CONTENTS. 
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PART II. 
INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS. 
CHAPTER XI. 
THE CLASSIFICATION OF ISLANDS. 
Importance of Islands in the study of the Distribution of Organisms— Classification 
of Islands with reference to Distribution — Continental Islands — Oceanic Islands 
Pages 233—237 
CHAPTER XII. 
OCEANIC ISLANDS : — THE AZORES AND BERMUDA. 
THE AZORES, OK WESTERN ISLANDS. 
Position and physical features — Chief Zoological features of the Azores — Birds — 
Origin of the Azorean bird-fauna — Insects of the Azores— Land-shells of the 
Azores — The flora of the Azores— The dispersal of seeds — Birds as seed-carriers 
— Facilities for dispersal of Azorean plants — Important deduction from the 
peculiarities of the Azorean fauna and flora ..... Pages 238 — 253 
BERMUDA. 
Position and physical features — The Red Clay of Bermuda — Zoology of Bermuda — 
Birds of Bermuda — Comparison of the bird-faunas of Bermuda and the Azores — 
Insects of Bermuda — Land Mollusea — Flora of Bermuda — Concluding remarks on 
the Azores and Bermuda Pages 253—264 
CHAPTER XIII 
THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 
Position and physical features — Absence of indigenous Mammalia and Amphibia — 
Reptiles — Birds — Insects and Land-shells — The Keeling Islands as illustrating the 
manner in which Oceanic Islands are peopled— Flora of the Galapagos — Origin of 
the Flora of the Galapagos— Concluding Remarks . , . Pages 265 — 280 
