INDEX 



Abstracts of papers before reading, . 



Adaptation, . 



Adder, secretion of poison in the, 



Agassiz, Alex., . . . . . 



Aikman, C. M., "Milk, its Nature and 

 Composition" {Review), . 



Alpine Paradise, an, .... 



American Mammalogy, 



Amoeba in Man, a new, 



Animal Development, principles of, 

 by J. Beard, 

 ,, Symmetry, by A. T. Master- 

 man, . 



Animals and Plants, mimetic resem- 

 blances in, by G. Henslow 



Annelids, a recent research on the 

 epitokous forms of, by W. C. 

 M'Intosh 



Antherozoids in gymnosperms . 



Aphodiinae, the anal glands of, 

 L. Bordas, .... 



Aplysiopurpurin, 



Awdrey, W., "Early Chapters 

 Science " (Review), 



by 



in 



Bailey, L. H., "Sketch of the Evolu- 

 tion of our Native 

 Fruits " {Review), . 

 ,, " Principles of Agri- 



culture " (Review-), . 

 Baldwin, J. M., "The Story of the 

 Mind " (Review), .... 

 Bats in Burmese caves, 



,, and Black Grouse in Ireland, 

 Beard, J., on Thymus, 



,, on Principles of Animal 



Development, . 

 Bees and the Origin of Flowers, by 

 G. W. Bulman, 

 ,, and Flowers, 

 Berry, A., "Short History of 



Astronomy " (Review), . 

 Bibliography of Zoology, . 

 Binding, a fine taste in, 

 Biological Analogy and Speech 

 Development, by 

 H. C. Wyld, 

 ,, "Lectures delivered at 



the Marine Bio- 

 logical Laboratory 

 of Wood's Holl" 

 (Review), 

 Biology of Cock-fighting, . 

 ,, the Victorian era, 



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 14 



189 

 235 

 103 



473 



346 



355 



64 



131 



50 



121 



375 

 270 



458 

 459 



470 



403 



407 



474 

 259 

 258 

 269 



131 



128 

 413 



471 

 190 

 269 



46 



241 

 1 

 9 



Bipolar Hypothesis, the, . 



Bird-catching Spiders, 



Birds and their surroundings, . 



Bivalve Mollusca, eyes in, 



Bombardier Beetles, theartillery of the, 



Bonney, T. G., "Volcanoes" (Review), 



Books and the Customs, 



Bordas, L., Anal Glands of the 

 Aphodiinae, ..... 



Borneo, foraminifera of, 



Brain, a parasite of the, 

 ,, evolution of the, 

 ,, What is a ? . 



Brandt, K., The Metabolism of the 

 Sea, ...... 



Broad Path, the, .... 



Brush, G. J., and Penfield, S. L., "De- 

 terminative Mineralogy and Blow- 

 pipe Analysis " (Review), 



Buckman, S. S., The Development 

 of Rivers ; and particularly the 

 Genesis of the Severn, . 



Bulman, G. P., A Note on Telegony, 

 Xenia, and "Hybrid Oology," 



Bulman, . G. W., Bees and the 

 Origin of Flowers, .... 



Burmese Caves, bats in, 



Butterflies, classification -of, 



,, Colours and Pigments 



of, by M. I. New- 

 bigin, 



Campbell, D. H., " On the Evolution 

 of Plants " (Review), 



Cape of Good Hope Geological Com- 

 mission, Department of Agriculture, 

 Reports for 1896 and 1897 " (Review), 



Card, F. W., "Bush Fruits" (Rcvieio), 



Castrating Caterpillars, 



Caullery and Mesnil, " Les formes epi- 

 toques des cirratuliens " (Review), 



Centipedes, poison of, 



Chalazogams, .... 



Chinch Bug, the, 



Ciliary Movement, 



Coccospheres, .... 



Cole, G. A. J., "Aids in Practical 

 Geology" (Review) 



Colour Vision, a theory of, 



Colours of Cowries, . 



Congo, natural history of the, . 



Conjugation, partial and total, . 



Cojiepods, North American fresh 

 water ..... 



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34S 

 330 

 2 

 6 

 -123 

 463 



458 

 350 

 236 

 151 

 150 



343 



271 



245 



273 



392 



12S 



259 



79 



138 



473 



469 

 244 

 235 



375 

 235 

 187 

 94 

 350 

 106 



70 

 188 



99 

 101 

 395 



483 



