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INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 28, I J 



Prize for Encouragement of North American Studies, 372; 

 the Fruit Pest, Curcnlio, in America, Riley and Howard, 

 373 ; Colonel Labre's E-cpIorations of Regions between Beni 

 and Madre de Dios and Piirus Rivers, 353 ; the A nerican 

 Association, 372; Americin Phil )sophical Society, 373; 

 American Antiquities, W. H Holmes, 437 ; Decay of the 

 Reading Habit in America, W. C. Wilkinson, 548 ; Cent- 

 enary of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, 

 576 ; the Sparrow in America, 627 

 Ames (Joseph S. ), Dr. Griinwald's Mathematical Spectrum 



Analysis, 19 

 Amia, Lateral Line System in, Minot and Allis on, 419 

 Amine, a New, Drs. Sknup and VViesmann, 14 

 Amnion (O.). Results of Observations of Skulls of 5000 Baden 



Soldiers, 653 

 Ammonia, the Nitrification of, Th. Schlcesing, 539 

 Amsterdam Royal Academy of Sciences, 120, 216, 312 

 Amylo-dextrin, Brown and Morris on, 214 

 Analysis, Commercial Organic, Alfred H. Allen, Dr. C. R. 



Alder Wright, F.R.S., 289 

 Anapophyses, Dr. St. George Mivart, F. R.S., 394 

 Anatomy, Comparative, the Large B )nes of the Anthropoid 



Apes, Etienne Rollet, 287 

 Anatomy, Comparative, Lehrbuch der Vergleichenden Anatomic 

 zum Gebrauche bei vergleichend anatomischen and zoolo- 

 gischen Vorlesungen, Dr. Arnold Lang, 124 

 Anatomy of the Humpback Whale {Megapter.i longimana), 



John Struther=, 592 

 Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, W. H. Holmes, 436 

 Ancient Civilization, the History of. Rev. J. Verschoyle, 7 

 Anderson (J. W. ), the Prospector's Hand-book, 293 

 Anderson (Prof. R. J.), Apparatus to illustrate Crystal Forms, 



71 



Anderson (William), Opening Address in Section G (Mecha- 

 nical Science) at the British Association, 509 



Andersonian Naturalists' Society of Glasgow, 653 



Andree (Richard), Ethnological Parallels, 229 



Andrews (General), Ship Railways, 108 



Andries (Dr. B.), the Cold Period of May, 286 



Andromedse, Spectrum of R, Espin, 656 



Anemometer Comparison^, Prof. H. A. Hazen, 117 



Anemometer Experiments, Prof. C. F. Marvin on, 189, 383 



Angot (M.), Paris Central Meteorological Office, 421 



Animals, do they Count?, Dr. H. A. Hagen, 319 



Animals, the Force of Example in, 461 



Annenkoff (General), Colonization of Transcasoian Region, 

 230 



Annuaire de I'Observatoire Municipal de Montsouris, 654 



Ansaloni (.A..), on the Eiffel Tower, 261 



Antherozoids of Cryptogams, Alfred W. Bennett on the, 610 



Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, the International Annual of, 

 245 



Anthrax Virus in Subcutaneous Tissues of Rabbits, Destruction 

 of, M. Pekelharing, 312 



Anthropology : Colour of Eyes and Hair of the Ainos, Lefevre, 

 68 ; Osteology of Veddahs of Ceylon, Arthur Thompson, 

 118 ; the Anthropological Institute, no, 287; the Anthropo- 

 lugical Society, 215; Colour of Eyes and ^ Hair in Norway, 

 Abbo and Faye, 285 ; Introduction a I'Etude des Races 

 Humaines, A. De Quatrefages, 407 ; the German Congress 

 on Anthropology, 479 ; Anthropological Society of Bombay, 

 480 ; Prof. Sir William Turner's Opening Address in Section 

 H at the British Association, 526 ; the Huron- Iroquois of 

 E\stern Canada, Sir Daniel Wilson, 557 ; Lake-dwellings in 

 Northern Italy, P. Castelfranco, 562 ; Pagan Practices among 

 Modern Provencals, Dr. Ferand, 562 ; Prof. Haddon's Torres 

 Straits Collection. 626 ; W. K. Sibley, on Left-leggedness, 

 652 ; Prof. D. J. Cunningham, on the Occasional Eighth True 

 Rib in Man, 632 ; Paul B. du Chaillu, on the Vikings as the 

 Direct Ancestors of the English-speaking Nations, 632 ; 

 Canon Isaac Taylor, on the Origin of the Aryans, 632 ; 

 Canon Isaac Taylor, on the Ethnological Significance of the 

 Beech, 632 ; Hyde Clarke, on the Right of Property in Trees 

 on Another's Land, 635 ; Dr.Garson, on an Anthropometric 

 Instrument for Travellers, 633; Francis Galton, F.R. S., on 

 an Instrument for measuring the Reaction Time to Sight and 

 Sound Signals, 633 ; Dr. MacLaurin, on the British Race in 

 Australia, 633 ; H. H. Risley, on the Study of Ethnology in 

 India, 633 ; Prof. A. C. Haddon, on the Custom-; and Beliefs 

 of the Torres Straits Islanders, 633 ; Dr. J. Beddoe, F. R. S., 



on the Natural Colour of Skin in Certain Oriental Races, 

 633 ; Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, on the Esquimaux, 633 ; Rev. G. 

 Rome Hall, on Northumberland in Prehistoric Times, 633 ; 

 Sir William Turner, F. R.S., on Implements of Stags' Horns 

 associated with Whales' Skeletons found in the Carse Lands 

 of Stirling, 634 ; on the Principles and Methods of Assign- 

 ing Marks f^r Bodily Efficiency in the Examination of 

 Candidates for Public Service, Francis Galton, F. R. ^., 631, 

 649 ; A. A. Somerville, 652 ; Anthropometric Instrument 

 for Travellers, Dr. Garson on an, 633 : Anthropometric Mea- 

 surements at Cambridge, 593 ; Scientific Anthropometry a id 

 Artistic Pr >portion^. Colonel Duhousset and TopinarJ, 562 



AnthropopiiJie-tis calvus, the Mental Faculties of, Prof. Geo. J. 

 Romanes, F. R. S., 160 



Antiparallel, on the Use of the Word, E. M. Langley, 460 



Antiquities discovered in Gothland, 254 



Antoine (Ch.), Dilatation and Compression of Carbonic Acid, 

 48 



Apes, the Large Bones of the Anthropoid, Etienne Rollet, 287 



Apple and Pear Conference, the, 577 



Apiilied Mechanics, Ur. A. Low, 31 



April Meteors, 15 



Aquatic Habits of certain Land Tortoises, R. W. Shufeldt, ^\\ 



Arc, the Peruvian, 558 



Arcangeli (Prof.), Heat due to Respira*^ion of Fungi, 334 



Archaeology in Mexico : Governmental Measures for Study and 

 Preservation of Ancient Monuments and Historical Remains, 

 283 



Archae ilogy : the Burying-grounds and Civilization of Hallstatt, 

 Dr. Homes, 286 



Arctic Expedition, Return of the Bremen, 539 



Arctic Exploration : Dr. Nansen's Journey across Greenland, 

 i>33 



Argentine Republic, Hibernation of Martins in the, Tommaso 

 Salvadori, 223 



Argus, Variable tj. Dr. Thome, 550 



Argyll (the Duke of, F. R.S.), an Unusual Geological Sequence, 

 642 



Arithmetic : a Course of Easy Arithmetical Examples for Be- 

 ginners, J. G. Bradshaw, 293 



Armstrong (Prof. H. E., F. R.S.) : the Hydration of Cyanides 

 335 ; Report to the British Association of the Committee o\\ 

 the Teaching of Science in Schools, 554 ; Suggestions for a 

 Course of Elementary Instruction in Physical Science, 600; 

 the Teaching of Science, 645 



Arnold (Sir Edv\'in) upon Icebergs, 536 



Artesian Wells in Australia, 3t)5 



Aryans, the, De Lapouge, 68 



Aryans, the Origin of the, Canon Isaac Taylor on, 632 



Ashe (Dr. Isaac), Dimidium, an Attempt to represent the 

 Chemical Elements by Physical Forms, 588 



Asia, Central : M. Bonvalot's Tour in, 483 ; Return of Yad- 

 rintzeft"s Expedition, 551 



Aspinall (Rev. «J.), the Inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, 374 



Assmann (Dr. R. ), the Structure of Hoar-frost, 285 ; Meteoro- 

 logical Experiences in the Sentis, 66o 



Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teachin;r, 326 



Astrarchia stepliania;. Dr. A. B. Meyer, 461 



Astronomy: April Meteors, 15; the White Spot on Saturn's 

 Ring, Prof. Holden, 15 ; the Variable X Cygni, Mr. Vendall, 

 15 ; Photographic Determination of the Brightness of the 

 Stars, 15 ; Astronomical Column, 15, 63, 109, 135, 164., iS'j, 

 209, 231, 255, 284, 307, 32 <, 424, 448, 482, 538, 550, 597, 

 655 ; Astronomical I'henomena for the Week, 16, 46, 64, 85, 

 109, 135, 164, 181, 210, 231, 255, 284, 307, 329, 352, 374, 

 403,424,448,482, 516, 538, 550, 578, 628, 656; the Re- 

 siduals of Mercury, O. T. Sherman, 63 ; Right Ascensions of 

 North Circumpolar Stars, Prof. T. H. Safiford, 63 ; Two 

 Remarkable Solar Eruptions, F'ather Jules Feiiyi, 64; Comet 

 1889 b (Barnard, March 31), 64 ; on the Determination of 

 Masses in Astronomy, R. A. Gregory, 80; the Proposid 

 Vatican Astronomical Observatory, 84; Meteor- Showars, 16, 

 46, 86, 109, 136, 165, i8r, 231, 256, 285, 308, 329, 352, 375, 

 403, 424, 448, 483, 516, 539, 551, 578, 598, 629, 655 ; Vari- 

 able Stars, 16, 46, 64, 85, no, 135, 165, i8r, 210, 231, 255, 

 284, 308, 329, 352, 375, 403. 424. 449, 4^3, 516, 539, 55^, 

 578, 598, 629, 656 ; Barnard's Comet, 1888 e, 109 ; the 

 Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, Prof. H. C. V^ogel, 

 109 ; the Latitude of Detroit, Dr. Ludovic Estes, 109 ; the 

 Minor Planet Victoria, 109 ; Meridian Observations of Iris, 



