Barnard, Prof., 155, 159, 263, 391, 419, 420 Bate, Spence, 1375, 1376 Bates, W. H., 1594, 1595, 1599 Bathybius haeckelii, 1306 Batrachia, 1379 Bats, 1547, 1550, 1555-56 Bauhinas, 953, 956 Baxendell, 344, 348 Bayer, John, 105 _Beagle_, the, 1665 Bear, the Great, 80-81, 122 the Little, 77, 82 Bears, 1543, 1546, 1553 Beaumont, Elie de, 572 Beaver, 1542, 1554 Beavers, 1639-46 Bee, 1408, 1552 eyes of, 1448 sting of, 1436 Beechnuts, 1178 Bee Hive in Cancer, 66, 130, 167, 176 Bees, 1426-27, 1478-79, 1496-98 wings of, 1429 Beetles, 1411-13, 1433-34, 1435, 1440, 1578 Behrmann, 61, 62, 66 Belemnites, 672 Bellatrix, 124 Bellerophon, 470 Bélopolsky, 315 Belts, homoiozoic, 1521 Bennett, Mr., 755, 758-59 Berenice’s Hair, 78, 153 Berosus, 501 Beta, Centauri, 57, 63 Crucis, 57 Betelgeuse, 57, 96, 124, 128, 187, 188 Bibra, 755 Biela, 300 Bignonia, 953, 956, 1165 Birds, 1578, 1582-93, 1622, 1624 of Africa, 1550-51 of America, 1556 of Asia, 1547 of Australia, 1559-60 of Europe, 1544 of New Zealand, 1561, 1608-9 of paradise, 1547 death-feigning of, 1577-82 emotions of, 1593 extinct, 1524-25, 1561 flight of, 1583 gigantic, 1524-25 migration of, 1523, 1537, 1590-92 mimicry in, 1596-97 moulting of, 1586 nests of, 1587-90, 1629-34 pairing of, 1586 primeval, 489-90 sounds of, 1584-85 tastes of, 1592 Birthwort, 1071-72 Bison, 1531 Bitter Lakes, 587 Bivalves, 459 Blumenbach, 1669, 1687 Blume’s region, 940 Boa Constrictor, 1548, 1557 Bode, 397 Bonald, Cardinal de, 1679 Bond, W. C., 418 Bonpland’s region, 941 Boötes, 75, 86, 87 Botanical regions, 939-41, 1143 Botany, 859, 985-86 Bower-bird, 1592, 1627-28 Brachiopods, 470, 482, 671 Brahmaputra, the, 623, 624 Brauer, 1422 Brazil-nut, 1179 Bread fruit, 942, 945 Brongniart, 471, 472, 995, 996 Brown, Robert, 999 region of, 941 Buckwheat, 945 Buff, Prof., 735 Buffalo, 1553 musk, 1533 Buffon, 1528, 1532, 1583, 1686 Bull, the, 78, 94, 96, 123-24 Bullhead, the, 1609 Bunt, 1200 Burian, the, 1144-45 Burmeister, 1401 Burnham, 201 Bush, Australian, 1139, 1140 Bustard, 1542 Butterflies, 1461-62, 1594-95 wings of, 1431-33 Byron, 762 C Cacao, 920 Cachalot, 1561, 1563 Cactus, 917, 957, 1180-89 Caddis worms, 1404 Caffres, 1675-76 Calamites, 468, 473-74, 873 Calms, Belt of, 786 Calyx, 867-68, 1002 Camel, 1545, 1549 Camelopard, 1531 Camelopardus, 78 Camoens, 762 Campbell, Prof., 392-93 Camper, 1693 Canary Isles, 932-34 Cancer, 78 Candolle, A. P. de, 985, 995, 997, 1186, 1466 Candolle’s region, 940 Canes Venatici, 78 Canis Major, 125 Cannibalism, 1657 Canopus, 57, 63 Caoutchouc, 1163, 1166, 1169 Capella, 57, 63, 76, 85, 116, 122, 187, 315