 646. 
Population, of Amboina, 579 ; of Banda, 
568. 
Porcellana, 899 ; P. platycheles, 899*. 
Porcellanaster , 610, 615 ; P. gracilis, 833. 
Porcellanasteridse, 607, 615. 
Poreellanea, 835. 
Poreellanidea, 898. 
“Porcupine” Expedition, xlviii, 1, 303, 
306, 569, 834, 907, 908, 967. 
Porites, 517, 564, 780 ; P. clavaria, 145, 
146. 
Porocidaris, 197; P. elegans, 669. 
Porpita, 218. 
Porpoises, 459, 725, 872. 
Port, Albany, 532, 542 ; Bermejo, 867 ; 
Cburruea, 867, 869, 870 ; Darwin, 
888 ; Desire, 874 ; Famine, 870, 
874 ; Grappler, 864, 868 ; Hardy, 
466 ; Hunter, 698 ; Isabella, 656, 
659, 665 ; Jackson, 462, 463, 464, 
698, 898 ; Louis, 884, 886, 893 ; 
Nicholson, 466, 472, 474 ; Otway, 
862 ; Palliser, 341, 345 ; Philip, 414, 
453 ; Rosario, 867 ; Stanley, 883, 884, 
890, 902 ; Sussex, 892. 
Port Jackson Head, 454. 
Port Jackson Shark, 462. 
Portezuela, Mount, 827. 
Porto Grande (St. Vincent), 183, 940. 
Porto Praya, 188, 192, 751, 929. 
Portsmouth, 46. 
Portsmouth to Gibraltar, 46. 
Portuguese, at Amboina, 577 ; at Banda, 
562 ; at Moluccas, 595. 
Portunus corrugatus, 587. 
Possession Bay, xxxviii. 
Possession Island, 318, 321, 357 ; gale off, 
319 ; vegetation at, 319. 
Pottery, of Admiralty Islanders, 713 ; of 
Ki Islanders, 553. 
Potts, T. II., on Nestor meridionalis, 473. 
Pouchet, on Oeratium, 934. 
Pounds Island, 866. 
Pountin Island, 628. 
Pourtalfes, Count L. F. de, xlvi. 
Pourtalesia carinata, 833 ; P. ceratopyga, 
833 ; P. laguncula, 476, 757; P. 
rosea, 775. 
Pourtalesiae, 200. 
Powell, Commodore, 827. 
Powell, Wilfred, 415, 416, 726. 
Preservation of specimens, spirit for, 7. 
President of Chili, 824. 
Prickly Pear, 760. 
Primnoa, 690. 
Primnoella, 690 ; P. murrayi, 690. 
Prince Edward Island, 291 ; see also 
Marion Island. 
Prince of Wales, Channel, 542 ; Fo-reland, 
336, 345, 350 ; Island, 534. 
“ Prihcessa,” the-, 697. 
Pringlea, 375 ; P. antiscorbutica, 299, 355, 
375, 945, 1027. 
Priocnemis atlanticus, 186. 
Prion, 262, 299, 325, 358, 398 ; P. banlcsi, 
299 ; P. desolatus, 358, 436. 
Proas, Malay, 597. 
Procalistes, 471, 472. 
Procellaria, 324, 325 ; P. rostrata, 765, 787. 
Procellarid, diving, 359. 
ProcellariidiB', 323, 329 ; account of the, 
362 ; characters of the-, 323 ; differ- 
ences between, and Diomedeinae, 325. 
Procercea, 632. 
Promaehocrinus, 311 ; A abyssorum, 311 ; 
P. naresi, 669. 
Promachoteuthis megaptera, 273. 
Proportional compasses, 42. 
Proteaeese) 534. 
Protective modifications of eye, 529 1 
Proteides amyntas, 128. 
Protella, 619. 
Proto, 619. 
Protocaulidae, the, 51. 
Protocaulon molle, 476. 
Protoparce cingulata, 600. 
Protoptilidee, the, 51. 
Protozocea, 818. 
Protractors, 42. 
Proudfoot Shoal, 542. 
Provocator pulcher,. 895; 
Psammoclema,. 645. 
Psammopemma, 645. 
Pseudarchaster, 617. 
Pseudomma, 742 ; P. roseum, 361. 
Pseudorhombila abyssicola , 588 ; P. nor- 
mani, 587. 
Pseudorhombus ocellatus, 729. 
Pseudozius mellissi, 586. 
Psilaster, 611, 615. 
Psittacus erithacus, 181. 
Psolus ephippifer, 282, 379, 396 ; descrip- 
tion of, 383 ; P. operculatus, 383. 
Psycheotrephes exigua, 775. 
Psychropotes longicauda, 833. 
Pteraster, 382, 609; P. militaris, 392, 394. 
Pterasteridae, 607, 609, 615. 
Pteris aquilina, 827 ; P. incisa, 599. 
Pteroeides griseum, 51. 
Pteroeididae, the, 51. 
Pteropod ooze, 126, 922; description of, 
919. 
Pteropus hypomelanus, 729; P. keraudrenii, 
484 ; P. melanopogon, 555. 
Pterosoma plana, 831. 
Pterotrachea, 219. 
Ptilinopus porphyraceus, 485, 498. 
Ptilopus johannis, 729. 
Ptilorhis alberti, 535. 
Ptilotis, 497 ; P. carunculata, 484 ; P. 
chrysotis, 534 ; P. filigera, 534. 
Ptyehogaster, 901 ; P. formosus, 901 ; P. 
milne-edwardsi, 901 ; P. spinifer, 901. 
Pueblo Indians, 462. 
Puerto, Bueno, 866, 868 ; Peligroso, 867. 
Puffins, 129, 262, 325. 
Puffinus nugax, 787. 
{ Pugettia, 588. 
Pule;. c, 269. 
Pullenia, 218, 467, 511, 738, 930 ; P. 
obliquiloculata, 803, 838, 839, 841, 
912. 
Pulo ( = Island, Malay) Ai, 561; Babi, 
552 ; Bandang, 554 ; Dol, 558 ; Dou- 
lan Laut, 556 ; Letman, 556 ; Neira, 
560 ; Nera, 561 ; Oboor, 556 ; Onelin, 
558 ; Ougia, 545 ; Pisang, 560, 561 ; 
Rhun, 559 ; Rozengain, 559 ; Run, 561; 
Suwanggi, 561; Swangi, 561; Ta, 558; 
Wai, 561 ; Waii, 559 ; Wassia, 545. 
Pulvinulina, 218, 436, 467, 511, 738, 851, 
919, 930; P. canariensis, 803, 838; P. 
crassa, 838 ; P. menardii, 194, 512, 
758, 803, 838, 841, 912 ; P. micheli- 
niana, 435, 469, 803, 838, 839, 912 ; 
P. patagonica, 838, 912 ; P. pauper ata, 
912 ; P. tvmida, 194, 838, 912. 
| Pumice, in deposits, 628, 813 ; floating, 758. 
Punaavia, 776. 
Bunaru Valley, 785, 788. 
Puncturella granulata, 897 ; P. noachina, 
897 ; P. rostrata, 897. 
Puzzle-seed, 680. 
Pycnogonida, account of the, 856 ; charac- 
ters of, 859 ; geographical distribution 
_ of, 857. 
Pycnogonum, xlii. 
Pygosceles, 363, 365, 367 ; see also Apteno- 
dytes tceniatus. 
Pylocheles, 900. 
Pyrgus syrichtus, 128. 
Pyrocystis, 758 ; description of, 935 ; P. 
fusiformis, 218, 937 ; P. noetiluca, 218, 
935, 936. 
Pyrosoma, 170, 219 ; capture of a very 
large new species of, 170. 
Pythia apiensis, 518. 
Pythonaster, 615; P. murrayi, 609. 
Quail Island, 189. 
Quails, 189. 
Quarantine Hospital, Tahiti, 777. 
