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- Infusoria in white paint, 221
- in coral mud, 465
- at Ascension, 494
- Insects, first colonists of St. Paul's rocks, 10
- blown out to sea, 159
- of Patagonia, 170, 327
- of Tierra del Fuego, 238
- of Galapagos, 381, 392, 394
- of Keeling Island, 456
- of St. Helena, 490
- Instincts of birds, 95, 398
- Iodine with salt at Iquique, 365
- Iquique, 362
- Iron, oxide of on rocks, 12
- Islands, oceanic, volcanic, 8
- , floating, 265
- , Antarctic, 248
- , low, 402, 467
- Kater's peak, 212
- Kauri pine, 427
- Keeling Island, 452
- , subsidence of, 475
- , birds of, 456
- , entomology of, 456
- , flora of, 454
- Kelp, or sea-weed, 239
- Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, 249
- Kingfishers, 2, 138
- King George's Sound, 449
- Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 267
- Lagoon-islands, 402, 453, 465
- Lagostomus, 124
- Lake, brackish, near Rio, 21
- with floating islands, 265
- formed during earthquake, 371
- Lamarck on acquired blindness, 52
- Lampyris, 30
- Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree, 100
- Land-shells, 347, 488, 490
- Lazo, 44, 153, 189
- Leaves, fall of, 235
- , fossil, 448
- Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 428
- Lepus Magellanicus, 193
- Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak, 138
- , on rabbit of the Falklands, 193
- Lichen on loose sand, 364
- Lichtenstein on ostriches, 92
- Lightning storms, 62
- tubes, 59
- Lima, 365, 368
- , elevation of a river near, 358
- Lime, changed by lava into crystalline rock, 6
- Limnæa in brackish water, 21
- Lion-ant, 442
- Lizard, 97
- , marine species of, 385
- Lizards, transport of, 382
- Llama or Guauaco, habits of, 166
- Locusts, 329
- Longevity of species in Mollusca, 83
- Lorenzo, San, island of, 369
- Low archipelago, 402
- Lund, M., on antiquity of man, 358
- Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil, 131, 173
- Luxan, 329
- Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to support large animals, 85
- Lycosa, 35
- Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 343
- , on longevity of Mollusca, 83
- , on subsidence in the Pacific, 468
- , on change in vegetation, 120
- , on fossil horses' teeth, 130
- , on distribution of animals, 327
- , on frozen snow, 325
- , on extinct mammals and ice-period, 172
- , on flocks of butterflies, 158
- , on stones twisted by earthquakes, 308
- MacCulloch on infection, 435
- Macquarie river, 442
- Macrauchenia, 82, 173
- Macrocystis, 239
- Madrina, or godmother of a troop of mules, 315
- Magdalen channel, 241
- Magellan, Strait of 231
- Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, 116
- Maldiva atolls, 467, 476, 478
- Maldonado, 39
