INDEX I. 



119 



Magnetometer, transportable, 8. 



Mammalia, British fossil, 54. 



, addendum to report on, 74. 



Manchester, proportion of deaths by various 

 . diseases in, during 1839, 198, 199. 



— — , annual deaths in, during 1838-1841, 

 186. 



Marriages in large towns of Scotland, on the, 

 135. 



Marsupialia, 72. 



Meles, on the subgenus, 70. 



Meteorological observations, simultaneous, 1. 



, hourly series of, made at Inverness, 



from 1840-1841, 206. 



— — , system of, on the continent, 207. 



, on the reduction of, 208. 



•— — , progress of, at Plymouth, 30. 



Meteorology of the United States, on the, 208. 



Milne (David) on registering shocks of earth- 

 quakes in Great Britain, 92. 



Mortality of large towns in Scotland, on the, 

 188. 



Moseley (Rev. Prof.) on the construction of a 

 constant indicator for steam engines, and 

 for the determination of the velocity of the 

 piston of the single-acting engine at differ, 

 ent periods of the stroke, 98. 



Mugiloideae, 22. 



Myliobatides, 30. 



New Zealand, present state of the ichthyology 



of, 12. 

 North America, magnetic surveys in, 4. 



Observatories, description of, 9. 



, extension of grant for magnetic obser- 

 vatories by the British government, 2. 



, establishment of new magnetic, in Rus- 

 sia, 3. 



Owen (Richard) on the British fossil mam- 

 malia, part I., 54. 



, addendum to report on, 74. 



— — , on zoological nomenclature, 105. 



Percoideae, 15. 



Perth, vital statistics of, 129, 139, 145, 151, 

 164, 173, 178, 183. 



, proportion of deaths by various diseases 



in, 199, 200. 



Phascolotherium, on the genus, 73. 



Phillips (John), notice to the Committee of 

 the British Association for advancing our 

 knowledge of British belemnites, 213. 



on zoological nomenclature, 105. 



Placoidians, 87. 



Plants, influence of light on the growth of, 75. 



Platessoidese, 27. 



Play fair (Dr. Lyon) on Prof. Liebig's report 

 on "Organic Chemistry applied to physio- 

 logy and pathology," 42. 



Plectognathi, 28. 



Plymouth, progress of meteorological obser- 

 vations at, 30. 



Porter (G. R.) on the vital statistics of large 

 towns in Scotland, 121. 



Provisional reports and notices, 205. 



Putorius, on the genus, 70. 



Quadrumana, 55. 



Raise, 29. 



Railway sections, 38. 



Richardson (Dr. John) on the present state 



of the ichthyology of New Zealand, 12. 



on zoological nomenclature, 105. 



Rodentia, 72. 



Russell (John Scott) on the form of ships, 



104. 



Sabine (Colonel) on the system of simulta- 

 neous magnetical and meteorological ob- 

 servations, 1. 



, letter to, from Prof. Von Boguslawski on 



the magnetic observations at Breslau, 11. 



, letter to, from Dr. Lamont on the system 



of meteorological and magnetical observa- 

 tions on the continent, 207. 



, letter to, from A. D. Bache, on the me- 

 teorology of the United States, 208. 



on the translation and publication of 



Foreign Scientific Memoirs, 211. 



Sandon (Lord) on the vital statistics of large 

 towns in Scotland, 121. 



Sandstone, old red, fossil fishes of the, 80. 



Scientific Memoirs, foreign, on the translation 

 and publication of, 210. 



Sciaenoideae, 18. 



Scomberoideae, 20. 



Scotland, vital statistics of large towns in, 121. 



Scyllia, 29. 



Seeds, growth and vitality of, 34. 



, , table of experiments on the, 35. 



, influence of light on the germination 



of, 75. 



Ships, form of, 104. 



Shuckard (W. E.) on zoological nomencla- 

 ture, 105. 



Siganoidese, 22. 



Sorex, on the genus, 57. 



Sparoideae, 20. 



Spinaces, 29. 



Squatinoraiae, 29. 



Stars, reduction of Lacaille's, 205. 



, , in the Histoire Celeste, 205. 



, British Association catalogue of, 206. 



Statistics, vital : — 



of Edinburgh and suburbs, 123, 134, 144, 



147, 154, 172, 175, ISO; 

 of Leith, 123, 135, 144, 148, 156, 181; 

 of Aberdeen and suburbs, 126, 138, 145, 



150, 158, 177, 182; 

 of Perth and suburbs, 129, 139, 145, 151, 



164, 173, 178, 183; 

 of Dundee, 129, 132, 140, 145, 152, 168, 



174, 179, 184; 

 of Glasgow, 137, 144, 149, 172, 176, 182. 

 Remarks on, 141, 188. 

 Proportion of births and deaths to the po- 

 pulation in the great towns of Scotland, 

 from 1836-1840, 153. 

 Comparative per-centage of monthly mor- 

 tality in five large towns of Scotland, 180. 



