Birds of the Arctic regions, 24, 35, 50; Brent geese, 345; dovekies, 50, 101; eider duck, 101, 131, 360; falcon, 362; fulmar petrel, 361; glaucous gulls, 50; ivory gulls, 50, 101; kittiwakes, 50; king ducks, 50, 332; knots, 110; looms, 40, 50; ptarmigan, 225; rotges, 46, 50, 360; skuas, 332; terns, 110, 332; turnstones, 360. Birthdays, celebration of, 184, 185. Black, Cape, 253. Blasting the ice, 87, 89, 90, 341, 349. "Bloodhound," H.M. sledge, 259, 263. Boats for the expedition, 4; search for, left by Hayes, 53, 55; on a sledge, 58; jolly-boat of "Valorous" landed in Dobbin Bay, 84; turned in on their davits owing to height of ice, 90; advanced to northward of ship, 133; hauled up during winter quarters, 157; on sledges, 242 (_n._); in Parry's expedition, details of, 243 (_n._); painted, 245; care of, on sledge, 279; abandonment of, by Commander Markham, 288, 289, 318. Boldroe, Mr., governor of Egedesminde, 365. Botanical collections, 31. Botany. (_See_ Vegetation.) Bottle-nose whales, 20. Brent geese, 345. Brevoort Island, 57; cairn on, 356. Brevoort Cape in sight, 103. "Bruin," largest dog on board, 210. Bryant, Geo., H.M.S. "Discovery," serving in the "Alert," 169. Buchanan Strait, Eskimo remains at, 69. "Bulldog," H.M. sledge, 217, 259, 263. Burroughs, Geo., ship's steward, H.M.S. "Alert," acts in _Chops of the Channel_, 173. Butterflies, 351. Byam Martin Cape, 360. Cairns at the Cary Islands, 49; at Life-boat Cove, 53; at Cape Isabella, 56; on Brevoort Island, 356; ancient cairns on Washington Irving Island, 85; on Hannah Island, 101; at Lincoln Bay, 117; at the "Alert's" winter quarters, 284. Cairn Hill, 219, 220, 221, 225; cairn built, 341. Cane, Frederick, armourer, H.M.S. "Alert," songs by, 169, 215. Carl Ritter Bay, 99. Cary Islands, 48; depôt on, 49, 84. Castletown. (_See_ Berehaven.) Cave in the snow, 350. Cetaceans, various kinds, 20, 21. "Challenger," H.M. sledge, 217, 259. Chlorine observations, 180. _Chops of the Channel_, play acted by the men, 173. Chorus, grand palæocrystic, 216. Christmas in the Arctic regions, 192 to 197; bill of fare, 196; poem on, 196. Clavering, Captain, Eskimo seen by, on east coast of Greenland, 69. "Clements Markham," H.M. sledge, 217; starts for "Discovery," 248. Clements Markham Inlet, 288. Clothing during winter, 159, 160; sledging, 239. (_See_ Foot-gear.) Coal, discovery of, 350; offer of, at Egedesminde, 363. Cod-fish, 21, 25, 365. Colan, Dr., H.M.S. "Alert," his lecture on food in the Arctic regions, 169; medical instructions to officers of sledges, 238; skilful treatment of Petersen, 255; attention to scurvy patients, 333, 338, 345.