INDEX. 



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Axohelia mirabilis, ii. 152, 153. 

 Ayres, i. 43. 



Bache, A. D., i. 4">. 



on Gulf Stream in 1S45, i. ii52. 

 Baer, K. E. v., on eastern extension of Gulf 



Stream, i. 252. 

 Bahama Hank, eastern slope of, i. 96, 1U-4. 



formation of, i. 69. 



land shells of, i. 116. 



slope of, i. 288. 

 Bahama Banks, structure of, i. 75. 

 Bahama plateau, i. 75. 

 Bahia Honda, i. viii. 

 Bailey, i. 3. 



on Atlantic globigerinse, i. 140. 



on Atlantic ooze. i. 45. 



on greensand of Zeuglodon limestone, 

 i. 278. 

 Baird, S. F., U. S. Fish Commissioner, i. 50. 

 Baltieina finmarchica, ii. 142. 143. 

 Barathrodemus manatinus, ii. 25. 

 Barathronus hicolor, ii. 25. 

 Barbados, island of, i. xix. 



limestone terraces of, i. 63. 

 Barbuda, island of, i. xix. 

 Bartlett Deep, i. 100, 226. 

 Bartlett, John R., i. viii. 



exploration of Caribbean, i 50. 



on current passing' over ridge of wind- 

 ward passage, i. 292. 



on deep-sea sounding and dredging, i. 

 51. 



on path of warm water in Gulf of Mexico 

 and Caribbean, i. 255. 



on Pentacrinus off Santiago de Cuba, 

 ii. 6. 



on rip off Charleston, i. 254. 



on Sargassum, i. 211. 



on temperature sections of Caribbean 

 and of Gulf Stream, i. 217. 



on temperature sections between the 

 West India Islands, i. 218. 

 Barrett and Andrews, i. 43. 

 Barrett, survey of Alacran, i. 7". 

 Bathometer, Siemens, C. W. . i. 0. 

 Bathybius, Haeckel on. i. 204. 

 Bathydoris abyssorum, ii. 62. 

 Bathygadus arcuatus. ii. 26, 27. 

 Bathymetrical faunal subdivisions, i. 162, 



103. 

 Bathymetrical range, of corals, ii. 11. 



of crinoids, ii. 10. 



of Crustacea, ii. 9. 



of fishes, ii. 8. 



of gorgonians, ii. 11. 



Bathymetrical range, of mollusca, ii. 10. 

 of ophiurans, i. 168. 

 oi sponges, ii- LI. 



of • a-iin Irins. ii. 10. 



of starfishes, ii. 10. 

 Bathyonomus gigantens, ii. 48, 49. 

 Bathypterois qnadrifilis, ii. 32. 



Bathysaurus Agassizii, ii- 32, '■'>'■'>. 

 Baur on range of pelagic animals, i. 200. 

 Behring Si rail current, i. 243. 

 Belknap, < reo. E., i. (i. 



Bounding cylinder, i. •'!. 

 Bellerophon, i- 190. 

 Bernini, Straits of, i. 137. 



current flowing north through the, i. 234. 

 Benthceeetes Bartletti, ii. 47. 

 Benthodytea gigantea, ii. 87. 

 Benthosaurns grallator. ii. 32, 3:'.. 

 Benthoteuthis, ii. 61. 



Bergh. R., on Bathydoris abyssorum, ii. 62. 

 Bermuda sea-serpent, ii. 28. 

 Bermudas, not inhabited by Caribs, i. 118. 



origin of fauna and flora of, i. 119. 



recent origin of, i. J 17. 



Rein on the, i. 80. 



to West India islands, ocean bed from, 

 i. 93. 



vegetation of, i. 117. 

 Berthold, on bathymetrical range of algaj, 



i. 312. 

 Beryx splendens, ii. 27. 

 ••Bibb." i. 51. 

 Biflustra macrodon, ii. 82. 

 Biloculina clay, ii. 160. 



Pourtales on, ii. 100. 



Sars on, ii. 100. 

 Biloculina ringens. ii. 159. 

 Biloculina tenera. ii. 160. 

 Bird fauna of West Indies, i. 114. 

 Birds, effects of currents on distribution of, 



i. 120. 

 •" Blake," i. 51. 

 " Blake," plan of deck of, i. 33. 



cruises of, i. viii, xi. xix. 38. 



rich dredgings by, off the West India 

 islands, ii. 13. 



small size of, i. 32. 

 " Blake " dredges, i. 24. 

 Blake Plateau, i. 96, 135. 



deposits on steep slope of. i. l'77. 



swept clean, i. 259. 

 Bland, on land shells of West Indies, i- 115. 

 Blennies. ii. 29. 

 Blind fishes, i. 308. 

 Blind invertebrates, i. : '>o7- 

 Block Island soundings, i. 272. 



