419. of Keeling Island, 479. thunderstorms of, 72. Nova Zelandia, 68. Port Desire, 178. - river of, 119, 184. Portillo pass, 339, 344. Potato, wild, 302. Potrero, Seco, 370. Prairies, vegetation of, 132. Prévost, M., on cuckoos, 64. Priestley, Dr., on lightning-tubes, Land, 265. San Pedro, forests of, 298. Sarmiento, Mount, 249, 257- Saurophagus sulphureus, 64. Scissor-beak, habits of, 151. Scoresby, Mr., on effects of snow on Scorpions, cannibals, 179. Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes, 373. Sea, open, inhabitants of, 176. -, phosphorescence of, 176. Strongylus, 43. Struthio Rhea, 53, 105. Strzelecki, Count, 472. Subsidence of coral reef, 492-508. of Patagonia, 186. of coast of Peru, 390. of coral reefs great in amount, -, cause of distinctness in Ter- 89. 391. of soda incrusting the ground, of soda with common salt, 77, Swainson, Mr., on cuckoos, 63. 404. not found in oceanic islands, Torrents in Cordillera, 335, 340. Transport of seeds, 415, 479. of boulders, 201, 264. of stones in, roots of trees, 487. Tree-ferns, southern limits of, 261. ning, 70. Tucutuco, habits of, 61. fossil species of, 94. Tuff, craters of, 395. Infusoria in, 521. Tupungato, volcano of, 344. Turkey buzzard, 69, 199, 302. Types of organization in different Ulloa on hydrophobia, 374. on Indian buildings, 378. not crossed by the Bizcacha, Valdivia, 315. forests of, 316, 320. Valley of St. Cruz, how excavated, 195. dry, at Copiapó, 376. Valleys, excavation of, in Chile, of Tahiti, 431, 435. in Cordillera, 334- of New South Wales, 462. Vapour from forests, 34. Vegetation of St. Helena, changes Vegetation on opposite sides of Cor. luxuriant, not necessary to Verbena melindres, 51. Virgularia Patagonica, 111, 217. Islands, 18. Volcanoes near 309, 329. Chiloe, 290, 292, their presence determined by Waders, first colonists of distant Waimate, New Zealand, 445. Walckenaer, on spiders, 48. Wasps preying on spiders and killed Water, sold at Iquique, 383. fresh, floating on salt, 49, 483. Waterhouse, Mr., on Rodents, 60, 400. on the Niata ox, 159. on the insects of Tierra del - on the insects of Galapagos, Waves, caused by fall of ice, 240, from earthquakes, 324, 327. Weather-board, N. S. Wales, 461. Weight of large quadrupeds, 99. West Indies, banks of, 463. coral reefs of, 498, 506. |