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B I G B I R

BIGIO, Francia, Florentine artist, his

relations Avith Sarto, XXI. 315. BIGLOW PAPERS, by Lowell, I. 728, 734. BlGNON, Jerome, French lawyer, in.

669. BlGORDl, Domenico (Ghirlandajo),

Italian painter, x. 567; XXI. 435. BlGORRE, Bagneres de, town, France,

in. 235. BlGOTlERE, Seigneur de la, French

mathematician, xxiv. 224. BIHARI LAL, Hindi writer, XI. 846. BlHSUTUN (Behistun), Persia, rock in scriptions at, ill. 509; xvin. 567. BIJAINAGAR, ancient town, India, ill.

669. BljAPUR, state and town, India, III.

669. BIJNAUR, district and town, India, in.

670.

BlJNS, Anna, Dutch poetess, xil. 92. BIKANIR, state, India, in. 670; xx.

260. BlLASPUR, district, India, ill. 670;

town, in. 671 ; Xin. 823. BlLAUR, tract of country, Afghanistan,

xm. 821.

BILBAO, town, Spain, in. 672. BILBERRY, plant, xxiv. 556. BILBOA (Bilbao), town, Spain, ill. 672. BILBOES, The, torture, XXIII. 465. BILDERDIJK, Willem, Dutch poet, xn.

96. BILE, in physiology, XVII. 674, 675.

DUCT, in anatomy, vil. 231.

BILFINGER, George Bernhard, German

philosopher and administrator, 111.672. BILGE- KEELS, in ships, xxi. 813. BILHARZIA HTEMATOBIA, human para site, xxin. 540. BILIKH, affluent of Euphrates, vm.

669. BlLlKTU KHAN, Mongol ruler, XVI.

743- BILIN, Bohemia, mineral water of, xvi.

435- BILINI, Eussian popular tales, xxi.

IO2, IO7, 109.

BILIOUS ATTACK, gastric catarrh, xxn.

574- BILIOUS FEVER, in the horse, xxiv.

203.

BILL, in parliament, ill. 673; xvin. 313. IN CHANCERY, in. 674.

OF EXCHANGE, in. 673; vin.

784, 795; discounting of, III. 329. OF LADING, in. 674.

OF RIGHTS, English (1689), xx.

555- OF SALE, in. 674; xxi. 207;

registration of, xx. 343. BILL-COCK, bird, xx. 223. BILLETING, in. 674. BILLETS D ETAT, of Law s Banque

General, xiv. 367. BILLIARDS, game, in. 674; balls for,

xni. 524.

BILLING, Hermann, duke of Saxony,

xxi. 352. BILLINGSGATE MARKET, London, xiv.

829. BILLITON, island, Indian Archipelago,

in. 677.

BILLON, base metal, xvn. 630. BILLS OF MORTALITY, xxn. 462; of

London, xiv. 820. BILMA, oasis and town, Africa, in. 678;

xvn. 695.

BILSA, town, India, in. 678. BILSTON, or Bilsreton, town, England,

ill. 678. BlLUCHiS, race of people, Baluchistan,

I. 235.

BIMA, state, Sumbawa, Indian Archi pelago, xxii. 641. BIMANA, Cuvierian order of Mammalia,

xv. 444. BIMETALLISM, system of currency, xvi.

736; xxii. 73.

BINA, river, India, xxi. 146. BINALUND MOUNTAINS, Transcaspian

Region, Russia, xxm. 511. BINCK, JACOB, Danish wood-engraver,

vm. 437-

BINDING, of books, iv. 41; xiv. 538. BINGEMMA HILLS, Malta, xv. 340. BiNGEN, town, Germany, in. 678. BlNGHAM, Joseph, English scholar, in.

678.

BINGLEY, town, England, in. 678. BlNIANA (Baena), ancient town, Spain,

in. 229. BINNEY, Thomas, English preacher, ill.

678.

BlNNlTE, mineral, xvi. 394. BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE, xvi. 272. BINOMIAL THEOREM, in algebra, i. 555;

table of coefficients, xxin. 13. BlNTANG, island, Indian Archipelago,

in. 679; xv. 321. BINTURONG, carnivorous mammal, xv.

436. BiNUE, river, confluent of Niger, Africa,

XVII. 497; XXII. 248, 277. BIOBIO, river, Chili, v. 617. BIOGENESIS, in biology, I. 49; in. 689. BIOGENETIC LAW, Haeckel s, xx. 422. BIOLOGY, in. 679; divisions of, xxiv.

799; evolution in, VIII. 744; in relation

to morphology, XVI. 841 ; to physiology,

XIX. 8; to zoology, XXIV. 799. BION, Greek poet, in. 696. BIONOMICS, in zoology, xxiv. 817. BiOSCHI (Fratricelli), mediaeval sect, IX.

725. BlOT, Jean Baptiste, French physicist,

in. 696; I. 194; his investigations in

electricity, vm. 9. BlOTlTE, mineral, XVI. 412. BlR, town, Asiatic Turkey, in. 697. BlRAN, F. P. G. Maine de, French

philosopher, XV. 302. BIRARA (New Britain), island, South

Pacific, xvn. 372.

BlRARS, Tungus tribe, Siberia, XXIII.

608. BIRBHUM, district and town, India, in.

697. BIRCA (Bjorko), ancient town, Sweden,

xxn. 558, 737. BIRCH, tree, in. 697; in United States,

xxin. 808; culture of, II. 317. , J. W., British resident, Perak,

xxn. 587. -, Thomas, English writer, ill. 698.

BIRD, island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, xxi. 725.

, William, English musical com poser, in. 698.

LOUSE, insect, xv. 24.

BIRDS, III. 699 (index, 777); XVIII. 2; their relations to reptiles, xxi. 323; fossil, in. 728; mimicry in, xvi. 341; olfactory organs of, xxn. 166; organs of touch, xxin. 479; reproduction, xx. 409; skeleton, xxii. 106; their swimming and flying powers, IX. 308; taxidermy, xxin. 90; parasites of, xvin. 260; geographical distribution of, in. 736; Vil. 269; of America, I. 684; of India, xn. 743; of the Hima layas, XI. 834; works on development of, vm. 168.

, The, of Aristophanes, II. 509.

OF AMERICA, by Audubon, in. 70.

OF PARADISE, in. 778; xv. 504.

OF PASSAGE, Longfellow s poem, xiv. 861.

BIREJIK, town, Asiatic Turkey, III. 697.

BIREME, Greek ship, xxi. 805.

BIREN, E. J., favourite of Anna of Russia, II. 60; xxi. 98.

BlRGER, king of Sweden, XXII. 745.

BIRGITTA, or Bridget, St, of Sweden, xvi. 711, 716; xxn. 753.

BIRJAND, town, Persia, xvin. 627, 628.

BiRKARLlANS, Swedish adventurers in Lapland, xiv. 307.

BIRKBECK, George, English philanthrop ist, in. 779.

BIRKEBEINAR, Norwegian political party, XVII. 588.

BIRKENFELD, principality, Germany, xvn. 757.

BlRKENHEAD, town, England, ill. 779; xiv. 715.

, Sir John, early newspaper writer,

xvn. 414.

BlRMENSTORF, Switzerland, mineral water of, xvi. 436.

BIRMINGHAM, town, England, in. 780; libraries, Xiv. 521, 542; newspapers, XVII. 422; population and representa tion, xxiv. 379.

BlRON, Armand, duke of, marshal of France, in. 786.

, Charles, duke of, French admiral,

in. 786; ix. 565.

, Louis Antoine, Marshal, friend of

Admiral Rodney, xx. 618.