INDEX. 



643 



Monzoiiite, a new mineral, 117. 

 Moody, Captain John, 494. 

 Mooer, Dr., 8S7. 

 Moriu,Mr.,99, 100. 

 Morphine for sciatica, 5G5. 



and chloroform, 556. 

 Morrill's mineral sperm-oil, 530. 

 Morse, Professor Edward S., 271, 336. 



on the brachiopods, 315. 

 S. F. B., 621. 

 Mortality in Calcutta, 575. 

 Morton, Mr. Samuel George, 603. 

 Mosasauroid reptiles, structure of, 25S. 

 Mosely, Mr. H. N., 1S2, 266. 

 Moser, Lieutenant Jefferson P., 1S5. 

 Moths killed by abietine, 93. 

 Mould in cellars, destroying, 360. 



in size prevented, 508. 

 Monldiness in gum, prevention of, 54S. 

 of gelatine, 501. 

 preventive of, 57S. 

 Mounds, Florida, 332. 

 Mouse, jumping, hibernation of, 241. 

 Mount Washington, 50. 

 Mountains, climate of, 55S. 

 Mucor mucedo, 369. 

 Mudge, Professor, 306. 

 Mulder, Mr., 99. 

 Midler, Mr., 75, 527, 551. 

 Murchison, Sir Roderick, 615, 616. 

 Murie, Mr. James, 601. 

 Murphy, Mr., 54. 

 Murrain in cattle, 3S5. 

 Murray, Mr., 168, 1S2. 

 Muscular action and glycogen, 281. 



fibre in acari, 278. 

 Museum, assistant-keeper of British, 617. 



bulletin of, 321. 



national, 328. 



of Cambridge, 217. 



of comparative zoology, report 

 of the, 309. 



of ethnology, German, 232. 



of natural history, New York,611. 

 Mushet, Mr., 495. 

 Mushet's " special steel," 495. 

 Mushrooms, distinguishing edible, 371. 

 Myer, General, 46. 

 Mytilaspis conchilbrmis, 302. 

 Mytilus edulis, 415. 



N. 



Nankin yellow, pale, 531. 



Naphtha and bitumen for poor coal, 494. 



Naples, aquarium iu, 298. 



fisheries of the Gulf of, 399. 

 zoological observatory of, 219. 

 Nares, Captain, 166, 1S2, 59S. 

 Nasimon, Captain, 167. 

 Nassa, genus of shells, 229. 

 National Academy, Cambridge meeting of, 

 606. 

 members elected, 605. 

 of Sciences, Washing- 

 ton meeting of, 604. 

 National Museum, 201. 

 Natural history and zoology, 213. 

 of Ceylon, 161. 

 Society of Marquette, 614. 

 Naval Observatory of United States, report 



of, on the eclipse of December, 187n, 6. 

 Navy department, explorations of, ISO. 

 Nectogale, 31S. 

 Neil, Mr., 495. 



Nell, Mr. Louis, 174. 



Nephrite axe on the Amoor River, 229. 



Neptune, spectrum of, 38. 



Nerve force, origin of, 287. 



Nervous centres, anaesthetics on, 2S6. 



Netting-machine, new, 499. 



Neumayer, Dr., 170. 



Nevada shales, fossil fishes from the, 30S. 



New Guinea, explorations in, 16S. 



visit to, 167. 

 New Hampshire, fish-culture in, 405. 

 New Hebrides and Santa Cruz Islands, 



166. 

 New Jersey fish commissioners, second 

 report of, 413. 

 fur-bearing animals, 240. 

 New South Wales, storm signals in, 44. 

 New York, consumption of bluetish in, 414. 

 fish commissioners' report, 412. 

 Museum of Natural Ilistory,611. 

 State Agricultural Society, 373. 

 New Zealand, cast steel from iron sand of, 

 85. 

 catalogue of birds of, 253. 

 duck, 249. 



flax, new application of, 523. 

 giant raptorial birds of, 252. 

 Newberry, Professor J. S., 125, 131. 

 Newburyport, shell mound near, 23G. 

 Newconib, Professor S., 6, 12, 27, 40. 

 Newell, Mr., 409. 

 Newfoundland fisheries, 397. 

 Newton, Mr., 463. 



Mr. Henry, 126. 

 Professor, 38. 

 Nicaragua ship-canal, 155, 1S5. 



ship -canal expedition, return 

 of, 156. 

 Nicholson, Mr., S9. 

 Nickel and ammonia, 53S. 

 Nickel-plating, improved, 84, 537. 

 Night-violet, a new color, 472. 

 Nilsen, Mr., 204. 

 Nilsson, Mr., 293. 

 Nismes, water supply of, 491. 

 Nitrate of silver from alloy, 84. 

 Nitric acid, effects of, on metals, 91. 

 Nitrogen, absorption of, by plants, 345. 

 in plants, source' of, 345. 

 in the soil, source of, 367. 

 in the atmosphere and vegeta- 

 tion, 375. 

 separation of pure, 91. 

 Nitro-glyeerine, new combination of, 4S3. 

 Nitrous to nitric acid, ratio of, 374. 

 Nobbe, Mr., 36T. 

 Nobel, Mr., 4^::. 

 Noctilucine, Mr.,111,334. 

 Noel, Lieutenant J. E., 196. 

 Nomenclature of objectives, 76. 

 Non-conducting composition, 474. 

 Nordenskjold, Professor, 170, 2(4. 

 Noma, yacht, explorations of, 150. 

 Norris, Mr. Thaddeus, 421, 422. 

 North American butterflies, 311. 



flora, recent and ancient, 

 352. 

 North Carolina coast, fisheries of, 414. 

 corundum in, 117, 132. 

 North polar expedition, Swedish, 170. 

 North pole in the desert of Sahara ? 122. 



rising of its surface, 115. 

 Northern bouudary of the United States, 

 176. 



