INDEX. 



519 



Birches, 51, 125, 145. 



Birds, 6, 7 ; in Tertiary period, A. Milne- 

 Edwards on the specialisation of, 

 12 ; lower Eocene, 28 ; of the upper 

 Eocene period, 34 ; of Meiocene age, 

 54 ; birds-nest-swifts, 55 ; mid Meio- 

 cene, 59 ; of the Mediterranean 

 district, Phasianus Archaici (phea- 

 sant), Gallus ccsculapii (jowl), Grus 

 pcntdici (wader), 61 ; of the Meio- 

 cene age, 64 ; of Neolithic age, 

 303. 



Bison, 97 ; (Bison europmus), 98 ; 

 migrations of, 189, in summer ; 

 reindeer in winter in the same dis- 

 trict, 191. 



Blue corn bottle, 302. 



Boars, wild (Sus scrofa ferns), 98, 128, 

 257, 262. 



Boats of Bronze age, 395 ; engraved on 

 rock, Haggeby, Uplande (iig. ), 442. 



Bone, cut, discovered at St. Brest, con- 

 sidered by J. DESNOYEES to be the 

 work of man, 133 ; opinions on, by 

 Sir Charles LYELL and Sir John 

 LUBBOCK, 133 ; needle, awl (notched) 

 (figs.), 185; needle, La Madelaine 

 (fig. ), 200 ; weaving-comb, Fisherton 

 (fig.), 267. 



Borer, flint (fig.), 184. 



Bos etruscus (ox), 83, 87 ; ( Urus), primi- 

 genius (urus), 98 ; palveindicus, 166 ; 

 longifrons (Celtic short-horn), 251 ; 

 frontosus, taurus (oxen), 298. 



Boulder clay, origin of, 116; boulder 

 differs from the moraine profonde, 

 (note), 117 ; tough, James Geikie's 

 opinion of, 117. 



BOURGEOIS, Abbe, on discovery of flints 

 as evidence of man's existence, 133. 



Bournemouth, mid Eocene forest of, 29. 



BOWERBANK, reference to, concerning 

 the lower eocene vegetation (note), 

 25. 



Bowl-shaped barrow. East Rennet, 368. 



Bovey Tracey, the lignites of, 47. 



BIIADY, Sir Antonio, collection of mam- 

 moth bones, etc., 139. 



Brandon, Neolithic flint-mines near, 27 6. 



BRANDT, on animals from Altai Moun- 

 tains, 240. 



Brass, bronze more ancient than, 410. 



Breaks in the succession of living forms, 

 accompanied by geographical changes, 

 8. 



Brick-earths, Uphall, Ilfonl (fig. ), 138 ; 

 lower, of Stonehams Pit, Crayford 

 (fig.), 141. 



Britain, connected with North America, 



20 ; climate of, tropical, 35 ; esti- 

 mated temperature of, in the mid 

 Eocene age, by Starkie GARDNER, 

 35 ; Meiocene fauna and flora of, 38 ; 

 connected with North America in 

 Meiocene age, 43 ; in the Pleiocene 

 age, 72 ; Pleiocene mammalia in, 84 ; 

 geography of, in late Pleistocene age 

 (map), 150; Neolithic (fig.), 254; 

 occupied by tribal communities in 

 Neolithic age, 283 ; general conclu- 

 sions as to Neolithic culture in, 290 ; 

 tin in, 402 ; commercial relations of, 

 in the Bronze age, 421 ; in the His- 

 toric Period, 481 ; explanation of 

 the coast, 481 ; physical geography 

 of, 482 ; population at the time of 

 the Roman Conquest, 485. 



British geography, Prehistoric age, 

 248 ; Isles, Iberic element in, 330 ; 

 bronze articles of Bronze age, analysis 

 of, 408. 



Brixham cave, implement found in, 197. 



BROCA, on the Basques, 314, 324 ; on 

 the origin of the present inhabitants 

 of France, 324, 329. 



Bronze age, 342 ; in Britain, its classi- 

 fication, 344 ; dagger blade, Round 

 BarroAV, East Rennet (fig.), 345 ; 

 dagger blade, barrow, Camerton, Som- 

 erset (fig.), 345 ; articles in early age, 

 346 ; in late age, 347 ; in France, 

 table of articles in early age, 346 ; 

 axe in culture, 349 ; axes in handles 

 (Lane Fox, figs.), 350; habitations 

 in Britain, 352 ; lake - dwelling in 

 Ireland, 353 ; pottery found, 353 ; 

 clothing and ornaments, 355 ; hair- 

 pin, Wandle (fig.), 356; lighting fires 

 and woodcutting, 358 ; spinning and 

 weaving, 359 ; agriculture and fann- 

 ing, 360 ; pottery, gold and amber 

 cups, 360 ; reaping hook, Tay (fig. ), 

 360 ; working, 362 ; celt mould, 

 Heathery Burn (fig.), 362; articles 

 discovered in Dowris Bog, 363 ; 

 swords, Thurston, Northumberland 

 (fig. ), 364 ; River Witham, Lincoln 

 (fig. ), 364 ; bronze working, 362 ; 

 weapons and warfare, 364 ; spear- 

 head, Heathery Burn (fig. ), 366 ; spear 

 and javelin heads, Thurston (figs.), 

 366 ; burial customs, 366 ; barrows 

 of, 367, 368, 370 ; temples of, 371 ; 

 artistic designs, 378 ; France in the, 

 379 ; divisions of the, 379 ; age of 

 transition, or the early age, 380 ; the 

 late age in France and Switzerland, 

 381 ; hoards of bronze merchandise, 



