——­ 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

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“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