INDEX. 



875 



Bay of Fundy, tides of, 672. 

 Beach formations, 684. 



structure, 82. §* 



See Sea-beaches. 

 Bear, 519, 564, 565, 567, 576. 



Brown, 564, 571, 577. 



Cavern, 563,* 564. 



Grizzly, 564, 571. 

 Beatrieea, 22S.§ 

 Beaumont, Elie de, on systems 

 of mountain elevation, 217, 

 402, 4S7, 525, 749, 832. 

 Beavers, 506, 564, 565, 567, 568, 



571. 

 Beck, T. R , analyses of lime- 

 stone, 75, 233, 237. 



specific gravity of sea-water, 

 668. 



sulphur springs of the Salina, 

 234. 

 Beds, 81.§ 



structure of, 82. § 



of ore, 113. 

 Beech, 459, 514 



Behring Straits, in the Quater- 

 nary, 541. 



widening of, 713. 

 Beetles, 121. § 349, 441,* 450. 



range of, in time, 3S8.* 

 Beinertia, 348. 

 Bela exarata, 553. 



harpularia, 553. 



robusta, 553. 



turricula, 553. 

 Belemnitella mucronata, 462,* 

 467, 469, 475, 476, 477. 



plena, 476. 

 Belemnite, osselet of, 432* 

 Belemnites, 125, 429, 432,§440, 

 441, 462, 475, 484. 



acutus, 449 



Brunswickensis, 476. 



clavatus, 440,* 449. 



densus, 431, 432,* 433. 



dilatatus. 476. 



first of, 432. 



giganteus, 449. 



hastatus, 449. 



impressus, 467. 



irregularis, 449. 



minimus. 476. 



niger, 433. 



Pacificus, 432. 



paxillosus. 433. 440,* 452. 



pistilliformis, 440.* 

 Belgium, Carboniferous in, 345, 

 346. 



Cretaceous in, 470. 



disturbances in, 402. 



human remains in, 575. 



in Recent period, 559, 573. 



Quaternary in, 559. 



Subcarboniferous in, 306. 



Tertiary in, 512. 

 Belinurus arcuatus, 350. 



reginae, 350. 



trilobitoides, 350. 

 Bellerophon, 2a3, 253, 278, 284, ' 

 303, 333, 429. 



acutus, 206. 



bilobatus, 201,* 203, 205, 206, 

 228. 



carbonarius, 333,* 342. 



carinatus, 208, 250. 



dilatatus, 268. 



expansus, 247,250. 



patulus, 274. 



rotundatus, 191.* 



Urii, 342, 352. 



Belodon, 428, 429. 



Carolinensis, 414,* 417. 

 Leaii, 417. 

 lepturus, 417. 

 prise us, 414,* 417. 

 Belonostomus, 417, 475. 

 Belosepia sepioidea, 518. 

 Beluga leucas, 568. 



Vermontana, 554, 568.* 

 Bembridge beds, 513, 519. 

 Benches, 544, 555. 

 Bentham, on the Welwitschia, 



330. 

 Benton group, 456. 

 Benzoin, 495. 

 Bermuda Islands, 42. 

 Bernardston, Mass. , Helderberg 



at, 237. 

 Beryl, 5S.§ 



Beryx, 457, 464, 475, 508. 

 insculptus, 467. 

 Lewesiensis, 475,476. 

 superbus, 475. 

 Betula, 4t»7. 



Beatriciana. 460. 

 Beyrichia, 240, 303. 

 Americana, 342. 

 Atlantica. 190. 

 complicata, 268. 

 symmetrica, 227,* 229. 

 Bible cosmogonv, 847. 

 Biche-de-mar, 127. § 

 Biflustara, 466. 



Big Trees of California, 459. 

 Bilin, infusorial beds of, 514. 

 Billings, E., character of Silu- 

 rian life, 250. 

 distribution of species, 103. 

 Quebec group, 184, 190, 193. 

 Stockbridge limestone, 185. 

 Biotite, 54 § 



Birds, 121, § 332, 441, 485, 502, 

 595, 601, 613. 

 Cretaceous. 466, 468. 

 culmination of. 598. 

 first, 403, 411, 430, 485. 

 having teeth, 466,§ 516. 

 Jurassic, 446. 

 range of, in time, 589. 

 Tertiary, 502, 516. 

 Triassic, 414. § 

 Birdseye limestone, 75, § 163, 



194. 

 Bischof, on decomposition of 



wood, 364. 

 Bison, 565, 567, 568, 576. 

 latifrons, 567. 

 priscus, 581. 

 Bituminous coal, 68, 314,§ 315,5 

 346. 

 analyses of, 316. 

 composition of, 361. 

 shale, 66, § 198. 

 Bivalves. 125.§ 



Black Hills, Archaean in, 150, 

 390. 

 Jurassic in, 431. 

 Potsdam at, 168. 

 Black Bite., 390. 

 Black River limestone, 163, 194, 

 261. 

 shale, 266, 267, 304, 378, 379. 

 Black-lead, 59 § 

 Black snake, 516. 

 Blake, J., life in hot springs, 



611. 

 Blake, W. P., California Ter- 

 tiary, 495. 

 sand-scratches, 632. 



Blaney, J. V. Z., analyses of 



coal, 316. 

 Blastoidocrinus carchariaedens, 



lbO 

 Blastids, 129,§ 259, 297. 

 first of, iu Europe, 284. 

 range of, in time, 386. 

 Blatta, 342. 

 Blattina primaava, 350,* 351. 



venusta, 235,* 342. 

 Blende, 59,§ 197, 222. 

 Blind life in caves, 611. 

 Block coal, 315. 

 Blood-rains, 633, § 635. 

 Blue limestone, 377. 

 Blue Ridge, 390. 

 Bluff formation, 547. 

 gravel, 547. 

 lignite, 493. 

 loam, 547. 

 Boar, 564, 571, 577. 

 Boavus agilis, 501, 510. 

 brevis, 510. 

 occidentalis, 510. 

 Bodie Mine, 781. 

 Bog ore, 710. 



Bohemia, Archaean in, 151. 

 Carboniferous in, 399, 346. 

 Cretaceous in, 470. 

 disturbances in, 290, 402. 

 Primordial in, 179. 

 Silurian in, 162, 207, 245, 249. 

 Silurian fossils of, 249. 

 Bojie gneiss, 151. 

 Bolivian plateau, 21. 

 Bombs, volcanic, 736.§ 

 Bonassus, 564. 

 Bone-beds, Triassic, 412, 424. 



Upper Silurian, 244. 

 Bone caves, 563, 564, 567. 



implements, 573, 574. 

 Bones, 613. 



analyses of, 60. 

 Boracite, 76. § 

 Borax, 630, 753. 

 Bore, 673. § 



Boring animals, 608, 684. 

 Bomholm group, 164. 

 Bomia, 348. 



radiata, 283. 

 Bos, 520. 



Americanus, 582. 

 primigenius, 564, 582. 

 priscus, 565. 

 Urus, 582. 

 Bosco's Den, 577. 

 Bothriolepis Taylori, 280 * 281. 

 Botrychium, 271. 

 Bottom-lands, 642. 

 Bottosaurus Harlani, 467. 

 Bouchardia, 171, 174. 

 Bovine family, range of, in 



time, 589.* 

 Bovey Trace v beds, 513. 

 Bowlders, 317, 356, 370, 527, 

 529, 533, 535, 698. 

 in coal, 317. 

 See Drift. 

 Bowlder clay, 527, § 544. 

 Brachiate Mollusks, 124, § 126. § 

 Bracbiopods, 126,§* 169,§*332, 

 382, 482, 597. 

 comprehensive type, 597. 

 culmination, 594. 

 families of, range of, in time, 



386.* 

 first of, 174. 



number and character of Ter- 

 tiary, 515. 



