Island life, or, The phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates / by Alfred Russel Wallace.

  • Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
Date:
1892
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    Philippine Islands, 387 mammalia of, 387 birds of, 388 past history of, 389 Phyllodactylus galapagensis, 279 Phylloscopus borealis, range of, 15 Physical causes which determine distribu- tion, 533 features of Formosa, 401 Pica, 17 Pickering, Dr., on the flora of the Sand- wich Islands, 323. on temperate forms on mountains of the Sandwich Islands, 323 Pithecia vionachus, distribution of, 18 P. rufibarbata, 18 Pitta, distribution of, 25 Plants, dispersal of, 80 seeds of, adapted for dispersal, 80 Avide range of species and genera of, 185 poverty of, in Ireland, 339 peculiar British, 359 of Ireland not in Great Britain, 364 cause of their wide diffusion and nar- row restriction, 369 easily dispersed often have restricted ranges, 504 how they migrate from north to south, 512 of existing genera throughout the Tertiary period, 520 southern migration of, by way of the Himalayas, 523 southern migration of, tlirough Africa, 524 endemic genera of, in New Zealand, 526 Platypus, 30 Plestiodon longirostris of Bermuda, 266 Po, matter carried away by, 173 Podargus, Australian genus, 47 Poecilozonites, peculiar to Bermuda, 270 Poinciana regia in Madagascar, 440 Populus, fossil in Spitzbergen, 184 Pourtales, Count, on modern formation of chalk, 95 on sedimentary deposits in Gulf of Mexico, 222 Poverty in species of Britain, 33S Precession of Equinoxes, influence of, on climate, 126 Preservation of species, 63 Proboscidea, range of, 30 Proteus, Avhy preserved, 63 Psophia, range of species of, 18 Pteroptochidse, 29 Pyrenean ibex, restricted range of, 15 R. Railways, new plants on, 513 Ramsay, Mr. Wardlaw, on Philippine birds, 388 Professor, on ancient land surfaces, 99 Ramsay, Professor, on geological time 212 , on thickness of sedimentary rocks. 219 Rat, native, of New Zealand, 475 Rate of organic change usually measured by an incorrect scale, 232 Rats in the Galapagos, 278 Raven, wide range of, 15 Reade, T. Mellard, on changes of sea and land, 84 Recent continental islands, 243, 331 Red clay of Bermuda, 265 Reptiles, dispersal of, 75 of the Galapagos, 278 of the Sandwich Islands, 316 cause of scarcity of, in British Isles, 339 of Madagascar, 417 of the Seychelles, 430 of Mauritius and Round Island, 438 of NeAV Zealand, 483 Rhodolcena altivola in Madagascar, 440 Rhus toxicodendron in Bermuda, 272 Ridgway, Mr., on birds of Galapagos, 281 River-channels, buried, 336 Roches moutonn&es, 108 Rodents in Madagascar, 417 Round Island, a snake and a palm peculiar to, 438, 444 Rumex pulcher in New Zealand, 515 Rye, Mr. E. C., on peculiar British in- sects, 345, 351 S. St. Helena, 292 effects of European occupation on the vegetation of, 294 insects of, 298 land-shells of, 304 absence of fresh-water organisms in, 304 native vegetation of, 305 Salvin, Mr., on the birds of the Galapagos, 280 Sandwich Islands, the, 310 zoology of, 313 birds of, 313 reptiles of, 316 land-shells of, 316 insects of, 318 vegetation of, 321 antiquity of fauna and flora of, 32S Sassafras, in Swiss Miocene, 183 Scandinavian flora, aggressive poAver of, 511 Scientific A7oyages, comparative results of, 7 Sciurus, 26 Sclater, Mr. P. L., on zoological regions, 32, 39 Scotland, glacial deposits of, 112-115 probable rate of denudation in, 173 Miocene flora of, 184 peculiar tislies of, 341