INDEX 



Agates 



257 



Algae, fresh water, 



S3 



Alkali lauds, 



3d] 



analysis of 



301 



origin of .... 



301 



now best cultivated 



Mill 



Alkaline character of Pliocene lake . 



251 



1 • matter beneath Loess . 



261 



1 ' • ' ' • origin of . 



2<i2 



Alluvium 



293 



Amphibians ...... 



128 



Analysis of alkaline beds beneath Loess . 



262 



alluvium . . . . 



269 



" flour-like polishing powder in 





Pliocene . 



240 



" Loess 



267 



" Missouri River sediment 



28 1 



" •• water 



74 



" silieious matter beneath Loess 



262 



Anemones 



7 s 



Animal life during Tertiary ages 



247 



Antelope, prong'iorn. number of 



Us 



Appalachian revolution . . .17. 



-171 



' ' chain ..... 



209 



" region 



1<>2 



Appendix 



319 



Archaean highlands 



161 



Area of Nebraska 



3 



Artesian borings in Laramie Group . 



203 



'* " Lincoln 



166 



" k> Omaha 



166 



Artesian well in Beatrice and Omaha 



55 



" " Lincoln .... 



54 



" " " chemical const i- 





of water 



150 



' ' wells .... 



3 1 8 



Arickeree, Pliocene beds on 



238 



Asthmatic subjects cured in Nebraska 



147 



AtlantOsaurus beds ..... 



176 



Atmosphere, a motive power . 



15] 



purity and clearness of 



;;i 



Authorities on Nebraska Geology and 





Natural History ..... 



319 



Bad Lands ...... 



16 



" agricultural character . 



303 



" geological 





" of P..rt Bridger . 



21.') 



" of .Miocene age . . £22 



-224 



Bathmodontidaee 



21s 



Batrachians, tailed 



129 



Beatrice, hydraulic limestone af 



:;14 



Beetle, cottonwood leaf .... 



L34 



Big Horn Mouniains .... 



2i 



Birds, fossil in Plioceue beds . 



242 



reptilian in Niobrara Croup . 



lit:, 



modern ...... 



1 22 



Anserine ..... 



12(1 



'• carnivorous ..... 



1 25 



1 • chimney swallows .... 



1 2.-. 



Crow family 



124 



' ' diving birds ..... 



1.7 



'• belted kingfisher .... 



120 



*• buntings 



124 



1A 





Birds, butcher bird . 

 fly catchers 

 gallinaceous . 



grackles .... 

 gulls .... 



humming birds 

 " long- winged swimmers . 

 meadow larks 

 mocking birds 

 night hawks . 

 orioles .... 

 perchera 

 piccarian 



pigeons .... 

 singing .... 

 starlings 

 sparrows 

 swallows 

 thrushes 

 totipalmate 



vireos .... 

 " wading .... 

 warblers 

 woodpeckers . 

 ' ' wrens .... 

 Bishoff 's analysis of Loess 

 Bisons in the Pliocene 

 Bison latifrons .... 

 Blackberries, wild 

 Black-haws .... 



Blue clay, analysis of 

 character of 

 " extent of . 



' ' glacial origin of 



" section of 



Blue Rivers, length and character 

 Bogs, peat .... 



Bony lislies .... 



Borers, tree .... 

 Bottom lands • 



-is of soil . 



Bottom river of issouri Valley 

 of Platte Valley . 

 ' ' how recently formed 



How Rivers .... 



Broadhead, opinion on coal 



Brick clay 



Buckwheat family 

 B Iffalo berry . 

 Buffalo grass disappearance of 

 in Nebraska 



loes, numbei 

 Bulletins of Neb 



of iii Nebraska 

 ■aska Weather Si 



Cad ms family .... 



Calcareous materials in Drift 



Camel family in Miocene . 



Canon City, reptilian remains at 



Cations of Nebraska . 



Carboniferous age 



" ■ • animal life of 



" • ■ close of 



" " features of . 



