Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.3)

INDEX. 611 Elevation within human em, 451. Entomology of the Galapagos Archipe- lago, 473. of Brazil, 37. Entre Rios, geoloo;y of, 149. Epeira, habits of, 40. Erratic blocks, how iransportpd, 288. absent in intertropical countries, 288. on plains of Santa Cruz. 224. of iierra del Fuego, 267. Estancia, value of, 170. Extermination of aborigines in Australia, 520. Extinction of species, causes of, 210. of wild animals in New South Wales, 525. Ex'inct quadrupeds in South America, 95, 104, 146. 149, 152. 180. 210. Falkland Islands, 246. , birds tame at, 476. Fennel, 138. Fern-trees, 536. Fernando Noronha, 10. Fields of dead coral, 459. Fire, ait of making, 251, 488. Fish, eating coral, 553. emitting harsh sound, 160. Fleas, 424. Forests of Tierra del Fuego, 228, 300. Fossil Mammalia, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 180, 210. earthenware, 452. Fox, of the Falkland Islands, 249. of Chiloe, 341. Frogs, noises of, 34. and toads, not found on volcanic islands, 472. Fruit trees, southern limit of, 268. Fuciis gif^aiiteiis, 303. Fuegians, 227, 234, 239, 240, 242. Fulgurites, 69. Fungus, edibie, 298. , Ftirnaritis fuligiiwsus, 353. V«/iis, 112. Galapagos Archipelago, 453. . belongs to American Zoolo- gical province, 474. Gallinazo, 68. Gauchos, 48 character of, 182. live on meat, 136. Gay, M., on floating islands, 323. Geese at the Falkland Islands, 257. Geology of La Plata, 52. of Patagonia, 201, Geologv of Cordillera, 390. Glaciers, 279, 283, .306. eRects of, 280, 283. in lat. 46° 40', 285. Glow worms, 34. Goats, destructive to vegetation at St. Helena, 582. Goeree Roads, 237. Good Success Bay, 227. Gossamer spider, 187. Granite mountains, Tres Monies, 345. Gravel, how transported, 201 to 206. Greenstone, fragments of, 313. Gryllus migratorius, 412. Guanaco, habits of, 195. Guantajaya, mines of, 444. Guardia del Monte, 137. Guasos of Chile, 315. Guasco, 427. Gunnera scabra, 340. Gypsum, great beds of, 389. Hailstorm, 134. Hall, Capt. Basil, on terraces of Coquim- bo, 423. Height of snow-line on Cordillera, 275. Hermit crab?, .544. Himantopits melanura, 133. Horse, powers of swimming of, 168. wild at the Falkland Islands, 248. fossil, 149. Horsemanship of the Gauchos, 175. Hot springs of Cauquenes, 321. Humming-birds of Rio de Janeiro, 37. of Chile, 330. Hunting party in Pampas, 131. Hyb'^rnation of animals, 115. Hydrochicrus capybura, 57. Hydrophobia, 436. Hymenophallus, 37. Jaguar, habits of, 159. James Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 458. Ibis melnnops, 194. Ice at bottom of sea, 297. prismatic structure of, 397. Icebergs, 280, 282, 283. Inca's bridge, 409. Incrustations, calcareous on rocks of As- cension, 587. of phosphate of lime, 8. Indians, 118. — grave of, 199. of the Pampas, 84. ruins of housesof, 409, 438. of VaUlivia, 366. antiquities of, in Chile, 325, decrease in numbers, 122.