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appointed für the purpose of investigating the rate of in- 

 crease of imilergrouiul temperature dowmvards the various 

 localities of dry land and under water. p. 72 — 90. - Re- 

 port of tlie committee appointed for the purpose of in- 

 vestigating tlie practicability of collecting and identifying 

 nieteoric dust, and of consideriug the qiiestion of under- 

 taliing regulär observations in various localities. p. 91 — 94. 



— Darwin, G. H.: Second report of the committee ap- 

 pointed for the measiu'ement of the lunar distiirhance of 

 gravity. p. 95 — 119. — Report of the committee appointed 

 for the purpose of reporting upon the present state of our 

 knowleilge of spectrum analysis. p. 120 — 143. — Hartley, 

 W. N.; Report of the committee appointed to iiivestigate 

 by means of photography the ultra-violet spark emitted by 

 metallic elements. and their conibinatious und varying con- 

 ditions. p. 143 — 144. — Report of the committee appointed 

 for the purpose of rejiorting on the methods employed iu 

 the calibration of mercurial thermometers. p. 145 — 204. — 

 Mi Ine, J.: Report of the committee appointed for the 

 piirjiose of investigating the earthipiake phenomena of 

 Japan, p. 205 — 212. — Eighth report of the comnuttee 

 appointed for the purpose of investigating the circulation 

 of the Underground waters iu the permeable formations of 

 England, and the quality and quantity of the water supplied 

 to various towns and districts iVoin thcse formations. p. 213 

 — 239. — Sollas, W. S.: Report of the committee appointed 

 for the purpose of investigating the conditions under which 

 ordinary sedimentary raaterials may be couverted iuto meta- 

 morphic rocks. p. 239 — 240. — Report of the committee 

 appointed for the purpose of carrying out e.xplorations in 

 caves of carboniferous limestone in the south of Ireland. 

 p. 240 — 241. — Topley, W.: Report of the committee 

 appointed to assist in the preparation of an international 

 geological map of Europe. p. 241 — 242. — Crosskey: 

 Teuth report of the committee appointed for the purpose 

 of rccording the position, height above the sea. lithological 

 characters, size and origin of the erratic blocks of Eng- 

 land, Wales and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest 

 connected with the same. and takiug meäsures for their 

 preservatiou. p. 243 — 248. — Vine: Third report of the 

 committee appointed for the purpose of reporting on fossil 

 Polyzoa (.Turassic species — British ai'ea ouly). p. 249 — 266. 



— Preliminary report of the committee on the tlora of the 

 „Halifax Hard Bed'' lower coal meäsures. p. 267 — 268. — 

 North: Report of the committee appointed for the pur- 

 pose of investigating the influence of bodily exei'cise on the 

 elimination of uitrogeu. p. 269. — First report of the 

 committee appointed for the purpose of obtaiuing photo- 

 graphs of the typical races in the British isles. p. 270 — 274. 



— Preliminary report of the conmiittee appointed to in- 

 vestigato the ancient earthwork in Epping Forest, knowu 

 as the Loughton Camp. p. 274 — 275. — Second report of 

 the committee appointed for tlie purpose of investigating 

 the natural history of Timor-laut. p. 275 — 277. — Report 

 of the committee appointed for the purpose of carrying 

 out the recommeudations of tlie anthropometric committee 

 of 1880, especially as regards the anthropometry of children 

 and of females, and the more complete discussiou of the 

 coUected facts. p. 278 — 280: — Report of the committee 

 appointed for the purpose of investigating the natural 

 history of Socotora and the adjacent highlands of Arabia 

 and Somali Land. p. 281 — 282. — Report of the committee 

 appointed for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance of 

 the Scottish Zoological Station, p. 282. — Report of the 

 committee appointed for the purpose of obtaining (with the 

 consent of the Master and Brethren of Trinity House, and 

 of the Commissioners of Nothern lightsl observations on 

 the migration of birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and 

 of reporting on the same. p. 283 — 288. — Report on the 

 committee appointed for the pm-pose of arraugiug for the 

 occupation of a table at the Zoological Station at Naples. 

 p. 288 — 296. — Report of the committee appointe-' for the 

 purpose of promoting the survey of Eastern Palestine. 

 p. 296 — 297. — Report of the committee apjjointed for the 

 purpose of determining a gauge for the manufacture of the 

 various small screws iu telegraphic aud electrical apparatus, 

 in clockwork. aud for other aualogous purposes. p. 311 



Leop. XIX. 



— 314. — Report of the committee appointed to consider 

 and report u[)on the best means of ascertaining the eß'ective 

 wind pressure« to which buUdiugs and structures are ex- 

 posed. p. 315 — 316. — Grafts, J. M.: On the boiling 

 points and vapour tension of mercury, of sulphur, and of 

 some Compounds of carbon, determined by means of the 

 hydrogen thermometer. p. 317 — 318. — Darwin, H. G.; 

 On the method of harmonic analysis used in deducing the 

 numerieal values of the tides ot long period, and on a 

 misprint in the Tidal Report for 1872. p. 319 — 327. — 

 Whitaker, W. : List of works ou the geology and pa- 

 laeontology of Oxfordshirc, of Berkshire, and of ßuckingham- 

 shire. p. 327—347. — Yule, H.: Notes on the eldest re- 

 cords of the sea-route to China from Western Asia. p. 347 

 — 356. — Tchihatchef, P. de: The deserts of Africa and 

 Asia p, 356 — 374. — Armstrong, W.: On the treatment 

 of Steel for the construction of ordnauce. and other pur- 

 poses. p. 398 — 403. — Hawkshaw, J. C: The Channel 

 Tunnel, p. 404 — 414. — Baker. B. : The Forth Bridge, 

 p. 419—433. 



Zoological Society of London. Transactions. 

 Vol. XL Pt. 8. London 1883. 4«. — Owen: On 

 Dinornis (Pai't XXIII): containing a description of the 

 skeletou oi Dinurnis parvus Owen. p. 233 — 256. — id.: 

 On Dinornis (Part XXIV): containing a description of the 

 head aud feet. with their dried integuments, of an individual 

 of the species Dinornis didinus Owen. p. 257 — 261. 



— Proceedings for the year 1882. Pt. IV. 

 London 1883. 8». — Sharpe, R. B.: On a new spe- 

 cies of Muscicapa from Western Africa. p. 591. — White, 

 E. W. : Notes ou birds collected in the Argentine Republic. 

 With uotes by P. L. Sclater. p. 591—629. — Forbes, W. A.: 

 Supplementary notes on the auatomy of the Chinese Water- 

 Deer (Hydropotes inermis). p. 636 — 638. — Baron, L.: 

 Notes ou the habits of the Aye-aye of Madagascar in its 

 native State, p. 639 — 640. — Dohson, G. E.: On the na- 

 tural Position of the family Dipodidae. p. 640 — 641. — 

 Bell, F. J.: Studios in the Holothuroidea. I. On the genus 

 Psolus aud the forms allied thereto. p. 641 — 650. — id.: 

 Note on a Criuoid from the straits of Magellan. p. 650 

 — 652. — Neale, W. H.: Notes on the natural history of 

 Franz-Josef Land as observed in 1881—82. p. 652 — 656. — 

 Jeffreys. J. G.: Ou the Mollusca produeed during the 

 „Lightniug'' and „Porcupine" expeditions 18Ö8— 70. p. 656 

 — 687. — Owen: On the sternum of Notorius aud on 

 sternal characters. p. 689 — 697. — Blasius. W. : Ou a 

 coUection of birds from the Isle of Ceram made by Dr. 

 Platen in November and December 1881. p. 697 — 711. — 

 Ramsay, E. P. : Description of a uew species of Flycatcher 

 of the genus Monarcha (Piesorhijnchus) from the Solomou 

 Group, p. 711. — Bancroft, W.: On the acclimatization 

 of Indian Mungoos in Jamaica. p. 712 — 714. — Godwin- 

 Austen, H. H.: Ün specimeus of the male and feuiale of 

 Phasiaiius humiae, from Munipur, with a description of 

 the latter. p. 715 — 718. — Thomson, A.: Notes on a spe- 

 cies of Stick lusect reared in the Insect-House in the So- 

 ciety's Gardeus. p. 718—719. — Flower, W. H.: On the 

 Whales of the genus Hyperoodon. p. 722 — 726. — Gray, 

 D.: Notes on the characters aud habits of tho Bottleuose 

 Whale (Hyperuodun rostratus). p. 726 — 731. — Car- 

 penter, IL: On the Classification of the ComaUdae. p. 731 

 — 747. — Day, F.: Ou the identity of Arnoglossuslophotes. 

 Günther, with A. Grohinanni. p. 748 — 750. — id.: On 

 Hybrids betweeu Salmou and Trout. p. 751 — 753. — God- 

 man, F. D. and Salvin, 0.: On some Rhopalocera from 

 New Ireland. p. 754 — 755. — Thomas, 0.: Description 

 of two uew species of Pteropus from the Caroline Islands, 

 p. 755—757. — Marshall, G. F. L.: Notes ou Asiatic 

 Butterflies, with descriptions of some new species. p. 758 

 — 761. — Boulenger, G. A. : Description of au apparently 

 new species of Lizard of the genus Sceloporiis. p. 761 — 762. 

 — Butler, A. G.: On some new or little-known Spiders 

 from Madagascar. p. 763 — 763. — Parker, W. N.: On 

 some points iu the auatomy of the Indian Tapir (Tapiriis 

 indicus). p. 768 — 777. — Druce,H. : Descriptions of a uew 

 genus and some new species of Heterocera. p. 777 — 782. 



