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EXPLORATIONS. 



The Ocean and its Depths. By the United States : U. S. Hydrographic 

 Office, 145 ; Florida Seas, 154 ; Pacific Ocean, 169, 180, 196 ; Voyage of the 

 Hassler, 204 ; Bay of Fundy and Georges Banks, 201 ; by Great Britain : 

 the Yacht Noma, 150 ; the Challenger, 169, 180, 196 ; New Hebrides and 

 Santa Cruz, 166 ; Iceland, 183 ; by Russia : the Witjas in the Pacific, 167 ; 

 by Germany: the Pommerania in the Baltic, 189. 



The Arctic Regions : In general, 142, 146, 148, 149, 171, 195, 203 ; A mer- 

 ica : Octave Pavy, 141 ; Long on, 142 ; Captain Hall, 142, 143 ; A ustria : 

 Payer and Weyprecht, 144, 172 ; Markham on, 186 ; Great Britain : Pro- 

 posed British Expedition, 149, 195; Greenland, 188; Russia: Seas north 

 of Siberia, 146 ; Sweden : Spitzbergen, etc., 148, 170 ; Germany : Polar Ex- 

 pedition, 184. The Antarctic Regions : Neumayer's proposed Expedition, 

 170. 



North America : Greenland (Whymper), 186 ; Alaska (Dall), 175 ; Alas- 

 ka Boundary, 185 ; Rocky Mountain Region : Hayden, 197 ; Wheeler, 152, 

 173; Marsh, 153, 187; Powell, 152, 192, 212; Northern Boundary of the 

 United States, 176, 186 ; Torrey and Gray Peaks, 186 ; Bay of Fundy, 176, 

 201; Mount Seward, New York, 151. Middle America : Nicaragua Ship- 

 canal, 155, 156, 185 ; Resolution of General Banks, 211. South America : 

 The Hassler, 204 ; Mountains of Chile, 156 ; of Brazil, 157 ; -Hartt's Explo- 

 rations in Brazil, 157 ; Mountains of Venezuela, 178. 



Polynesia : Challenger Expedition, 166 ; New Hebrides and Santa Cruz, 

 166 ; Cruise of the Witjas, 167 ; New Guinea, 167, 168. 



Asia : Siberia, 146 ; Palestine, 159, 160, 177, 187 ; Asia Minor, 160 ; An- 

 cient Troy, 190; Mantchooria, 161; Beloochistan, 161; Ceylon, 161; In- 

 dian Ocean (Brenner), 166 ; Japan (Blakiston), 165. 



Europe : The German Seas, 189. 



Africa : Buchholz, Li'ihder, and Reichenow, 162 ; Schweinfurth, 162 ; 

 Mauch, 162 ; Stanley and Livingstone, 163 ; Livingstone Relief, 163, 177, 

 178 ; Congo Exploration, British, 179 ; German, 196 ; Rohlf, 212. 



G. GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY AND ZOOLOGY. 213 



NATURAL HISTORY IN GENERAL. 



Microscopy: Meteoric Sand, 119; Microscopic Forms in Chicago Water, 

 292 ; Pedalion mira, a new Rotifer, 325. Darwinism : Origin of Spe- 

 cies, 292. Miscellaneous: Relation of Medusas to Potato Blight, 303; 

 The Lens, 310 ; Bacteria, 347, 348 ; Ferment Fungi, 350 ; Cryptococcus, 

 350. 



ZOOLOGY IN GENERAL. 



Museums : Publications of Cambridge Museum, 219, 309. Menageries : 

 Sale of Wombwell's, 217. Aquaria : At Brighton, 218 ; Naples, 219, 298 ; 

 Berlin, 219; Manchester, 298 ; Vienna, 325. Zoological Stations : Naples, 

 219, 298. 



Zoological Explorations. See Explorations under F. 



ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



The Nervous System : Excised Brain in Pigeons, 275 ; Sensibility in the 

 Snout of the Mole, 280 ; Action of Anaesthetics on, 286 ; Origin of Nerve 

 Force, 287 ; Mind in Lower Animals, 288. 



