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[Nature, Noi>. 21, 1878 



of Scothnd, 477 ; Rev, M. A, Close on the Extent of 

 Geological Time, 477 ; Dr. Henry Hicks on some New 

 Pre-Cambrian Areas in Wales, 477 ; Joseph Nolan on the 

 Metamorphic and Intrusive Rocks of Tyrone, 477 ; J. W. 

 Davis on the Occurrence of Certain Fish Remains in the 

 Coal-Measures, and the Evidence of the Freshwater Origin 

 of the Coal-Measures, 478 ; Prof. W. King on the Age of 

 the Crystalline Rocks of Donegal, 478 ; W. Williams on 

 the Cervus Megaceros, 478 ; Edward T. Hardman on the 

 Influence of Strike on the Physical Features of Ireland, 

 506 ; Prof. O'Reilly on the Correlation of Lines of Direction 

 on the Globe, 507 ; Edward T. Hardman on Hullite, a 

 hitherto Undescribed Mineral from Carnmoney Hill, Co. 

 Antrim, 507. 

 Section D [Biology). — Opening Address in the Department of 

 Zoology and Botany, by Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 

 President of the Section, 419 

 Department of Zoology and Botany. — Prof. Cope on the 

 Remains of a Permian Fauna in North America, 482 ; 

 Sir John Lubbock, F. R.S., on the Habits of Ants, 482; 

 Sir Walter Elliott on the Annual Increase of the Common 

 Vole, 483 ; Dr. R. H. Traquair on the Genus Cteno- 

 dus, 483 ; Dr. Allen Thomson, F.R.S., on Aberrant 

 Sacrum connected with the Oblique Pelvis, 483 ; R. W. 

 Sinclair on Recent Additions to the Irish Lepidoptera, 483 ; 

 C. Spence-Bates, F.R.S., on the Present State of our 

 Knowledge of the Crustacea, 483 ; H. II. Howorth on the 

 Extinction of the Mammoth in Siberia, 483 ; Prof. Alex. 

 Dickson, M.D., on the Stipules of Spergularia marina, 

 507 ; Prof. Dickson on the Inflorescence of Senebriera 

 didytna, 508 ; Prof. Dickson on the 6- Celled Glands of 

 Cephalotus and their Similarity to the Glands of Saracenia 

 purpurea, 508 ; Exhibition of Plants of Isoeles echinospora, 

 of Rumex maximus, Salix sadlori, 508 ; Notes on Naiadaceae, 

 508; Prof. W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., on the Supposed 

 Radiolarians and Diatomacese of the Coal-Measures, 508 ; 

 Alex. S- Wilson on the Association of an Inconspicuous 

 Corolla with Proterogynous Dichogamy in Insect-Fertilised 

 Flowers, 508 ; A. S. Wilson on Dimorphic Plants, 509 

 Department of Anatomy and Physiology. — Address by Dr. R. 

 McDonnell, F.R.S., 445; J. A. W^anklyn and W. J. 

 Cooper on a Direct Method for Determining the Calorific 

 Power of Alimentary Substances, 481 ; Lawson Tait on the 

 Occurrence of a Sacral Dimple and its Possible Significance, 

 481 

 Department of Anthropology . — Address by Prof . T. H. Huxley, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., 445 ; Miss A. W. Buckland on the Pre- 

 historic Monuments of Cornwall Compared with those in 

 Ireland, 478 ; J. W. Knowles on Flint P'actories at Port 

 Stewart and elsewhere in the North of Ireland, 478 ; V, 

 Ball on some Ethnological Objects from India, 478 ; T. J. 

 Hutchinson on Habits and Customs amongst some Tribes 

 of Tropical Aborigines, 478 ; Henri Martin on the Races of 

 Ancient Ireland, 479 ; H. H. Howorth on the Spread of 

 the Slavs, 479 ; Prof. Daniel Wilson on some American 

 Illustrations of the Evolution of New Varieties of Man, 

 479 ; A. L. Lewis on the Evils arising from the Use of His- 

 torical National Names and Scientific Terms, 479 ; Prof. 

 Huxley on the same, 479 ; Capt. R. T. Burton on the Tribes 

 of Midian, 480; Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S., on the 

 Methods and Results of Measuring the Capacity of Crania, 

 480 ; Prof. Huxley on the same, 481 

 Section E (Geography). — Opening Address by the President, 

 Sir C. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., 448; Dr. Phene on the 

 Acquisition of Cyprus and Observations on some Islands 

 in the Levant with Reference to Recent Discoveries, 483 ; 

 Lieut. Kitchener on a Survey of Galilee, 483 

 Section F [Economical Science and Statistics). — Prof. Jevons, 

 F.R.S., on the Periodicity of Crises and its Physical Ex- 

 planation, 483 

 Section G [Mechanical Science). — Opening Address by the 

 President, Edward Easton, C.E., on the Conservancy of 

 Rivers and Streams, 452 ; G. J. Symonds on the Rainfall 

 of Ireland, 484 ; W. H. Preece on Recent Advances in 

 Telegraphy, 484; Mr. Wigham on the Irish Siren Fog 

 Signal, 484 

 " Britihh Barrows," Greenwell and Rolleston's, Prof. Boyd 



Dawkins, F.R.S., 429 

 British Burmah : Panthays in, 95 ; Forest Flora of, S. Kurz, 517 

 British Isles, Stanford's Stereographical Map of, 19 



British Medical Association, 393, 424 



British Museum, the Natural History Collections, 328, 353, 403, 



513, 588 

 British North America, Fisheries of, Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 



F.R.S., 170, 232 

 Broch (Dr. O. J.), Tables of Standards for Weights and 



Measures, 632 

 Brorsen's Comet of Short Period, 178, 589 

 Broun (J. Allan, F.R.S.), Cosmic Meteorology, 126, 151 

 Broun (Prof. Wm. LeRoy), the Microphone, 383 

 Brown (Prof. A. Crum, F.R.S.), Joseph Black, 346; Cyon's 



Researches on the Ear, 633, 657 

 Brown Bread, Real, Prof. A. H. Church, 229 

 Brown Institution, Resignation of Dr. Burdon Sanderson, 290 

 Brown (J.), Contact Electricity, 12 

 Brown (Dr. J. Croumbie), Pine Plantations on the Sand-Wastes 



of France, 666 

 Brown (Dr. R.), Countries of the World, 11 

 Browne (Montagu), Practical Taxidermy, 37 

 Browning (John), the Telephone and Deafness, 169 

 Bruno (Giordano), Statue of, 76 ; New Edition of his Works, 159 

 Brunswick, Prehistoric Remains in, 360 

 Buchanan (J. Y. ), Manganese Nodules in Loch Fyne, 628 

 Buckland (Miss A. W.), on the Stimulants of Savages, 351 ; tlie 



Prehistoric Monuments of Cornwall and Ireland, 478 

 Buffalo, the Weights of the Bones of the, 512 

 Buir, Earthquake at, 575, 632 

 " Bulb Garden," Samuel Wood, 693 

 Bulgarians, the Craniology of the, 290, 351 

 Bulletin de I'Academie des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 186 

 Bulletin de I'Academie Royale de Belgique, 186, 242, 350, 403, 



584 

 Burmah, British : Panthays in, 95 ; Forest Flora of, S . Kurz, 



517 

 Burton (Capt. R. F.), Exploration of the Land of Midian, 76 ; 



Notes on the Tribes of Midian, 480 

 Butterflies, how they Escape from their Cocoons, 226 

 Byrne's Pneumatic Battery, W^. H. Preece on, iii ; W. Ladd 



on, 506 



Cabbages, Remedy for Caterpillars on, 318 



Cable, Submarine, the Electric Current in, 106 ; a Cable on 



Fire, 632 

 Cacciatore's Supposed Planet of 1835, 261 

 Ctesar's Camp, Folkstone, Excavations in, 470 

 Cailletet (Mons. de), Apparatus for Liquefying Gases, 46 

 Calderon (Prof. Salvador), the Darkness of Caverns, 427 

 Calendar, Perpetual, the Seth Thomas Clock Company's Ncsv 



Timepiece with, 575 

 Cambridge : University Intelligence, 53 ; Philosophical Society, 



375; Caius Chemical Laboratory, 687; the Trinity Profesor- 



ship of Physiology, 711 

 Camels, Use of, in Australia, 337 

 Camera Lucida, a New, Dr. J. G. Hofmann, 312 

 Camphor, Oil from Crude, 49 

 Canals at Amsterdam, 632 



Canterbury, the Archbishop of, and Degrees, 574 

 Canton, Tornado at, 394, 466 

 Capersburg, Discovery of Roman Structures at, 706 

 Caracas, Earthquake at, 105 



Cardwell (Viscount), Address at Owens College, 598 

 Carhart (H. S.), Rayons de Cr^puscule, 540 

 Carniola, Excavations in, 652 

 Carpenter (Dr. A.), "Preventive Medicine in Relation to Public 



Health," 248 

 Carpenter (Dr. P. P.), his Collection, Principal Dawson, 116 

 Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), Fisheries of British North 



America, 170, 232 

 Carpenter (W, Lant), Notes on the Waters from the Severn 



Tunnel Springs, 474 

 Carrier Pigeons, Utilisation of, 682 

 Cartago, Earthquake at, 600 

 Caruel(Prof. D.), Classification of the Vegetable Kingdom, 646 ; 



La Morfologia Vegetale, 666 

 Cassell, Meeting of the German Naturalists' Association, 316, 



435, 552, 576 

 Cataclysmic Theories of Geological Climate, Tames Croll, 



F.R.S., 187 

 Caterioillars, Remedy for, on Cabbages, 318 



