Bears, probable cause of absence of, from tropical Africa, 291

Beaver, N. American Tertiary, 140

Beetles, families selected for study, 103

from the Lias, 167

of Azores, 207

of Japan, 228

Belemnoziphius, European Pliocene, 112

Belt, Mr., his theory of a great Siberian lake during the glacial epoch, 218

on change of climate caused by diminution of obliquity of ecliptic, 466

Birds, means of dispersal of, 15