"Birds, North American," by Elliott Coues, M.D., 21

Birmingham: Free Libraries Committee, 172; Natural History
and Microscopical Society, 334, 355, 469; Birmingham and
Midland Institute, 472, 492

Boa Constrctor killed in India, 231

Bologna, Academy of Sciences, 113

British Association (continued) :—

and Religion in Early Civilisation, by E. B. Tylor, 498;
Glands of Drosera, by A. W. Bennett, 479

Section E (Geography).-Officers, 292

Section F (Economic Science and Statistics).—Officers, 292
Section G (Mechanical Science).-Officers, 292; Opening Ad-
dress by W. H. Barlow, 426

British Medical Association, 270, 292, 304, 313

British Museum, Purchase of Mr. Wallace's Birds of the Malay
Archipelago, 54; Report on Botanical Department, 210;
Bequest of Oriental Caligraphy, 232; Pay of Officers, 217
Brodie (Sir B. C., Bart., D.C.L.), Marsh Gas and Formic Acid;
Electric Decomposition of Carbonic Oxide, 164; Scientific
Instruction at Universities, 197, 339; Speech on Opening of
Owens College, 508

Brook-Smith (J.), "Arithmetic in Theory and Practice," 159
Browne (A. H.), Order of Merit for Scientific Men, 223

18; Science at Cambridge, 83

Borlase (W. C.), Free-Standing Dolmens, 202, 344

Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 35; Melbourne, 334

Botanical Society, 313

Botanical Society of France, 171

Botany (See British Association, Sec. D)

Botany "Grafting and Budding," by C. Baltet, 180

Brachiopoda, Systematic Position of, 391

Bradford, British Association Meeting at (See British Associa-
tion)

Brady (George S.), Collecting and Preserving Microzoa, 68
Brady (H. B., F.L.S.), Cinchona Culture, 555

Brain, Effect of Education in Developing the, 152

Frain, Localisation of the Cerebral Functions, 468, 477

"Brain, Convolutions of the," by Dr. A. Ecker, 516

Brazil Rock Inscriptions, 46

Bream, Variation of Colour in, 25

Brewer (W. H.), Gassendi and Natural Selection, 163
Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society, 334

Brighton Aquarium (See Aquarium, Brighton)

British Association for the Advancement of Science :-Meeting

at Bradford; Arrangements, 251, 312, 370, 405; Officers,
292; Inaugural Address by Prof. A. W. Williamson,
F.R.S., 406; Soirée, 448; Report of Council, 448; At-
tendance, Grants, 473

Section A (Mathematical and Physical Science).—Officers, 292;
Opening Address by Prof. H. J. S. Smith, 448; Report
on Instruction in Elementary Geometry, 452; Report on
Shooting-stars, 474; Etherial Friction, by Prof. B. Stewart,
494; Cyclones, Rainfall, and Sunspots, by C. Meldrum,
495; Effect of Pressure and Temperature on Spectra of
Gases, by A. Schuster, 496; Dynamometers, by R. S. Ball,
497; Introduction of the Decimal Point, by J. W. L.
Glaisher, 515

Section B (Chemical Science).-Officers, 292; Opening Ad-
dress by W. H. Russell, F.R.S., 415; Report on Gold
Assays, 475; Process for Purifying Coal Gas, by A. Ver-
non Harcourt and F. W. Fison, 475; Artificial Magnetite,
by J. Spiller, 475; Constitution of Silicates, by Prof. Scha-
farick, 475; Sulphide of Methyl and Bromacetic Acid, by
Prof. Crum Brown, 475

Section C (Geology).-Officers, 292; Opening Address by John
Phillips, 419; Fossils in the North-western Highlands, by
W. Jolly, 476; Earthquakes in Scotland, by Dr. Bryce,
476; Report on the Settle Cave, by W. Boyd Dawkins,
476; Report of the Boulder Committee, by the Rev. H. W.
Crosskey, 476; Whin Sill of Northumberland, by W.
Topley and G. A. Lebour, 476; Maltese Fossil Elephants,
by Dr. A. Leith Adams, 497; Sub-Wealden Exploration,
by H. Willett and W. Topley, 497; Rocks of St. David's,
by H. Hicks, 497

Section D (Biology).-Officers, 292; Opening Address by
Prof. Allmann, 421
Sub-Section D (Department of Zoology and Botany).-Report
on the Foundation of Foreign Stations, 454. (Department
of Anatomy and Fhysiology).-Opening Address by Prof.
Rutherford, 455; Localisation of the Functions in the Brain,
by Prof. Ferrier, 477; Huizinga's Experiments on Abio-
genesis, by Dr. Burdon-Sanderson, 478: Electricity of
Dionea muscipula, by Dr. Burdon-Sanderson, 479; Nature
of Cholera, by Dr. Brunton, 479. (Department of Anthro-
pology).-Opening Address by John Beddoe, 457; Morality

Brunton (Dr.), Nature of Cholera (Br. A.), 479

Bryce (Dr. J., F. G.S.), Earthquakes in Scotland (Br. A.), 476
Bubale from Abyssinia, 364

Buck (E. C., B.C.S.), Collective Instinct in Animals, 302
Buckland (Frank), "Familiar History of British Fishes," 261
Buddington (Capt. S. O.) and the Polaris Expedition, 75, 218,
404, 435

Buffalo, Society of Natural Sciences, 172, 315

Buller (Dr. W. L.), Birds of New Zealand, 151

Burton (Capt. R. F.), Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe, 429
Bushmen of South Africa, their Drawings and Paintings, 6
Butterflies, Migration across Isthmus of Panama, 536

Calcutta, Zoological Garden at, 34

California Academy of Sciences, 116; Acclimatisation of Fish,
171

Caligraphy, Oriental, Bequest to British Museum, 232
Cambrian Archæological Association, 292

Cambridge; Oreodon Remains in Woodwardian Museum, 30),
385; Rede Lecture 86, 122; Report of Science Commission,
337; Science at, 12, 54, 93, 110, 151, 512, 557; A Voice
from, 21, 41, 83; Trinity College Natural Science Fellowship
and Scholarship, 25, 35; Observatory at, 131
Canarese Snakes, 303

Cannibalism in Florida, 112; in Central Africa, 374
Carbon Battery Plates, 487, 529

Carné (Louis de), “Travels in Indo-China," 258
Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), elected Member of Paris Aca.
demy of Sciences, 230

Carpenteer-bees killed by Orioles, 253

Carruthers (W.), Report on Botanical Department, British Mu-

seum, 210

Carus (Prof. J. Victor), Address on Zoology, 55; History of
Zoology, 118

"Castleton, Derbyshire, Handbook to," 172
Caterpillars, Venomous, 7, 44, 101, 303, 466, 487

Cave at Settle, W. B. Dawkins, F. R.S., on (Br. A.), 476, 540
Caves in West and South Coast of Scotland, 293
"Cazembe, The Lands of," by Dr. D. Lacerde, 429
Cephalopod, Gigantic, in Japan, 112

Cerebral Functions, Localisation of the, 467, 477, 516
Chacornac (Jean), Obituary Notice of, 512

Challenger, The, Progress of, 53, 333, 535; Notes from
the Challenger, by Prof. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., 28, 51,
109, 246, 266, 347, 400

Challis (Prof. J.), "Mathematical Principles of Physics," 279
Charterhouse School of Science, 210

Chauveau (A.), "Comparative Anatomy of Domesticated Ani-
mals," 158

Chemical Science (See British Association, Section B)
Chemical Society, 39, 79, 135, 194

12;

Chemical Society, Berlin, 80, 135, 176, 236, 256, 316
Chemistry: Laboratories of Natural History Museum, Paris, 226;
Prof. A. W. Williamson's Inaugural Address at British Asso-
ciation, 406; Professorship in Engineering College at Jeddo,
"Chemistry, Elements of," by Dr. W. A. Miller, 260;
Chemistry for Schools," by C. H. Gill, 160; "Chemistry,
History of," by F. Hoefer, 320; Chemistry, Practical, Junior
Course of," by Prof. Roscoe, 242; Chemistry, the ABC
of," by Mrs. R. B. Taylor, 260; Chemistry, the Birth of,"
by G. F. Rodwell, 56; Valentin's “ Qualitative Analysis," 199

66

66

East India Museum. Natural History Collections, 5
East Kent Natural History Society, 131
Echinoderms, Recent Works on, 103
Echo corrected by the Use of Wires, 120
Echoes, Harmonic, 319, 383. 487

Ecker (Dr. Alex ), "Convolutions of the Human Brain," 526
Eclipses, Solar: Dec. 12, 1871, Dr. Janssen on the Coronal
Armosphere, 127, 149; Dr. Oudemans' Photographs, 175;
May 26, 1873 131

Eclipses and Magnet sm, 113.

Eden (C), Venomo is Caterpillars, 466

Edinburgh University, 251; Museum of Science and Art, 313;
School of Arts, 191; Scottish Meteorological Society, 256;
Veterinary College, 473

Education: in Germany, 536; in Italy, 558 (See Universities)
Edwards (H.), Honey-making Ant of Texas, 250
Eels, Hermaphroditism of, 113

Eggers (A.), proposed International Coinage, 229
Egypt, Cotton Cultivation, 194

Egyptian Inscriptions, 112

Elec rc D composition of Carbonic Oxide, 164

Electrical Illumination, New Method of, 372

Electrical Measurement, 134

Electricity," by R. M. Ferguson, Ph. D., 63

"Electricity and Magnetism," by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin, F. R. S.,

42

Electricity, Flammarion on. 24

Elas (Ney), Western Mongolia, 114

Emeralds and Bery s, Researches on, 254. 284

Endowment of Research, The. 157, 197, 237, 243, 257, 261, 262,

297, 317, 337, 354, 377, 414 433

Engineering School at the Crystal Palace, 294
Entomological Society, 19, 59, 195, 215

Entomology: Nor h American Moths, 193; Origin and Meta-
morphoses of Insects, by Sir J. Lubbock, Bart. M.P., F.R.S.,
31, 70, 107, 143, 167, 207

Entromostraca, coll c ing and preserving, 68

Equilibrium of Temperature of Gaseous Column subjected to
Gravity, 527

Ether and Atoms, 322, 361

Ethereal Fric ion (Br. A.), 494

Ethnology: Aleutian Islands and Alaska, 112; Berlin Anthropo-
logical Society, 272; "Zeitschrift ür Ethnologie," 17
European Spiders," by T. Thorell, Ph. D., 378
European Weeds an Insects in America, 202
Evolut on Theory, 37. 509

"Evolution, The Philosophy of," by B. T. Lowne, 242
Evolu ion of Structu e in See iling Plants, 373

Exeter, its Place in English History, 289
"Eye, Physiology of the," by S. H. Salon, 322

Faraday, Lessons of his Life (With Portrait), 397; on Scientific
Lecturing, 524

Farrer (T. H.), Fertilisation of Lotus corniculatus, 162
Fauna of Kiel Bay, 3

Faye's Comet, 389

Fayrer (Dr.), Suake Poison, Venomous Caterpillars, 44
Female Educatio: Certificates granted in London University,
130; London University, 210; Miss Pogson appointed A-
sistant Astronomer at Madras, 513; Bequests by John Stuart
Mill, 37!

Ferguson (RM), "Electricity," 63

Ferrier (Prof), Localisation of the Functions in the Brain (Br.
A.), 468, 477

Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 49, 59, 121, 143, 161, 162,
187, 202, 205, 223, 244. 433, 541

Festing (A. M.), Venomous Caterpillars, 101

Feuchtwanger (Prof.), Existence of Live Mammoths, 393
"Field and Forest Rambles," by A. Leith-Adams, F.K.S., 320
Field Clubs, List of, 521

Finlay (Geo.), Polarisation of Light in the Rainbow, 466
Fish, W. K. Parker's Researches on their Anatomy, 74; dis-
tinguished by their Action, 263; Fish, Variation of Colour in,
25, 46, 101; Fish-Acclimatisation in California, 171
Fisheries of New England and New York, 55

"Fishes, British, Familiar History of," by Frank Buckland, 261
Fishmongers' Company, Grant for Research on the Anatomy of
Fish, 74

Fison (F. W.), Process for Purifying Coal Gas (Br. A.), 475
Flammarion (Camille), "The Atmosphere," 22

Fleming (G.), Chauveau's “Comparative Anatomy of Domesti

cated Animals." 158

"Fries and Fly fishin," by Captain St. John Dick, 220
Flight of B rds, 89, 222, 324. 362

Flint (A., jun., M. D.), Paysiology of Man," 89
Fora of Hampshire, 129

Florence, Memorial to Galileo, 329; International Horticultural
Exhibition at, 557

Flounder. Variation of Colour in the, IoI

Flower (Prof. W. H., F.R.S.), Paleontology, 192; Pay of
Scientific Men, 243

Flowers, Fertili ation of, by Insects (See Fertilisation)
Flycatcher's Nest. 263

"Foods," by E. Smith, M.D., F. R.S., 301

Forbes (W. A), Fertilisation of Orchids, 121

Forbes (David, F. R.S.), Mallet Palmieri's "Vesuvius," 362,
528; his Criticis n on Mallet's "Vo ca ic Theory," 485, 549
Forbes (Prof. George). C aims of Forbes and Agassiz on Glacial
Theories, 44, 64 84, 222

Forbes (W. A.) Grus vipio, 164
Fore gn Oriers of Merit, 481, 549
Formic Acid and Marsh-gs, 164

Fossi s : Carnivora from Wyoming, 93; Elephants (Br. A.), 497;
Plants collec ed by Dr. Gopper, 271; Skeleton of Guada
loupe, 122; in the North-western Higalands (Br. A.),
476

Foster (Dr. Michael), Elementary Biology, 54

France Association for the Advancement of Science, 468;
Meeting at Ly ns, 270, 349, 370 (See Paris)

Freeman (E A., D.C.L.), "The Place of Exeter in English
History," 289

Fresenius, Aniversary of his School of Chemistry, 74
Frick (Dr. J.), Ph sika ische Technik," 62

Frog, the Common, by St George Mivart, F.R.S., 470, 510
Fryer (C. E.), Growth of Salm n, 285

Fuel. Dr. Siemens on (Br. A.), 441

Fungi, Edible, 100; Para itic. Collections of, 94
Fungus Shows at Horticultural Society, 493

Galile, Memorial to, 329

Galion, (J. C.), Dr. Ecker's "Convolutions of the Brain,"
526
Galloupe (C. W.), Presentation of a Yacht to the Anderson
S hool, Penikese Island, 230, 271
Gamitto (M.). Journey in Ali a, 429

Gatrod (A. H.), Oigin of Nerve Force, 265, 324, 362, 465;
The Sphygmograph, 486

Gas-endi, his Anticipation of Natural Selection, 162

Gastous Column subjected to Gavity; its Temperature, 486, 527
Ga-es, Kinetic Theory of, 67, 85, 298

Gases, Clerk Maxwell's Theory of, 85

Gas aldi (Sig. B.), Glacier-crosion in Alpine Valleys, 18
Gaudin (Marc Antoine), "L'Architecture du Monde des
Atomes," 81

Gentry, Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 541

Geographical Society, 114; Medals, 13, 94; Works on African
Travel, 429

Geographical Society, Ber'in, 195

"Geography, Physical Text-book of," by D. Page, LL.D.,
F.R S., 358

Geology Geological Map of Australia and Tasmania, 352;
Geological Society, 18, 58, 95, 154, 174, 196, 215; Ge logical
Society, Glasgow, 39 79; Geological Subsidence and Up.
heaval, 223; Geolog cal Survey of Indiana, 228; Ge logists'
Association, 58, 155, 235, 335, 371; "Lyeils Antiquity of
Man," 462. (See Br. A, Sec. C)

Geometry, Elementary, Report on Instruction in (Br. A.),
452; The Hypotheses which lie at its Bases, by Bernhard Rie-
n an, 14, 36

Germ Theory of Puttefraction, 212, 232
German Afri an Expedition. 313

66

Germany, Development Th ory in, 37; Education in, 536
Giles (Ernest), Explor tion in Australia, 94
Gill (C. H.), Chemisty for Schools," 160
Gillander (A), Venomous Caterpillars, 466
Glacial Dritts of North London, 287

"Glicial Epoch, The Last," by Leat.-Colonel Drayson, 301
Gluial Epoch, Climate of Europe during the, 113
G'acial Period, The, 283, 467, 506

Glacial Theories, Originators of (See Agassiz, Forbes, Tyndall)

Glaciation of the Lake District, 154

Glacier erosion Theory, Rev. T. G. Bonney, F.G.S., and Sig. B.
Gastaldi on, 18

Gladstone (Dr., F. R.S.), Black Deposits of Metals (Br. A.), 458
Gladston (Right Hon. W. E.), Reply to Memorial from Cam-
bridge Un versity, 24, 41; Correspondence with Society of
Arts on National Museun s, 543

Glaisher (James, F. R.S.), Flammarion's "Atmosphere," 22
Glasher (J. W. L.), Introduction of the Decimal Point
(Br. A.), 515

Glasgow University, New Professor of Engineering, 49; Geo-
logical Society, 39 79

Gold founi in Qartz in Dumfriesshire, 371

Göppert (Dr.), Fossil Plants, 271

Gore (G.) Scient fic Research, 354

Göttingen, Royal Society of Sciences, 336, 520

Governo ent Aid to S ience (See State Aid to Science)

"Grating and Budding," by C. Balet, 180

Gray (Dr. J. E., F.R.S.), The Huemul, 263, 302; Internal Nose of
Peccaries and P gs, 488

Greenwood (Co'. Geo.), Lakes with Two Outfalls, 382

Grey-Egerton (Sir P. de M., Bart., F.R.S.), Miners' Rules in
the 17th Century, 47

Grote (Aug. R), Dadami1, 485

Ground Ivy, with undeveloped Stamens, 121, 143, 161
Grus vipio, 164. 383

Gubernati's (Prof. Angelo de), "Zoological Mythology," 43

Gu ldford Science an1 Art Classes, 514
Gulf Stream, its Influence on Storms, 147
Gulf Weed col ected by the Challenger, 348

Gulliver (Dr. G.), Extirpation by Collec ors of Rare Plants and
Animals, 73; Care of Monkeys for their Dead, 103, 163
Gun-cotton, Rapidity of Detonation 534

Guthrie (Principal F., LL.B.), Kinetic Theory of Gases, 67;
Equi iorium of Temperature of a Gaseous Column, 486, 527;
Flight of Birds, 86, 324, 362

Hague (J. D.), Habits of Ants, 244

Hal, Different Forms of, 22, 23

Hailstorm at Highfield House Observatory, 121

Hall (Capt) Arctic Exp oration and the Polaris Expedition,

55, 76, 83, 102, 131, 171, 218, 271, 313, 535

Hall (Maxwell), Zodiacal Light, 7, 181; Temperature and Pres-

sure, 200

Halomitra, H. H. Higgins on, 245

Hancock (Albany), De th of, 557

Hansteen (Christo, her), Obituary Notice of, 349

Harcourt (A. V.), Process for Purifying Coal Gas (Br. A.), 475
Harmonic Echoes, 319, 383, 487

Hart (W. E.), Fertilisation of Flowers, 121, 162, 244
Hartley (Sir C. A ), Deta of the Danube, 115
Hartley (W. N), Dr. Bastian's Experiments, 200
Hartnup (J), Determining the Rates of Chronometers, 394
Hastings (Chas. H.), Spectra of the Limb and Centre of the
Sun, 77

Hayden's Exploring Expedition, 170, 193, 271, 272, 331
Hayward (Prof. B.), Lakes with Two Outfalls, 383
Heat, Rede Lecture on Thermo-Electricity, 86, 122

Heat Conduc ed through Rocks (Br. A.), 540

Heg lian Calculus, The, 26

H ge's Philosophy, 241, 382

Heidelberg Universi y, 389

Helinho tz (Prof.), Prussian Order Conferred on, 370
Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, 561

Henrici (Prof.), Mathematical Teaching, 492

Hensley (L), "Figures Made Easy," 159; "Scholar's Arith-
metic," 280

Herschel (A. S., F. R.A.S), Conducting Power of Rocks for
Heat (Br. A.), 540

Herschel (Capt. J.), Flight of Birds, 324, 362

Hess (A., M D.) Dr. Pettenkofer on Air, 483

Hicks (H., F.G.S.). Rocks of St. David's (Br. A.), 497
Higgins (H. H.), Halomira, 245

Hincks (R-v. Thos.), Dr. Sars' Researches on Animal Life in
Deep Sea, 189

Hobart Town Observatory, 272

Hoefer (Ferdinand), "History of Physics and Chemistry," 320
Holand (Sir H., Bart., M.D., F.R.S.), Death of, 557
Honey making Ant, 116, 250

Hooker (Dr. J. D., C.B., F.R.S), Report on Kew Gardens for
1872, 130; Phanerogamic Vegetation, 487

Horns of Animals, Proposed Collection of, 151
Horrox (Jeremiah), 117. 137

Horses, Perception and Instinct in, 65, 78, 322
Horticultural Society, 39, 59, 95, 155, 255, 315, 480, 493, 541
Houzeau (J. C.), Mind in the Lower Animals, 91
Howitt (A. W.), Sense of Dr. ction in Animals, 322
Huemul, The, Dr. J. E. Gray on, 263, 302

Huiz nga (Prof. D.), Experiments on Abiogenesis, 85, (Br. A.)
478, 504

"Humber District, Birds of the," 100
"Humboldt (Alex. von), Life of," 238

Hummel (A.), "Das Leben der Eroe," 44

Hummel (A. and Dr. Otto Yule), "Physikalische und Chemische
Unterhaltungen," 44

Hunt (Prof. J. Serry), Origin of Volcanic Products, 66; Geo-
logy of New Brunswick, 393

Hution (Capt F. W.), Echodermata of New Zealand, 104
Huxley (Prof. T. H.), Reform in Aberdeen University, 12;
Principal Forbes, Prof. Tyndall and Glacier Theories, 64,
84; Intellect of Porpoises, 163

Hyalonema, Japanese Glas rpe Sponge, 393
Hydrogen and Chlorine, Explosion of, 363

Iceland, Volcanoes in, 404

India Science in, 231, 405, 513. (See Bengal, Calcutta)
Indiana, Geological Survey o, 228

"Indo-China, Travels in," by Louis de Carné, 258
Innsbrück, Society of, III

Insects, Fertilisation of Flowers by (See Fertilisation)

Insec's, Origin and Metamorpho-es of, by Sir J. Lubbock, Bart.
F.R.S., 31, 70, 107, 143. 167, 207

Instinct Moving in a Cucle, 6, 27; in the Lower Animals, 6,
65, 67, 77, 282, 284, 322; in Plants, 164

In ellect of Porpoises, 163, 229

International Coinage, proposed, 229

Internati nal Exhibition, 39, 110, 293; 1874, 334
International Metric Commission, 403
Iowa, Scientific Journal, 194

Ireland (Ste Belfast, Dublin)

Iron and Steel Institute. 34 54; Meeting at Liége, 333, 354
Irn, Calc um and Titanium, Coincidence of their Spectrum
Lines, 46

Iron Girder moved by Power of Expansion under Heat, 232
Italy Ass ciation or the Advancement of Science, 472; Bo-
tanical Journal, 17; Education in. 558; Science in, 113. (See
Bologna, Florence, Lombardy, Naples, Rome, Turin)

Jacamar shot near Gainsborough, 100, 120

66

Jagor (F.), Philippine Islands," 138

Janssen (Dr.), Coronal Atmosphere of the Sun, 127, 149
Japan Education, 193; Volcanoes, 196; Winds, III
Jeddo, Engineering College, 12

Jeffreys (J. Gwyn, FR.S.), "Fauna der Kieler Bucht," by
Mayer and Möbius, 3

Jenkin (Prof. Fleeming, F.R.S.), 'Electricity and Mag-
netism," 42

Jenkins (B. G.), Westerly Progress of Cities, 182

Jevons (Prof. W. S.), Lakes with Two Outfalls, 304, 383

Jones (E. D.). November Meteors, 1872, 385

Jose (Amaro), Journey across Africa, 429

Josiah Mason College, Erdington, near Birmingham, 93
Journal of Bo any, 210, 499

Joy (P of. C. A.), on Scien ific Research, 13

Jukes (the late J. B., F. R.S.), Order of Merit for Science, 223
Jute Paper, 192

Kangaroos, Fossil Gigantic, 231

Kaup (Prof. D.). Deith of, 515, 535
Keightley School of Science and Art, 472
Kens ngton Entomological Society, 7

Kent (W. S.), Variation of Colour in Fish, 25; “Guide to
the Brighton Aquarium," 160; Intellect of Porpoises, 229;
Retirement from the Brigton Aquarium, 251; Action

of Fish, 263; Description of the Brigh on Aquarium, 191
Kerguelen Cabbage, its Acclimatisation, 67
Kerner (Prof. A.), contributions to Botany, 111

Kerr (Prof. W. C.), Prehistoric Mica Mines, North Carolina, 14
Kew Gardens, Report for 1872, 130; Plants in flower, 313;
bequest of Herbaria by J. Stuart Mill to, 557

Kiel Bay, Fauna of, 3

Kinetic Theory of Gases, 67, 85, 298 ¦
King's College, London, 230

Kingsley (Rev. Canon), Jacamar shot near Gainsborough, 120
Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), Biela's Comets, 4

Kitchener (F. E.), Fertilisation of the Pansy and Ground Ivy,
143

Koninck (Dr. L. L. de,), "Chemical Analysis and Assaying,"
180

Kraus (Dr. Gregor), “Chlorophyll Colouring-Matters,” 202

Lacerda (Dr. De), "The Lands of Cazembe," 429
Lacustrine Dwellings near Leipsic, 405
Ladiguin (A.), Lighting by Electricity, 372
Lakes of the North-eastern Alps, 18
Lakes with Two Outfalls, 304, 382

Lancelet, from Naples, in the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 12
Landslip at Lima, 372

Langdon (R.), Prominences seen with a Common Telescope,
262

Lankester (E., M.D.), Condensed Milk, 97; Cookery at South
Kensington, 178; "Half-hours with the Microscope," 503
Lankester (E. Ray), Development of Bacteria, 504
Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall, 346

Larvæ of Membracis supplying Milk to Bees, 201

Lassell (J. and C.), "Life of Alex. von Humboldt," 238
Laughton (J. K.), Proposed New Barometer, 6

Lebour (G. A.), Whin Sill of Northumberland (Br.'A.), 476
Lecturing, Scientific, Faraday on, 524

Leeds, Naturalists' Field Club, 36, 110, 335, 493, 514; Philo-
sophical and Literary Society, 153

Leifchild (Rev. J. R.), Papers on Coal, 372
Leipzig, Meteorological Conference at, 114, 341

Leith-Adams (A., F.R.S.), "Field and Forest Rambles," 320
Lesseps (Ferdinand de), elected Member of the French Academy
of Sciences, 270

Leverrier (M.), appointed Director of French National Observa-
tory, 152

Levi (Dr. Leone), Resources of Paraguay, 130

Liebig (Justus), Obituary Notice of, 27; proposed Monument to,

53, 74

Liege, Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute at, 333, 354
Light, its Action on the Electrical Resistance of Selenium, 134;
Physiological Action of, 204; Velocity of, M. Cornu's Ex-
periments, 184

Lightning, Colour of, 383

Lightning Conductors at St. Paul's Cathedral, 294

"Light Science for Leisure Hours," by R. A. Proctor, 243
Lima, Great Landslips, 372

Lindsay (Dr. J. Lauder), Mind in the Lower Animals, 91
Linnean Society, 175, 252, 499; President's Address, 171
Lister (Prof. Jos., F.R.S.) Germ Theory of Putrefaction, 212,
232

Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club, 272

Livingstone (Dr.), Expeditions to aid him, 13, 170, 313; Statue
at Edinburgh, 35; Pension, 170; supposed News of, 492
Lloyd (W. A.), Crystal Palace Aquarium, 532
Lobsters, Young Brood in Brighton Aquarium, 231
Local Scientific Societies, 523

Lockwood (Prof. Dr. S.), Hyalonema, 393

Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), The Spectroscope and its Ap-
plications, 10, 87, 104; Researches in Spectrum Analysis,
153, 156

Loewy (B., F.R.A.S.), Sun-spots, 234

Lombardy, Royal Institution, 315

London University, 192, 210

Loschmidt (Prof.), Experiments on Diffusion, 298
Lovén (Prof.), on Echinoderms, 104

Lowe (E. J., F.R.S.), Hailstorm at Highfield Observatory, 121
Lowne (B. T.), "Philosophy of Evolution," 242

Lubbock (Sir J., Bart, M.P.), Ancestry of Insects, 249; "Mono.
graph of the Collembola and Thysanura," 482; Preservation
of Public Monuments, 333; Silbury Hill bought by him, 191;
Insects (See Origin and Metamorphoses of)

Lucae (Dr. C. G.), Anatomy of Seal and Otter, 222
Lump-fish, Variation of Colour in, 25

Lydekker (R.), Origin of Nerve Force, 465

Lyell (Sir C.), " Antiquity of Man," 462

McLachlan (Robt.), Venomous Caterpillars, 101

McLeod (H., F.G.S.), Dr. Miller's Elements of Chemistry, 260
Maclure (Sir R., C.B.), Death of, 557

McKendrick (Dr.), Physiological Action of Light, 204
McKichan (Dugald, M.A.), Electrical Measurement, 134
Madrid, proposed Exhibition of Industry, 314
Magnetic Survey, Middle States of America, 112
Magnetism and Eclipses, 113

"Magnetism and Electricity," by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin,
F.R.S., 42

Magnetism; Demagnetisation of Needles, 102
Magnetite, Artificial (Br. A.), 475

Matkins (G. H.), "Manual of Metallurgy," 302

Mallet (R, F.R.S.), Chemical Analysis and Assaying", by De
Koninck and Dietz, 180; Translation of Palmieri's
"Vesuvius," 362, 528; D. Forbes' Criticism of his Volcanic
Theory, 485, 528, 549

Maltese Fossil Flephants (Br. A.), 497

Maltzan (Baron von), Travels in Arabia, 395

Mammoth, Contemporary Representation of the, 58
Mammoth, Living, in Siberia, 393

Man, Antiquity of, 392, 462

"Man in Early Times," by Edw. Clodd, F.R.A.S., 99

66

Man, Physiology of," by A. Flint, jun., M.D., 98

Manchester: "Science Lectures for the People," 558; Literary

and Philosophical Society, 19; Owens College, 75, 506, 538
Manila described by F. Jagor, 139

Marine Animal, New, from Washington, 487

Markham (Capt.), Plants from Smith's Sound, 487

Markham (Clements, R., C. B.), Arctic Exploration, 83

Marsh (Prof.), Mammalia from the Rocky Mountains, 76
Marsh-gas and Formic Acid, 164

Mason (Sir Josiah), his Scientific College, near Birmingham, 93
Massachusetts, State Board of Health, 211

Mathematical Science (See British Association, Sec. A)
Mathematical Society, 58, 154

Mathematical Teaching, Prof. Henrici on, 492

Maupertius, his Anticipation of Natural Selection, 163

Mauritius, Society of Arts and Sciences, 211; Observatory, 446
Maury (Commodore), Monument to, 35

Maury (Prof. T. B.), Law of Storms Developed, 124, 147, 164
Mayer (H. A. and R. Möbius), "Fauna der Kieler Bucht," 3
Mayer (John), J. Thomson, C. E., LL.D., Professor of Engi-
neering, 49

Mayne (Capt. Ashton), Sidereal Dial, 366

Measuring and Standards of Measure, 268, 307, 327, 367, 386,
489, 552

Mechanical Combination of Colours, 262

Mechanical Science (See British Association, Sec. G)
Medals awarded by French Societies, 55
Medical Studies, 461

Melbourne, Botanical Garden,'334; Microscopical Society, 558
Meldrum (C.), Periodicity of Cyclones, Rainfall, and Sun-spots,
194, 547, (Br. A.) 495

Melsheimer (F. E., M.D.), Obituary Notice of, 236

Mental Science, Journal of, 233

Merrill (G. C.), Motion in a Circle, 77

66

'Metallurgy, Manual of," by G. H. Makins, F.C.S., 302
Metamorphoses of Insects (See Insects)
Meteor at Tiverton, 487

Meteors, November, 1872, 385

Meteorology: Flammarion's " Atmosphere" by Glaisher, 22;
Law of Storms Developed, 124, 147; in Havanna, 294; in
Japan, 111; proposed Stations in China, 389; Registers of
H.M.S., Erebus and Terror, 514; Symons' "British Rainfall
for 1872," 231; United States' Signal Office, 35, 112, 124 ;
Congress at Leipsic, 341; at Vienna, 468; Meteorological In-
fluence of Trap Rocks, 181; Meteorological Soc., 19, 114, 175
Metric Commission, International, 403; Casting the New
Metre, 75

Metric System of Weights and Measures, 386

Meyer (Dr. A. B.), his Expedition to New Guinea, 535
Mica Mines, Prehistoric, in North Carolina, 14
Michez (Dr.), Eclipses and Magnetism, 113

"Microscope, Half Hours with the," by E. Lankester, M.D.,
503

Microscope, New Slide, 79

of Science, 270, 349, 370, 468

Maack (Dr. G. A.), Death of, 514

Microscopical Journal, 79, 153, 234. 296, 499, 519
Microscopical Society, 59, 135, 500

Microscopical Society, Birmingham, 469