542 
INDEX 
Cruelty to animals, 162 
Crustacea, pelagic, 171 
Ctenomys Brasiliensis, 52 
fossil species of, 86 
Cucao, Chiloe, 315 
Cuckoo-like habits of Molothrus, 55 
Cudico, mission at, 320 
Cuentas, Sierra de, 158 
Cufre, 153 
Cumbre of Cordillera, 358 
Cuming, Mr., on shells, 416, 520 
Cuttlefish, habits of, 7 
Cuvier on Diodon, 14 
Cynara cardunculus, 125 
Cyttaria Darwinii, 250, 251 
Dacelo Iagoensis, 2 
Dasypus, three species of, 100 
Deer, 50, 139 
Degradation of tertiary formations, 
368 
Deinornis, 455 
Deserts, 371, 384 
Desmodus, 22 
Despoblado, valley of, 379 
Dieffenbach, Dr. E., 2 
on Auckland Island, 259, 464 
Diodon, habits of, 13 
Discoloured sea, 15 
Diseases from miasma, 389, 464 
Distribution of mammalia in America, 
138 
of animals on opposite sides of Cor¬ 
dillera, 348 
of frogs, 407 
of Fauna of Galapagos, 419 
Dobrizhoffer on ostriches. 98 
on a hail-storm, 122 
Docks, imported, 455 
Dogs, shepherd, 159 
Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 404 
D’Orbigny, Travels in South America, 
81, 97 , 125, 137, 159, 177 
Doris, eggs of, 211 
Dormidor, or horse-tamer, 160 
Doubleday, Mr., on a noise made by a 
butterfly, 34 
Drigg, lightning tubes at, 61 
Droughts, great, in Pampas, 141 
Dryness of St. Jago, 4 
of winds in Tierra del Fuego, 245 
of air in Cordillera, 348 
Du Bois, 407, 426 
Dung-feeding beetles, 5 2 °> 5 21 
Dust, falling from atmosphere, 5 
Earthenware fossil, 394 
Earthquake, accompanied by an elevation 
of the coast, 331 
accompanied by rain, 375 
at Callao, 393 
at Concepcion, 325 
at Coquimbo, 366 
at Keeling and Vanikoro, and Society 
Islands, 504 
at Valdivia, 322 
causes of, 330 
effect of, on springs, 281 
on bottom of sea, 327 
effects of, on rocks, 274, 324 
effects of, on sea, 323, 324, 325 
effects of, on a river-bed, 381 
line of vibration of, 328 
on S.W. coast, 260 
tossing fragments from the ground, 208 
twisting movement of, 328 
Eggs of Doris, 211 
Ehrenberg, Prof., on Atlantic dust, 5 
on infusoria in Pampas, 87, 137 
in the open sea, 172 
in Patagonia, 180 
in Fuegian paint, 234 
in coral mud, 494 
in tuff at Ascension, 525 
on phosphorescence of the sea, 172 
on noises from a hill, 385 
Eirneo, island of, 432 ; barrier-reef, 433 
Elater, springing powers of, 32 
Electricity of atmosphere within Andes, 
348 
Elephant, weight of, 91 
Elevated shells, 89, 136, 180, 266, 313, 
33 D 367 , 393 
Elevation of coasts of Chile, 266, 313, 
3 2 3 > 33 D 355 ) 3 ^ 7 , 3§i 
Bahia Blanca, 87 
Pampas, 137 
Patagonia, 180, 395 
mountain-chains, 333 
Cordillera, 338, 343, 354 
Peru, 393 
within human period, 395 
fringing-reefs, 508 
Entomology of the Galapagos Archi¬ 
pelago, 407, 418, 420 
Brazil, 34 
Patagonia, 180, 349 
Tierra del Fuego, 253 
Keeling Island, 485 
St. Helena, 520 
Entre Rios, geology of, 132 
Epeira, habits of, 37 to 39 
Erratic blocks, how transported, 262 
absent in intertropical countries, 263 
