Index. 



503 



Bosc, L. A. C, botanist, 432. 



Bossu, Captain X., traveler, 3S2. 



"Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts," 



441. 

 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 201. 

 Boston Society of Natural Science, 442. 

 Botanic Garden, 122 n, 2S5 See National Botanic 



(I'a rdi'n . 

 Botanical Club, of the American Association, 



o'o- 

 Boiirke, John O., 369 n. 



liowditch, Nathaniel, mathematician, 446. 

 Bowdoin College, 273. 



B(}\vdoin, James, 265; President American Acad- 

 emy of Arts and Sciences, 26S n-269 n. 

 Boyle, Robert, 265, 435. 

 Brace, L. P., geologist, 43S. 

 Brackenridge, William D., botanist, 120 n, 122, 



161, 162, 165; director Botanic Garden, 311. 

 Bradley, James, astronomer royal, 306, 359. 

 Branch, John, Secretary- of the Navy, urges 



establishment of an observatory', 3aS. 

 Brandenburg Museum, Berlin, 210. 

 Brazil, specimens from, 165. 



Breckenridge, John C, Regent Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 322. 

 Brent, J. C, 1S4. 

 Brereton, Dr. John A., 2S5n. 

 Brice, Capt. J. J., United States Comniissiontr of 



I''ish and risheries, 35, 44. 

 Brisson, Mathurin J., 397. 

 Uristol, Charles Iy.,35. 

 liritish Association for the Advancement of 



Science, 323. 

 British Museum, 74, 76, 80, 8r, 102, 115, 150, 199, 21S, 

 229, 239, 250,253,386; Christy collection, 78, 211, 

 25S; founded, 68, 69 n, 246. 

 British Museum of Natural Ilistoiy, 212, 221. 

 Brock, R. A., 271 u. 

 Brongniart, Adolphe T., 256. 

 Brooklyn, scientific men in, 463. 

 Brooklyn Institute, 243 n, 252, 256; Goode's lec- 

 ture before, 55. 

 Brown, G., collaborator of Goode, 22. 

 Brown, Mrs. John Crosby, 259. 

 Brown, Rev. Obadiah B., 285 n. 

 Brown, Robert, 167. 

 Brown University, 273. 

 Browne, Peter Anell, 472. 

 Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 4<56. 

 Bruce, Archibald, mineralogist, 403, 431; founder 



"American Mineralogical Journal," 441. 

 Brush, George J., chemist, 457. 

 Brussels, museums of, 210, 211, 213. 

 Bry, Theodore de, 362. 

 Bryant, William, ichthyologist, 430. 

 Bryant, William Cullen, 281,396. 

 Buchan, Ivarl of, President Society of Scottish 



.\ntiquaries, 273,419. 

 Buck, M.C., 167. 



Buckingham, Duke of, 69 n,377. 

 Buckley, D. A., 167. 

 Hiirger, W., 212, 261. 

 Buffon and Jefferson, 394, 421. 

 I'.ulkn, Christian, traveler, 384. 

 Bullivant, Benjamin, 376. 

 Bulwer, Kdward Lyttou, I.ord, 68. 



Buonarotti Mu.seum, I-'lorence, 210. 



Burchard, K. L., 34. 



Bureau of Topographical Engineers, 298. 



Burke, Edanus, 27S. 



Burnett, Waldo I., 457. 



Burr, Aaron, 28. 



Burroughs, John, 419. 



Butler, Benjamin E., 1S6. 



Byrd, Col. William, of Wcstover, naturalist, 265, 



274, 3SS. 

 Byzantium, 67, 246. 

 Cadwalader, Eambert, 278. 

 Cadwallader, Thomas, physician, 413. 

 Cie.sar,65,66, 244, 245. 

 Cairo, museum of, 210. 

 Calhoun, John C, 285 n, 471. 

 California, colleges and learned societies, 346; 



.scientific men in, 464; specimens from, 165, 173. 

 California Academy of Sciences, San I-'rancisco, 



315.346. 

 Cambridge, .Vmerican students in, 272. 

 Cambridge, Mass., museums of, 77,259; scientific 



men in, 463. 

 Campbell, R. G., 162. 

 "Canadian Entomologist," 273 n. 

 Canis azaia; 405. 

 Cap Cod, fishery census of, 20. 

 Cape de Verde Islands, specimens from, 165, 166, 



174- 



Cape of Good Hope, specimens from, 165, \C<Ck 



Cape Town, specimens from, 174. 



Capron, Horace I,., Commi.s.sionerof Agriculture, 

 316. 



Carr, Holwell, 239. 



Carroll, Charles, 27S. 



Carter, Col. Landon, entomologist, 429. 



Cams, Victor, 36S, 384. 



Carver. Capt. Jonathan, 427. 



Casco Bay, Goode at, 20. 



Cass, Gen. Lewis, expedition under, 114,447; Re- 

 gent Smithsonian Institution, 143,322; Senator, 



>37- 

 Ca.ssin, John, and Baird, 458. 

 Cassinis, the four, 306. 

 Castiglioni, Count I.uigi, 432. 

 Ca.stillejo, a historical writer, 371. 

 Ca.stillo, Bernal Diaz del, 36S. 

 Castlencau, C. E., naturalist, 15S, 162. 

 Ca.swell, Alexis, 186. 

 Catesby, Mark, naturalist, 389-390, 397. 

 Catlin, George, 78. 

 Caustin, Dr. J. H., 167. 

 Centennial Exposition, 71,247; relation to U.S. 



National Museum, 27, 312. 

 Central America, specimens from, 170. 

 Chalmers, Dr. I.ionel, 427. 

 Chaloner, Dr. A. D., 186,473. 

 Chamisso, .\dalbert von 384,397. 

 Champlain, Samuel de, voyages, 361 n,372 n,3So- 



381. 

 Chapin, Stephen, recommendation respecting 



use of Smithsonian fjuid, 94. 

 Charles I, King of P"ngland,69 n, 247,377. 

 Charles II, King of England, 265, 266 n. 

 Charles V, King of Spain, 363. 

 Charleston Museum of Natural Ilistorj-, founded, 



458. 



