1228 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



Bedford, Duchess of, on disease of Deer, 



91. 

 Bedford's, Duke of, Builalo herd, 260. 



on Wapiti antlers (fig.), S6, 57. 

 Belette a longue queue or Long-tailed 



Weasel, 865. 

 Belette de Bonaparte or Short-tailed Wea- 

 sel, 840. 

 Belette, la Petite, or Least Weasel, 858. 

 Bell, Dr. Gordon, killing Bear in water 

 1078. 

 on Least Weasel range, 860. 

 on young Muskrat, 550. 

 on Rabbit plague, 642. 

 Bell, Thomas, on British Shrew, 1108. 

 on Crossopus, 11 15. 

 on Little Weasel of Great Britain, 

 863. 

 Bell, Dr. Robert, on Beaver range, 450. 

 on Flying-squirrel range, 440. 

 on Geology of Manitoba, 3. 

 on range of Little Chipmunk, 367. 

 on Moose change of range, 150. 

 on fertility of North-west, 580. 

 on Porcupine numbers, 608. 

 on range of Star-nosed Mole, 1137. 

 Bemis, W. E., on play of Hare, 629. 



on Moose calves hiding, 167. 

 Berrendos or Antelope, 212, 214. 

 Bete puante or Skunk, 966. 

 Biche or Wapiti, 37. 

 Bicknell, E. P., on Porcupine noises, 609. 



on Porcupine stupidity, 612. 

 Bierstadt, F., large Moose antlers, 158. 

 Big Brown-bat, see Bat, Big Brown. 

 Bishop, Dr. L. B., discoverer of a new 



Rabbit, 653. 

 Bison, American, see Buffalo, American. 

 Bison (genus), 247. 

 " bison, 247, 255. 

 " " athabascse, 250. 



Blackbacked Shrew, see Shrew, Richard- 

 son. 

 Black -bat, see Bat, Silvery. 

 Blackbear, American, PI. XCII, p. 1054; 

 XCIII, p. 1062; XCIV, p. 1062; XCV, 

 p. 1062; XCVI, p. 1062; XCVII, p. 

 1062; XCVIII, p. 1074. XCLX, p. 

 1086. 

 biography, names, size, 1052, 1053; 

 weight, 1052; colour, 1053, 1054; 

 paws (fig.), 1053; kinds, life- 



history, range, 1055; Range Map 

 56, 1057; abundance, 1055-1056; 

 fluctuations, 1056; home-range, 

 migration, 1058; trails, 1058-1060; 

 sociability, intercommunication, 

 1060; bear-trees, 1060-1063; aspen 

 with claw marks (fig.), mating, 

 1063; bear storage, winter-den- 

 ning, 1064; breeding, 1066; ges- 

 tation, young, mastology of Black- 

 bear (fig.), size of young, 1067; 

 number of young, 1068; develop- 

 ment of young, 1068-1069; training 

 of young, 1069-1070; spring, 1070; 

 family life, 1071; little Bear lost, 

 1071-1072; troubles of another lit- 

 tle Bear, 1072-1073; Bear crimes, 

 1073; summer life, the father, dis- 

 position, 1074; intelligence, 1075; 

 a mischief-maker. Bear poses (fig.), 

 1076; strange incidents, climber, 

 1077; practical joker, swimmer, 

 wallower, 1078; paw print (fig.), 

 1079; doping, food, 1080; arum 

 eaten by Bears, 1081 ; ants eaten by 

 Bears, 1082; wasps eaten by Bears, 

 1083; fruit eaten by Bears, canni- 

 balism by Bears, 1084; Scatology, 

 PI. XCLX, p. 1086. Bear-tracks 

 (fig.), 1085; spring advent, meat, 

 1086; value, Bear poses (fig.), 1087. 



Blackbear biting own paws, 32. 



Black Buffalo-runner or Carberry Wolf, 



775- 

 Blackburn, W. H., on Wolf pups, 760. 

 Black-cat, see Fisher. 

 Black-footed Ferrets paired, 847. 

 Black-fox, name, in some parts, of Fisher, 



93°- 

 Blacktail, see Mule-deer. 

 Blacktail, Rocky Mountain, see Mule-deer. 

 Blacktailed Weasel, see New York Weasel. 

 Blackwell, J., on Blackbear in mischief, 



1076. 

 Blain & Purdy, freak antlers of Mule-deer 



(fig.), 123. 

 Blair, Dr. W. Reid, on Rabbit plague, 646, 



647. 

 Blaireau d'Amerique or Badger, 995. 

 Blake, Prof. F. L., on twilight at Toronto, 



1172. 

 Blarina (genus), 1116. 



