B Baca Formation, 36 badger, 31 bajada, 18 Bandelier National Monument, illus. 25, 37, 62, 75, 84-85, illus. 85, 122, 136, 155, 162 bandtail pigeon (_see_ doves) barite, 53 Barella Mesa, 81 basalt, 37, 38, 111, 112, 131, 156, 157, 158, 161, 162 basin, 35, 41, 45, 49, 79, 89, 96, 141 (_see also_ under proper names: Delaware, Galisteo, Gallina, Great, Largo, Orogrande, Paradox, San Juan, Tularosa) bass, 111, 112, 115, 117 bats, 78 Battle of Val Verde, 13, 68, 70, 73, 92 Battleship Rock, 98 Baylor, Col. J. B., 72 beans, 58, 84, 86 bear, 28, 98, 100, 101; state mammal, 28 beargrass, 20 beaver, 31, 95, 114 Beaverhead, 101 Beaver National Forest, 95 belemnoids, 51 Benavides, Fray Alonso de, 89 _Ben Hur_, 105 Bennett Peak, 164 Bent, Governor Charles, 129; Bent’s Fort, 129 Bernal Formation, 47 Bernalillo, 106, 134, 163 Bernardo, 134, 161 beryl, 40, 53 Bidahochi Formation, 38 Big Dog Canyon, 99 Big Hatchet Mountains, 26 Billy the Kid, 14, 24, 70, 107, 159, 161 bioherm, 42, 45 biotite, 40 birds, 29-31, 36, 49, 51, 95, 98 Bishop’s Lodge, 162 bison, 55, 58, 62 black “gold,” 43 Black Mesa, 127, 162 Range, 14, 42, 101, 144 River Valley, 78 Blackwater Draw, 55, 111 Blanco Basin Formation, 36 Blanco Trading Post, 163 Bliss Sandstone, 40, 41 Bloomfield, 148, 163 bluebird, 31 blue spruce, 22, 141 Bluewater Lake, 104, 110; State Park, 110 bobcat, 30, 31, 95 Bone Spring Formation, 46 Bonito Creek, 99 Bosque Redondo, 74, 110 Bottomless Lakes, 104, illus. 108, 159; State Park, 108, 155 Botts, Judge C. M., 26 brachiopods, 40, 41, 42, illus. 42 Brachiosaurus, 49 Brazos Mountains, 35, 38, 40, 162 Brazos River Valley, 111 bream, 115 broomcorn, 159 bryozoans, 41, 42, illus. 45 buffalo, 31, 54, 55, 62, 98, 136, 137, 138 Buffalo Dance, 124 Bug Scuffle Hill, 99 Burro Mountains, 20, 40 Butterfield Trail, 70, 71