336 THE WILDERNESS AND JUNGLE 



Bible evidence of domestic 

 animals, 271 



, Lions in the, 96 



Bicyclist pursued by a lion, 161 



Bighorn sheep, Broken horns 

 of, 217 



Bikaneer camels, 283 



Birds of India, 49 



Bird song, Varying apprecia- 

 tion of, 46 



Bison, Case of the American, 



309 



, Protection of European, 312 

 " Bison," 83 ; at high altitudes, 



85 ; cunning of, 86 ; scent in, 



86 



Black Bear, Food of, 136 

 Blackbuck, Colour of, 93 ; habits 



of, 93 ; hunting with cheetah, 



9394 



Black fly in Canada, 215 

 Blacktail deer escaping notice, 



25 

 Blood-poisoning from bites and 



scratches, 135, 250, 251 

 Boar as a pet, 80 ; courage of, 



74 ; hunting, 81 ; in Belgium j 



and France, 80, 81 ; match 



for panther, 75 

 Boarhounds in France, 82 

 Boers exterminate the quagga, 



204 



protect black wildebeest, 317 



slaughter lions, 303 

 Boleadores, Use of the, 238 

 Botanic gardens of Australia, 32 

 Bradford, The late Col. Sir E. 



(mauled by a tiger), 257 

 " Brain-fever bird," The, 46 

 Britain, Sport in, 43 

 British Columbia, game laws 



of, 328 



Empire, Sport in the, 45 

 Bronx Animal Park, The, 50 

 Brown Bear of Alaska, 232 ; of 



India, 137 



Bruce, Mr. C. W. A. (quoted), 

 65 



Bryden, Mr. H. A. (quoted), 



193 



Buffalo and tsetse fly, 210, 211 

 asleep, 24 



- in Syria, 277 



- in Turkey, 288 



, Size and appearance of, 210 

 , Sportsmen killed by, 263 

 , Vitality of, 87 

 Buitenzoorg, 32 

 Bulldogs, 275 

 Burchell's zebra, 204 

 Bushbuck, Encounter with a, 

 265 



California, A forest in, 34, 35 



Camel, Colour of, 285 ; in Aus- 

 tralia, 287 ; in Italy, 287 ; in 

 Spain, 287 ; in warfare, 285-7 ; 

 mind of, 285 ; taming of, 17, 

 281-7 ; uses of, 284 



Canada, Animals of, 215-34 ; 

 backwoods of, 24, 27 ; black- 

 flies in, 215 ; game laws of, 

 328 ; yak introduced into, 288 



Caribou evicted by moose, 223 ; 

 feet of, 38, 226 ; habits of 

 woodland and barren ground, 

 226 



Carnegy, Major (killed by an 

 Indian lion), 95, 252 



Cats, Lord Roberts and, 98 ; 

 poaching, 295 



Cattle-birds warn buffalo, 114 



- British "wild," 316 

 Caucasus, Bears in the, 262 

 Cave remains, Evidence of, 297 

 Ceylon, Absence of tiger from, 



51 ; animals of, 51 ; game 

 laws in, 330 ; leopard in, 131 ; 

 sambur, known as "elk," in, 

 88 



Cheetah and wildebeest in Paris 

 Zoo, 294 ; fight between 

 leopard and, 167 ; hunting 

 blackbuck with, 93, 94 ; 

 method of capturing young, 

 293 ; taming, 293, 294 



