. Aiken, C. a on buffaloes in South Park, Col., in 
ApBert, Capt. J. W., reference by, to buffaloes in 
Kansas, 146. 
Adair, oe of references by, to buffaloes in the 
aulf States, 102, 228. 
Adams County, Ohig horn-cores of Bison latifrons 
fro 2 
mM, , il, 32. 
1876, 1 
Alameda . , California, remains of ore antiquus 
from, 29, 34 
Albinism in Bison americanus, 39. 
en, Mrs. Frederic, supposed bison teeth in cabi- 
net of, 89. 
Allen, Capt J., large herds of buffaloes seen by, in 
Southw acs Minnesota in 1844, 143. 
Allen, J. A., on the range of the buffalo on the Yel- 
lowstone ao Musselshell Rivers in 1873, 162. 
Anonymous a authors, on the beasts of New England 
in 1630, 77; do. of Virginia in 1649, 78 ; do. in 
1650, 78. 
Apes reported to have been seen in Virginia, 88. 
Argoll, Sir Samuel, “cattle as big as kine” diseoy- 
ered by, on the “ Pembroke” River in 1613, 85. 
Arizona, probable absence of buffaloes from, 126 
ee oe of the extirpation of the buffalo from, 
41, 
ae nite on buffaloes in Western Pennsylvania, 
108-110; probable error of, respecting a buffalo- 
trail to Onondaga Lake, 108 ; on the extirpation 
n Western Pennsylvania, 116 ; 
do. east of the Mississippi, 116. 
Ashley River, S. C., bison remains from, 6, 13 
Atlases of bisons, description and measurements of, 
ae ee cab See by, to buffaloes in Ohio, 111. 
Audubon, J. J., e habits of the buffalo, 62 ; 
first Hel wih on S Missouri River in 1843 
at Fort Leavenworth, 1 
Audubon and Se on the occurrence of the 
buffalo on the South Carolina seaboard, 92; on 
the method of hunting the buffalo by the Indian 
tribes of the Upper Missouri, 206. 
Baird, Prof. S. F., on the former range of the buffalo, 
vania, 77, 87, 224; on the former occurrence of 
buffaloes in Honda: 98, 100 ; on the expulsion of 
the buffalo east of the Misges ppi, 117 (footnote) ; 
on legal protection of the buffalo, 180 ae): : 
statistics of the trade in buffalo- tobes, 1 
Bartram, Wm., mention by, of a buffalo lick in 
oe 94; the buffalo extinct in the Carolinas 
im 1773, 95. 
Beck, L. 2 ., reference by, to buffaloes in Missouri in 
. 1823, 1 
Pleat = Mr., on buffalo-hunting by the Red 
River half- eee 155; mode of preparing pem- 
mican, account of, by, 194. 
Belon, M., bulfslors seen by, on the Des Moines 
iver in 1837, 142. 
Bent’s Fert buffaloes near, 148, 151. 
Ber dn Dr. J., on the range of the buffalo south 
e Rio oe 129, 130. 
one on stray buffaloes near Council Bluffs in 
Big Lee lace Kentucky, remains of Bison latifrons 
from, 3, 32; remains of B. antiquus from, . > 
33; remains of B. americanus from, 30, 53, 2 
on the saline springs at, 232; a natural trap for 
the higher mammals, remains of domestic 
animals at, 233; abundance of bones of Bison 
americanus at, 233. 
ison, ee synonymy of, 1, 3; distinctive char- 
acter: 1-3; affinities of, 3; first discovered re- 
mains oe 3 (footnote) ; first remains of, found in 
North America, 3 ; ees of the existing, to 
the extinct species of, 35, 36. 
Bison, American. See Bison americanus. 
Bison americanus, same number of pairs of ribs as 
the aurochs, 2; error of authors respecting the 
number of its ribs, - (footnote) ; tooth of, from a 
lead-crevice in Jo Daviess Co., Ill., 13 ; measure- 
ments of atlases of, ay ; do. of metatarsal bones of, 
15:5 ae of molar teeth of, 27 ; of lower jaw of, 
3 do. of metacarpal bones o - synonymy of, 
mo description of, 36— re ic and mela- 
nism in, 39; varieties of, 3 
ay 41-46; es of skeletons of. 
4; of cede of, 47 ; individual variation In, 48 — 
75; buffalo Nae: from the bone caves of Pennsy]- 
: ; ae ribs in, 49; variations in the 
