—— pig, i. 160, 161, 162
Astronomy, Wallace’s works on, ii. 167 et
seq.;
lectures at Davos on, 168
“Australasia,” Wallace’s, i. 42
Australia, fauna and flora of, ii. 10, 20, 32-3
—— Wallace invited to lecture in, ii. 155
Avebury, Lord, i. 122, 137, 164;
signs memorial to City Corporation in
Wallace’s favour, 303;
and the Civil List pension to Wallace,
305
—— letter from, on Wallace’s biography, and Spiritualism, ii. 212
Azores, birds of, i. 138;
orchids of, 311
B
“Bad Times,” Wallace’s, ii. 109, 143
Baer, von, ii. 96
Bahamas, flora of, ii. 33
Baker, J.G., on alpine plants of Madagascar, i. 311-12
Balfour, Francis, i. 315
Bali, fauna of, ii. 19-20
Ball, Sir Robert, on solar nebula, ii. 174
“Barnacles,” Darwin’s, ii. 2
Barrett, Sir W.F., paper on “Phenomena associated
with Abnormal Conditions
of the Mind,” ii. 195;
on Wallace as lecturer, 201;
inquiry into dowsing, etc., 205;
invites Wallace’s criticism of “Creative
Thought,” 212;
last visit to Wallace, 248-9
—— letters from: on Presidency
of Psychical Research Society,
ii. 210-11;
on a Supreme Directive Power, 213-14
Bartlett, on colouring of male birds, i. 302
Bates, F., i. 69
—— H.W., i. 24, 25;
explores the Amazon, 26-30
—— —— letter from,
on “Law regulating Introduction of New
Species,” i. 64
Bates’s caterpillar, i. 178, 253
Bateson, Prof., Sir W.T. Thiselton-Dyerson, ii. 91
—— “Material for Study of Variation,” ii. 60-1
Bats, fruit-eating, i. 57
Beagle, Darwin’s voyage in the, i. 19, 31, 32, 33, 43
“------, Voyage of the,” i. 31, 32, 34, ii. 2
Bee’s cell, Prof. Haughton’s paper on the, i. 148
Bees’ combs, i. 135;
a honeycomb from Timor, 143, 146
Beetles, Darwin’s zeal for collecting, i. 18;
Wallace’s study of, 24;
South American, 30;
Wallace’s collection of, 38,114
“Beginnings of Life,” Bastian’s, i. 274
Bell, Sir C., i. 182
Belt, Mr., glacial theory of, i. 298
Bendyshe, Mr., i. 165
Bennett, A.W., i. 253
Bentham, G., i. 219
Bergson, Wallace on, ii. 98
Bermuda, birds of, i. 138
Best, Miss Dora, letter to, on Welsh offer of a degree to Wallace, ii. 222
Biology and geographical distribution, Wallace’s
works on, ii. 1-17;
correspondence on, 18-102
—— “Grand Old Men” of, ii. 12 (note)
Birch, Mr. F., ii. 177, 223-4
Bird of paradise, i. 41, 44, 238, 261
Birds, flight of, i. 145-6, ii. 25 et seq.;
colour problem of, i. 184, 185, 212, 226-9,
230, 252, 289 (note), 302;
polygamous, 194, 199;
migration of, ii. 19, 20;
instincts of, 54