INDEX Abbott (Prof. C. C., M.D.), Origin of American Indians, 203; Aberdeen University, 54; Election of Lord Rector, 35, 54, III, Abiogenesis (See Beginnings of Life, Bastian, H. C., Huizinga, Academical Study, Organisation of, 72 Action at a Distance (Prof. Clerk-Maxwell, F.R.S.), 323, 341 Aeronautics in America, 413 African Exploring Expeditions, 35, 36, 70, 79, 169, 189, 251, Agassiz (Prof.), The Hassler Expedition, 111, 230; Sub-marine "Air and Water, Hygiene of," by W. Proctor, M.D., F.C.S., Air-Battery, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 472 Airy (Hubert, M.D.), Leaf Arrangement, 341, 403, 442 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. 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, 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 Aquatic Articulata, 469 Arachnida, Hints on collecting, 163 (See Trap-door Spiders) Aristotle, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402 Asbestos, Manufacture and Application of, 210 Assyria, Daily Telegraph Exploration, 151, 210 Atlantic Telegraph, Free Transmission of Astronomical Obser- Atmosphere, its Blue Colour, 132 Attwood (F. L.), Physics for Medical Students, 7 Aurora, Spectrum of, 182, 201, 242, 463; Polarisation of, 201 Auroral Phenomena, Trebizond, 181 Australia and Tasmania, Geological Map, 249 "Australian Mechanic and Journal of Science," 274 Babbage (the late Chas., F.R.S.), Sale of his Mathematical Babinet (M.), Obituary Notice of, 53 Backhouse (T. W.), Day Aurora, 29; The Zodiacal Light, 341; 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 Barber (Samuel), November Meteors at Liverpool, 123 Barrett (W. F., F.C.S.), Prof. Tyndall's Researches on Radiant Barrington (R. M.), Phosphorescence in Wood, 464 Bartlett (A. D.), Silver Medal to him on the rearing of the Hip- Bastian (H. C., M.D., F.R.S.), his Experiments, 123, 180, Bath Natural History Society, 151 Baumhauer (E. H. von), Dutch Society of Sciences, 464 'Beginnings of Life," Dr. H. C. Bastian, F. R.S., on, 26; Belgian Academy, 369 Belgian Contributions to Astronomy, 23 Belgium, Magnetic Survey of, 295 Belgium, Report on Botanical Science, 320, 334; Science in, Bentham (Geo., F.R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26; Carex Bennett (A. W., F. L.S.), Pollen-eating Insects, 202; External Berlin University, 89; Professorship of Photography, 88; African Berne, Scientific Society, 235 Bessemer (Mr.), his Saloon Steamer for the Channel Passage, Capron (J. Rand), Spectra of Aurora and Zodiacal Light, 182, Birds, Instinct of Tumbler Pigeons, 387, 417; Ceylon Pigeon 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," Borneo, Cave-deposits, 461 Boston (U.S.), Academy of Arts and Sciences, 214; the Great "Botanists' Pocket Book," by W. R. Hayward, 360 Breslau, Silesian Society for National Culture, 137, 158, 162 Brewer (W. H.), Sense of Smell in Animals, 360, 410; Mau. Bright Lines in the Solar Spectrum, Prof. C. A. Young on, 17 Brighton, Geology of, 395 Bristol, Meteors at, 85, 322 Bristow (H. W., F.R.S.), "Table of British Strata," 452 British Museum, Herbarium, 5, 26, 45, 103; Memorial to Mr. Brodie (Sir B. C., Bart., F.R.S.), Scientific Research and Uni- Brough (the late J. C.), Subscription for his Family, 35, 470 Brunton (T. L., M.D.), "Physiological Chemistry," 441 Buchan (Alex., M.A.), Rainfall and Temperature of North Buckland (A. W.), Perception in Fowls, 444 Buenos Ayres, Burmeister's Annals of the Public Museum, 240 Burmeister (G., M.D.), "Annales del Museo Publico de Buenos Burwash (N.), Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47 Butterflies of North America, 412 Butterfly-hunting at l'anama, 311 : Cacciatore (Prof. Cav. G.), Report on the Eclipse of 1870, 308 240 201 Carruthers (Wm., F.R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26, 103 Catlin (George), Obituary Notice of, 222 Cats: Sense of Smell, 303, 322; Perception, 360; Inherited Cave-deposits of Borneo, 461 Cayley (Prof.), Presentation Portrait of, 349 Ceylon, Science in, 42; Pigeon Express, 351; Land Planarians, Challenger, H.M. Ship: Accounts of Voyage, 109, 117, 131, Charing Cross Hospital, 15, 54, 123, 168 Chemical Society, 39, 75, 134, 175, 231, 235, 295, 335, 373, "Chemical Technology, Handbook of," by R. Wagner, Ph. D., 4 'Chemistry, Manual of," by Fownes, revised by H. Watts, "Chemistry, Organic," by W. G. Valentin, F.C.S, 160 Chester, Society of Natural Science, 55; Science at, 432 Chisholm (H. W.), International Metric Commission, 197, Chromosphere, (New Method of viewing the), 313 Civil Engineers, Institution of, 16. 210, 255, 455, 474 Clarke (Prof. F. L.), the Hawaiian Volcano, Mauna Loa, 124 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 Climate of Alabama, 231 Clouds; "Forms of Water," by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 400 Coal Question, Sir W. Armstrong, C.B., on the, 270, 291 Coffin (Prof.), Obituary Notice of, 350 Cohn (Prof. Ferdinand), Lecture on the Progress of Natural Cole (H., C. B.), his intended Resignation, 230 College of Surgeons, 14, 289, 310; Hunterian Lectures, 289, Colloids, Diosmotic properties of, 152 Collyer (R. H., M.D.), "Exalted States of the Nervous Sys- Colorado River, 290 Coloured Stars about Kappa Crucis, 130 Comets, their Tails, 105; and Meteors, Connection between, 468 Cook (Captain), his South Polar Explorations, 22, 139 Cope (Prof. E. D.), Wyandotte Cave and its Fauna, 11; Pro- "Corals and Coral Islands," by Jas. D. Dana, LL.D., 119, 423 "Cornwall, Sepulchral Monuments of," by W. C. Borlase, B. A, Corona Line, Prof. C. A. Young on the, 28 Cox (E. W., Serjeant-at-Law), Animal Instincts, 424 Dana (Jas. D., LL.D.), “Corals and Coral Islands,” 119, 423 Darwin (Chas., F.R.S.), Origin of Certain Instincts, 417; Per- Darwinism: Expression, 362, 351, 433; German Works on, Davies (Wm.), Murchison Medal awarded to, 355 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 Springs, 177, 283 De La Rue (Dr. Warren, F. R.S.), donation to Laboratories of Deluge, Assyrian Record of the, 55; Mr. Gladstone's Speech, De Morgan (A.), “A Budget of Paradoxes," 239 Denning (W. F., F.R.A.S.), November Meteors, 185; Meteor at Denza (Father), November Meteors in Piedmont, 122 Diathermacy of Flame, 28, 46, 149, 201 Diathermacy," or Diathermancy?" 242 Diffusion of Gases, 9 Dinoceras mirabilis, Prof. O.C. Marsh on, 366; and its Allies, 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, Dolmen (See Sepulchral Monuments) Drach (S. M.), Eleven-year Rainfall Period, 161 Dufour (Louis), Diffusion of Gases, 9 Duncan (Prof., F.R.S.), Insect Metamorphosis (Br. A.), 30, 50; Dunker (Dr. W.) and Dr. K. A. Zittel, "Palæontographica," 45 Dyer (Prof. W. T. Thistleton), the National Herbaria, 243 Earth, Movement of its Surface, 221 "Earth, The," and "The Ocean," by Elisée Reclus, 421 Earthworms, 210 Earwaker (J. P.), Meteor at Northwich, 322 Eclipse Expedition of 1871, J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., on, 57, 92 Edinburgh: Geological Society, 132; Museum of Science, 55; Education International College at Zurich, 89 (See Female Egyptian Weight found in the Great Pyramid, 146 Electric Conductivity: Effect of Light on Selenium, 303, 340, Electricity and Earthquakes, 162 "Electricity and Magnetism," by J. Clerk-Maxwell, M.A., 478 Elephanta, Caves of, 72 Elephas Americanus in Canada, 47 Empedocles, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402 Endowments and Bequests in England and America, 97, 477 Entomological Society, 39, 75, 154, 195, 295, 315, 373, 415 Ernst (Dr. A.), November Meteors, 443 Ethnology: "Zeitschrift für Ethnologie,❞,473 Everett (J. D.), Dr. Cohn's Lecture on the Progress of Science, Everett (A.), Cave-deposits of Borneo, 461 Faraday, his Work at the Royal Institution, 265; his Electrical Faroe Islands, Zoology, 105; Rainfall and Temperature, 245 Fayrer (J., M.D.), "The Thanatophidia of India," 140 Fermentation and Putrefaction, 61, 78 Figuier (M.) and the Origin of American Indians, 203 Fire-ball near Slough, 146 Fish: Phosphorescence in, 47, 221; Lampris guttatis (Faroe 491 Fisher (Rev. O.), Perception in the Lower Animals, '410 Flame, Diathermacy of, 28, 46, 149, 201 Flower (Prof.), his Hunterian Lectures, 289, 310, 330, 348, 364, Forbes (David, F. R.S.), Palmieri's "Vesuvius," 259, 382 "Forest Zoology," by Dr. Bernard Altum, 141 Fossil Man of Mentone, 10, 71, 443; Whales of Antwerp, 94; Foster (M., F. R.S.), "Functions of Muscle and Nerve," 440 Fownes's “Manual of Chemistry," by H. Watts, F.R.S., 179 France: Bureau des Longitudes, 269; Institution for the Ex- |