INDEX 



453 



plants in, i. 419 ; Miocene beds in, i. 

 54 ; relation to Madeira and Canaries, 

 i. 427 ; Watson on the, i. 407 ; Or- 

 chids from, ii. 24 ; mentioned i. 419 



BABIES, habit of clutching objects, ii. 44 

 Babington, Prof. Charles C., at the 



British Association (Manchester, 



1861), i. 195 ; British Flora, i. 99; 



Darwin sends seeds of Atriplex to, 



ii. 245 



Baden-Powell, Prof,, i. 174-5 

 Baer, ii. 27 

 Bagehot, W., article in Fortnightly 



Review on Physics and Politics, i. 



298 ; ii. 46, 47 

 Bahia Blanca, collection of plants 



from, i. 13 



Bailey, on Heterocentron roseum, ii. 292 

 Baillon, on pollen-tubes of Helian- 



themum, ii. 313 

 Baker's Flora of the Mauritius and 



Seychelles, i. 10 

 Balancement, G. St. Hilaire's law of, 



i- 57 



Balanidse, Darwin's work on, i. 254 

 Balamis, questions of nomenclature, 



i. 68-70 

 Balfour, F. M. , note on, ii. 424 ; letter 



to, ii. 424 ; mentioned, ii. 44 

 Ball, J., on origin of Alpine flora, ii. 



20-22, 423 



Ball, P., The Effects of Use and Dis- 

 use, i. 87 



Balsaminacese, genera of, i. 83 

 Banks' Cove, volcano of, ii. 127 

 Barber, C., on graft-hybrids of sugar- 

 cane, i. 389 



Barber, Mrs., on Papilio nirens, ii. 403 

 Barberry, abundance in N. America, 

 i. 431 ; dispersal of seeds by birds, 

 i. 431 ; Lord Farrer and H. Miiller 

 on floral mechanism, ii. 383 ; move- 

 ment of stamen?, ii. 383 

 Barbs : see Pigeons 

 Bardfield Oxlip (Primula elatior], i. 



252 ; ii. 372 



Barnacles, Darwin's work on, i. 38, 61, 

 64, 65, 94 ;ii. 125, 229; metamorphosis 

 in, i. 332; F. Miiller on, i. 312; 

 nomenclature, i. 68-70 ; of Secondary 

 Period, i. 97 ; advance in, ii. 234 ; 

 complemental males compared with 

 plants, ii. 344 



Barneoud, on irregular flowers, i. 98 

 " Baronne Prevost," Rivers on the rose, 



i. 279 



Barrande, J., biographical note, i. 81 ; 

 candidature for R. medal, i. 81 ; can- 

 didate for R. Society foreign list, ii. 



229 ; work on Colonies, i. 81, 83 ; 

 Lyell on work of, ii. 229 



Barriers to plant distribution in 

 America, i. 446 



Barrow, on Emberiza longicauda, ii. 

 64 ; Travzls in S. Africa, ii. 64 



Barrow, Sir J., connection with naval 

 expeditions, i, 58 



Barrow, germination of seeds from a, 

 ii. 246 



Bartlett, A. D., ii. 49 ; letters to, ii. 57, 

 101, 102 ; note on, ii. 57 



Barton, on trees of N. America, i. 424 



Basalt, association with granite, ii, 125, 

 145 ; separation of trachyte and, 

 ii. 125 



Basques, H. Christy on the, i. 470 ; 

 Hooker on Finns and, i. 467 



Bastian, The Beginnings of Life, i. 321 



Bat, natural selection and increase in 

 size of wings, i. 353, 354 



Bates, H. W., biographical note, i. 176 ; 

 A Naturalist on the Amazons, i. 214, 

 243 ; ii. 282, 352 ; Darwin's opinion 

 of his work, i. 181-3, 2I 4> 2 43 '> " 

 282, 352 ; on insect fauna of Amazon 

 Valley, i. 177, 181 ; on lepidoptera 

 of Amazons, i. 258 ; letter from 

 Hooker to, i. 197; letters to, i. 176, 

 177, 181-3, 196, 197, 200, 201, 214, 

 215, 240, 241, 464, 465 ; letter to 

 Hooker from, i 199 ; Darwin reviews 

 paper by, i. 232 ; on flower of Mono- 

 chcetum, ii. 297 ; on insects of Chili, 

 ii. 159 ; supplies Darwin with facts 

 for sexual selection, ii. 68 



Bateson, Miss A., on cross fertilisation 

 in inconspicuous flowers, ii. 414 



Bateson, W., on breeding lepidoptera 

 in confinement, ii. 96 ; Mendel's 

 Principles of Heredity, ii. 340 



Batrachians. Kollmann on rudimentary 

 digits, i. 363 



Bauer, F., drawings by, ii. 273, 278 



Bauhinia, sleep-movements of leaves, 

 ii. 367 



Beaches, S. American raised, ii. 119 



Beagle (H.M.S.), circumstance of Dar- 

 win joining, i. 247 ; Darwin's views 

 on species when on, i. 367 ; FitzRoy 

 and voyage of, i. 247 ; return of, i. 

 28 ; voyage, i. 8-27 



Beans, holes bitten by bees in flowers, 

 ii. 255 ; extra-floral nectaries of, ii. 



399 

 Bear, comparison with whale, i. 179; 



modification of, i. 162, 392 

 Beaton, D., biographical note, ii. 268, 



269 ; Darwin on work of, ii 268, 



269 ; on Pelargonium, ii. 297 



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