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- Bridgman, Mr., on worms eating leaves of a Phlox, 33
- Buckman, on grasses profiting by being rolled, 10
- Burial of the remains of ancient buildings by worms, 176
- Burrows, depth of, 109
- —Burrows, direction of, on a slope, 270
- —Burrows, excavation of, 98
- —Burrows, lined with black earth, 111
- —Burrows, lined with leaves, 112
- —Burrows, mouths of, worms lie motionless near, 15
- —Burrows, old, their collapse, 118
- —Burrows, plugged up, 58
- —Burrows, terminating in a small chamber, often lined with stones or seeds, 114
- Calciferous glands, 17, 43
- Cannibal worms, 36
- Carnagie, Mr., depth of burrows, 114
- Castings, acid, 52
- —Castings, from Beaulieu, 101
- —Castings, tower-like, near Nice, 106
- —Castings, ejection of, 116
- —Castings, tower-like, from near Calcutta, 123
- —Castings, of great size on the Nilgiri Mountains, 126
- —Castings, weight of, from a single burrow and from a given area, 160
- —Castings, thickness of layer formed from, during a year, 169
- —Castings, ejected over ancient buildings, 253
- —Castings, flowing down slopes, 261
- —Castings, washed away, 272
- —Castings, dry, disintegration of, 275
- —Castings, blown to leeward, 283
- Cells, free, with calcareous matter in the calciforous glands, 47
- Cellulose, digestion of, 37
