Abbott (Prof. C. C., M.D.), Origin of American Indians, 203;
Feeding Habits of the Belted Kingfisher, 362

Aberdeen University, 54; Election of Lord Rector, 35, 54, III,
131, 250

Abiogenesis (See Beginnings of Life, Bastian, H. C., Huizinga,
Prof. D.)

Academical Study, Organisation of, 72
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, 484
Acquired Habits in Plants, 445

Action at a Distance (Prof. Clerk-Maxwell, F.R.S.), 323, 341
Adams (Prof. W. G., F.R.S.), Physics for Medical Students,
27; "Diathermanous" or "Transfervent?" 341
Adaptation to External Conditions; Frogs and Salamanders,
401

Aeronautics in America, 413

African Exploring Expeditions, 35, 36, 70, 79, 169, 189, 251,
270, 289, 351, 391

Agassiz (Prof.), The Hassler Expedition, 111, 230; Sub-marine
Photography, 210; Survival of the Fittest, 404; Penikese
Island and 50,000 dollars given to him by Mr. J. Anderson,
445, 471, 477

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

Air-Battery, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 472

Airy (Hubert, M.D.), Leaf Arrangement, 341, 403, 442
Aitken (John), Glacier Motion, 287

Alabama, Climate of, 231

Algæ, M. de Brebisson's Collections, 332

Algeria, Geodetic Operations in, 450

Alleghany Observatory, 251

Aloes, American, 335

Altum (Dr. Bernard), "Forest Zoology," 141

Amber Works in Western Yunan, 317

America: Aeronautics, in, 413; Penikese Island given to Prof.
Agassiz, 445, 471, 477; Prof. Tyndall's Lectures, 34, 54, 150,
190, 224, 249, 268, 370, 445, 490; Science and the Press, 445
(See Alleghany, Boston, California, Manitoba, New York,
Philadelphia)

American Museum of Natural History, 332

American Scientific Intelligence, 56

American Signal Service, 484

American Survey and Geological Survey, 370, 371

American Indians, their Origin, 203

Anderson (J., M.D.), "Expedition to Western Yunan," 317

Anderson (John), his gift of Penikese Island and 50,000 dollars

to Prof. Agassiz, 445, 471, 477

Anderson (J. F.), November Meteors at Pau, 123

Animals Instinct, Inherited Instinct, and Perception in, 281,
303, 322, 340, 360, 361, 371, 377, 409, 417, 424, 437, 443,
444, 463, 483

Ansted (Prof.), Accident to, 452

Anthropological Institute, 39, 75, 135, 175, 208, 213, 249, 255,

267, 295, 310, 373, 395, 415, 455

Antinomies of Kant, 262, 282

Ants, Nature and Habits of, 10

Ants, Perception in, 443

"Ants, Harvesting," by J. T. Moggridge, F. L.S., 337, 453
Aquaria: Brighton, 169, 209, 231, 362, 451; Crystal Palace
15; San Francisco, 151

Aquatic Articulata, 469

Arachnida, Hints on collecting, 163 (See Trap-door Spiders)
Arctic Exploration, 7, 53. 117, 157, 170, 188, 208, 231, 249,
270, 311, 395, 413, 432, 452

Aristotle, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402
Armstrong (Sir W., C.B.), The Coal Question, 270, 291
Articulata, Aquatic, 469

Asbestos, Manufacture and Application of, 210
Ashmolean Society, 370

Assyria, Daily Telegraph Exploration, 151, 210
Assyrian Record of the Deluge, 55, 87
Astronomical Expedition, American, 107
Astronomy, Belgian Contributions to, 23

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

Atmosphere, its Blue Colour, 132
Atmospheric Electricity, 9
Atmospheric Haze, 291
Atmospheric Refraction, 163
Atropia and Physostigma, 69

Attwood (F. L.), Physics for Medical Students, 7
Aurora by Daylight, 29

Aurora, Spectrum of, 182, 201, 242, 463; Polarisation of, 201
Auroral Display at Carlisle, 481

Auroral Phenomena, Trebizond, 181
Australia, the Rising of, 129
Australia, Science in, 452

Australia and Tasmania, Geological Map, 249

"Australian Mechanic and Journal of Science," 274

Babbage (the late Chas., F.R.S.), Sale of his Mathematical
Collections, 34; his "Tables" and Library, 171

Babinet (M.), Obituary Notice of, 53

Backhouse (T. W.), Day Aurora, 29; The Zodiacal Light, 341;
Spectrum of Aurora, 463

Bacteria (See Bastian, H. C., M.D., Beginnings of Life)

Bagehot (Walter), "Physics and Politics," 277

Baillon (H.), "Natural History of Plants," 320

Baird (Wm. M.), Obituary notice of, 89

Baker (Sir S. and Lady), Reported Murder of, 489
Baranetzky (J.), Diosmotic Properties of Colloids, 152
Barbados, Rainfall at, 124, 161

Barber (Samuel), November Meteors at Liverpool, 123

Barrett (W. F., F.C.S.), Prof. Tyndall's Researches on Radiant
Heat, 66

Barrington (R. M.), Phosphorescence in Wood, 464
Barrows, in Cornwall, 378; near Beverley, 452

Bartlett (A. D.), Silver Medal to him on the rearing of the Hip-
popotamus, 150

Bastian (H. C., M.D., F.R.S.), his Experiments, 123, 180,
242, 261, 302, 321, 380, 413, 434; "Note on the Origin of
Bacteria" (Roy. Soc.), 275

Bath Natural History Society, 151

Baumhauer (E. H. von), Dutch Society of Sciences, 464
Beale (Prof. L. S., F.R.S.), Physics for Medical Students, 7
Bees, Perception in, 410; Inherited Instinct, 417
Beet-Sugar, 375

'Beginnings of Life," Dr. H. C. Bastian, F. R.S., on, 26;
Discussion on, 104, 123, 180, 242, 380, 413, 434
Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 35

Belgian Academy, 369

Belgian Contributions to Astronomy, 23

Belgium, Magnetic Survey of, 295

Belgium, Report on Botanical Science, 320, 334; Science in,
114, 168, 210

Bentham (Geo., F.R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26; Carex
and Uncinia, 372

Bennett (A. W., F. L.S.), Pollen-eating Insects, 202; External
Perception in Animals, 322, 361

Berlin University, 89; Professorship of Photography, 88; African
Expedition, 151; New Physiological Laboratories, 405;
Transit of Venus, 451

Berne, Scientific Society, 235

Birds, Instinct of Tumbler Pigeons, 387, 417; Ceylon Pigeon
Express, 351; Destruction of Rare, 464

Birds, Fossil, in Kansas, 310

"Birds of Egypt, Handbook to the," 178

Birmingham and Midland Institute, 53

Birmingham School Natural History Society, 269

Black (W. J.), Gauges for Ocean Rainfall, 202

Blake (Prof. Jas.), Supposed new Marine Animal, 67

Blind Fish of the Wyandotte Cave, 12

Blue Colour of Sky and Water, 132

Bolton Literary and Scientific Society, 15

Bombay, Grant Medical College, 269

Bordeaux, Science at, 190; Scientific Association, 70

Borlase (W. C., B.A.), “Sepulchral Monuments of Cornwall,"
337, 378

Borneo, Cave-deposits, 461

Boston (U.S.), Academy of Arts and Sciences, 214; the Great
Fire, 215, 230

"Botanists' Pocket Book," by W. R. Hayward, 360
Botany Notes in Lisbon, 229; Professorship at Caracas Uni-
versity, Botanic Garden, Liége, 351; "The Useful Plants of
India," by Col. H. Drury, 340; Dr. H. Airy on Leaf-
Arrangement, 341, 403, 442; Edinburgh Botanical Society,
Fertilisation of Grasses, 391; Botany in Belgium, 334
Bowring (Sir John), Obituary Notice of, 70
Braun (Dr. A.), Darwinism, 5

Breslau, Silesian Society for National Culture, 137, 158, 162
Brett (John, F. R. A. S.), Italian Report on the Eclipse of 1870,
308

Brewer (W. H.), Sense of Smell in Animals, 360, 410; Mau.
pertuis on Natural Selection, 402

Bright Lines in the Solar Spectrum, Prof. C. A. Young on, 17
Brighton Aquarium, 169, 209, 231, 362, 451

Brighton, Geology of, 395

Bristol, Meteors at, 85, 322

Bristow (H. W., F.R.S.), "Table of British Strata," 452
British Association; Arrangements for 1873, 88

British Museum, Herbarium, 5, 26, 45, 103; Memorial to Mr.
Gladstone, 212; his Reply, 243; Prof. Dyer on, 243
Broca (Paul), Troglodytes of the Vézère, 305, 326, 366, 426
Brockbank (W., F.G.S.), Glacial Action in the Furness Dis-
trict, 374

Brodie (Sir B. C., Bart., F.R.S.), Scientific Research and Uni-
versity Endowments, 97

Brough (the late J. C.), Subscription for his Family, 35, 470
Brown Institution, 369

Brunton (T. L., M.D.), "Physiological Chemistry," 441

Buchan (Alex., M.A.), Rainfall and Temperature of North
Western Europe, 245

Buckland (A. W.), Perception in Fowls, 444
Buckton (G. B., F.R.S.), Reason or Instinct? 47

Buenos Ayres, Burmeister's Annals of the Public Museum, 240
Burder (Dr. G. F.), Rainbows on Blue Sky, 68; Twinkling of
the Stars, 222, 262

Burmeister (G., M.D.), "Annales del Museo Publico de Buenos
Ayres," 240

Burwash (N.), Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47
Butterflies, Perception in, 444

Butterflies of North America, 412

Butterfly-hunting at l'anama, 311

:

Cacciatore (Prof. Cav. G.), Report on the Eclipse of 1870, 308
California Aquarium at San Francisco, 151; Academy of Sci-
ences, 256, 476, 490; Agassiz Institute, 189
Cambridge, Science at, 14, 53, 88, 110, 169, 189, 190, 209,
249, 250, 251, 268, 289, 311, 331, 349, 369, 391, 411, 432,
45, 470; Cambridge Scholarships and Examinations in
Science, 229; Philosophical Society, 20, 75, 155, 374, 474
Cambridge (U.S.), Museum of Comparative Zoology, 471
"Canada, Post-pliocene Geology of," by J. W. Dawson, LL.D.,

240

201

Carruthers (Wm., F.R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26, 103
Cassiterides, Origin of the Name, 68, 104

Catlin (George), Obituary Notice of, 222

Cats: Sense of Smell, 303, 322; Perception, 360; Inherited
Instinct, 371; Sociability, 425; Polydactylous, from Cook-
ham-Dean, 323; White Toms, 464

Cave-deposits of Borneo, 461

Cayley (Prof.), Presentation Portrait of, 349
Celtic Society, 75

Ceylon, Science in, 42; Pigeon Express, 351; Land Planarians,
353

Challenger, H.M. Ship: Accounts of Voyage, 109, 117, 131,
231, 430, 471; her Scientific Orders, 191, 252; Report by
Prof. W. Thomson, F. R.S., 385

Charing Cross Hospital, 15, 54, 123, 168
Charterhouse Science-Classes, 425

Chemical Society, 39, 75, 134, 175, 231, 235, 295, 335, 373,
415, 454, 494

"Chemical Technology, Handbook of," by R. Wagner, Ph. D., 4
Chemistry, Inorganic," by Geo. Wilson, M.D., 441

'Chemistry, Manual of," by Fownes, revised by H. Watts,
F.R.S., 179

"Chemistry, Organic," by W. G. Valentin, F.C.S, 160
'Chemistry, the Birth of," by G. F. Rodwell, F.C.S., 36, 90,
104, 206, 285, 393, 492

Chester, Society of Natural Science, 55; Science at, 432
China, Science in, 35

Chisholm (H. W.), International Metric Commission, 197,
327

Chromosphere, (New Method of viewing the), 313
Circular Spraybows, 46

Civil Engineers, Institution of, 16. 210, 255, 455, 474
Clarke (Hyde), The Phoenician Vademecum, 462; Earthquake
Waves, 463

Clarke (Prof. F. L.), the Hawaiian Volcano, Mauna Loa, 124
"Clematis as a Garden Flower," by T. Moore, F.L.S., and
G. Jackman, F. R.H.S., 102

Clerk-Maxwell (Prof. J.), Action at a Distance, 323, 341;

66

Electricity and Magnetism," 478

Clifford (Prof. W. K.), Kant's Antinomies, 262, 282, 302
Clifton College, 54, 151

Climate of Alabama, 231

Clouds; "Forms of Water," by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400
Coal Rise in Price of, 267; in Bagdad, 332; in Central Asia,
349; in Peru, 311; in Western Yunan, 317; Prizes for
Economy in its Use, 150, 451

Coal Question, Sir W. Armstrong, C.B., on the, 270, 291
Coal-fields of Great Britain," by E. Hull, M.A., F.R.S., 319
Coal-fields, Scottish, 14; of Victoria, 200

Coffin (Prof.), Obituary Notice of, 350

Cohn (Prof. Ferdinand), Lecture on the Progress of Natural
Science, 137, 158, 162; "Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen,"
300

Cole (H., C. B.), his intended Resignation, 230

College of Surgeons, 14, 289, 310; Hunterian Lectures, 289,
310, 330, 348, 364, 388, 408, 428

Colloids, Diosmotic properties of, 152

Collyer (R. H., M.D.), "Exalted States of the Nervous Sys-
tem," 360

Colorado River, 290

Coloured Stars about Kappa Crucis, 130
Cometary Star-Shower, 77

Comets, their Tails, 105; and Meteors, Connection between, 468
Contagious Diseases, 283

Cook (Captain), his South Polar Explorations, 22, 139
Cooke (E. W., R. A.), "Grotesque Animals," 280

Cope (Prof. E. D.), Wyandotte Cave and its Fauna, 11; Pro-
boscidians of Wyoming, 471

"Corals and Coral Islands," by Jas. D. Dana, LL.D., 119, 423
Cornu (M.), Growth and Migrations of Helminths, 265; Geo-
detic Operations iu Algeria, 450

"Cornwall, Sepulchral Monuments of," by W. C. Borlase, B. A,
337, 378

Corona Line, Prof. C. A. Young on the, 28
Cotopaxi, Ascent of the Great Volcano, 449
Cowell (Sir J.), Fire-ball near Slough, 146

Cox (E. W., Serjeant-at-Law), Animal Instincts, 424
Crabs, Perception in, 424

Dana (Jas. D., LL.D.), “Corals and Coral Islands,” 119, 423
Danks's Rotating Furnace, 272

Darwin (Chas., F.R.S.), Origin of Certain Instincts, 417; Per-
ception in Animals, 360; Inherited Instinct, 281; Philosophy
of Language, Prof. Max Muller on, 145

Darwinism: Expression, 362, 351, 433; German Works on,
5: A Fact for Mr. Darwin, 462 (See Evolution Theory,
Survival of the Fittest, Instinct)

Davies (Wm.), Murchison Medal awarded to, 355
Davy, his Work at the Royal Institution, 265

Dawkins (W. B., F.R.S.), Settle Cave Exploration, 374

Dawson (J. W., LL.D.), Post-pliocene Geology of Canada,

240

Day Aurora, 29

De Candolle (Alphonse), Natural Selection, 277

Deep Sea Dredging on board the Challenger, 430
Deep Sea Soundings near the Equator, 404

Deep Springs, 177, 283

De La Rue (Dr. Warren, F. R.S.), donation to Laboratories of
Royal Institution, 451

Deluge, Assyrian Record of the, 55; Mr. Gladstone's Speech,
87

De Morgan (A.), “A Budget of Paradoxes," 239

Denning (W. F., F.R.A.S.), November Meteors, 185; Meteor at
Bristol, 322; Meteorological Notes, 471; April Meteors, 482
Denton (J. Bailey), Deep Springs, 177, 283

Denza (Father), November Meteors in Piedmont, 122
De Saussure (M.), Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872, 1, 3
Diamonds, Combustion of, 456

Diathermacy of Flame, 28, 46, 149, 201

Diathermacy," or Diathermancy?" 242
"Diathermanous," or "Transfervent?" 341

Diffusion of Gases, 9

Dinoceras mirabilis, Prof. O.C. Marsh on, 366; and its Allies,
481

Dinocerata, Prof. O. C. Marsh on, 491

Diosmotic Properties of Colloids, 152

Dipterocarpeæ, Geographical Distribution of, 162

Dogs, Inherited Instinct and External Perception in, 281, 322,
340, 361, 377, 384, 409, 410, 411, 424

Dolmen (See Sepulchral Monuments)

Drach (S. M.), Eleven-year Rainfall Period, 161
Draper (H. W.), Effect of Light on Selenium, 340
Draper (J. W.), Deep-sea Soundings near the Equator, 404
Drury (Col. H.), "The Useful Plants of India," 340
Dublin Pathological Society, 133; Royal College of Science,
370; Botanic Garden, 370; Royal College of Surgeons, III;
Royal Dublin Society, 332; Royal Geographical Society,
454; Royal Geological Society, 456; Royal Irish Academy,
375, 412, 431, 456, 494; Trinity College, 88, 331; Trinity
College Observatory, 431; University, 54, 171; Zoological
Society, 456

Dufour (Louis), Diffusion of Gases, 9

Duncan (Prof., F.R.S.), Insect Metamorphosis (Br. A.), 30, 50;
Dana on Corals, 119, 423

Dunker (Dr. W.) and Dr. K. A. Zittel, "Palæontographica," 45
Dutch Society of Sciences, 464

Dyer (Prof. W. T. Thistleton), the National Herbaria, 243

Earth, Movement of its Surface, 221

"Earth, The," and "The Ocean," by Elisée Reclus, 421
Earthquakes near Derby, 68; Vancouver's Island, Bogota,
Sinde, Samos, 268; Pembrokeshire, 283; Lahore, Scinde,
289; Constantinople, 290; India, Central America, Guaya-
quil, Samos, 311; Samos, Smyrna, 332; Vienna, 336;
Turkey, Tyre, Jerusalem, 351; Asia Minor, Mitylene, Central
America, India, 392; Samos, Asia Minor, Rhodes, 432
Earthquake Waves, 385, 463

Earthworms, 210

Earwaker (J. P.), Meteor at Northwich, 322
Echinoderms, Publications on, 350; found by the Challenger, 387
Eclipse of 1870, Italian Report on, 308

Eclipse Expedition of 1871, J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., on, 57, 92
Eclipses, Early, 47

Edinburgh: Geological Society, 132; Museum of Science, 55;
Royal Botanic Society, 61, 78, 151, 214, 391, 490; Royal
Observatory, 451; Royal Physical Society, Naturalist's Field
Club, 154; Royal Society, III; Scottish Meteorological
Society, 375; University, 54, 164, 183, 431; Female Educa.
tion, 71

Education International College at Zurich, 89 (See Female
Education)

Egyptian Weight found in the Great Pyramid, 146
"Egypt, Birds of," by G. E. Shelley, F.G.S., F.L.S., 178

Electric Conductivity: Effect of Light on Selenium, 303, 340,
361

Electricity and Earthquakes, 162

"Electricity and Magnetism," by J. Clerk-Maxwell, M.A., 478
Electrostatics and Magnetism, Papers by Sir W. Thomson
D.C.L., 218

Elephanta, Caves of, 72

Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47

Empedocles, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402

Endowments and Bequests in England and America, 97, 477
Engineering: Class at the Crystal Palace, 35; College in Japan,
430

Entomological Society, 39, 75, 154, 195, 295, 315, 373, 415
Ericsson (Capt. J.), Diathermancy of Flame, 149; Radiant Heat,
273

Ernst (Dr. A.), November Meteors, 443

Ethnology: "Zeitschrift für Ethnologie,❞,473
Evaporation and Rainfall, 118

Everett (J. D.), Dr. Cohn's Lecture on the Progress of Science,
162; Atmospheric Refraction, 163

Everett (A.), Cave-deposits of Borneo, 461
Evolution Theory in Germany, 352, 433
Exeter College, 169

Faraday, his Work at the Royal Institution, 265; his Electrical
Researches, 341

Faroe Islands, Zoology, 105; Rainfall and Temperature, 245
Fawcett (Thos.), November Meteors in Cumberland, 86
Faye's Comet, 291

Fayrer (J., M.D.), "The Thanatophidia of India," 140
Female Education: Gröningen, 15; Edinburgh University, 71;
National Union, 89, 411; Cambridge, Paris, III; Prize
Essay of Netherlands Association, 132; Glasgow University,
133; Edinburgh Field Club, 154; Edinburgh Royal Infirmary,
170; America, 452

Fermentation and Putrefaction, 61, 78

Figuier (M.) and the Origin of American Indians, 203
Fiords and Glacial Action, 323

Fire-ball near Slough, 146

Fish: Phosphorescence in, 47, 221; Lampris guttatis (Faroe
Islands), 106; Classification of, 372; Propagation in America,

491

Fisher (Rev. O.), Perception in the Lower Animals, '410
Fisheries of Michigan, 351

Flame, Diathermacy of, 28, 46, 149, 201
Flax, Prehistoric Culture of, 453
Flight of Projectiles, 341, 362, 404
Flint Implements, 306, 328, 367, 373
Florence, Observatory at, 15
Flora of the Quantocks, 48

Flower (Prof.), his Hunterian Lectures, 289, 310, 330, 348, 364,
388, 408, 428

Forbes (David, F. R.S.), Palmieri's "Vesuvius," 259, 382
Forestry in its Economical Bearings, 118

"Forest Zoology," by Dr. Bernard Altum, 141

Fossil Man of Mentone, 10, 71, 443; Whales of Antwerp, 94;
Cryptogams, 267, 403; Birds from Kansas, 310; Cephalo-
pods, 94, 350

Foster (M., F. R.S.), "Functions of Muscle and Nerve," 440
Fowls, Perception in, 444

Fownes's “Manual of Chemistry," by H. Watts, F.R.S., 179
Fox (Howard), Will-o-the-Wisps, 222

France: Bureau des Longitudes, 269; Institution for the Ex-
perimental Sciences, 485 (See Paris)