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INDEX. 



PAGE 



. 165 

 163-164 

 . 164 

 . >J13 

 . 168 



Carboniferous age, fossils of 

 44 4 4 rocks of 



4 4 sections of rocks 

 4 4 rocks for building 



44 age, vegetation of 



Carnivora in Nebraska 



4 4 of Fort Bridger Eocene . 

 44 of Miocene 

 Cat family in Miocene 

 4 4 in Pliocene 



Cats, father of 



Charts of rainfall .... 



Chalk bluffs 



4 ' rocks from, for building 



Cherries, wild 



Childs, Dr., meteorological tables of 



20-'21-22-23 



Chinch bug, history of etc. 

 Climate of Carboniferous age . 

 44 future effect in Nebraska 

 4 4 extreme effects in Nebraska 

 Climatic conditions in Quaternary . 

 44 44 Lyell 's theory . 



44 44 Croll's and Geike's 



theories 



Climatology of Nebraska .... 

 Ckouds, sharp outlines of .... 

 Coal, artesian borings for 



44 fields of TriaJuro deposits . 

 44 in Carboniferous of Nebraska 

 44 in Cretaceous of Nebraska 

 44 in Lincoln artesian boring 

 41 in Upper Carboniferous . 

 Colorado Group, how formed, by King . 

 44 Range, Pliocene beds of . 



Columbine 



Composite family 



Conglomerate of Pliocene beds 

 Consumption discussed .... 

 Convolvulus family 



Convulsive movements in Pliocene 



'229 

 2-' 

 246 

 '219 

 37 



1K8 



313 



100 



170 

 154 

 149 

 305 

 306 



307 



PAGE 



Dinosaurs 176 



44 in Niobrara Group . . .195 

 4 ' in Laramie Group . . . '205 



Dinocerata 217 



Divide between Missouri and Mississippi . 235 



. 230-247 

 . 70 

 255-256--2S7 

 m . '256 

 . ' . 257 



119 I Dog family 



219 Drainage, general character of 



Drift materials 



mingled with alluvi 



4 4 sections of 



Eaton on coal in Lincoln . . . .166 



Eccentricity, the earth's changes of . 307 



Economic geology 39 



Ehrenberg .... 4)-l})-210 

 Elevation of towns and stations in Ne- 

 braska 6 



Elevation, average of east half of State . 9 



4 4 of west half of State . 9 



4 4 of going west . . 9 



44 4 4 of whole State . . 9-70 



Elkhorn River, where it rises, length, 



character and tributaries . 

 Elevation of Pliocene beds 

 p]lephants, earliest forms of 



4 4 in Pliocene .... 



17 Elk, numbers of, etc ..... 

 32 Emmons, Prof., analysis of Missouri wa- 

 167 | ter ....... 



63 

 234 

 217 

 244 

 118 



Endlich, Prof., analysis of geyserite, by 

 Enemies to injurious insects . . 

 Eocene Epoch 



44 groups of 



73 

 241 

 135 



21 D 

 211 



life of . 212-21 3-21 4-21 5 



" length of . . 216-21 8-etc 



Epoch, Niobrara ..... 187 

 " Miocene ..... 221 

 Erie clays ....... "254 



Cope. Prof. 



lJ0-192-19i--2l7-219-226-2oO 



Cottonwood leaf beetle . . . . 134 , 



Coyote 119 i 



Cretaceous deposits represented . . 178 j 

 44 divisions . . . 179 S 

 ' ' groups in Colorado . 180 



" period 178 



44 close of . . 207 



Crinoids 169 



Crocodile in Green River beds . . . 215 



Crowfoo family 78 



Croxton's artesian boring . . . 165 



Crustacians of Carboniferous Age . . 170 



Curlew spring at 150 



Currants, wild 1(,3 



Curves dominant form of surface . . 5 



Cycads 176 



Dakota Group, climate of epoch . . 186 



" discussions in regard to . 182 



extent of . . . .181 



" flora accounted for . .186 



flora disconnected . .185 



" first published reports of 184 



how recognized . 172-176 



Lesquereux's report on . 185 



4 ' opinions of Marco u and 



Capellini . . .182 



origin of . . . .1*1 



' ' source of salt at Lincoln . 55 



shallow sea deposit . . 182 



Dams, how best built . . . .69 



Dawn horse 213 



Deer number of species in Nebraska . 118 



Destructive climates 149 



Devonian age 162 



Des Moines River coal beds . . 162-163 



Erickson on solar engines 



Erosion during the Miocene 



Estimates comparative of rainfall with 



other regions 



Europe, rainfall of 



Evaporation from rivers of Nebraska 

 Experiments on absorptive power of soils 



Fauna of Nebraska 



Ferns 



Ferret, black-footed . 



Figwort family 



Fire clay, where found, etc. 



Fishes, bony 



44 cartilagenous . 

 Flora of Nebraska, general character of 



44 4 4 origin of 



44 Eocene 



4 4 Miocene 



152 

 '.''23 



39 

 40 

 47 

 45 

 117 

 88 

 119 

 80 

 314 

 129 

 130 

 77 



. 115 

 212-214 

 . 225 



Pliocene 241 



Floras, Gray's Manual, Wood's Class 

 Book 



Flowerless plants 

 Flowering plants of Lignitic 

 Flood-plains of Nebraska rivers 

 Fly, Hessian .... 

 Forest trees of Nebraska 



77 

 89 

 204 

 282 

 133 

 84 



Forest bed. old 258 



' 4 " 4 4 vegetation of . . . 259 



Forests formerly and now of Nebraska . 84 



44 of Jurassic period . . .177 



Food, kind of in rural districts . . 149 



Fort Bentou Group where found . . 187 



' ' how originated . 187 



" " length of epoch . 187 



" life of . . .187 



Fort Bridger Group 215 



44 animal remains . 216 



Fort Pierre Group 197 



41 4 4 ' gypsum in .198 



sea . . . .198 



