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illustrating its phenomena, Prof. Wheat- 

 stone on, 1838, 1 6. 

 Biology, on certain a 'priori principles of, 



by Prof. Alison, 1857, 109. 

 Biquatemions, Sir W. E. Hamilton on, 



1852, 2. 

 Bird, gigantic, from the London clay of 



Sheppey, J. S. Bowerbank on the remains 



of a, 1851, 55. 

 , gigantic, sculptured on the tomb of 



an officer of the household of Pharaoh, 



J. Bonomi on a, 1845, 63. 

 Birds, figures of, observed on a tomb at 



Memphis, by J. Bonomi, 1846, 79. 

 — — , Prof. Strickland on a chart of the 



natural affinities of the Insessorial order 



of, 1843, 69. 

 , on the arrangement of, by T. C. 



Eyton, 1858, 122. 

 , British, J. Hogg on the classification 



of the genera of, 1846, 76. 

 , on the variation of species, by Rev. L. 



Jenyns, 1856, 103. 

 , catalogue of, observed in S.E. Dur- 

 ham and in N.W. Cleveland, by J. Hogg, 



1844, 59. 



of Yorkshire, T. Allis on the, 1844, 60. 



of the north of Scotland, T. F. Jamieson 



on the, 1859, 150. 

 observed in Sutherlandshire, by P. J. 



Selby, 1834, 610. 

 of Corfu, the Ionian Islands and 



Crete, notice of Capt. Drummond's cata- 

 logues of, 1843, 70. 

 of the Faroe islands, J. WoUey on the, 



1850, 127. 

 , Col. Sykes on the geographical range 



of, 1835, 69. 

 , on a curious exemplification of instinct 



in, by Eev. F. F. Statham, 1853, 71. 

 T. Allis on some peculiarities in the 



flight of, 1844, 72. 

 , on the migration of, by Dr. Cuthbert 



Collingwood, 1858, 121. 

 , on the orbital glands in, by P. J. 



Selby, 1834, 609. 

 , on the muscles of the extremities of, 



by Prof. C. J. Sundevall, 1855, 137. 

 , on some traces of harmonious colours 



in, by Rev. Prof. M'Cosh, 1854, 10 1. 

 , new pheasants introduced into En- 

 gland, 1859, 148. 

 r , notice of new species of humming- 

 birds from the Andes, by J. Gould, 184^, 



76. 

 of Paradise, notice of several species of, 



by J. Gould, 1859, 148. 

 , periodical, observed near Llanrwst, 



Denbighshire, in the years 1842 and 1843, 



1843, 69. 

 • , periodical, observed near Llanrwst, 



in the years 1843 and 1844, 1844, 61. 

 , periodical, observed near Llanrwst, in 



the years 1844 and 1845, 1845, 63. 

 , periodical, observed near Llanrwst, 



in the years 1846 and 1847, 1847, 75. 



Birds, Prof. Strickland on the history of the 

 Dodo and other allied species of, 1847, 



79- 



Birley Spa, Hackenthorp, on the waters of, 

 1844, 105. 



Bu'ths, Dr. Collins on the periodicity of, 

 1836, 146. 



, deaths, and marriages, on the fluc- 

 tuations in the number of, in the metro- 

 polis during 15 years, by Dr. W. A. Guy, 

 1857, 167. 



Bismuth, found near Truro, 1841, 59. 



, crystallized. Prof. Matteucci on the 



magnetism of rotation in masses of, 1853, 

 6. 



Bitter principles of some vegetables, Prof. 

 Peretti on the, 1844, 84. 



Blast of very high temperature, E. Cowper 

 on a new mode of obtaining a, 1860, 

 204. 



furnace, Mr. Player on the appli- 

 cation of anthracite coal to the, 1839, 

 130. 



furnaces, on the advantageous use 



made of the gaseous escape from, 1850, 

 172. 



Blasting of rocks. Dr. Hare on, 1836, 45. 



and quarrying of rocks, W. Sim on 



the, 1855, 209. 



Bleaching, influence of sunlight over the 

 action of the dry gases on organic colours, 

 Dr. G. Wilson on the, 1850, 65. 



powder, or chloride of lime. Prof. T. 



Thomson on its manufacture in Glasgow, 

 1840, 59. 



powder and other hypochlorites, Dr. 



A. P. Price on a method for determining 

 the available amount of chlorine in, 1853, 

 48. 



Blenheim iron ore, E. Hull on the, 1860, 

 81. 



Blind, Eev. W. Taylor's explanation of 

 Mr. Littledale's apparatus for the, 1844, 

 99. 



, deaf, and dumb. Dr. Fowler on cases 



of, 1841, 81; 1847,92. 



, deaf, and dumb, a physiological ex- 

 planation of how they interpret the com- 

 munications of others by touch only, by 

 Dr. Fowler, 1848, 88. 



Blindness, when caused by sulphuric acid, 

 curable, 1840, 84. 



, moon, on, 1858, 19. 



Blood, human. Prof. Buchanan on separa- 

 ting, by filtration, the coagulable lymph 

 from, 1840, 75. 



, human, Dr. Buchanan on the fibrin 



of, 1840, 76, 156. ^ 



, human, microscopic observations on 



its movement in the capillaries, .and on 

 the structure of the nerves in the glands 

 of the tongue, by Dr. A. Waller, 1848, 



83- 



• , Dr. Searle on the cause of its circu- 

 lation through the liver, 1846, 93. 



, on the mechanism by which it may 



