116 



Nayadese, on the structure of the shells of ] 



the, 21. 

 New Zealand, on the ornithology of, 189. 

 Nototherium, 231. 



inerme, 231. 



MitchelU, 232. 



Nudibrauchiata, development of the senses 



in the, 29. 

 Nudibranchiate nioUusca, on the British, 24. 



Observations, new series of magnetical and 

 meteorological, at fixed stations, 146. 



, itinerant, not in the nature of formal 



surveys, naval observatories, and other 

 local determinations, 149. 

 Observatories, British colonial, magnetical 



and meteorological, 144. 

 Observatory, description of the Kew, 120. 

 Oldham (Thomas) on subterranean tempera- 

 ture in Ireland, 221. 

 Opsloe, analysis of alum slate from, 162. 

 Ornithological museums, list of, 215. 



libraries, 217. 



Ornithology, general systematictvorkson, 173. 

 , progress and present state of, in Eu- 

 rope, 180. 



, in Britain, 181. 



, in north and central continental Eu- 

 rope, 182. 



, in France, 183. 



, in Italy, 183. 



, in Greece, 184. 



, in Spain, 184. 



. , in Asia Minor, 185. 



, in Siberia, 185. 



, in Japan, 185. 



, in British India, 186. 



, in Malasia, 187. 



, in Polynesia, 189. 



, in Australia, 189. 



, in New Zealand, 191. 



, in Afirica, 191. 



, in North America, 192. 



, in central America, 194. 



, in the Galapagos islands, 194. 



, in the West Indies, 194. 



, in South America, 195. 



, ornithological monographs, 196. 



, miscellaneous descriptions of species, 



199. 



, progress of the pictorial art as applied 



to, 201. 



, on fossil, 209. 



, desiderata of, 217. 



Osier's anemometer, on the working of, at 

 Plymouth, 241. 



, description of, 253. 



, results of, at Greenwich, 257, 266. 



, table showing amountofwindwith, 259. 



, mean results of, at Devonport, for 1 84 1 



and 1842, 265. 

 Ostraces, on the structure of the shells of 



the, 19. 

 Owen (Prof.) on the extinct mammals of 

 Australia, with descriptions of certain fos- 

 sils indicative of the former existence in 



that continent of large marsupial repre- 

 sentatives of the order Pachydermata, 223. 



Pachydermata, on fossils indicating the ex- 

 istence of marsupial representatives of the 

 order, in Austraha, 223. 



PaUiobranchiata, on the shells of the, 1 6. 



Paranthine from Arendal, analysis of green, 

 165. 



Pectinidae, on the stmcture of the shell of 

 the, 19. 



Placoides, 303. 



Placunidse, on the structure of the shells of 

 the, 18. 



Plants, influence of light on the growth of, 

 29. 



, influence of fucoidal, upon the forma- 

 tions of the earth, 155. 



, analysis of, 158. 



Pluvio electrometer, 141. 



Plymouth, on the working of Whewell and 

 Osier's anemometers at, 241. 



Poissons fossiles de I'argile de Londres, sur 

 les, 279. 



Pole (Prof.), experiments on steam-engines, 

 91. 



Polynesia, on the ornithology of, 189. 



Port Famine, atmospheric valley at, 56. 



Portlock (Capt.) on the marine zoology of 

 Corfu and the Ionian islands, 390. 



Prague, meteorologj' of, 43. 



Provisional reports and notices of progress in 

 special researches entrusted to committees 

 and individuals, 390. 



PjToraeter, experiments with Houldsworth's, 

 107,109. 



Rain and vapour gauge, used at the Kew Ob- 

 servatory, on the, 128. 



Robinson (Dr.) on captive balloons, 390. 



Ronalds (Francis) on the Kew Observatory, 

 120. 



Rosse (the Earl of) on the construction of 

 large reflecting telescopes, 79. 



Russell (J. Scott) on waves, 311. 



on the form of ships, 391. 



Sabine (Lieut.-Col. Edward) on the meteor- 

 ology of Toronto in Canada, 42. 



on simultaneous magnetical and meteor- 

 ological observations, 143. 



, letter to, from Prof. Boguslawski, on 



magnetic obsen-ations made at Breslau, 

 154. 



Scandina\ian alum slate, metamorphosis of 

 the, 155. 



Schists iu Scandinavia, metamorphosed fu- 

 coid, 163. 



Scopulse of spiders, on the, 62. 



Scotland, on registering earthquake shocks 

 in, 85. 



Sea-fish, summary of, inhabiting the coasts 

 of England, 302. 



Seas, proposed sm'vey of the China, 148. 



• , barometric observations reduced to the 



level of the, 275. 



