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INDEX. 
Waterhouse, Mr. , on Galapagos beetles, 273 
Wales, peculiar fish of, 322, 323 
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, 465 
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 
Wollaston, Mr. T. V., on insular character 
of St. Helena, 283 
on St. Helena shells and insects, 286 
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, 426 
Zoological and geograpical regions com- 
pared, 52 
Zoological features of Japan, 365 
character of New Zealand, 444 
THE END. 
LOND X : n. OLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRI'TTERS. 
