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Bees, Recent Researches on, 308; Habits of, by Sir John Lub.
bock, Bart., F.R.S., 408; Visiting Flowers, 189
Beeton's "Science, Art, and Literature," 201
Beke (Dr.), Site of the true Mount Sinai, 312
Belfast, Naturalists' Field Club, 4; Queen's College, 350
Belgium, Academy of Sciences, 33, 394; Horticultural Society,
71; Science, 174, 428, 452, 453, 493

Bell (Alfred), Murchison Fund presented to, 354
Bell (Thomas, F. R.S.), "British Quadrupeds," 437

Belt, (Thos., F.G.S.), "The Naturalist in Nicaragua," 218,
469
Bennett (A. W., F. L.S.), "How Flowers are Fertilised," 54;
Use of Terms in Cryptogamic Botany, 323; Fertilisation of
Fumariace, 484; Pollen-grains in the Air, 485
Bentham (Geo.), Address on Inauguration of Linnean Society's
Rooms, 30; his Resignation of the Presidency, 282, 331
Berkeley (Rev. M. J., F.L.S.), Potato Disease, 183; Weber-
bauer's "Fungi of North Germany," 200

Bermuda, Botany of, 369

Berthelot (M.), New Remarks on the Chemical Elements, 231
Biblical Archeology, Society of, 116, 215, 376, 476
Bickmore (A. L., Ph.D.), Natural History Museum, New
York, 9

Bigsby (Dr. J. J., F.R.S.), Murchison Medal awarded to, 353
Binz (Prof.), Effects of Alcohol on Warm-blooded Animals
(Br. A.), 132

Biology, Elementary, 43

Birds and Agriculture, 232

Birds, Flight of; 5, 221, 242, 260, 301, 381, 390, 403, 422,
440

Birds, Flowers of the Primrose destroyed by, 482, 509
Birds, Mr. Garrod's New Classification of, 290
Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society, 152

Birmingham Marine Excursion, 253; Natural History Society,
351

Briggs (T. R. Archer), Flowers of the Primrose destroyed by
Birds, 509

Black (W. J.), Rain-gauge at Sea, 63

Black Rain, 43

Blanford (W. T., F.G.S.), Glaciers in Hindostan, 63

Blanshard (C. T.), Evolution applied to the Chemical Ele-
ments, 6

Blood-pressure in the Heart, 131

Blyth (Edwd.), Obituary Notice of, 191

Boston (U.S.), Natural History Society, 53, 176, 196, 256,

391

Botany; Botanic Garden, Cambridge, 427; Botanical Collec-
tions, British Museum and Kew; Report of Science Com-
mission, 397; Botanical Society, Edinburgh, 216; Journal of
Botany, 314, 474; "Botany of the Bible," by Frédéric Ham-
ilton, 101; Botany of Bermuda, 369; Botany of the Challenger,
450, 485; Results of the Polaris Expedition, 405; "Botany,
Technical," by Dr. Julius Wiesner, 342; "Lindley's Treasury
of, Botany," by Dr. Lindley (new ed.) 300, 344; Vine
Disease, 427; Botany of Brisbane, 452; of Haarlem and
Carlsruhe, 428

Bradley (S. M., F.R.S.), "Comparative Anatomy and Physi-
ology," 120

Brain, Localisation of Cerebral Functions, 131

Brazil, National Museums in, 463

Bremen, Agricultural Exhibition, 373

Brewer (W. H.), Herbert Spencer's "Sociology," 477
Buffaloes slaughtered for their Hides, 373

Brighton Aquarium, 113, 451

Brisbane, Botany, 452

British Association; Report of Committee on Units, 18; Brad-

ford Meeting, 34; Arctic Exploration, 37

British Museum, its Administration, 1, 26, 53, 103, 114, 272,
277, 427, 512; Report of Science Commission, 397, 410
Brodie (Sir B. C. Bart., F. R.S.), Induction Tube of W.
Siemens, 308; Synthesis of Formic Aldehyde, 315
"Brontotherida," a new family of Fossil Mammals, 227
Broun (J. A., F.R.S.), Sun Spots and Terrestrial Magnetism,
154

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Brown (Robt., M.A., Ph.D.), "The Races of Mankind," 279
Brown Institution, Lectures by Dr. Burdon Sanderson, 92
Brunton (Dr.), Effects of Alcohol on Warm-blooded Animals
(Br. A.), 132; Poison of Indian Snakes, 294
Buchan (Alex.), Simultaneous Meteorological Observations,
343

Buck (E. C.), Optical Phenomenon, 183

Budd (W., M.D., F.R.S)., "Typhoid Fever," 280
Buller (Dr. Walker L.), Rallus modestus, 5

Busk (Prof. Geo., F.R.S.), Human bone in the Settle Cave, 14,
70, 156

California, Academy of Sciences, 351
Callard (T. K.), Stalagmitic Deposits, 171

Calvert (Dr. Crace, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 16
Cambridge; Science at, 16, 33, 53, 71, 92, 131, 151, 171, 272,
292, 350, 372, 411, 427, 511; Scholarships and Examinations
for Natural Science, 209; Cavendish Laboratory, Jesus Col-
lege, 410; Philosophical Society, 96; Ornithological Collec-
tion, 312; Rede Lecturer, Sir Samuel Baker, 229; Physiology,
297; Natural Science Club, 213

Cambridge (U.S.) Zoological Museum, 389

Cameron (Lieut.), African Search Expedition, 318, 363
Canadian Geological Survey, 213

Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F. R.S.), Ocean Currents, 423; Swiney
Lectures, 590; Eozoon canadense, 491

Carpenter (Dr. W. Lant), Specific Gravity of Sea-water,
282

Carpenter (Jas., F.R. A.S.), "The Moon, as a Planet, a World,
and a Satellite," 358

Carrier Pigeons utilised in Paris, 373

Casella (Louis P.), Casella-Miller Thermometer, 5, 41, 62,

102

Caspian Sea, Fish of the, 171

Cathcart (Lord), his Prize for Essays on Potato Disease, 161
Cavendish Laboratory, Jesus College, Cambridge, 410
Cave at Settle, Human Remains, 14, 70, 156
Cave at St. Asaph, 156

Celestial Chemistry, J. N. Lockyer, F. R.S., on, 411, 429
Cephalopoda, Gigantic, 332, 430; Ink of the Cuttle-fish, 363
Cerebral Functions, Localisation of the, 131

Challenger Expedition; Notes from the, 92, 182, 304, 410, 423;
Botany of Bermuda, 369; of Fernando Noronha, 388; of St.
Vincent and Cape de Verde Islands, 450; of Tristan
d'Acunha, 485

Chambers (Coote M.), Stick-fish and Habits of Sea-pens, 13
Charter House, Science Lecture at, 247

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Chemistry: "Chemical Analysis, Quantitative," by T. E. Thorpe,
Ph.D., 26; New Remarks on Chemical Elements, 231; Che-
mical Equilibrium, 195; Chemical Society, 32, 36, 76, 115, 155,
235, 295, 335, 375, 415, 455, 494; Journal, Abstracts of
Original Foreign Papers, 377; Analytical Chemistry," by
Pink and Webster, 278; Celestial Chemistry, by J. N.
Lockyer, F. R.S., 411, 429; "Elements of Chemistry," by
W. A. Miller, M.D., LL.D., 380; Industrial Chemistry,
370; Inorganic Chemistry," by R. Meldola, 280; "Intro-
duction to Chemistry," by Rev. A. Rigg, 342; Practical
Continental Chemistry, 113; Text Book by M. Chrestomanos,
Athens, 298; "Laboratory Guide," by A. H. Church, M.A.,

420

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Cheshire, Ornithology of, 132

Chisholm (H. W.), Weighing and Measuring, and Standards of
Weight and Measure, 47, 87; Ancient Egyptian Balances,
122; Lavoisier's Work in the foundation of the Metric System,
185

Chisholm (Mrs.), "Perils in the Polar Seas," 241
Chrestomanos (Prof.); "Text-Book of Chemistry," 298
Christie (A. C.), Lakes with two Outfalls, 485, 500

Chudleigh (Augustine), Garrod's Theory of Nerve Force, 163
Church (Arthur Herbert, M.A.), "The Laboratory Guide,"

420

Cincinnati Observatory, 93

Civil Engineers, Institution of, 17, 135, 172, 355
Clark (J. Edmund), Meteor Shower at Heidelberg, 143
Clarke (W. Bruce), Stalagmitic Deposits, 171

Clerk-Maxwell (Prof.), his Laboratory at Cambridge, 297
Clifton College Scientific Society, 391

Climate of Scotland, Change in the, 72, 156

Clock, Electrical, for London, 351

"Clouds, Classification of," by Prof. A. Poey, 163

Coal, Appliances for its Economic Consumption, 272

Cobbold (T. S., F.R.S.), "Internal Parasites of Domesticated
Animals," 4

Cold Treatment of Gases, 42
College of Physicians, 16
College of Surgeons, 54, 397

Comber (T.), Fertilisation of Fumariace, 484

Comets, New, 72, 92, 331, 491

Comets; Orbits, 229; Spectra, 193

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Dundee; Chamber of Commerce and Arctic Exploration, 37;
Albert Institute, 72; Science in, 152, 453
Durham, Natural History Transactions, 351

Comparative Anatomy and Physiology," by S. M. Bradley, Duppa (B. F., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 33

F.R.C.S., 120

Connecticut Academy, 336

Conservation of Energy, 198

Conchology, Bequest to Cambridge University, 92
"Constants of Nature," by Prof. F. W. Clark, 391
Convection Currents, Heating of Fluids by, 247

Cooke (G. W.), Vivisection, 202

Cooper (T. T., F.R.G.S.), "The Mishmee Hills," 438
Cope (Prof.), Fossil Mammals in Colorado, 294

Cordoba, Swarm of Locusts, 230; Observatory, 264
Corinth, Canal through the Isthmus, 172

Cowan (T. W.), Wealden Fossils, 241

Crewe Mechanics' Institution, Science Lectures for the People,

249

Croll (—), Ocean Currents, 423

Cryptogamic Botany, Use of Terms, 203, 323

Cuckoo and young Pipit, 123

Culley (R. S.), Atmospheric Telegraphy, S3; Telegraphing Ex-
traordinary, 242

Cunningham (D. Douglas, M.B.), Microscopic Examinations of
Air, 330

Currents; their Effect on Temperature, 213; Laughton's "Phy
sical Geography in Relation to Winds and Currents;
Jordan on "The Ocean, its Tides and Currents," 238
Curry (John), Stalagmitic Deposits, 122, 171
Cuttle-fish, 363; Gigantic, at Newfoundland, 382, 403
Cyclones: Notes on, by Mr. Meldrum, 213; Theory of, 221
Czermak (Johann Nepomuk), Obituary Notice of, 63

"Dahomey as it is," by J. A. Skertchley, 460
D'Albertis' (L. M.), Discoveries in New Guinea, 482, 490
D'Alviella (Count G.), "Lapland and Sahara," 261
Darwin (Chas., F.R.S.), Recent Researches on Termites and
Bees, 308; Fertilisation of the Fumariaceae, 460; Primroses
destroyed by Birds, 482

"Darwin on Expression, Reviewed," by Alex. Bain, LL.D., 2
Darwinism; Barraude on Trilobites, 261

Darwin (Francis), Bees visiting Flowers, 189

Dawkins (W. Boyd, F. R.S.), Northern Range of the Basques,
336

Dawkins (Geo.), Rainbow and its Reflection, 322

Dawkins (Geo. M., F.R.S.), Lakes with two Outfalls, 363
Dawson, (G. M.), Fluctuations of American Lakes, and Deve-
lopment of Sun-spots, 504

Dawson (J. W., LL.D., F.R.S.), "Story of the Earth and
Man," 180

Day (Surgeon-Major, F., F.Z.S.), "Freshwater Fish of India
and Burmah," 159

Death, method of recognising, 171

De Candolle (M.), Medal Awarded to, 71

Deep-Sea Fauna, 15

Deep-Sea Soundings, 41, 150

Deep-Sea Temperature, 41, 62, 102, 387, 423, 445

Devonshire (The Duke of), Gift of Physical Laboratory to Cam-
bridge University, 511

Deer, Prince Alfred's, Cervus alfredi, 390

De la Rue (Dr. Warren, F.R.S.), Gift of Astronomical Appa-

ratus to Oxford University, 52, 91, 136

De la Rive (Prof. A.), Obituary Notice of, 143
Denning (W. F.), Shooting Star, 463

Derby (The Earl of, K.G.), Industry and Science, 217, 237,
271, 277

Deville (C. S.), Weather Prognostications, 445, 470

Dyer (Prof. Thiselton), Flowers of the Primrose destroyed by
Birds, 509

Dynamical Units, 18

Dysteology and Natural Selection, 361

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Eclipse of 1871, Datch Photographs of, 61; 102
Ecuador, University of Quito, 428

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Edinburgh Botanical Society, 72, 216; Geological Society,
50, 87, 295, 376, 495; Museum of Science and Art, 34, 70,
131; Royal Physical Society, 275, 395, 476, 516; Royal
Society, 96, 104, 195, 255, 316, 347, 355, 470; Scottish
Meteorological Society, 335, 346; University, 53, 389, 451,
457, 501; Lectures by Prof. Tait, 312
Education: Female, 471; Medical, 21; Necessity for a Minister
of, 271, 294; Workmen in Vienna, 17, in Germany and
England, 217, in Sweden and Chili, 152; Prof. Tait on
'Cram," 501

Egerton (Sir P. de M. Grey, Bart., F. R.S.), Letter to him from
Prof. L. Agassiz, 121

Eggs of Siluroid Fishes, 272
Egyptian Balances, Ancient, 122

Electricity; Electric Clocks, 193, 351; Silent Electrical Dis-
charges, 244, 308; Electric Experiment, 422; Electrical
Phenomena in the leaf of Dionæa muscipula, 75; Electrical
Units, 18; Siemens' Induction Tube, 308; Electro-torsion,
215

Elevation of Mountains, 61

Ellis (A. J., F.R.S.), Algebraical Analogues of Logical Rela-
tions, 75

Ellis (George E.), "Life of Count Rumford," 117
Endowment of Research, 71, 237, 272, 277, 337, 398
Equilibrium of Temperature of Gaseous Columns subjected to
Gravity, 27

Ethnology; Ethnological Museum at Royal Albert Hall, 170;
Tribes of Bengal, 233; Dr. Maclay's Researches among the
Papuans, 328; Living Individuals of the Akka tribes, 231;
Fritsch's South African Races," 479

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Entomology: Killing of Specimens, 162; Ants, 219; Bees,
189, 308, 408; Our Common Insects," 498; Entomological
Society, 95, 136, 255, 335, 354, 375, 416, 475 (See Fertilisation
of Flowers by Insects)

Evapometer, Automatic, Prof. Hough's, 250

Everett (A. H.), Denudation of Limestone Hills of Sarawak,
162

Evolution applied to the Chemical Elements, 6

"Evolution of Living Things," by Rev. G. Henslow, 41

Experiments; Electric, 422; Experimental Illustrations, 323
Extermination of Marine Mammalia, 112

"Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the United States," by Pro'.
J. Leidy, 418

Famine in India, and Meteorology, 222

Faye's Theory of Sun Spots, 254

Fayrer (Dr.), Poison of Indian Snakes, 294

Dewar (Mr. J. and Dr. McKendrick), Physiological Action of Female Education, 471
Ozone, 104

Dew Ponds, 43

Diffraction Spectrum Photography, 224

Diverticulum of the Small Intestine, as a Rudimentary Structure,
82

Dodlet (The) and the Dodo, 191

Draper (Dr. Henry), Diffraction Spectrum Photography, illus.
trated, 224

Dublin; College of Surgeons, 410; Royal Irish Academy, 96,
195, 249, 355, 512; Royal College of Science, 70, 92, 131,
292; Geological Society, 96; Zoological Society, 255;
University, 70

Fenland Meteorological Circular, 391
Fernanda Noronha, Botany of, 388

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Fisher (Rev. O., F.G.S.), Relation of Man to the Ice-sheet, 43;
Elevation of Mountains, 61

Flight of Birds, 5, 221, 242, 260, 301, 381, 390, 403, 422, 440
Florence, International Horticultural Show, 427

Flower (Prof.), Fossil Sirenian, 13

Flowers, Fertilisation of, by Insects (See Fertilisation),
Flowers of Primrose destroyed by Birds, 509
Fluctuations of American Lakes, 504

Fog, Destruction of Sound by, 215; Prof. Tyndall on the
Acoustic Transparency and Opacity of the Atmosphere, 251,
267

Fonvielle (W. de), Sale of "Les Ballons du Siège" pro-
hibited, 293; Aeronautical Experiment, 427; Deville's
Weather Prognostications, 445

Forbes (D.)., Volcanic Theory, 141
Forbes (Geo.), Transit of Venus, 487
Formic Aldehyde, Synthesis of, 315.

Fossil Bird, New, 151; Brontotheridæ, 227; Colorado River,
273; Sirenian, from Suffolk, 13

Foster (Dr. Michael), his Laboratory at Trin. Coll., Cambridge,
297

Foster (Prof. M., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of J. N. Czermak,
63; Effects of Temperature on Reflex Action, 83, 101
Fox (C.), Spinous Shark, Intellect of Porpoises, 42
Fox, The, Collective Instinct, 5

France; Commission of Commercial Geography, 332; School
of Horticulture, 193; Association for the Advancement of
Science, 497 (See Paris)

Frankfort Natural History Society, 273

Frankland (Prof.), Report on Pollution of Rivers, 197
Frankland (F. W.), Physical Axioms, 484, 500

Franklin Expedition, 131, Franklin Institute, 94, 153, 234,
514

Frewer (Ellen E.), Schweinfurth's "Heart of Africa," 340
Fritsch (Dr. Gustav), "South African Races," 479

"Frog, Common," by St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 10, 28, 67,
107, 147, 186, 264, 305, 367, 406

Fry (Edw.), Moraines of Ancient Glaciers, 103
Fuel, Economy of, Exhibition in Manchester, 17
Fumariaceæ, Fertilisation of the, 423, 460, 484
Fungi, Exhibition of, 151

"Fungi of Northern Germany," by O. H. Weberhauer, 200
Fungus, New, 470

Galabin (Dr.), Theory of the Pulse, 125

Galileo's Work in Acoustics, 169

Galton (F., F.R.S.), Men of Science, and a Proposed Statistical
Scale, 342, 344

Galton (John C.), Dr. Maclay's Researches among the Papuans,
328

Garnier (F.), Assassinated in Tonquin, 213
Garrett (Andrew), "Fishes of the Pacific," 120

Garrod (A. H.), Pettigrew's "Animal Locomotion," 221, 281;
the Heart and the Sphygmograph, 327, 362; Flight of Birds,
301, 382; Moon's Want of Atmosphere, 382; Theory of
Nerve Force, 163; New Classification of Birds, 290
Gaseous Column subjected to Gravity, its Temperature, 27
Gases, Cold Treatment of, 42

Geikie (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Earth Sculpture, 50, 89; Southern
Uplands of Scotland, 81; "Science Primers-Geology,"
181; Metamorphism and Volcanic Action, 295

Geikie (J.), "The Great Ice-age and the Antiquity of Man,"
318, 339, 383

Geography; Geographical Society, 16, 37, 92, 113; "Physical
Geography, in relation to Winds and Currents," by J. K.
Laughton, M. A., F.R.A.S., 238; Swiney Lectures, 490;
Geological Magazine, 374; Geological Society, 55, 94, 234,
275, 335, 374, 434, 475, 515; Presentation of Medals, 248,
353
Geology; Astronomical Speculations, 388; Canadian Survey,
213; Denudation of Limestone Hills of Sarawak, 162; Earth-
Sculpture, by Prof. Geikie, F. R.S., 50, 87, 110; "Geology,"
by Prof. Geikie, 181; Influence of Geological Changes on the
Earth's Rotation, 345; Microscopic Petrography, 79;
Nicaragua, 220; Post-Tertiary; "The Great Ice-Age and
the Antiquity of Man," by Prof. Geikie, 318, 339; Results
of the Polaris Expedition, 405; Southern Uplands of Scot-
land, 22, 57, 81; Vienna Institute, 176, 256, 496; Geologists'
Association, 95, 155, 172, 235, 376, 416

"Geometrical Conic Sections," by G. Richardson, M.A., 101

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Glaciation, Polar, 515

Glaciers in Hindostan, 63

Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), Flowers or the Primrose destroyed by
Birds, 509, 512

Glaisher (J. W. L.), Continued Products and Continued Frac-
tions, 234

Glasgow; Philosophical Society, 71; Geological Society, 96,
312, 316, 345, 456; Society of Field Naturalists, 435; Uni-
versity, 273, 490

Godeffroy (Cæsar), his Museum at Hamburg, 120
Goodenough (Capt. Jas. E., R.N.), Rain-Gauge at Sea, 63
Gore (Geo., F R.S.), Electro-torsion, 215

Göttingen, Royal Society of Sciences, 176, 275, 496

Gould (Dr.), Swarm of Locusts at Cordoba, 230; Astronomy in
the Argentine Confederacy, 264

Grasses and Fodder Plants of South Australia, 512
Gray (Dr. J. E., F.R.S.), Stick-fish and Sea-pens, 13
Gray (Stephen), Lecture by Dr. Richardson on, 247

Green (A. H.), "The Great Ice-Age and the Antiquity of Man,"
by J. Geikie, 318, 339, 383

Greenwood (Col. George), Lakes with two Outfalls, 441, 500;
Beech pierced by a Thorn Plant, 463, 501

Griffin (J. J., F.C.S.), "Scientific Handicraft," 201

Gulf Stream, Limits of the, 343, 383

Günther (Albert C. L. G.), Garrett's "Fishes of the Pacific,"

120

Günther (Dr. Albert, F.R.S.), Day's "Freshwater Fish of India
and Burmah," 159

Guthrie (T.), Cold Treatment of Gases, 42

Haeckel (Prof. Ernst), Infusoria, 247; Biography of Prof. T. H.
Huxley, F.R.S., with Portrait, 257;

Haeckel's "Creation of Organised Beings," 470

Haileybury Natural Science Society, 274
Hall (A.), Genesis in Borneo, 163

Hamilton (Frédéric), "La Botanique de la Bible," 101

Hancock (the late Albany), Obituary Notice of, 43 Memorial
to, 130

"Handicraft, Scientific," by J. J. Griffin, F.C.S., 201
Hausemann (G.), Temperature of Gaseous Column subjected to
Gravity, 27

Harkness (Prof. R., F.R.S.), Southern Uplands of Scotland, 22,
57, 81

Harmonic Echoes, 6

Harrow School, Management of, 34

Hartwig (Dr. G.), "The Sea and its Wonders," 40
Harvard University (U.S.), 452

Harvey (Dr. William), Memorial Window in Folkstone Church,
471

Haughton (Rev. S., F.R.S.), "Principles of Animal Mechanics,"
289

Hayden (Dr.), his American Survey, 72, 452

Hayward (R. B.), Spencer and à priori Axioms, 499
Hearder (Dr. J. N., F.C.S.), Physiological Effects of Ozone,

182

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Hoey (Mrs. Cashel), Count D'Alviella's "Sahara and Lapland," Köpper (Dr. W.), Temperature Cycles, 184
261

Holland (Sir Henry), Obituary Notice of, 8
Holton (Prof. J. H.), Obituary Notice of, 349

Hooker (Dr. J. D.), Elected President of Royal Society, 91, 502
Hoosac Tunnel, The, 170

Horsham Iguanodon, 242

Horticultural Show at Florence, 427

Horticultural Society, 95, 151, 155, 295, 354, 395, 435, 475,
515

Howard Medal, for Essay on the State of Prisons, 293
Howorth (H. H.), Distribution of Volcanoes, 141; Shrinking
of the Earth and Terrestrial Magnetism, 201, 322; Ross's
Zones of Parallel Lines of Elevation, 380

Houzeau (M.), Tubes for Silent Electrical Discharges, 244, 308
Huemul, The, Dr. Burmeister on, 82

Hughes (W. R., F.L.S.), Marine Excursion of the Birmingham
Natural History Society, 253; Ink of the Cuttle-fish, 363
Huizinga (Prof.), Abiogenesis, 422

Hull (Thos. A.), Limits of the Gulf Stream, 383
Hume (A. O., and G. Henderson, M.D.),
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Hunterian Lectures on the Vertebrate Skull, 424
Hutton (Capt. F. W.), Rallus modestus, 5; Elevation of Moun-
tains and Volcanic Theories, 62

Huxley (Prof. Thos. Henry, F.R.S.), Biographical Notice with
Portrait, 257; Address at Aberdeen University, 337;
Medical Curriculum, 21, 121; his Practice of Vivisection, 202,
242, 243

India; Science in, 152, 159, 191, 214, 233, 390, 453; New,
Indian Museum, 211; Admiralty Chart of Indian Ocean,
289; Indian Snakes, 163, 203, 261, 294
Induction Tube of W. Siemens, 308

Industrial Chemistry, 370

Industry and Science, Lord Derby on, 217, 237, 271, 277
Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), Vivisection, 243

Inglis (James C.), Transmission of Light in a Squall, 363
Ink of the Cuttlefish, 36

Insects, Fertilisation of Flowers by (See Fertilisation)

Insects (See Entomology)

Instinct, Collective, 5

Instinct of Monkeys, 243

Intellect of Porpoises, 42

International Exhibition of 1874, 170

Ireland; Products of the Towing Net on the South Coast,
(Br.A.), 73

Iron in Australia, 171

Italian Association of Men of Science, 34

Jackal, The, Collective Instinct, 5

Japan; Science in, 114; College of Engineering, Tokei, 373;
German Natural History Society, 427; Professorship of
Chemistry, Yeddo, 312; Japan Lacquer-work, 512; Japanese
Paintings, 428

Javan Rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens, 364

Jennet (Prof.), Chemical Equilibrium, 195

Jevons (Prof. W. Stanley, F.R.S.), Management of the British
Museum, 26

Jodrell (Phillips), Endowment of Biology, University College,
371

Johnson (Fred. P.), Atlantic Fauna, 15

Jonah, Belgian Controversy on, 33

Journal of Botany, 314, 474

Kaiser (Prof.), the Planet Mars, 287, 309

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Kelland (Prof. P., F.R.S., and Prof. P. G. Tait), Introduc-
tion to Quarternions," 137

Kent (W. Saville, F.L.S.), Newfoundland Cuttle-fish, 403;
Aquarium, Central Park, New York, 244, 272

Kew, Botanical Collections and Gardens; Report of Science
Commission, 397; Palm House, Flowering Agave, 470
Key (Rev. H. C.), Flowers of the Primrose destroyed by Birds,
509

Kiddle (Capt. Wm. W.), Limits of the Gulf Stream, 343, 383
Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation of Energy, 441

Kirby (Mary and Elizabeth), "Chapters on Trees," 4
Knobel (Edw. B.), Planet Mars, 383, 463

Kohlraush (Dr. F.), "Physical Measurements," 160
Königsberg, Science in, 172

Krefft (Gerard), Tooth of Ceratodus, 293; Aboriginal Aus-
tralian Artists, 322

"Lahore to Yarkand," by G. Henderson, M.D. and A. O.
Hume, 6

Lake Superior, Fluctuations of Level, 230
Lakes with two Outfalls, 363, 441, 485, 500

Lankester (E. Ray), Destructive Effect of Heat on Bacteria,
421, 482

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Lapland and Sahara," by Count D'Alviella, 261

Laughton (J. K., M.A., F. R.A.S.), "Winds and Currents," 238
Lavoisier's work in the foundation of the Metric System, 185
Lawes (J. B., F.R.S., F.C.S.), Experiments on the Growth of
Barley, 317

Leaf-cutting Ants, 219

Le Conte (Prof. Jos.), Flight of Birds, 5

Lecture Experiments, 247, 323, 344

Lectures at Public Museums; Report of Science Commission,
397

Leeds; Birkbeck Scientific Lectures, 34; Naturalists' Field
Club, 152, 492; College of Science, 157

Leidy (Prof. Jos.), "Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the United
States," 418

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"Lepidoptera," by Herman Strecker, 114

Leverrier (M.), his Scientific Soirée at Paris, 470, 513

Lewes (Geo. H.), Sensation in the Spinal Cord, 83, 101, 121;
Vivisection, 144

Leybold (Federico), "Excursion to the Argentine Pampas,"

59

Liege, Science in, 232

Light, its Transmission in a Squall, 363

Light; Polarisation of, by W. Spottiswoode, Treas. R.S., 127,
167, 203, 282, 323, 383, 464, 507; Refraction, mechanically
illustrated, 158

Lightning, Bursting of Trees by, 96
Lightning Strokes, 236

Lindley's "Treasury of Botany," 344

Linnean Society; Inauguration of New Rooms, 30; Proceed-
ings, Resignation of the President, 36, 75, 76, 115, 154, 234,
282, 331, 334, 357, 374, 415, 455, 470, 494
Liverpool; Free Public Library and Museum, 411; Geological
Society, 316

Livingstone (The late Dr.), Search Expeditions, 17, 193, 363;
his Death and Funeral, 248, 293, 311, 318, 363, 389, 410, 423,
451, 463, 486; Russian Tribute to his memory, 349; his Work
in Africa, 54, 213, 444; his Instruments, 491; Provision for
his Family, his Correspondence, Memorial, 512
Local Scientific Societies, 24, 38, 72, 97, 162
Lockyer (J. N., F.R.S.), Researches in Spectrum Analysis, 133;
Quantitative Analysis of Alloys by the Spectroscope, 135;
Elected Correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences,
170; "The Moon," by J. Nasmyth, C.E. and Jas. Car-
penter, F.R.A.S., 358; Celestial Chemistry, 411, 429
Locomotion, Animal (See Flight of Birds)
Locusts, Swarm of, 230

"Logarithms, Elements of," by Prof. J. M. Peirce, 179
Login (T., F.R.S. E.), Famine in India and Meteorology, 222
Lombardy, Royal Institution of Science, 394
Londonderry Scientific Association, 249

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Man, his Relation to the Ice-sheet, 14; Settle Cave, 70; "The
Great Ice-Age and the Antiquity of Man," 42, 318; Story
of the Earth and Man," by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.
R.S.;
"Man and Apes," by St. George Mivart, 180; "Races
of, Mankind," by R. Brown, M.A., Ph.D., 279
Manchester; Science in, 72; Owen's College, 490, 512, 513;
Geological Society, 275; Literary and Philosophical Society,
20, 56, 96, 175, 215, 296, 315, 336, 396, 455, 495; Lectures
for the People, 249; Students' Association, 34, 249
Marey (M.), Flight of Birds, 390

Margate Aquarium, 249

Marine Mammalia, Extinction of, 112

Marine Excursion of Birmingham Natural History Society, 253
Markham (Clements R.. C.B., F.R.S.), "Threshold of the
Unknown Region," 138

Marlborough College Natural History Society, 120
Mars, The Planet, Prof. Kaiser on, 287, 309, 383, 463
Marsh (Prof. O. C.), Brontotherida, New Fossil Mammals,
227; Fossil Equine Forms, 390; Extinct Vertebrates, Colo-
rado River, 273; Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 294
Maritime Meteorology, Conference for, 461

Marshall (W. E., Lieut.-Col.), The Todas of South India, 99
Marseilles Observatory, 513

Mathematical Methods; Quaternions, 137

Mathematical Society, 75, 154, 234, 334, 395, 399, 494

Moon, Map of the, by Dr. Schmidt, 272
"Moon, The, as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite," by J
Nasmyth, C.E., and Jas. Carpenter, F. R.A.S, 358
Moon, The, its Want of Atmosphere, 382
Moore (Thos.), Lindley's "Treasury of Botany," 344
Moore (S.), Fertilisation of Fumariaceae, 484
Moraines of Ancient Glaciers, 103, 202

Morton (J. C.), Report on Pollution of Rivers, 197
Moscow, Société Impériale des Naturalistes, 333
Moseley (H. N.), Botany of the Challenger, 388, 451, 488

Moss (Dr. E. L.), New Marine Animal, 183

Müller (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 44,
164; Fertilisation of the Fumariaceæ, 460
Müller (Fritz), Termites and Honey-bees, 308
Murchison Medal and Fund, 353

Murphy (J. J. F.G.S.), Moraines, 202; Theory of Volcanoes,
322; The Great Ice Age, 383; Beech pierced by a Thorn
Plant, 441, 463, 501

Museums; National, 1, 26, 53, 103, 114, 272, 277, 427, 512;
Public; Report of Science Commission, 397, 410; in Brazil,
463

Myer (A. J., Brigadier-Gen. U.S.A.), Simultaneous Meteorolo-
gical Observations, 300

"Mathematical Theories of Attraction," by J. Todhunter, M. A., Naples; Zoological Station, 70

F.R.S., 378

Maury (Capt.), Memorial to, 372

Measuring, and Standards of Measure, 47, 87
"Mechanics," by J. A. Skertchley, 61

Medical Curriculum, Prof. Huxley on the, 21, 121, 141, 337
Meldola (Raphael), "Inorganic Chemistry," 280
Meldrum's Notes on Cyclones, 213

"Men of Science," Lecture by F. Galton, F.R.S., 344
Mental Science, Journal of, 93

Meteorology; Meteorological Congress, Vienna, 33; Meteoro-
logical Journal, 374; Simultaneous, Meteorological Observa-
tions, 300, 343; Meteorological Society, 95, 114, 155, 255,
335, 415, 495; Sections of the Atmosphere, 103; Fenland
Meteorological Circular, 391; Indian Famine, 222; Ma-
gellan Straits, 471; Maritime, 461; Modification of Fitzroy's
Signals, 390, 410; Ocean, 469: Prof. Hough's Evapometer
and Rain-gauge, 250; Publications of Committee of Board
of Trade, 311; Results of the Polaris Expedition, 405;
Observations of Sea-temperatures, 346; France and Den-
mark, 372; Temperature Cycles, 184; Weather Reports for
September 1872, 299; West Indies, 468 (See Observatories)
Meteors; Durham, Hereford, 8; California, 172; of January 2,
272; Donegal, 313; Feb. 5, 322; Bristol, 463; Heidel-
berg, 143

Metric System; Lavoisier's Work in its Foundation, 185; in
Germany, 315

Mexico, Results of French Scientific Mission, 260

Meyer (Dr. A. B.), "Expedition to New Guinea," 77, 102, 131,
263, 482; Shooting-stars in the Red Sea, 123
Microscope, Limit of its Capability, 191
Microscopical Journal, 19, 55, 194, 214

Microscopical Societies, London, 36, 116, 215, 295, 375, 455;
Victoria, 216; Vienna, 250

Microscopic Examination of Air, 439, 330, 485

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Microscopic Petrography," by H. Rosenbusch, 79

Milk, Impurity of, 516

Miller-Casella Thermometer, 5

Miller (Hugh), Lakes with two Cutfalls, 500

Miller (W. A., M.D., LL.D.), “Elements of Chemistry," 380
Milne-Edwards (M.), Results of French Scientific Mission to
Mexico, 260; "Mission Scientifique au Mexique," Remunera-
tion of the Contributors, 301

Mimicry in the Animal world, 219, 470

"Mind and Body, Theories of their Relation," by Prof. Alex.
Bain, LL.D., 178

Minister for Science, Proposed 271, 277, 294, 397, 398
"Mishmee Hills, The," by T. T. Cooper, F.R.G.S., 438
Mivart (St. George, F.R.S.), "The Common Frog," 10, 28, 67,
107, 147, 186, 264, 305, 367, 406; Man and Apes, 180;
"Fertilisation of the Fumariaceae," 423

Moggridge (J. Traherne), Fertilisation of the Fumariaceæ, 423,
460

Mollusca of the Bahama Islands, 35
Monkeys, Instinct of, 243

Nasmyth (J., C.E.), "The Moon as a Planet, a World, and a
Satellite," 358

National Museums and the Government, (See State Aid to Science)
Natural Selection and Dysteology, 361

Natural History, 228, 241; South Kensington, Museum, 41,
512; Museum of East India Company, 427; of New York, 9
"Natural Philosophy," by J. A. Skertchley, 61

Negretti (H.), Deep-Sea Thermometers, 62, 102; New Ther-
mometer, 387

Nerve Force, Thermo-electric Theory of, 163
Nest-building Frogs, 265

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Chemical Society, 113, 435; College of
Physical Science, 130

New Comets, 72, 92, 331, 491

New Guinea; Dr. Meyer's Expedition to, 77, 131; Papers on,
92; Earthquake in, 263; Dr. Maclay's Researches, 328;
Sig. D'Albertis' and Dr. Meyer's Discoveries, 4d2
New Marine Animal, 183

New Planets, 390

Newton (Prof. Alfred), Extermination of Marine Mammalia,

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