THE BAHAMA ISLANDS 



605 



A.thol Island, 589. 

 Atkinson, G. F., 186, 245. 

 Atlantic Ocean, 243, 244. 

 Atriplex cristata, 253. 

 Aucbenopterus afflnls, 320. 

 Aulostomidte, 321. 

 Aulostomus maeulatus, 321. 

 Aurainvillia longicaulis, 243. 



nigricans, 244. 

 Auricularla nigra, 245. 

 Australia, 246. 

 Avieennla, 224, 234, 235. 



nltida, 216, 237, 263, 270. 

 Avlcula atlantica, 45. 

 Avocado pear, 210. 

 Aythya amerieana, 360. 



Baccharis angustifoUa, 196, 199, 223, 265. 



dioica, 227, 228, 234, 235, 238, 265. 

 Bahama Black Loam, 157, 163, 165, 179. 



Mechanical analyses of, 180. 



Principal constituents of, 161. 



Principal plant food of, 160. 

 Bahama Islands, Character of surface of, 12. 



Classification of, 12. 



Distribution of, 11. 



Elevation of, 19. 



Geological features of, 14. 



Physiographic features of, 7. 



Position and extent of, 3. 



Public debt of, 596. 



Structure and age of, 17. 



Submarine division of, 7. 



Subsidence of, -19. 



Topographic history of, 18. 

 Bahama Red Loam, 163. 



Mechanical analyses of, 165. 



Principal plant food of, 166. 

 Bahama Marl, 167. 



Mechanical analyses of, 168. 



Principal constituents of, 169. 



Principal plant food of, 168. 

 Bahama Stony Loam, 161. 



Mechanical analyses of, 162. 



Principal constituents of, 163. 

 Bahama White Marl, 171. 



Agricultural value of, 171. 



Gravimetric analyses of, 172. 



Chemical analyses of, 171. 

 Bahama Platform, Surface of, 9. 



Contour and slope of, 8. 



Relation with surrounding regions of, 7. 

 Bahia, 313, 316, 321. 

 Balanus, 27, 28, 43. 

 Baldpate, 360. 



Baldwin, A. H., 284, 317, 325. 

 Balfour, Lieut.-Gov., 483. 

 Balistes, 293. 



carolinensis, 322. 



vetula, 322. 

 Balistidse, 322. 

 Ballagh, Dr. J. C, 420. 

 Balloon-vine, 258. 



Bamboo, 251. 



Bamboo tree, 269. 



Banana, 210. 



Banana-fish, 296. 



Banana-holes, 12, 13, 153, 158. 



Bananaguit, Ba.hama, 367. 



Banara reticulata, 260. 



Bangs, Outram, 348. 



Bank of Nassau, 590. 



Banking Facilities and Currency, 590. 



Barbados, 42, 306. 



Barbatia, 27. 



Candida, 26, 44. 

 reticulata. 26, 44. 

 Barbour, T^ 298, 330, 336. 

 Barbula agraria, 248. 

 Barnett, E., 102, 104. 

 Barracuda, 294, .300. 

 Bartramia longlcanda, 361. 

 Bat-flsh, 326. 

 Bathystoma aurolineatum, 307. 



rimator, 307. 

 BatideiB, 193, 253. 

 Batis maritima, 237, 253. 

 Batrachians, 329, 330. 

 Bats, 379. 

 Bayhop, 207, 262. 

 Bead-vine, 255. 

 Bean, B. A., 293. 

 Beasley, E. B., 388, 396. 

 Becuna, 380. 

 Bed-grass, 249. 



Beef-wood, 218, 220, 237, 261, 340. 

 Bemini, 296, 348, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 

 367, 368. 

 South, 190, 191, 199. 

 Bench mark, 19. 



Description of, 51, 52. 

 Tablet on, 62. 

 Benedict, J. B., 382, 383. 



Bermuda, 39, 41, 42, 198, 203, 246, 298, 299, 300, 

 305, 306, 308, 310, 312, 313, 314, 316, 

 317, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 351. 

 Bermuda grass, 155, 230. 

 Bernardia bernardia, 267. 



carpinifolia, 267. 

 Berry Islands, 195, 196, 200, 348, 359, 360, 362, 



363, 364, 366, 366, 367. 

 Bidens leucantha, 234, 239, 266. 

 Bifldaria servilis, 41. 

 Bigelow, 122. 

 Big-eye, 311. 

 Bignoniaceffi, 264. 

 Big Wood Key, 11. 

 Bird Rock, 362, 365, 366. 

 Birds of Prey, Diurnal, 362. 



Nocturnal, 363. 

 Bishopric of Bahamas, 673. 

 Bittern, American, 369. 



Least, 359. 

 Bitter-sweet, 262, 263. 



Wild, 220, 227. 

 Bitter-wood, 206. 

 Bittium varium, 28, 44. 



