Voyage of the Beagle (88 page)

NARBOROUGH ISLAND,
401
Negress with goître,
336
Negro, Rio,
65
,
192
    lieutenant,
78
Nepean river,
444
New Caledonia, reef of,
499
,
501
,
507
New Zealand,
444
Niata cattle,
155
Noises from a hill,
385
Noses, ceremony of pressing,
451
Nothura,
47
Notopod, crustacean,
171
Nulliporæ, incrustations like,
9
    protecting reefs,
529

OCTOPUS, habits of,
7
Oily coating on sea,
17
Olfersia,
10
Opetiorhynchus,
425
Opuntia,
278
    Darwinii,
175
    Galapageia,
427
Orange-trees self-sown,
126
Ores, gold,
284
Ornithology of Galapagos,
404
,
420
Ornithorhynchus,
470
Osorno, volcano of,
292
,
294
,
312
Ostrich, habits of,
44
,
94
Ostrich's eggs,
119
Otaheite,
429
Otter,
307
Ova in sea,
17
Oven-bird,
99
Owen, Capt., on a drought in Africa,
141
    Professor, on the Capybara,
51
    fossil quadrupeds,
86-89
,
137
    nostrils of the Gallinazo,
195
Owl of Pampas,
73
,
132
    of Galapagos Islands,
406
Oxyurus,
252
,
308
Oysters, gigantic,
180

PAINT, white,
234
Pallas on Siberia,
69
Palm-trees in La Plata,
48
    south limit of,
260
    in Chile,
272
Palms absent at Galapagos,
400
Pampas, halt at a pulperia on the,
64
    number of embedded remains in,
165
    southern limit of,
80
    changes in,
130
    giant thistle of,
125
    not quite level,
134
,
137
,
153
    geology of,
136
,
165
    view of, from the Andes,
348
Pan de Azucar,
47
Papilio feronia,
34
,
39
Parana, Rio,
136
,
148
,
156
    River,
133
    islands in,
143
Parish, Sir W., on the great drought,
142
Park, Mungo, on eating salt,
116
Parrots,
147
,
259
Partridges,
47
Pas, fortresss of New Zealand,
445
Passes in Cordillera,
356
Pasture altered from grazing of cattle,
124
Patagones,
65
Patagonia, geology of,
190
,
349
    birds of,
93
    zoology of,
174
,
180
,
189
    raised beaches,
182
Patagonian bolas, etc,
248
,
249
Patagonians, Cape Gregory,
245
Paypote ravine,
383
Peach-trees self-sown,
126
Peat, formation of,
305
Pebbles perforated,
158
,
285
    transported in roots of trees,
491
Pelagic animals in southern ocean,
172
Penas, glacier in Gulf of,
261
Penguin, habits of,
209
Pepsis, habits of,
36
Pernambuco, reef of,
529
Pernety on hill of ruins,
208
    on tame birds,
425
Peru,
386
,
396
    dry valleys of,
382
,
386
Peruvian pottery,
396
Petrels, habits of,
309
Peuquenes, pass of,
341
Phonolite at Fernando Noronha,
11
Phosphorescence of the sea,
172
    of land insects and sea animals,
31
    of a coralline,
213
Phryniscus,
101
Pine of New Zealand,
454
Plains at foot of Andes in Chile,
282
,
337
    almost horizontal near St. Fé,
135
Planariæ, terrestrial species of,
28
Plants of the Galapagos,
402
,
418
,
421
    of Keeling island,
483
    of St. Helena,
517
Plants, fossil, in Australia,
477
Plata, R.,
40
    thunderstorms of,
65
Plover, long-legged,
120
Polished rocks, Brazil,
12
Polyborus chimango,
58
,
209
    Braziliensis,
57
    Novæ Zelandiæ,
59
Ponsonby Sound,
229
,
233
,
239
,
241
Porpoises,
40
Port Desire,
97
,
174
    river of,
112
,
178
    St. Julian,
180
    Famine,
246
,
247
    Jackson,
459
Portillo Pass,
335
to 352
Porto Praya,
2
Potato, wild,
304
Potrero Seco,
375
Prairies, vegetation of,
124
Prévost, M., on cuckoos,
55
Priestley, Dr., on lightning-tubes,
61
Prisoner, bringing in a,
84
Procellaria gigantea, habits of,
309
Proctotretus,
102
Proteus, blindness of,
53
Protococcus nivalis,
345
Pteroptochos, two species of,
288
    species of,
297
,
307
Puenta del Inca,
356
,
380
Puffinuria Berardii,
309
Puffinus cinereus,
309
Puma, habits of,
144
,
193
,
287
    flesh of,
122
Puna, or short respiration,
344
Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca,
83
    Gorda,
136
,
380
    Huantamó,
317
Pyrophorus luminosus,
32

QUADRUPEDS, fossil,
83
,
136
,
141
,
164
,
182
    large, do not require luxuriant vegetation,
89
    weight of,
91
Quartz of the Ventana,
122
    of Tapalguen,
122
    of Falkland Island,
207
Quedius,
10
Quellaypo volcano,
312
Quilimari,
362
Quillota, valley of,
270
Quinchao Island,
296
Quintero,
270
Quiriquina Island,
324
Quoy and Gaimard on stinging corals,
493
    on coral-reefs,
505

RABBIT, wild, at the Falkland Islands,
203
Rain at Coquimbo,
361
,
371
,
372
    at Rio,
30
    effects on vegetation,
361
    and earthquakes,
375
in Chile, formerly more abundant,
381
    in Peru,
389
,
390
Rana Mascariensis,
407
Rat, only aboriginal animal of New Zealand,
455
Rats at Galapagos,
403
    at Keeling Island,
485
    at Ascension,
523
Rattlesnake, species with allied habit,
100
Red snow,
345
Reduvius,
352
Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone,
529
Reefs of coral,
495
to 512
    barrier,
498
,
504
    fringing,
501
Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt,
68
    bones,
164
    salt and shells,
394
Remains, human, elevated,
394
Remedies of the Gauchos,
135
Rengger on the horse,
247
Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego,
252
    at Galapagos,
407
Respiration difficult in Andes,
344
Retrospect,
51
Revolutions at Buenos Ayres,
149
Rhea Darwinii (Avestruz Petise),
110
Rhinoceroses live in desert countries,
92
    frozen,
93
,
264
Rhynchops nigra,
145
,
146
Richardson, Dr., on mice of North America,
404
    on frozen soil,
92
,
263
    on eating fat,
123
    on geographical distribution,
139
    on polished rocks,
267
Rimsky atoll,
496
Rio de Janeiro,
19
to 39
    Botofogo Bay,
19
    Plata,
40
    Negro,
65
,
192
    Colorado,
73
    Sauce,
112
    Salado,
124
    S. Cruz,
187
River-bed, arched,
383
River-courses dry in America,
113
Rivers, power of, in wearing channels,
191
,
339
Rocks burnished with ferruginous matter,
12
Rodents, number of, in America,
51
,
189
    fossil species of,
87
Rolor, General,
149
Rosas, General,
73
,
116
,
149
Rozario,
129
,
133
,
147
,
153
Ruins of Callao,
391
    of Indian buildings in Cordillera,
380
,
382

SALADO, RIO,
124
Saladillo river,
134
Salinas at the Galapagos Archipelago,
402
    in Patagonia,
66
,
177
Saline efflorescences,
81
Salt with vegetable food,
116
    superficial crust of,
388
    with elevated shells,
393
Salt-lakes,
68
,
177
,
402
San Carlos,
313
    Nicolas,
133
,
147
    Felipe,
276
    Pedro,
299
    Pedro, forests of,
299
    Lorenzo Island,
393
Sand-dunes,
78
Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Galapagos Archipelago,
403
    noise from friction of,
385
Sandstone of New South Wales,
465
    reef of,
529
Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at,
407
    Land,
263
Santa Cruz, river of,
187
Santiago, Chile,
282
Sarmiento, Mount,
247
,
256
Sauce, Rio,
112
,
371
Saurophagus sulphureus,
55
Scarus eating corals,
494
Scelidotherium,
86
Scenery of Andes,
335
to 341
Scissor-beak, habits of,
145
,
146
Scissor-tail,
147
Scoresby, Mr., on effects of snow on rocks,
340
Scorpions, cannibals,
165
Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes,
376
Scytalopus,
252
,
308
Sea, open, inhabitants of,
172
    phosphorescence of,
172
    explosions in,
327
Sea-pen, habits of,
104
,
212
Seals, number of,
303
Seaweed, growth of,
253
Seeds transported by sea,
418
,
484
Serpulæ,
529
Sertularia, protecting reef,
494
Shark killed by Diodon,
14
Shaw, Dr., on lion's flesh,
122
Sheep, infected,
464
Shelley, lines on Mont Blanc,
178
Shells, land, in great numbers,
368
    elevated,
86
,
137
,
180
,
343
,
367
,
395
    tropical forms of, far south,
258
    fossil, of Cordillera,
343
    decomposition of, with salt,
393
    of Galapagos,
416
    at St. Helena,
519
Shepherd's dogs,
159
Shingle-bed of Patagonia,
78
,
189
Shongi, New Zealand chief,
447
Siberia compared with Patagonia,
69
    zoology of, related to North America,
140
Siberian animals, how preserved in ice,
264
    food necessary during their existence,
93
,
96
Sierra de la Ventana,
112
    Tapalguen,
119
Silicified trees,
354
,
376
Silurian formations at Falkland Islands,
207
Silurus, habits of,
144
Sivatherium,
155
Skunks,
83
Slavery,
20
,
25
,
530
Smelling power of carrion-hawks,
195
Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support of large quadrupeds,
88
    on perforated pebbles,
158
Snake, venomous,
100
Snow, effects of, on rocks,
340
    prismatic structure of,
347
    red,
345
Snow-line on Cordillera,
259
,
358
,
347
Socêgo,
23
Society, state of, in La Plata,
42
,
165
    state of, in Australia,
471
,
474
    Archipelago,
440
    volcanic phenomena at,
505
,
510
Soda, nitrate of,
388
    sulphate of,
81
Soil, frozen,
92
,
263
South American bit,
338
Spawn on surface of sea,
17
Species, distribution of,
136
,
391
    extinction of,
182
Spiders, habits of,
37
to 39
    gossamer,
169
    killed by and killing wasps,
37
to 39
    on Keeling Island,
485
    on St. Paul's,
10
Spurs of Guaso,
275
Springs, hot,
281
Stevenson, Mr., on growth of seaweed,
253
St. Helena,
517
    Jago, C. Verds,
1
        unhealthiness of,
390
    Paul's rocks,
8
    Fé,
135
Maria, elevated,
333
,
338
    introduction of spirits into,
439
    Louis, Mauritius,
513
Stinging animals,
493
Stones perforated,
158
,
285
    transported in roots,
490
Storm,
223
,
300
    in Cordillera,
338
,
374
Streams of stones at Falkland Islands,
207
Strongylus,
34
Struthio rhea,
44
,
94
    Darwinii,
97
Strzelecki, Count,
476
Suadiva atoll,
496
Subsidence of coral-reefs,
495
to 512
    of Patagonia,
180
    of Cordillera,
343
,
355
    of Coasts of Chile,
354
    cause of distinctness in Tertiary epochs,
367
    of coast of Peru,
379
    of Keeling Island,
496
,
504
    of Vanikoro,
504
    of coral-reefs great in amount,
509
Sulphate of lime,
69
,
180
,
386
    soda with common salt,
69
,
81
,
386
    soda incrusting the ground,
81
Swainson, Mr., on cuckoos,
54
Sydney,
459