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BALEEN. 



INDEX. 



CATS. 



Baleen, i. 285. 

 Barberry, flowers of, L 121. 

 Barrande, M., on Silurian colonies, 

 ii. 90. 



, on the succession of species, 



ii. 103. 



, on parallelism of palaeozoic 



formations, ii. 106. 



, on affinities of ancient species, 



ii. 108. 

 Barriers, importance of, iL 130. 

 Bates, Mr., on mimetic butterflies, 



ii. 222, 223, 224. 

 Batrachians on islands, ii. 182. 

 Bats, how structure acquired, i. 

 218. 



, distribution of, ii. 184. 



Bear, catching water-insects, i. 220. 

 Beauty, how acquired, i. 249 ; ii. 



•283. 

 Bee, sting of, i. 255. 



, queen, killing rivals, i. 256. 



, Australian, extermination of, 



i. 93. 

 Bees fertilising flowers, i. 90. 



, hive, not sucking the red 



clover, i. 117. 



, Ligurian, i. 117. 



, hive, cell-making instinct, i. 



342. 



, variation in habits, i. 324. 



, parasitic, i. 336. 



, humble, cells of, i. 343. 



Beetles, wingless, in Madeira, i. 169. 



with deficient tarsi, i. 168. 



Bentham, Mr., on British plants, i. 

 58. 



, on classification, ii. 211. 



Berkeley, Mr., on seeds in salt 



water, ii. 142. 

 Bermuda, birds of, ii. 180. 

 Birds acquiring fear, i. 325. 



, beauty of, i. 252. 



annually cross the Atlantic, ii. 



150. 



, colour of, on continents, i. 



165. 



, footsteps and remains of. In 



secondary rocks, ii. 79. 



, fossil, in caves of Brazil, ii. 



121. 



, of Madeira, Bermuda, and 



Galapagos, iL 179, 180. 



, song of males, i. 109. 



transporting seeds, ii. 148. 



, waders, ii. 175. 



, wingless, i. 167, 218. 



Bizcacha, ii. 133. 



•, atfinities of, ii. 227. 



Bladder for swimming, in fish, i. 230. 

 Blindness of cave animals, i. 170. 

 Blyth, Mr., on distinctness of Indian 



cattle, i. 21. 



, on striped hemionus, i. 199. 



, on crossed geese, ii. 10. 



Borrow, Mr., on the Spanish pointer, 



i. 40. 

 Bory St. Vincent, on Batrachians, 



ii. 182. 

 Bosquet, M., on fossil Chthamalus, 



ii. 80. 

 Boulders, erratic, on the Azores, ii. 



149. 

 Branchiae, i. 231, 232. 



of crustaceans, i. 238. 



Braun, Frof., on the seeds of Fuma- 



riacese, i. 271. 

 Brent, Mr., on house-tumblers, i 



326. 

 Britain, mammals of, ii. 185. 

 Broca, Prof, on Natural Selection, 



i. 265. 

 Bronn, Prof., on duration of specific 



forms, ii. 66. 



, various objections by, i. 265. 



Brown, Eobert, on classification, iL 



207. 

 , Sequard, on inherited muti- 

 lations, i. 168. 

 Busk, Mr., on the Polyzoa, i. 301. 

 Butterflies, mimetic, ii. 222, 223, 



224. 

 Buzarcingues, on sterility of varie- 

 ties, ii. 38. 



C. 



Cabbage, varieties of, crossed, i. 122 



Calceolaria, ii. 7, 8. 



Canary-birds, sterility of hybrids-. 



ii. 9. 

 Cape de Verde islands, productions 



of, iL 189. , 

 , plants of, on mountains, iL 



162. 

 Cape of Good Hope, plants of, 1 



158; iL 178. 

 Carpenter, Dr., on foraminifera, iL 



117. 

 Carthamus, i. 271. 

 Catasetum, i. 243 ; ii. 216. 

 Cats, with blue eyes, deaf, i. 13. 



, variation in habits of, i. 325. 



curling tail when going to 



spring, L 254. 



