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Abyssinia, Baker's Nile Tributaries of 90 



Balsam trees in . 367 

 ,, Birds in, preponderance 



of African forms . 157 

 ,, British plants found in 310 

 ,, Cereals found in . 31 1 

 ,, Conifers in . . 813 

 Cotton in . . 318 

 Euphorbiaceas in . 314 

 ,, Fig family in . 314 

 Fruits of . . 103 

 ,, Geology of . . 154 

 ,, Heuglin's Travels in, re- 

 viewed . . . 146 

 ,, Journey through (Duf- 



ton's), reviewed . 4a 



,, Leguminosaj in . 316 



Leopard in . . 155 



Lion in . . 155 



Malvaceae in . . 318 



, , Mammals seen in, by Sir 



S. Baker . . 98 

 ,, Maps of . .69 

 Musa Ensete in . 313 

 Palms in . . 312 

 ,, Plants in . . 161 

 ,, Proportion of European 

 and African types 

 nearly equal in plants 160 

 Protaceae in . . 314 

 ,, Relative proportion of 

 mammals of Euro- 

 pean and African 

 type . . 159 

 Scenery of . . 154 

 Shells of . . 166 

 Strychnos in . 316 

 Tiger possibly in . 156 

 Tobacco in . . 315 

 Umbelliferae . 316 

 Vegetable productions of 309 

 Vines in . . 317 

 Willow in . . 313 

 "Wobo" in . . 156 

 Adam's Wanderings of a Natural- 

 ist in India, reviewed . . 295 

 Adamsonia digitata, girth of 104 

 ,, in Abyssinia 310 

 Agassiz in Brazil, noticed . 37 

 Aht nation . . . 289 

 American Naturalist . . 71 

 Angola, Pungo Andongo . 22 

 Animals and plants found in the hot 

 springs of Soda Creek, New Mexico 133 



351 

 171 

 256 

 104 

 91 



129 



Antelope Pass 

 Ants in Brazil 

 Atlantic Islands, Ferns of 

 Asclepias gigantea 

 Atbara River 



Atkins, Rev. J., Letter from 

 Hebrides . 



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Avi-fauna of Soutli Africa 253 



Aye-aye .... 191 



Baboons digging for water . 98 



,, instances of sagacity of . 99 

 Baggar . . . .180 



Baird's review of American birds 116 

 Baker's geographical distribution 



of ferns . . .319 



Balanite's ^gyptiaca . . 104 



Ben Chro, Loch Slapin, Skye . 20 



Ben More, Mull, sketch of . 17 



Bessonornis phrenecurus . 245 

 Birds bred last year in Zoological 



Gardens , . 198 

 ,, differences in diet of allied 



species of . . 247 

 ,, got by Lieutenant Oliver in 



South China 349, 350, 355, 358 

 ,, number of species in South 



Africa . . . 238 

 preponderance of African 



forms in Abyssinia . 159 

 ,, of South Africa (Layard) re- 

 viewed . . .238 

 Birds'-nests a theory of, by A. 



Wallace . . 73 



, , reply to, by Editor . 137 

 , , reply to, by the Duke of 



Argyll . . 267 



Black Siberian wolf in Thibet . 135 



Blow-pipe, use of . . 376 



Blue Nile ... 91 

 Boissier's divisions of the Flora of 



the East . . 112 



Flora Orientalis, reviewed 118 



Borneo, coal at . . . 371 



,, diamonds in . . 376 



,, peculiarities of its Fauna 



and their causes . 372 

 ,, question, whether rhinoce- 

 ros an inhabitant of . 373 

 Bothrop's Neuwiedii . . 260 

 Botletlie . . . .211 

 Botrjxhium, monograph of, in 



Milde's Ferns of Europe . 289 

 Brayera anthelmintica . . 70-316 

 Brazil, drift in . . -39 

 ,, glacial action in . 39 

 British Museum Entomological Col- 

 lections . . . 132 

 ,, plants found in Abyssinia 310 

 Bucerus Abyssinicus . . 246 

 Burmeister at Buenos Ayres . 324 

 Brown on present state of science 



west of the Rocky Mountains . 173 



Brucea antedysenterica . . 317 

 Cand^ze— Letter on progress of 



natural history in Belgium . 129 



Cape-Robin . . . 245 



Cape Verde, ferns of . . 556 



Capybara trap . . . 264 



