INDEX 



Bee, Honey, 171-6; Humble, 177; 

 Leaf-cutting, 179 ; Mason, 178 ; 

 Mosquito or Stingless, 178 ; Solitary, 

 178 ; Violet Carpenter, 179 ; drones, 

 176; the hive, 172-4; intelligence 

 of, 171 ; the queen, 172-5 ; workers, 



174-5 



Bee- eaters, nests of, 273 



Beetles, Carabas, 155 ; Click or Skip- 

 jack, 161 ; Dung, 156-8; Devil's 

 Coach- horse, 160 ; Elephant, 159; 

 Firefly, 161 ; Glow-worms, 161 ; 

 Goliath, 158; Hercules, 159; Lady- 

 birds, 162 ; Long Horn, 161 ; 

 Rhinoceros, 159; Rose, 156; Scarab, 

 156-7; Sexton, 159; Stag, 159; 

 Tiger, 154; Water, 155; Weevils, 

 161 ; description and number of 

 species of, 153-4 



Behring, Russian explorer, 343 



Bell- animalcule, habitat, 28 ; conjuga- 

 tion of, 28-9 



Bell-bird, 317 



Beneden, van, investigates Sporozoa, 1 5 



Bib, or Pout, 231 



Bilharzia hamatobia, 75 



Binturong, 380 



Birds, 261-317; bones of, 265-6; 

 characteristics of, 261 ; feathers of, 

 263-5 > flight of, 263 ; habits of, 271 

 et seq ; migrations of, 268-70 ; nests 

 of, 273-5 ; perching, 310 et seq. ; 

 relations of, with other forms of 

 animals, 261-2 ; respiration and 

 digestion of, 267-8 



Birds'-foot Sea-Star, 64 



Bird's-head Polyzoa, 90 

 Birds of Alaska," by Mr. Nelson, 

 quoted, 273 



Birgus latro, 121 



Biroe, Comb-bearing Jelly-fish, 49 



Bison, 367 



Bissa tridactyla, 290 



Bitterns, 297 



Bivalves, 111-5 



Blackbirds, 270 



Blackcap, 311 



Blackcock, 272 



Blackwater fever, how caused, i 



Blainville, de, on classification of 



Manatee, 343 



Blanchard, investigates Sporozoa, 15 

 Blastoidea, 60 

 Blenniida, 235 

 Blennius pholis, 235 

 Blenny, 229 ; Smooth, 235 

 Blind- Worm, 255 

 Blue Bear, 377 

 Boa Constrictor, 256, 259 

 Boar, Wild, 354, 355 

 Boar-fish, 239 

 Bombus, 177 

 BombycidcB, 148 

 Bombyliformis, 144 

 Bombyx mori, 149 

 Borchgrevink, Captain, on the slaughter 



of the fur seal, 372 

 " Bottle-brush " Hydroid, 45 

 Bovidce, 362 

 Bower-bird, 317 

 Bow-fin, 224-5 

 Brachyura, 120 

 Brady, classification of Foraminifera 



by, 9 



Bradypus tridactylus, 328 

 Brahmin Bull. (See Zebu) 

 Brambling, 313 

 Branchiopoda, 124 

 Branchiostoma (Amphioxus) lanceola- 



tus, 200- 1 



" Brick-maker," the, 80 

 Bridge, Dr. T. W., on the Bow-fin, 224-5 

 Broderip, on Marmosets, 403 

 Bryozoa, 89 



Buffalo, Arnee, 368 ; Cape, 368 

 Bufo calamita, 246 



marina, 246 



vulgaris, 246 



Bug, Colewort, 186; Red-legged, 186 



Shield, 1 86 

 Bugula avicularia, 90 

 Bullfinch, 313 

 BullidcB, 106 

 Bunting, 314 

 Bush-buck, 362 

 Bushmaster, 259 

 Bustard, Dr. Murie on the, 270 

 Butter-fish, 227 



