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Franklan 1 (E., F.R.S.), his Work at the Royal Institution, 265
Fraser (Thos. R., M.D.), Physostigma and Atropia, 69
Frere (Sir Bartle, C.B.), his Anti-Slavery Expedition, 70, 189
Fungi, Fermentation and Putrefaction, 61, 78

Garrod (A. H.), Dinoceras and its Allies, 481

Hart (W. E.), Pollen-cating Insects, 161, 242

Harting (J. E., F.L.S.), "Handbook of British Birds," 101
"Harvesting Ants," by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337, 453
Hassler Expedition, III

Hawkins (B. Waterhouse), his Models of Fossil Reptiles, 88
Hawksley (Thos.), Twinkling of the Stars, 262

Gas, New Mode of Lighting, 89; (Hydrocarbon), Mr. Ruck's Hayward (W. R.), "Botanist's Pocket-book," 360
Process, 329

Gasometer on Fire, 312

Gauges for Ocean Rainfall, 123, 202

Geikie (Prof., F. R.S.), Introductory Murchison Lecture on Geo-
logy, 164, 183; Deep Springs, 177; "Physical Geography,"

359

Geikie, (Jas.), Scottish Coal Fields, 14

Geodetic Operations in Algeria, 450

Geographical Society, 35, 36, 70, 117, 157, 208, 276
Geography, Geikie's " Physical Geography," 359
Geological Science in Switzerland, 10; Society, 59, 115, 134,
175, 354, 372, 414, 454; Exhibition at Glasgow, 112, 128;
Magazine, 133, 173, 234; Institute, Vienna, 175, 336, 442,
476, 495; Survey of India, 281; "Jahrbuch," Vienna, 320;
Survey of America, 370

Geologists' Association, 75, 154, 214, 295, 334, 349, 395, 412,
474, 494

Geology of Iowa, 16; Subjects taught at the College, New-
castle-on-Tyne, 102; the Rising of Australia, 129; Prof.
Geikie's Introductory Murchison Lecture, 164, 183; Glacial
Action, 287, 323, 351, 362, 374; Election of Woodwardian
Professor, 331

Geology Post-pliccene of Canada," by J. W. Dawson,
LL.D., 240

Geometry; Prof. Clifford and Dr. Ingleby on Curved Space,

282

Giebel (Dr. C. G.), "Thesaurus Ornithologia,” 44
Giggleswick Grammar School, 230

Glacier Motion, 287, 323, 351, 362, 374

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Glaciers; Forms of Water," by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400
Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), an Air-Battery, 472

Gladstone (Rt. Hon. W. E.), his Speech on the Assyrian Record
of the Deluge, 87; Memorial to him on the National
Herbaria, 212; his Reply, 243

Glasgow, Geological Exhibition, 112, 128; Geological Society,
56, 255, 475; Society of Field Naturalists, 412; Technical
College, 151; University, 131, 392; University, Female
Education, 133

Gold produced in Victoria, 201

Göppert (Prof. H. K.), Inscriptions in Trees, 83
Gottingen, Royal Society of Sciences, 155

Government and the Arctic Expedition, 157, 170, 188, 208;
Kew Herbarium, 243

Grandy (Lieut.), and the "Livingstone Congo Expedition," 110,
112, 251

Grashof (Dr. F.), "Theory of Machinery," 45

Great Pyramid, Ancient Egyptian Weight found in, 146

Greenland, Researches in, 835

Greenwich, Royal Naval College, 209, 217

Greenwich Date, the, 68, 105, 242

Greenwood (Col. Geo.), The Greenwich Date, 105

Greek at London University, 310

Gregory (Rt. Hon. W. H.), Science in Ceylon, 42

Gresham Lectures, 190, 283

Grey-Egerton (Sir P. de M., Bart., F.R.S.), Wollaston Medal
given to, 354

"Grotesque Animals," by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 280

Günther (Albert, F. R.S.), Salmonidae of Great Britain, 203

Haeckel (Prof. Ernst.), 'on Calcareous Sponges, 279; Theory of
Evolution, 352, 433.

Hæmatozoon in the Blood, 289

Hagen (Dr. A.), Mimicry in the Colours of Insects, 112
Haggerstone Entomological Society, 55

Hague (Jas. D.), Perception in Ants, 443

Hailstorm in India, 392

Hall (Prof. Asaph), November Meteors at Washington, 122;
Logarithmic Tables, 222

Hall (Marshall), Brighton Aquarium, 362

Hall (Maxwell), Source of the Solar Heat, 262; Zodiacal Light,
203, 340; November Meteors, 341

Harlem; Dutch Society of Sciences, 464

Harris (Geo., F.S.A.), Intellect and Instinct, 415

Health Society, National, 131

Heat in Thibet, Senegal, Calcutta, &c., 170

Heer (Prof. O.), Murchison Fund awarded to, 355; Prehistoric
Culture of Flax, 453

Hegelian Calculus, 442

Helminths, Growth and Migrations of, 265
Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, 8

Henslow (Rev. G.), Leaf-arrangement, 403, 442

Herbaria at Kew and British Museums, 5, 26, 95, 103; Memo-
rial to Mr. Gladstone, 212; his Reply, 243; the National,
Prof. W. T. Thiselton Dyer on, 243

Herschel (Prof. A. S.), the November Star Shower, with Maps,
185; Auroral Display at Carlisle, 481
Hibberd (Shirley), The Ivy," 198

66

Higgins (Rev. H. H.), November Meteors at Rainhill, 84
Himalayan Ferns, 321

Hippopotamus born at Zoological Gardens, 15, 55; Liberian,
392

Hobart Town, Meteorological Observations for, 320
Hooker (Dr. J. D., C.B., F.R.S.); his treatment by Mr. Ayrton,
71, 168; Herbaria of Kew and the British Museum, 5, 45,
103; Memorial to the Premier, 212; his Reply, 243; Kew
Gardens, Ipecacuanha Cultivation, 83; Possession Islands,
384; View of Possession Islands, 486

Hope (W.), Flight of Projectiles, 362; Deep Wells, 283
Horses, Perception in, 340, 360, 361, 384, 410

Horticultural Society, 335, 374, 415, 474; and International
Exhibition, 331

Higgins (Dr. W., F. R.S.), Inherited Instinct and Perception,
281, 377; Spectroscope, 320, 381

Huizinga (Prof. D.), Experiments on Abiogenesis, 380
Hull (E. W. D., F. R.S.), "Coal-fields of Great Britain," 319
"Human Physiology, First Principles of," by W. T. Pilter, 25
Hunterian Lectures by Prof. Flower, 281, 310, 330, 348, 364,
388, 408, 428

Hutton (F. W.), Movement of the Earth's Surface, 221
Huxley (Prof.) elected Lord Rector of Aberdeen University,

131, 250

Hydro-carbon Gas, Mr. Ruck's Process, 329

"Hygiene of Air and Water," by W. Proctor, M.D, F.C.S.,
318

Iceland, Rainfall and Temperature, 245; Eruption of the
Skaptar Jokull, 470

India; Dr. Fayrer on Venomous Snakes, 140; Hailstorm, 392;
Science in, 15, 133, 162, 169, 290, 432; "The Useful Plants
of," by Col. H. Drury, 340; "Stray Feathers," a Calcutta
journal, 350; Travelling Notes in, 322; Trigonometrical
Survey, 281

India Office, Zoological Collections at the, 457, 481
Indices of Journals, 464

Infectious Diseases, 283

Ingleby (Dr. C. M.), Kant's Antinomies, 262, 282, 302; Curved
Space, 282

Inherited Instinct (See Instinct)

66

Inorganic Chemistry," by the late Geo. Wilson, M.D., 441
Inscriptions in Trees, 83

Insects of the Wyandotte Cave, 12; Metamorphosis, by Prof.
Duncan, F.R.S. (Br. A.), 30, 50; Mimicry of Colour in,
113; Pollen-eating, 132, 161, 202; Origin and Metamorpho-
ses of, by Sir John Lubbock, Bart, M. P., 446, 486
Instinct or Reason? 47

Instinct and Perception in Animals, 281, 303, 322, 340, 360,
371, 377, 409, 415, 417, 424, 437, 443, 444, 463, 483
International Book Conveyance, 161; Metric Commission and
Institution, 197, 237; Exhibition and Horticultural Society,
331

Intonation in Music, 275

Iowa, Geology of, 16

Ipecacuhana Cultivation at Kew, 83

Italian Geographical Magazine, 291; Report on the Eclipse of
1870, 308; Geographical Society and Journal, 452
Italy, Science in, 234; R. Accademia del Lincei, 335
"Ivy, The," by Shirley Hibberd, 198

Jade Works in WV stern Yunan, 317
Jamin (1), Powerful Magnet, 452

Janssen-ekyr Application of the Spectroscope, 301, 380
Janssen Dr, and J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S.), Medal of, 54, III
Japan, nearing College, 430; Science in, 371; Volcanic
Mount.in, 169

Japanese Lepidoptera, 374

Japanese Medical Student at Berlin, 89

Jebb (G. R.), Perception in the Lower Animals, 410
Jeremiah (J.), Sociability of Cats, 425

Jesse (W., C.M.Z.S., and H. M. Labouchère, F.Z.S.), Dr.
Brehm's "Bird Life," 121

Jevons (Prof. W. S., F.R.S.), Maupertuis on the Survival of
the Fittest, 341, 402

Jones (Dr. Bence), Testimonial to, 390; on the New Physiolo
gical Laboratories, Berlin, 405; his Death, 489
Journal of Botany, 453, 494

Judd (J. W., F. G.S.), Wollaston Donation Fund given to, 355

Kant on the Retarded Rotation of Planets and Satellites, 241
Kant's Antinomies, 262, 282, 302

Katipo or Venomous Spider of New Zealand, 29
Kensington Entomological Society, 290

Kent (W. Saville, F.R.S.), Phosphorence in Fish, 47; Ap-
pointed Curator of the Brighton Aquarium, 209, 451
Kew Gardens, 71; Moreton Bay Plants, 370; Ipecacuanha Culti-
vation, 83; Herbarium, 5, 45, 26, 103; Memorial to Mr.
Gladstone, 212; his Reply, 243; Prof. Dyer on, 243
Kingfisher, its Feeding Habits, 362

Kingsley (Rev. Canon), Perception in Horses, 340
Kirk (Dr.), Testimonial to, 451

Kirkwood (Prof. Daniel), November Meteors in Indiana, 123
Klein (E., M.D.), "Handbook for the Physiological Labora-
tory," 438

Laboratories of the Royal Institution, New and Old, 223, 263
Laboratories, Physiological, at Berlin, 405

Labouchere (H. M., F.Z.S., and W. Jesse, C.M.Z.S.), Dr.
Brehm's "Bird Life," 121

Lakes, Fresh and Salt, Lectures by Prof. Ramsay, F. R.S., on,
312, 333

Lampris guttatis taken at Faroe, 106

Lankester (E. Ray), De Novo Production of Living Things,
104, 123; Hæmoglobin, 133; Dr. Burdon Sanderson's Ex-
periments; Production of Bacteria, 242; Dr. Bastian's Ex-
periments, 261

Laughton (J. K.), The Greenwich Date, 105; Perception in the
Lower Animals, 410

Lava of Mount Vesuvius, 2

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Light, its Effect on the Conductivity of Selenium, 33, 340, 361;
Reflected and Transmitted, 481

Lindsay (Lord), his Preparations for the Transit of Venus, 109
Linnean Society, 39, 75, 154, 372

Lisbon, Notes on Zoology and Botany, 229

Livingstone (Dr.) and H. M. Stanley, 35, 38; his Discoveries,
70, 169, 231, 251, 110; "How I found Livingstone," by H.
M. Stanley, 79; Congo Expedition, 110 (See African Explo-
ration); Gold Medal from the Italian Government, 110
Lockyer (J. N., F.R.S.), on the Eclipse Expedition, 1871, 57,
92; Meteorology of the Future, 142; The Spectroscope and
its Applications, 125, 166, 226, 246, 345, 406, 466; Spectrum
Analysis, Spectrum of the Sun, 174; Medal of, 54, III;
(and G. M. Seabroke), New Method of Viewing the Chromo-
sphere, 313; (and Dr. Janssen), their Application of the
Spectroscope, 301, 381

Logarithmic Tables, 222

London Institution, 15, 190, 251

London University, 88, 310

Lord (J. K.), Obituary Notice of, 110

Lowe (E. J., F. R.S.), Earthquake near Derby, 68

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Manitoba Observatory, 425

Marine Animal, Supposed new, 67

Marlborough College Natural History Society, 311

Marsh (Prof. O. C.), his Expedition to the Rocky Mountains,
209; Fossil Birds from Kansas, 310; Dinoceras mirabilis,
366; Dinocerata, 491

Massey (H. D.), A Fact for Mr. Darwin, 462
Mathematical Society, 95, 154, 235, 334, 415, 474
Maupertuis on the Survival of the Fittest, 341, 402

Mauritius, Royal Society, 71; Meteor at, 221, 233; November
Meteors at, 232; Metorological Observatory, 243; Meteoro-
logical Society, 250

Maury (Capt. M. F.), Obituary Notice of, 390

Maxwell (Prof. Clerk, F. R.S.), Action at a Distance, 323, 341
Mayer (John, F.C.S.), Geological Exhibition, Glasgow, 128;
The late Prof. W. J. M. Rankine, 204

Medical Microscopical Society, 210

Medical Record, 189

Meldrum (C.), November Meteors at Mauritius, 232
Mentone, Skeletons at, 401, 443

Merlin (C. H. W.), Moon's Surface, 221

Metamorphoses of Insects, by Prof. Duncan, F.R.S., 30,
50, 86

Meteorites: Vienna Collection, 55, 210

Meteorology: Committee of the Board of Trade, Ocean Ob.
servations, 43; Organisation Abroad, 89; Society, 95, 255,
49, 355, 455; of the Future, by J. Norman Lockyer, F. R.S.,
98, 123, 142, 161, 283, 443; Sherman Astronomical Expe-
dition, 107; Observatory at Mauritius, 243; Rainfall and
Temperature of North Western Europe, 245; Cycles, 161,
262; Observations for Hobart Town, 320; Temperature of
February, 1873, 371; American Signal-office, 371 (See Rain-
fall); Scottish Meteorological Society, 375; E. J. Stone,
F.R.A.S., 443; Meteorological Notes, 471

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Meteors Shower of Nov. 27, 1872; Observations at Stonyhurst,
Dublin, Lampeter, Rainhill, Malpas, Glasgow, Durham,
Birkenhead, Bristol, Cumberland, St. Andrew's, 84 85; Bun-
tingford, Brancepeth, Wisbeach, Birmingham, York, Glas-
gow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Rothbury, 104; Prof. A. S.
Herschel, F. R.A.S., on, 103; France and Italy, 112; Yale
College (U.S.), Piedmont, Washington, 122; Indiana, Liver-
pool, Pau, 123; Bermuda, 181; Summary, with Maps, by
Prof. A. S. Herschel, F. R. A.S., 185, 211; Göttingen, Dant-
zig, Athens, 211; Mauritius, 232; New Brunswick, 217, 251,
443; Shower in 1838, 203; Glasgow, 28; Blackpool, 29;
Bristol, 71; at King's Sutton, Banbury, 112; South Pacific,
242; St. Thomas, 262; Stourbridge and Manchester, 262,
290, 315, 322; Cape Matapan, 443; April 19 and 20, at
Bristol and Bath, 482; and Comets, Connection between, 468
Metric Commission, International, 197, 237
Microscopic Fungi, 78

Microscopic Preparations, 83

Microscopical Society, 154, 315, 374, 395, 455
Microscopical Journal, 294, 454

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New Planets, 35, 132, 169, 189, 331, 491

Newton (A., F. R.S.), Yarrell's "British Birds," 461; Zoologi-

cal Collections at the East India House, 481

Newton (Prof., H. A.), November Meteors at Yale College, 122

New York, Statistics of Education, 152

New Zealand; Venomous Spider, 29; New Zealand Institute,

132; Wellington Philosophical Society, 135

Nichols (T. L., M.D.), “Human Physiology," 261

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152, 412

Palgrave (W. Gifford), Auroral Phenomena at Trebizond, 181
Palmieri (Prof.), "The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872," 1, 259
"Paradoxes, A Budget of," by A. De Morgan, 239

Paris Academy of Sciences, 20, 40, 59, 96, 115, 136, 176,
195, 216, 236, 256, 296, 316, 356, 376, 396, 416, 436, 452,
496; Award of Prizes, 86, 88; Jardin d'Acclimatation, 112,
351; Observatory, 331

Pathological Society, 189

Pavy (M.), his Arctic Expedition, 231, 270, 311
Pearson (Rev. Jas.), The Greenwich Date, 68

Penikese Island given to Prof. Agassiz for Scientific Purposes,
445, 471, 477

Perception in the Lower Animals, 340, 360, 361, 371, 377, 384,
409, 415, 438, 443, 444; a Mechanical Analogy, 483; in
Men and Animals, 463, 483

Periodicity of Rainfall, 98, 143, 161

Perrier (Capt.), Geodetic Operations in Algeria, 450

Perry (Rev. S. J., F.R.A.S.), November Meteors at Stony.
hurst, 84; Terrestrial Magnetism, 171, 193; "Magnetic
Survey of Belgium," 295

Persia, Science in, 15

Petermann (Dr.), North Polar Exploration, 7
Perthshire Society of Natural Sciences, 491
Peruvian Skulls, 350

Petrified Forest in the Libyan Desert, 363
Peyton (J. E. H.), Boring in Sussex, 162
Pharmaceutical Society, 53, 131

Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences, 76, 111, 156, 195,
215, 496; Philosophical 335, 475

Phillips (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Prof. Sedg.
wick, 257

Phoenician Vademecum, 462

Phosphorescence in Fishes, 47, 221

Phosphorescence in Wood, 464

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Pigeon Express, Ceylon, 351

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Nicoll (W. R.), Inherited Instinct in Dogs, 340; Nitrogen, Pigeons, Inherited Instinct, 378, 417; protected from Rapacious
Spectrum of, 463

Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 76

North Magnetic Pole, its Motion in the last two Centuries, 142
North Polar Exploration (See Arctic Exploration)
Northumberland and Durham, Natural History Transactions,

221

"Observatories of Great Britain," 232

Observatories; on Mount Vesuvius, 2; Florence, 15; Alle-
ghany, 16; Central Asia, 71; France, 111; Vienna, 34;
Sydney, 130; Mauritius, 243; Alleghany, 251; Manitoba,
289; Cape of Good Hope, 311; Paris, Montsourris, Mar-
seilles, 331; Leyden, 350; Pera, 351; Madras, 371; Wash-
ington, 412; Manitoba, 425; Stonyhurst, 431; Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin, 431; Edinburgh, 451

Ocean Meteorological Observations, 43, 68, 123; Rainfall, 183,

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Birds in China, 371

Pigott (E. V.), November Meteors at Malpas, 85

Pitter (W. T.), “First Principles of Human Physiology,” 25
Planarians of Ceylon, Anatomy of, 353

Planets, New, 35, 132, 169, 189, 331, 491; and Satellites, Re-
tarded Rotation of, 241

"Plants, Natural History of," by H. Baillon, 320

Plateau (Felix), Aquatic Articulata, 469

Pogson (N. R.), Hints on Collecting Arachnida, 163
Pollen-eating Insects, 132, 161, 202, 242

Popular Science in 1872, 142

Portsmouth, U.S. Exploring Ship, 268

Possession Islands, R. H. Scott and Dr. Hooker, C. B., on, 384;
View of, 486

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Proctor (H. R.), Aurora Spectra, 242; Spectroscope, 381
Proctor (W., M.D., F.C.S.), “Hygiene of Air`and Water,”
318

Ornithology, Stray Feathers," an Indian Journal, 350; Progress of Science in the last Twenty-five Years, 137, 158,

"Thesaurus Ornithologie," by Dr. C. G. Giebel, 44

Orton (James), Ascent of Cotopaxi, 449

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Projectiles, Flight of, 362, 404

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Radiation of Heat from the Moon, 436

Radiant Heat, Prof. Tyndall's Researches on, 66; Capt. Ericsson
on, 273

Rainbow, Treble, 46; on Blue Sky, 68

Rainfall: Periodicity of, 98, 143, 161; at Barbados, 124, 161;
for October 1872, 16; at Sea, 123, 202; and Temperature of
North-Western Europe, 245

Ramsay (A.), Authorities on Mirage, 322

Ramsay (Prof., F.R.S.), Fresh and Salt Lakes, 312, 333
Rankine (Prof. W. J. Macquorn), Obituary Notice of, 204
Ransom (A.), Inherited Instinct, 322

Ranyard (A. Cowper), Polarisation of Zodiacal Light and
Aurora, 201

Rawson (Rawson W.), Rainfall at Barbados, 124, 161; Meteor
at St. Thomas, 262

Reason or Instinct? 47

Reclus (Elisée), "The Earth" and "The Ocean," 421

"Records of the Rocks," by Rev. W. S. Symonds, F. G.S.,
461

Reid (Serg.-Major R.), Flight of Projectiles, 341, 404
Reflected and Transmitted Light, 481

Reflected Sunshine in India, 162

Respighi (Prof.), Solar Diameter, 385

Reynolds (Prof. Osborne), Meteor at Manchester, 315
Rhinoceros born in Vic oria Docks, 133; its Death, 255
Riga, Society of Naturalists, 155, 215, 495

"River Basins, Notes on," by R. A. Williams, 122
Roberts (E.), The Greenwich Date, 105

Roberts (Wm., M.D.), Dr. Bastian's Experiments, 302, 321,
381

Robertson (G. C.), External Perception in Animals, 322, 361,
377, 409

Rocky Mountains, Prof. Marsh's Expedition, 209

Rodwell (G. F., F.C.S.), "The Birth of Chemistry," 36, 90,

104, 206, 285, 393, 492; Lectures on Ancient Science, 190
Romanes (G. J.), Perception in the Lower Animals, 411
Ross (Dr. James), Anticipations of Natural Philosophy, 402
Ross (Sir James), Portrait of, 55; his South Polar Explorations,
63, 139

Rosse (Earl of, D.C.L., F. R.S.), Diathermacy of Flame, 28;
Radiant Heat, 273; Radiation of Heat from the Moon, 436
Rotability, Treatise on, 124

Rowing; "University Oars," by J. E. Morgan, M.A., 397,
458, 418

Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction, 70, 268

Royal Institution, 15, 88, 111, 131, 170; New and Old Labo-
ratories, 223, 263

Royal Society, 34, 70, 75, 114, 133, 174, 213, 235, 254, 275,
294, 313, 331, 353, 369, 372, 390, 395, 413, 434, 453, 454,
470

Ruck's Hydrocarbon Gas, 329

Rugby School, 131, 151

Russell (H. C.), Coloured Stars about Kappa Crucis, 130
Russia, Science in, 55

Rutherfurd (L. M.), Stability of the Collodion Film, 391

St. Andrews University, 231

St. Clair (G., F.R.S.) Meteor near Stourbridge and at Man-
chester, 262, 290

St. Petersburg, Academy of Sciences, 194; Geographical So-
ciety, 452

Sale (M. L., R. E.) Electric Conductivity of Selenium, 340
Salmon-breeding in Silesia, 290

Salmonide of Great Britain, 162, 203
Salt Lakes, 312, 333

Sanderson (Dr. J. Burdon, F.R.S.), Dr. Bastian's Experiments
on the Beginnings of Life, 180, 242, 261, 275, 302, 321, 380,
413; "Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory," 438
Sanitary Association, Dublin, 332

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Settle Cave Exploration, 374

Sheep, Instinct in, 425

Sheffield, Literary and Philosophical Society, 310; Naturalists'
Club, 311

Shelley (G. E., F.G.S., F.ZS.), "Handbook to the Birds of
Egypt," 178

Sherman Astronomical Expedition, 107

Sight in Dogs, 361, 384, 377, 409, 424

Signal Service in America, 484

Silesian Society for National Culture, 137, 158, 162

Silex in Water, the cause of its Blue Colour, 132
Skeletons at Mentone, 401, 443
Skeletons of Wild Animals, 46

Skull, The Mammalian, 460

Skulls of the Troglodytes of the Vézère, 426; found near
Danzig, 372

Smell in Animals, 360, 377, 384, 409, 410, 411, 424
Smith (Archibald, LL.D., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 169
Smith (George), his Expedition to Assyria, 151, 210

Smith (Willoughby), Effect of Light on Selenium, 303, 340, 361
Smith (W. Robertson), Hegelian Calculus, 442

Smyth (Prof. Piazzi, F.R.S.), Petrified Forest in the Libyan
Desert, 363; Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, 451

Snakes, Venomous, of India and Australia, 15, 140, 190
Society of Arts, 55, 150, 392, 451

Solar Diameter, Prof. Respighi on, 335; Heat, its Source, 262;
Spots, Spectra of, 107, 108

Somersetshire Natural History Society, 48

Somerville (Mary), Obituary Notices of, 87, 132, 151
South London Entomological Society, 131
South London Museum, Proposed, 251

South Polar Exploration, 21, 62, 138

Spalding (Douglas A.), Herbert Spencer's "Psychology," 298,
357; Perception in Animals, 377

Spanish Society of Natural History, 411

Spectra Effect of Resistance in Modifying, Prof. Tyndall on,
384; of Solar Spots, 107, 108; of Aurora, 242, 463; of the
Aurora and Zodiacal Light, 182, 201; of Nitrogen, 463
Spectroscope, its application, by Janssen and Lockyer, 301, 320,
381

Spectroscope and its Applications, by J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S.,
125, 166, 226, 246, 345, 406, 466
Spectroscopic Observations, 222

Spectrum Analysis; the Spectrum of the Sun, by J. N. Lockyer,
F.R.S., 174

Spencer (Herbert), "Principles of Psychology," 298, 357;
Planarians and Leeches, 354

Spiders, Hints on Collecting, 163

Spiders, Trap-door," by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337, 453
Spitzbergen, Geographical Discoveries, 413

Sponges ; "Die Kalkschwämme," by E. Häckel, 279
Spottiswoode (Wm., F.R.S.), Old and New Laboratories of
Royal Institution, 223, 263

Sprengel (Dr. H.), Invention of the Water Air-pump, 241
Springs, Deep, Prof. Geikie, F.R.S., on, 177, 283

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Standard Yard, 391

Stanley (H. M.) and Dr. Livingstone, 38; "How I found
Livingstone," 79, 190

Stars (Coloured) about Kappa Crucis, 130
Stars, Twinkling of the, 222, 262

Star Shower, Cometary, 77; in 1838, 203; of Nov. 27 (See
Meteors)

State Aid to Science; Speech of Mr. Gladstone, Arctic Explora-
tion, 117, 157, 170, 188, 208, 310, 452; Kew Herbarium, 243
Steamer for the Channel Passage, 41

Stearn (C. H.), Spectrum of Nitrogen, 463

Steel, Gold Medal offered for best Specimens, 151

Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), on Arctic Exploration, 157;
Janssen-Lockyer Application of the Spectroscope, 301, 320,

381

Stockholm, Academy of Natural Science, 268

Stone Implements of the Troglodytes of the Vézère, 306, 328,
367, 373

Stone (E. J., F. R A.S.), Meteorology of the Future, 443
Stricker (S.)," Medizinische Jahrbucher," 478

Striped Muscular Fibre, Structure of, 489

Sub-Wealden Exploration, 288, 404

Survival of the Fittest, theory of Maupertuis, 341, 402; Prof.
Agassiz on, 404

Swan (W.), November Meteors at St. Andrews, 86

Swedish Academy of Sciences, 153, 173; Arctic Expedition, 171
Swiney Lectureship, 310

Switzerland, Great Map of, 470; Science in, 54, 235; Society
of Natural Sciences, 8

Symonds (Rev. W. S., F.G.S.), Salmonidæ of Great Britain,
162; "Records of the Rocks," 461

Symons (G. J.), Ocean Meteorological Observations, 68, 123;
Periodicity of Rainfall, 143, 161; International Book Con-
veyance, 161; Ocean Rainfall, 183

Tait (Prof. Lawson), Polydactylous Cat, 323
Tait (Prof. P. G. and Prof. Sir W. Thomson),
Natural Philosophy," 399

Taylor (J. E.), Skeletons of Wild Animals, 46
Technical Education, 351

"Elements of

Telegraph, Atlantic, Free Transmission of Astronomical Obser-
vations, 250

Telegraph Engineers Society, 152, 210

Telegraphic Journal, 88

Telegraphy, Double Messages on Single Wire, 171
Temperature and Rainfall of North Western Europe, 245
Terrestrial Magnetism; Motion of the North Magnetic Pole,
142; Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.A.S., on, 171, 193
"Thesaurus Ornithologie," by Dr. C. J. Giebel, 44
Thierfelder (Dr. Albert), "Pathologische Histologie," 200
Thompson (Dr. Symes), Contagious and Infectious Diseases, 283
Thomson (Sir W., D.C.I..), Papers on Electrostatics and Mag-
netism, 218

Thomson (Prof. Sir W., and Prof. P. G. Tait), "Elements of
Natural Philosophy," 399

Thomson (Prof. Wyville, F.R.S.), Fermentation and Putrefac-

tion, 61, 78 (See Challenger)

Thunderclouds, height of, 143

Tin Ore in Queensland, 59

Torquay Natural History Society, 190

Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Metamorphosis of, 30

Trades' Guild of Learning, 490

"Transfervent" or "Diathermous," 341

Transit of Venus, Lord Lindsay's Preparations, 109; America,

169; India, China, 371; New South Wales, 431; Berlin,
451

"Trap-door Spiders," by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337, 453
Travelling Notes, 362

Troglodytes of the Vézère, 305, 326, 366, 426
Troubelot (L.), Meteorology of the Future, 283

Tuckwell (Rev. W., M.A.), Flora of the Quantocks, 48; Uni-
versity Local Examinations, 71

Tumbler Pigeons and Inherited Instinct, 378
Tunnel through the Hoosac Mountains, 189
Twinkling of the Stars, 222, 262

Tyndall (Prof. J., F. R.S.), his Lectures in America, 34, 54,
150, 190, 224, 249, 268, 370, 445, 490; Banquet to him at
New York, 303; his Return, 349; his Work at the Royal
Institution, 265; Researches on Radiant Heat, 66; Effect of
Resistance in Modifying Spectra, 384; "Forms of Water,
400; Reflected and Transmitted Light, 481

Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, 268

United States Coast Survey, 189
University College, 88, 190

University Endowments, Speech of Mr. Gladstone, 150;
Endowments and Scientific Research, 97; Local Exami-
nations, 71

"University Oars," by J. E. Morgan, M.A., 397, 418, 458

Valentin (W. G., F.R.S.), "Introduction to Organic Chemis-
try," 160

Venice, Royal Institute of Science, 54

Venus, Occultation of, 72; Transit of, Preparations, 109, 169,
371, 431, 451

Venomous Snakes of India, 140

Venomous Spider of New Zealand, 29

Verney (E. H., Com. R. N.), Meteor off Cape Mataplan, 443
Verrill (Prof. A. E.), Fauna of New England, 365; Dana on
Corals, 423

"Vesuvius: The Eruption of 1872," by Prof. Palmieri, 1, 259
Vézère, Troglodytes of the, 305, 326, 336, 426

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Wagner (R., Ph.D.), "Handbook of Chemical Technology," 4
Wallace (A. R., F.Z.S.), Misleading Cyclopædias, 68, 162;
Modern Applications of the Doctrine of Natural Selection,
277; "Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders," by J. T.
M. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337; Instinct and Perception in Ani-
mals, 322, 340, 360, 377, 384, 409; Cave Deposits of Borneo,
461

Walters (J. H.), Sight in Dogs, 361

Water, its Blue Colour, caused by Silex in Solution, 132
"Water, Forms of, in Clouds, Rivers, Ice and Glaciers," by

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