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INDEX 



IX 



Microscopical Society, 63, 183, 539 ; Soiree of, 12 



Miller (W. J.), The Strength and Fracture of Cast-Iron, 492 



" Mind," 81, 281 



Miniature Physical Geology, 423, 526 



Mineralogical Society, 360, 442 



Minor Planets, 10, 50, 132, 257, 418 



MiraCeti, 211, 277 



Misfeing Link between the Vertebrates and the Invertebrates, 



G. T. Bettany, 195 

 Missouri, Insects of, 308 



Mittheilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern, 584 

 Moabite Question, the, 6 

 Mocking Bird, American, 29 

 Modena, Temperature of, 261 

 Monads, Cienkowsky's Observations on, 298 

 "Mongolia," CoL Prejevalsky's, 3 

 Monocotyledons, Dr. Falkenberg on, 349 

 Montsouris, Lectures at the Naval Observatory, 138 ; Bulletin 



of the Observatory, 243 ; New Meteorological Laboratories at, 



156 

 Moon, Neison on the, 305 ; Prot. S. Newcomb on the Longitude 



of the, 203 

 Moon-stroke, Dr. E. Bonavia, 545 

 Morphology, Animal, Prof. Macalister's, 25 

 Motor Nerves, G. J. Romanes on, 62 

 Mouchez (Capt), Wreck of his Vessel, 242 

 Mountain Club, Appalachian, 299 

 Muir (M. M. Pattison), Sagacity in Cats, 192 

 Miiller (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, XIV., 



173 ; the Self- fertilisation of Plants, 570 

 Munich, Meeting of the German Naturalists at, 496 

 Mvmn (David, F.R.S.E.), Elementary Algebra, 147 

 Munro (J.), the Telephone, 

 Murphy (J. J.), Optical Phenomenon, 231 ; Protective Mimicry, 



309 

 Mun-ay (Capt. Digby), Ocean Circulation, 177 

 Murray (J.), the Geological Distribution of Oceanic Deposits, 



491 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, U.S.A., 109 

 Museum, Physical Science, 257 

 Museum of National Antiquities of France, 312 

 Museums, our Natural History, 521 

 Mushroom Exhibition in Paris, 560 



Mi\sical Notes, Instrument for Transmitting, by Electricity, 30^' 

 Myers (A. R.), "Life with the Hamram Arabs," 190 



Nachrichten von der konigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 



Gottingen, 282 

 Natural History at the Royal Academy, 105 

 Natural History Objects, Notes on Collecting and Preserving, 



168 

 Natural History Collections, 521 

 Natural Science at Cambridge, 216 

 Naturforscher, 202, 518, 584 

 Nebulae, New, 337 ; Chacomac's Variable, $45 

 Neison (Edmund), " The Moon," 305 

 Neuro-paralytic Keratitis, 321 

 New Guinea, Exploration of, 16, 36 ; Recent Discoveries in, 



48 ; Papua or Pa^ooa (?), 48, 90 ; Ethnology of the Papuans of 



Maclay Coast, 107, 136 ; D'Albertis' Exploration of, 138, 



157 ; Gould's Birds of, 208 ; Fauna and Flora of, 271 ; Octa- 



vius Stone's Journeys in, 338, 489 

 New Hebrides, Banks, and Santa Cruz Islands, 488 

 New Nebulae, 337 

 NewS'uth Wales, Linnaean Society of, 217, 537 ; Royal Society 



of, 467 

 New York Aquarium, 516 

 New Zealand, Prehistoric Skeleton, Dr. J. von Haast, 90 ; 



Meteorological Observations in, 343 ; University of, 465 ; 



Recent Cavern Researches in, 576 

 Newcomb (Prof. S.) on the Longitude of the Moon, 203 

 Newfoundland, Geological Survey of, 254 

 Newm n (Edward), Obituary Notice of, 180 

 Newman (L. A.), Hailstorm in Belgium, 210 

 Newton (Prof., F.R.S.), Address in the Department of Zoology 



and Botany at the British Association, 

 Nicholls (Kerry), the Islands of the Coral Sea, 489 

 Nipher (Prof F. E.), Optical Experiments, 308; on Writing 



Logarithms, 321 

 Nithsdale, Scotland, Earthquake in, 369 

 Nobbe (Prof), Root-formation of Seed Plants, 301 



Nordenskjold (Prof.), and the Jenesei, 16, 380, 497, 517 



Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 218 



North Atlantic, the Norwegian Expedition, 337, 441 



North Sea, the German, Commission, 307 



Norway, Ice Fjords of, 282 ; Norwegian Lemming, Migration 

 and Habits of the, 113 ; Norwegian-Atlantic Expedition, 232, 

 337, 441 ; Norwetjian Tourists' Association, 422 ; Norwegian 

 Scientific Expedition, Meteorological Observations, 536 



Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural History Objects, 

 168 



Nova Ophiuchi, 192 



Noworossisk, the Bora at, 200 



Nuovo Giomale Botanico Italia no, 220, 518 



Nyassa, Lake, Mr. E. D. Young's Paper on, 157 



Observatories, Athens, 92; San Francisco, 217; The Rad- 

 cliffe, 278 ; I^eipsig University, 3X) ; Puy-de-D6me, 509 



Ocean Circulation, Capt. Digby Murray, 177 



Oceanic Deposits, John Murray on, 459, 491 



Oersted (H. C. ), Statue to, 580 



Ohm's Law, Prof. Clerk Maxwell's Report ^on, 452 



Olber's Suppsed Variation in Virgo, 545 



Ommanney (Vice- Admiral), a Brilliant Meteor, 289 



Ovarof (Count), " Stone Age in Russia," 517 



Optical Experiments, Prof. F. E. Nipher, 308 



Optical Phenomenon, 29, 231, 271 



Orang-utang in the Berlin Aquarium, ^Death of, 496 



Organ, A Modern, 273 



Organisation of the Profession of Chemistry, 125 



Orientalists, International Congress of, 380, 442, 464 



Origin of Life, Douglas A. SpaJding, 44 



Orion, the Nebulae in, 10 



Osservazioni Meteoroloijiche, 80 



Otago, Geology of, 146 



Owens College, Proposed Incorporation of, 200, 225, 245, 265 



Oxford, Scholarships at Exeter College, 181 ; Rainfall of, 201 ; 

 Scholarships at Merton College, 242 



Oxygen, Evolution of, by ^Vallisneria Spiralis, 231 



Oyster Fisheries, Our, 285 



Pacific Islands, Fauna and Flora of, 271 

 Pacific Ocean, Changes in the, 217 



Page (Dr. David), Introductory Text-Book of Physical Geo- 

 graphy, 26, 131 ; "Geology : its Influence on Modem Belief," 



504 



Palaeolithic Implements of Inter-Glacial Age, S. B. J. Skertch- 

 ley on the Discovery of, 448, 505 



Palaeolithic Man, the Age of, 505 



Palaeontology of Victoria, Prof. McCoy's Prodromus of the, 1 30 



Palaeontology and the Doctrine of Descent, J. W. Judd, 275 



Palaeontology, Zittel's Handbook of, 445, 474 



Palermo, Solar Eruptions observed at, 562 



Palmer (Rev.' A. S.), "Leaves from a Word-hunter's Note 

 Book," 88 



Pandanus, Mascarene Species of, 487 



" Pandora," Expedition of the, 120; Letter from Capt. Young, 

 516 



Papua or Papooa ? 48, 90 



Papuans, Ethnology of the, of Maclay Coast, New Guinea, 107, 

 136 



Parasitic Crab, Habits of, 272 



Paris, Academy of Sciences, 19, 40, 64, 84, 124, 164, 184, 204, 

 224, 244, 264, 284, 304, 324, 344, 364, 384, 444, 468, 500, 520, 

 539» 564, 584 ; Observatory, 79 ; Bulletin International of 

 the, 300, 320 ; Inundations of the Seine, 121 ; the Great 

 Reflector at, 200 ; Exhibition of 1878, 497, 538 ; Entomo- 

 logical Exhibition in, 516; Mushroom Exhibition in, 560 ; 

 the £cole Monge, 561 



Parker and Bettany's Morpho'ogy of the Skull, 562 



Parkes (Dr.), Memorial to, 242, 260 



Passerine Birds, 572 



Paton (Dr.), the Action and Sounds of the Heart, 487 



Pattison (Rev. Mark), on University Reform, 550 



Peabody Museum, 343; Cambridge, U.S., AnnualjReport of, 

 300 



Penning's Field Geology, 471 



PerigenesLi v. Pangenesis — Haeckel's New Theory of Heredity, 

 E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 235 



Perkin (W. H., F.R,S)., Opening Address in Section B at the 

 British Association, 432 



