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INDEX. 



Balanus, 134. 

 Bald eagle, 611. 

 Baleen, 656. 

 Balloon-fish, 352. 

 Baltimore oriole, 570. 

 Banded ant-eater, 582. 

 Bank-swallow, 558. 

 Banteng, 641. 

 Barbel, 315. 

 Barbus, 315. 

 Barnacle, goose, 135. 

 Barnacle- goose, 458. 

 Barnacle- myth, 132. 

 Barnacles, 131. 

 Barn-owl, 525. 

 Barn- swallow, 558. 

 Bark- weevils, 202. 

 Barracuda, 328. 

 Barramunda, 356. 

 Barred owl, 526. 

 Barrier-reef, 37. 

 Basiliscus, 397. 

 Basilisk, 396. 

 Basket-fish, 43. 

 Bass, black, 337. 



striped, 336. 

 Bassaris, 663. 

 Bat-tick, 263. 

 Bath- sponge, 13. 

 Batrachia, 358. 

 Bats, 610. 

 Bay- lynx, 692. 

 Beach-fleas, 151. 

 Bean-weevil, 201. 

 Bear, Australian, 579. 



black, 668. 



brown, 666. 



cinnamon, 668. 



grizzly, 670. 



hog, 668. 



honey, 671. 



jungle, 671. 



large-lipped, 671. 



polar, 670. 



ranger, 668. 



sloth, 071. 



sun, 073. 



water, 288. 



yellow, 008. 

 Beard, 81. 

 Bears, 666. 

 Bear-sloth, 071. 

 Beaver, 597. 



fossil. 597. 



mountain, 600. 



musk, 594. 

 Bech-de-mer, 51. 

 Bed-bug, 255. 



Bee, bumble, 239. 



burrowing, 2:!7. 



carpenter. 238. 



hive, 240. 



honey, 240. 



humble, 239. 



leaf-cutting, 238. 



upholsterer, 238. 

 Bee-eaters, 540. 

 Bee-kite, 519. 

 Bee-parasites, 204. 

 Bees, 21(5, 237. 



stingless, 243. 

 Beetle, bacon. 212. 



blind, 216. 



blister, 203. 



bombardier, 215. 



Brazilian, 198. 



buffalo, 213. 



burying, 214. 



carpet, 213. 



carrion, 213. 



chestnut-borer, 

 200. 



cucumber, 197. 



elephant, 212. 



flea, 198. 



goldsmith, 210. 



Goliath, 212. 



Hercules, 212. 



hickory-girdling, 

 199. 



long-horn, 198. 



May, 210. 



museum, 213. 



oil, 203. 



pine-boring, 200. 



potato, 196, 197. 



riming, 215. 



snapping, 208. 



spring, 208. 



tiger, 194, 216. 



water, 214. 

 Beetles, 194. 

 Bell-animalcule, 8. 

 Bell-bird, 554. 

 Belone, 328. 

 Bibos, <i42. 

 Big-horn, 048. 

 Bill-fish, 327. 

 Birch-martin, 680. 

 Birds, 422. 



extinct, 424, 432, 

 437, 450. 



feathers of, 422. 



fossil, 424. 



toothed, 425. 

 Birds'-nests, edible, 549. 



Birds of paradise, 562. 



of prey, 505. 



old-fashioned, 424. 



swimming, 436. 



tropic, 440. 

 Bird-spider, 157, 159. 

 Bird- wing butterfly, 



280. 

 Birgus, 144. 

 Bison, 639, 641. 

 Bite of spiders, 163. 

 Bittern, 400, 468. 

 Bittore, 468. 

 Bivalves, 79. 

 Black bass, 337. 

 Black bear, 668. 

 Blackbird, Savannah, 



537. 

 Black cat, 680. 

 Black cockatoo, 530. 

 Black duck, 452. 

 Black-fish, 052. 

 Black- fly, 257. 

 Black fox, 680. 

 Black howler, 700. 

 Black rat, 595. 

 Black skimmer, 444. 

 Black snake, 378. 

 Black swallower, 340. 

 Black swan, 459. 

 Black vulture, 506. 

 Blessbok, 647. 

 Blind beetles, 210. 

 Blind crayfish, 143. 

 Blind cricket, 179. 

 Blind-fish, 325. 

 Blind- worm, 370, 404. 

 Blister-beetle, 203. 

 Blood-suckers, 63. 

 Blow-fly, 260. 

 Blowing- snake, 378. 

 Blue-fish, 330. 

 Blue-headed pigeon, 



500. 

 Blue heron, 466. 

 Blue-jay, 565. 

 Blue shark, 298. 

 Blues, 279. 

 Boa, 374. 

 Boa-constrictor, 374, 



376. 

 Boar, 027. 

 Boat-bill, 469. 

 Bobolink, 572. 

 Bob- white, 486. 

 Bocydium, 254. 

 Bohemian waxwing, 

 554. 



Bombardier beetle, 215. 

 Bonasa, 491. 

 Bontebok, 047. 

 Bony fishes, 308. 

 Booby, 449. 

 Book-louse, 180. 

 Borer, apple-tree, 198. 



currant, 277. 

 Boring-sponge, 14. 

 Botaurus, 468. 

 Bot-flies, 258. 

 Bothriocephalus, 58. 

 Botryllus, 291. 

 Bottle-nose whale, 656. 

 Bougainvillea, 29. 

 Be iwer-birds, 560. 

 Bow-fin, 307. 

 Bow-head whale, 657. 

 Box-tortoise, 413. 

 Brachionus, 72. 

 Brachiopods, 73. 

 Bradypus, 585. 

 Brain- coral, 32. 

 Branchipus, 127. 

 Branta, 458. 

 Brazilian beetle, 198. 

 Bream, 337. 

 Brindle, 307. 

 Brine-flies, 262. 

 Bristle- tails, 173. 

 Brit, 109, 656. 

 Brittle- stars, 42. 

 Brook-trout, 324. 

 Brown bat, 613. 

 Brown bear, 000. 

 Brown creeper, 508. 

 Brown rat, 595. 

 Bruang, 073. 

 Bruchus, 201. 

 Brush-turkey, 496. 

 Bruta, 584. 

 Bryozoa, 73. 

 Bubble-shell, 98. 

 Buceros, 545. 

 Bug, bed, 255. 



buffalo, 213. 



chinch, 255. 



Croton, 176. 



June, 210. 



lady, 195. 



salve, 152. 



sow, 150. 



spiny, 254. 



squash, 255. 



stink, 252. 

 Bugs, 244. 



number of, 244. 

 Buffalo, 639, 641. 



