Constellations, the, 31, 64, 75, 77-79, 101-3 the Chinese, 76 Northern, 80-88 Schiller’s, 104-5 Southern, 97-100, 147 Zodiacal, 88-97 Cook, Capt., 1673 Copernicus, 353 Coral-animals, 459 Coral formations, 689-707 reefs, 689-707 Corallines, 1258-59, 1331 Corals, 471, 481, 707 Corolla, 868, 1002 Corona Borealis, 86, 123 Coronæ, 826, 827 Corvus, the Crow, 98 Cotopaxi, 517, 545, 550 Cotyledon, 1001 Cowbird, 1605 Cow-tree, 920-21, 1167, 1170 Coxwell, 776-77 Crab, the. See _Cancer_ Crabbe, 762, 1210 Crabs, 1374-77, 1604, 1606, 1621, 1622 Crater, the Cup, 98 Cretaceous period, 874 Crinoids, 460, 471, 481, 1314-18 Crocodiles, 1391-92, 1551, 1556 Crown, the, 78 Crustacea, 459, 460, 1374-78 Crustaceans, 471 Cryptogams, 454, 873, 887-90, 957-58, 960-61, 965, 1000, 1229-30 Ctenoids, 483 Cuckoo, 1605 Cucumber, squirting, 1008-9 Cuttle-fishes, 457, 459, 482 Cuvier, 463, 1296, 1297, 1669, 1687 Cycads, 455, 873, 874-76 Cycloids, 483 Cyclones, 792, 844 Cygnus, 85, 123 Cynosura, 77 Cypress, 630, 1137 Cypress-swamps, 630-31, 1137-38 Cysat, 154 D Dahna, the, 659 Dante, 74, 99-100 Darwin, Charles, 710-11, 751, 978, 1003, 1064, 1073, 1297, 1610, 1664, 1665 Darwin, Erasmus, 1205 Darwin, Frank, 1015 Darwin, G. H., 416 Dead Sea, 586-87 De Candolle. See _Candolle_ De Dominis, 801 Delile’s region, 940 Deluge, the, 501-2 the Asiatic, 493, 495, 500-2 the European, 493, 495-99 Deneb, 123, 127 Denebola, 69, 116 Descartes, 801, 802, 804, 806 Deserts, 654-65, 947 Devonian Period, 461-63 Dew, 812-13 Dew-point, 812 Dicotyledons, 863 Dictyogens, 1001 Differentiation, 1293-94 Diluvium, 494-95 Dinornis, 1524 Dinornus giganteus, 490 Dinotherium, 491-93 Diptera, 1418-19 Dismal Swamp, the Great, 631, 1137 Dodo, 1524, 1526 Dog, the Great, 997, 125 the Little, 98 Dogs, 1574, 1611 Doldrums, 786, 849 Dolinas, 619-20 Dolphin, 1561 the, 78 Dove, 786, 787 Draconidæ, the, 1088-90 Dragon, the, 78 Dragon-fly, 1416-17, 1427, 1462-63 eyes of, 1445-48 Dragon-tree of Orotava, 933, 954 Du Chaillu, 1627 Dunes, 643-44, 656 Dürer, Albert, 65 D’Urville’s region, 941 Dyer, Thiselton, 1122 E Eagle, the, 85 Eagles, 1538, 1556 Earth, the, 326 astronomical year of the, 369-73 atmosphere of the, 773-84 crust of the, 439-40, 450, 456, 571, 676-77, 871-72 change of climate of, 502-5, 1127 dimensions of the, 366 distance from the sun, 368 evolution of the, 666-70 formation of the, 433-39 moon’s influence on the, 720 motions of the, 366-67 as a planet, 364-76 revolution of the, 368 rotation of the, 368-69 seasons of the, 372-74 smell of the, 648-54 vegetation, 946-56 Earthquakes, 559-66 Earwigs, 1403 Echinodermata, 1313-14