Bailey, Lieut. H. K., 545. Baird, Prof. S. F., expedition for buffaloes, sent out by, 529. Baker & Co., Messrs. I. G., 411, 506. Bedson, Mr. S. L., buffalo-breeding by, 452, 454-456. herd owned by, 458, 460. Berlandier, Dr., on bison in Mexico, 381. Bismark Grove, Kans., buffaloes at, 461. Bison, the American. abundance of, 387-393. accidents to herds of, 420. adult bull of, 402-406. cow of, 406, 436. affection in the 433. albinism in the, 414. as a beast of burden, 457. bones of the, 445. breeding habits of, 425. season of, 396, 415. calf of the, 366-401, 425, 433. change of form in, 377, 394, 409. character of, 393. color of, 396-403. courage of, 432. cow of, 406-436. Bison, cross-breeding, 451-458. domestication of, 379, 451-458. fear in 432. food of, 426-429. habits of, 415-426. in running, 422, 430-431. in winter, 423. when wounded, 426. hair of, 449. "hide" of, 445, 505-507. horns of, 405, 406. hunting the, 405, 470, 478, 480, 483, 484, 536-542. meat of, 446, 448. mental capacity of, 429-434. migrations of, 389, 420, 424-429. monograph of, by J. A. Allen, 387. "mountain" form of, 407-412. mounted skins of, 396, 412, 546-548. pelage of, 412-414. protection of, possible, 435. rank of, with other _Bovidæ_, 393. reasoning powers of, 429. robe of, 441-415, 453, 470. shedding of pelage of, 412-414. size of, 405, 407. slaughter of the, 486-513. Smithsonian expedition for, 529-546. "spike bull" of, 401. "wood" variety of, 407-412. "yearling" of, 401. Blackford, Mr. E. G., buffaloes presented by, 463, 527. Bones, buffalo, utilization of, 445. Boskowitz, Messrs. J. & A., 394. _Bouteloua oligostachya_, 427, 428. Boyd, Mr. Irvin, 534, 537, 538, 540. Breeding of the buffalo, 390, 415, 425. with domestic cattle, 452-458, 528. British Possessions, buffalo in the 384, 408, 489, 504, 523. Brown, Mr. W. Harvey, 534, 535, 541. _Buchloë dactyloides_, 428. Buffalo (see Bison, American.) Buffalo Bill (see Cody, Hon. W. F.) Buffalo Buttes, 538, 540, 542. Buffalo "chips," 541. Buffalo grass, 427, 428. Byrd, Col. William, 376, 449. C.