from the Peculiarities of the Azorean Fauna and
Flora

_Pages_ 246-262

_Bermuda_

Position and Physical Features--The Red Clay of Bermuda--Zoology of
Bermuda--Birds of Bermuda--Comparison of the Bird-faunas of Bermuda and the
Azores--Insects of Bermuda--Land Mollusca--Flora of Bermuda--Concluding
Remarks on the Azores and Bermuda

_Pages_ 263-274

CHAPTER XIII

THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Position and Physical Features--Absence of Indigenous Mammalia and
Amphibia--Reptiles--Birds--Insects and Land-shells--The Keeling Islands as
Illustrating the Manner in which Oceanic Islands are Peopled--Flora of the
Galapagos--Origin of the Flora of the Galapagos--Concluding remarks

_Pages_ 273-291

CHAPTER XIV

ST. HELENA

Position and Physical Features of St. Helena--Change Effected by European
Occupation--The Insects of St. Helena--Coleoptera--Peculiarities and Origin
of the Coleoptera of St. Helena--Land-shells of St. Helena--Absence of
Fresh-water Organisms--Native Vegetation of St. Helena--The Relations of
the St. Helena Compositae--Concluding Remarks on St. Helena

_Pages_ 292-309

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CHAPTER XV

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

Position and Physical Features--Zoology of the Sandwich
Islands--Birds--Reptiles--Land-shells--Insects--Vegetation of the Sandwich
Islands--Peculiar Features of the Hawaiian Flora--Antiquity of the Hawaiian
Fauna and Flora--Concluding Observations on the Fauna and Flora of the
Sandwich Islands--General Remarks on Oceanic Islands

_Pages_ 310-330

CHAPTER XVI

CONTINENTAL ISLANDS OF RECENT ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN

Characteristic Features of Recent Continental Islands--Recent Physical
Changes of the British Isles--Proofs of Former Elevation--Submerged
Forests--Buried River Channels--Time of Last Union with the Continent--Why
Britain is Poor in Species--Peculiar British Birds---Fresh-water
Fishes--Cause of Great Speciality in Fishes--Peculiar British
Insects--Lepidoptera Confined to the British Isles--Peculiarities of the
Isle of Man Lepidoptera--Coleoptera Confined to the British
Isles--Trichoptera Peculiar to the British Isles--Land and Fresh-water
Shells--Peculiarities of the British Flora--Peculiarities of the Irish
Flora--Peculiar British Mosses and Hepaticae--Concluding Remarks on the
Peculiarities of the British Fauna and Flora

_Pages_ 331-372

CHAPTER XVII

BORNEO AND JAVA

Position and Physical Features of Borneo--Zoological Features of Borneo:
Mammalia--Birds--The Affini