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Birches, 51, 125, 145.

Birds, 6, 7; in Tertiary period, A. Milne- Edwards on the specialisation of, 12; lower Eocene, 28; of the upper Eocene period, 34; of Meiocene age, 54; birds-nest-swifts, 55; mid Meiocene, 59; of the Mediterranean district, Phasianus Archaici (pheasant), Gallus æsculapii (fowl), Grus pentclici (wader), 61; of the Meiocene age, 64; of Neolithic age, 303.

Bison, 97; (Bison europæus), 98; migrations of, 189, in summer; reindeer in winter in the same district, 191.

Blue corn bottle, 302.

Boars, wild (Sus scrofa ferus), 98, 128, 257, 262.

Boats of Bronze age, 395; engraved on rock, Häggeby, Uplande (fig.), 442.

Bone, cut, discovered at St. Prest, considered by J. to be the work of man, 133; opinions on, by Sir Charles  and Sir John, 133; needle, awl (notched) (figs.), 185; needle, La Madelaine (fig.), 200; weaving-comb, Fisherton (fig.), 267.

Borer, flint (fig.), 184.

Bos etruscus (ox), 83, 87; (Urus), primigenius (urus), 98; palæindicus, 166; longifrons (Celtic short-horn), 251; frontosus, taurus (oxen), 298.

Boulder clay, origin of, 116; boulder differs from the moraine profonde (note), 117; tough, James Geikie's opinion of, 117.

, Abbé, on discovery of flints as evidence of man's existence, 133.

Bournemouth, mid Eocene forest of, 29.

, reference to, concerning the lower eocene vegetation (note), 25.

Bowl-shaped barrow, East Kennet, 368.

Bovey Tracey, the lignites of, 47.

, Sir Antonio, collection of mammoth bones, etc., 139.

Brandon, Neolithic flint-mines near, 276.

, on animals from Altai Mountains, 240.

Brass, bronze more ancient than, 410.

Breaks in the succession of living forms, accompanied by geographical changes, 8.

Brick-earths, Uphall, Ilford (fig.), 138; lower, of Stonehams Pit, Crayford (fig.), 141.

Britain, connected with North America, 20; climate of, tropical, 35; estimated temperature of, in the mid Eocene age, by Starkie, 35; Meiocene fauna and flora of, 38; connected with North America in Meiocene age, 43; in the Pleiocene age, 72; Pleiocene mammalia in, 84; geography of, in late Pleistocene age (map), 150; Neolithic (fig.), 254; occupied by tribal communities in Neolithic age, 283; general conclusions as to Neolithic culture in, 290; tin in, 402; commercial relations of, in the Bronze age, 421; in the Historic Period, 481; explanation of the coast, 481; physical geography of, 482; population at the time of the Roman Conquest, 485.

British geography, Prehistoric age, 248; Isles, Iberic element in, 330; bronze articles of Bronze age, analysis of, 408.

Brixham cave, implement found in, 197.

, on the Basques, 314, 324; on the origin of the present inhabitants of France, 324, 329.

Bronze age, 342; in Britain, its classification, 344; dagger blade, Round Barrow, East Kennet (fig.), 345; dagger blade, barrow, Camerton, Somerset (fig.), 345; articles in early age, 346; in late age, 347; in France, table of articles in early age, 346; axe in culture, 349; axes in handles (Lane Fox, figs.), 350; habitations in Britain, 352; lake-dwelling in Ireland, 353; pottery found, 353; clothing and ornaments, 355; hair-pin, Wandle (fig.), 356; lighting fires and woodcutting, 358; spinning and weaving, 359; agriculture and farming, 360; pottery, gold and amber cups, 360; reaping hook, Tay (fig.), 360; working, 362; celt mould, Heathery Burn (fig.), 362; articles discovered in Dowris Bog, 363; swords, Thurston, Northumberland (fig.), 364; River Witham, Lincoln (fig.), 364; bronze working, 362; weapons and warfare, 364; spear-head, Heathery Burn (fig.), 366; spear and javelin heads, Thurston (figs.), 366; burial customs, 366; barrows of, 367, 368, 370; temples of, 371; artistic designs, 378; France in the, 379; divisions of the, 379; age of transition, or the early age, 380; the late age in France and Switzerland, 381; hoards of bronze merchandise,