Index 



" Barnacles," Darwin's, ii. 2 

 Barrett, Sir W. F., paper on " Plieno- 

 mena associated with Abnormal 

 Conditions of the Mind," ii. 195 ; 

 on Wallace as lecturer, 201 ; in- 

 quiry into dowsing, etc., 205 ; 

 invites Wallace's criticism of 

 " Creative Thought," 212 ; last 

 visit to Wallace, 248-9 



letters from : on Presidency of 



Psychical Research Society, ii, 

 210-11 ; on a Supreme Directive 

 Power, 213-14 

 Bartlett, on colouring of male birds, 



i. 302 

 Bates, F., i. 69 



H. W., i. 24, 25 ; explores the 



Amazon, 26-30 

 — letter from, on " Law re- 

 gulating Introduction of New 

 Species," i. 64 

 Bates's caterpillar, i. 178, 253 

 Bateson, Prof., Sir W. T. Thiselton- 



Dyer on, ii. 91 

 " Material for Study of Varia- 

 tion," ii. 60-1 

 Bats, fruit-eating, i. 57 

 Beagle, Darwin's voyage in the, i. 19, 

 31, 32, 33, 43 



" , Voyage of the," i. 31, 32, 34, 



ii. 2 

 Bee's cell. Prof. Haughton's paper on 



the, i. 148 

 Bees' combs, i. 135 ; a honeycomb 



from Timor, 143, 146 

 Beetles, Darwin's zeal for collecting, i. 

 18 ; Wallace's study of, 24 ; South 

 American, 30 ; Wallace's collec- 

 tion of, 38, 114 

 " Beginnings of Life," Bastian's, i. 274 

 Bell, Sir C, i. 182 

 Belt, Mr., glacial theory of, i. 298 

 Bendyshc, Mr., i. 165 

 Bennett, A. W., i. 253 

 Bentham, G., i. 219 

 Bergson, Wallace on, ii. 98 

 Bermuda, birds of, i. 138 

 Best, Miss Dora, letter to, on Welsh 

 offer of a degree to Wallace, ii. 222 



Biology and geographical distribution, 

 Wallace's works on, ii. 1-17 ; cor- 

 respondence on, 18-102 



" Grand Old Men " of, ii. 12 



(note) 

 Birch, Mr. F., ii. 177, 223-4 

 Bird of paradise, i. 41, 44, 238, 261 

 Birds, flight of, i. 145-6, ii. 25 et seq. ; 

 colour problem of, i. 184, 185, 212, 

 226-9, 230, 252, 289 (note), 302 ; 

 polygamous, 194, 199 ; migration 

 of, ii. 19, 20 ; instincts of, 54 

 Birds' nests, i. 134, 191, 212, 213, 

 252 



" and Plumage," Wallace's, 



i. 191 



" , Philosophy of," Wallace's, 



i. 212, ii. 6, 8 

 Blackbird, crested, i. 163 

 Blainville, D., i. 162 

 Blandford, H. F., i. 290 

 Blood relationship, Galton on, i. 277 

 Blyth, E., i. 132 



Blytt, Axel, essay on plants of Scan- 

 dinavia, i. 293 

 Borneo, Wallace's collections from, i. 

 61 ; cave exploration, 152 



Company, i. 38, 39, 40 



Boston (U.S.A.), Wallace's lectures at, 



ii. 15 

 Botany, Darwin's study of, at Cam- 

 bridge, i. 17 ; Wallace's study of, 



20, 21, ii. 106 

 " , Elements of," Lindley's, i. 



21 

 Brazil, Wallace's explorations in, i. 29 

 Bree, Dr., i. 271 (note), 272-3 

 British Museum, original of Wallace 



letter in, i. 73 

 Broadstone, funeral of Wallace at, ii. 



252 

 Bronn, H. G., translates " Origin of 



Species " into German, i. 141 

 Brooke, Capt., i. 52 



H. Jamyn, ii. 175 



Sir James, i. 39, 52, 59-60, 152, 



238 



Bruce- Joy, Mr., portrait-medallion of 

 Wallace, ii. 122, 254 



270 



