Mastodon and other gigantic quadrupeds at, 157.
Erratics of North America, 219.
Binfield, Messrs., dis- covery of Wealden insects by, 523. Binney, Mr. E. W., on Aerolites, 52; on Permian rocks of Scotland, 555; the Permian rocks, 563. Binstead, fresh-water tertiary shells at, 249. Birds-eye
of America, 821. Birds, different forms of feet of, 146. Birds, fossil, 257, 452, 520, 534. Bischof, Prof., on the
origin of rocks, 883. Bison priscus, 133. Bitumen, 722, 723. Bitumenite, 718. Blainville, M., on Zoo-
phytes, 603.
Blankenburg,
plants from Chalk-strata at,
Blende, 900, 908. Blomfield, Dr. Charles
James, quoted, 29. Blue-John of Derby- shire, 696. Boghead-coal, 718. Bognor, marine eocene shells at, 247, 249. Bognor rocks, 241. Bohemia, plants from Chalk-strata of 329; Silurian rocks of, 819. Boiling springs, 97. Bolney, in Sussex, oxide of iron near, $3.
Wight, Clathraria
from, 328. Bone-caverns in Eng- land, 179. Bone-conglomerate,
185. Bone-bed of the Lias,
523, 561. Bones, microscopical examination of, 453; diseased, of carnivo- ra, found in caverns, 184.
Bonn, geology of, 282. Bony-scale fish, De- vonian, 797. Boron, 849. Bos longifrons, 133, 134; primigenius, 133. Bosquet, M., on the Cretaceous and Ter- tiary Entomostraca, 350; on the Ento- mostraca of the Wealden, 418. Botanical epochs, 776. Bottom-rocks, 823. Boué, M., on the salt- mines of Galicia, 289. Boughton Malherbe, near Maidstone, jaw and bones of a hyena in a fissure in Kent- ish Rag at, 182. Boulder near Mount Sinai, 218. Boulder of granite in the Chalk, 973. Boulders, erratic, 214. Bourgueticrinus the Chalk, 663. Bournemouth, remains in Eocene strata at, 245. Bovey Tracey in De- vonshire, tertiary brown-coal at, 245.
Bowerbank, Mr. J. S., his collection of fos- sils,584; on the origin of flints, 307, 730; on the fossil fruits of the London Clay, 233; microscopical examination of bones of birds and reptiles by, 453; on sponges 602. Brachiopoda, 601. Bracklesham Bay,241; marine eocene shells at, 247; mandibles of Chimæroid fish at, 255.
Bradford Clay, 503. Brain-coral, 626. Brandt, M., on Phyto-
zoa, 600. Bray Head, Ireland, 823. Breithaupt, Prof. A., on the paragenesis of minerals, 909. Brickenden, Capt. L., discovery. of jaw of Iguanodon by, 440. Brighton and London Railway section, 373. Brighton Cliffs, 113; coast, mutations of, 460; geological phe- nomena between London and, 372; raised sea-beach at, 112. Bristowe, Mr., on the strata at Alum-Bay, 239.
British Channel, bed of the, 69. Brodie, the Rev. P. B., on fossil insects, 403, 419, 422, 523, 529; discovery of Entomo- straca near Dinton, 419; Leptolepis dis- covered by, 424; on
fish-remains in the Keuper, 551; on Purbeck insects, 387. Brodie, Mr. W., and Mr. S. Beckles, dis- covery of remains of reptiles and mam- mals in the Purbeck beds, by, 394. Bromley, shell-conglo- merate at, 231. Bromsgrove, Bunter- sandstone of, 551. Brongniart, Adolphe, on the plant-remains at Hoer, 387; on fossil plants, 548, 710, 737, 739, 743. Bronn's Lethæa Geog- nostica, referred to, 256, 740. Brook Point, fossil trees
of the Wealden at, 390. Brook Point to Shal- comb Down, section from, 389. Brown-coal, at Wool- wich in Kent, Corfe in Dorset, Bovey Tracey in Devon- shire, and in France, the Netherlands, Germany, &c., 245; of the Rhine, 283. Brown, Dr. S., on Si- lex, 727. Bryozoa, 600, 601, 611; in chalk, 329, 331; Carboniferous, 762; Silurian, 824; re- marks on the no- menclature of the, 600. Bryson, Mr., on dia- tomaceæ in slate- rocks, 918, 953. Bubalus moschatus,
Mountain Lime- stone, 693; of An- glesea, 904; period, 925; rocks of De- vonshire, 696; se- ries, 670, 672; se- ries of North Ameri- ca, 705; slate of Ireland, 673; trees and plants, 752. Carburetted hydrogen, 722.
Carcharias megalodon, 225.
Carcharodon, teeth of, in Crag, 255. Carnivora (fossil) in
caverns, 175; Osteo- logy of, 139.
Brong., 412; Smithiæ, from Chalk in Kent, 329 Carrara marble, 895 Carved-scale fish, De- vonian, 797. Caryocystites, 825. Caryophyllia, 623. Cashmere, buried tem- ple in, 961. Castle Hill, Newhaven, 115, 238, 240. Catenipora, Silurian, 820, 824.
Catt, Mr. Henry, re- ferred to, 487. Cautley, Col. Sir Pro
by T., on the fossil Zoology of the Se- walik Hills, in the North of India, 163. Cave of Gaylenreuth, in Germany, 176. Cavern of Banwell, 183.
Caverns, 77; carnivora in, 175; in England, 466; of the Brazils, 179; ossiferous, 174. Caves, carbonic acid gas in, 80. Ceciliadæ, 553. Cells and cell-struc- ture, 608. Celsius quoted, 116. Cellulosæ, 609. Cephalopoda, Carboni- ferous, 763; Creta- ceous, 342; Devo- nian, 792; Jurassic, 528; Silurian, 826. Cephalaspis, Devonian,
794; Silurian, 832. Ceratiocaris, Silurian, 827.
Cerithium giganteum, 249; lamellosum, 247; of the Oolite, 499. Cestracion, or Port
Jackson shark, 355. Cestracionts, 770. Cetaceans in Cretace-
ous formation, 325. Cetiosauri of the Oolite, 497.
Cetiosaurus of the Wealden, 427. Cette, osseous breccia at, 188. Chain-coral, 651, 820, 824. Chalcedony, 886. Chaldni on aerolites,52.
Chalk, animalculites of the, 321; at Beachy Head, 302; boulder of granite in the, 973; bryozoa of, 329; cephalopoda of, 342; chelonian rep- tiles in, 367; com- position of, 304; crinoidea of, 336; crustaceans of, 348; echinites and spines from, 338; fishes of, 359; foraminifera of, 305; formation of, 300; fossils of, 310; fossil sponges in,329; in Antrim, Ireland, 302, 894; marine flora of, 327; meta- morphosed, 895; nu- cleolites from, 338; of Dover Cliffs and South of England, 302; reptiles of the, 366; Rosalinæ of the, 332; shells of the, 340; star-fishes of the, 337; teeth of sharks in, 354; with flints, 301; Zoology of the, 481; zoo- phytes of, 320. Chalk-detritus, at Cha- ring, 335; method of procuring and cleansing the fossils of the, 336. Chalk-downs, 303. Chalk-dust, highly magnified, 305. Chalk-formation, 201; at Pondicherry (Southern India), 302; geographical extent of, 302; mid- dle and lower groups of, 314; organic re- mains of, 323; sub- divisions of, 301. Chalk-marl, 301, 314;
analysis of, by Mr. Gladstone, 314. Chalk-strata, vertical, at Handfast Point, 395.
Chalybeate hill at Hove,
241. Changes of level, causes of, 109. Chara, 407; seed-ves- sels of, from Aix, 267. Characters of succes- sive fossil faunæ,
928; fossil floræ,
ib. Charing, chalk-detritus at, 335. Charlesworth, Mr. E., on the Leiodon, 309; on the Crag, 223. Charnwood Forest, 902. Chazy limestone of America, 821. Cheese-wring of Corn- wall, 901. Cheiracanthus, 797. Cheirolepis, 797. Cheirotherian reptiles, 771. Cheirotherium, 556. Chelone Bellii, 427; Benstedi, from chalk, 368; costata, 427; Mantelli, 427. Chelonian foot-tracks in the Devonian,570, 574, 797; in the millstone-grit, 693; in the Permian, 555, 575. Chelonian reptiles,573; in chalk, 367; in the Wealden, 427. Cheltenham waters, 544. Chemical agencies, ef- fects of,931; changes, 877. Chichester Cathedral,
polished columns of Purbeck marble, 416. Chili, elevation of the
coast of, 111. Chilian coast, Mrs. So- merville on the ele- vation of the, 112. Chimæra, 355, Chimæroid fish, from Bracklesham, 255; from chalk, 356. Chimborazo, height of, 35
Chimting Castle, near Seaford, 241. Chlorophane, 696. Choanites Konigi, 329; in flints in Russia, 322. Choropotamus, 262. Choke-damp, 721. Chondrites Bignorien- sis, 328. Chronological arrange- ment of the strata, 199. Chronology of moun- tain-chains,918, 919. Cidarides, Jurassic, 550.
Cidaris from the Chalk, 338; of the Oolite, 499. Cilia, 605. Cilio-brachiata, or Bry- ozoa, 600. Cladyodon, 553. Clarke, Rev. W. B.,
referred to, 708. Classification of fishes, 351, 352; of forma- tions, 200; of plants, 734; of strata, 37; of the Tertiary, 210; of Carbonifer- ous rocks, 674; of coal-plants, 735; of Silurian and Cam- brian strata, 801; of the Cretaceous
rocks, 301; of the Devonian rocks, 783, 785, 787; of the Jurassic rocks, 490; of the Permian rocks, 536, 562; of the Tertiary rocks, 215; of the Triassic rocks, 536. Clathraria, a petiole of, 411; from Bon- church, 328; Lyellii, 408-411. Claws of a fossil Her- mit-crab from Maes- tricht, 350. Clay-beds of Kim- meridge, 497. Clay-slate, 897. Clent Hills, structure of the, 811. Clermont, view of the environs of, describ- ed, 274. Cliffs, of St. Calogero, 845; at Straithaird, 897.
Climate of the Palæo- zoic ages, 772. Climate and seasons indicated by fossil wood, 713. Clinkstone, 888. Clinton rocks, 821. Cliona, Silurian, 823. Clymenien-Kalk, 785. Coal, 912; in peat- bogs, 66; in Tertiary, 265; in Tertiary of the Rhine, 283; of New Zealand, 708; of the Wealden, 405. Coal-bearing Oolite of Brora, 517; of the Oolite, 513. Coalbrook Dale, 677. Coal-field of Derby- shire, 677. Coal-fields of Eastern Virginia, 518. Coal-measures,
originating in sub- merged lands, 759; upright trees in the, 686. Coal-plants, 733. Coal-seams, thick, 683. Coal-shale, 676. Coal-shales and veget- able remains, 691. Coals, of Secondary
age, 672, Coccosteus decipiens, 796. Coffee-plant of Ber- muda, 84.
Coins in conglomerate, 81, 82.
Cole, Mr., on the skin of Ichthyosaur, 579. Colima, 871. Collyweston tilestones, 516. Colossochelys, bones of the, 164. Columbia River, sub-
merged forest in,404. Columnar structure,
Combe-rock of Brigh- ton, 79, 113. Comparative anatomy,
137. Comparison Stonesfield and Wealden fossils,510. Conchifera, 212. Cone, from Kent, 412.
from Pippingford, Sussex, 412; from the Isle of Purbeck, 412. Cones of Zamiostrobus from Sandown Bay, 412. Conferva, 609. Conglomerate, or pud- ding-stone, 214.
Conglomerates of the Trias, 546.
Coniferæ, 547, 735; Corda, M., referred to, Cretaceous (or Chalk)
fossil fruits of, 412. Conservative effects of lava-currents, 859. Consolidation of loose sand, 79, 101; by iron, 81. Contortions of crys- talline rocks, 885. Conybeare, Rev. W., on Plesiosaur, 577; on the magnesian conglomerate, 564. Conybeare, Rev. W., and W. Phillips's Geology of England and Wales, referred to, 230, 494. Copper, 849, 907, 908, 910. Copper-bearing shale, 913.
Copper-ores, 904, 912. Copper-pyrites, 900. Coprolites, 359; Macropoma, 358. Coral-islands, 638; for- mation of, 639. Corallaria, 621. Corallina officinalis, 601. Coralline limestone, 652, 821, 905. Coralline marbles, 652. Corallium rubrum,630. Coral-rag, 497.
Coral-reefs, 636; of Loo Choo, 637. Coral-sand of Bahamas, 85. Corals, 618; appear- ance of living, 634; carboniferous, 762; geographical distri- bution of, 632; in Chalk, 330; in the Maestricht beds,330; Jurassic, 649; Pa- læozoic, 649; Upper Silurian, 820; Silu- rian, 823
Corfe in Dorset, brown-
coal at, 245. Cornbrash, 501. Cornu-ammonis, 344. Cornulites, 825. Cornwall, formation of recent sandstone in, 91; palæozoic rocks of, 804; logan- stones of, 95. Corsican granite, 901. Corundum, 905. Cotopaxi, 872. Cotteswold Hills, 504. Country of the Iguano- don, 453, 486. Coves in the south-west of the Isle of Pur- beck, 395. Crab, fossil, from Malta, 254. Crag, deposits of, 223; fluvio-marine, 224; lacustrine beds of, 224; mammalifer- ous, 224; Mr. Charlesworth on the, 223; Norwich, 224; shells of, 224; sub- divisions of, 224; Suffolk or lower- most, 224; upper or Red, 224; Mastodon of the, 965; Mr. S. V. Wood, on the fossils of the, 224. Crater of Puy de Come, 273; Puy de Dome, 273. Craters, of Auvergne, 852; of elevation,
847; of eruption,
846. Craufurd, Mr., collec- tion of teeth and bones, 161. Cray-fish, 349. Credner's, Herr, col-
lection of rocks, 903.
formation, 201; of England, 300; ganic remains, 201; period, 924; strata, geographical distri- bution of, 322; strata near Maestricht de- scribed, 318. Cretaceous period, 324. Crinoidea, 654; in
Chalk, 336; of the Oolite,528; structure of the, 655; Silurian, 823; Carboniferous, 762; Devonian, 792; Triassic, 549. Crocodiles, 575; mains of, in clay near Lymington, 257; teeth of, from the Chalk at Meu- don, 366. Crocodilian reptile from Tilgate Forest, 429. Crocodilian reptiles, fossil teeth of, 429; of the Wealden, 428. Cross, Mr. Andrew, on the formation of crystals by galvan- ism, 906. Crustacea, Mollusca, and Crinoidea of the Trias, 549. Crustaceans and fishes of the London Clay, 253; and insects of the Oolite, 529; Carboniferous, 766; fossil, 417; of the Chalk, 348; of the Devonian series, 792; of the Wealden, 418; Silurian, 827. Crystallization defined, 195. Crystal Palace Gar- dens, models of ex- tinct mammals and
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