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INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 22, li 



minia tarsipennalis, Prof. Meldola, 486 ; Transformations of 



Bohemian Caddis flies, Prof. Klapalek, 553 

 Entstehung der Arten auf Grund von Vererben erworbener 



Eigenschaften nacli den Gesetzen organischen Wachsens, von 



Dr. G. H. Theodor Eimer, 123 

 Eozoic and Palaeozoic Rocks of the Atlantic Coast of Canada, 



on the, Sir J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., 142 

 Epenthesis mccraydi, on the Life-History of, W. K. Brooks, 356 

 Epichlorhydrine, Action of Aniline on, M. Ad. Fauconnier, 



3 6 ° 

 Equations, Geometric Meaning of Differential, Lieut. -Colonel 



Allan Cunningham, 318 

 Equatorials, MM. Loewy and Puiseux, on New Theory of, 143 

 Equidean, a Quaternary, M. PoliakofT, 309 

 Equilibrium, on the, of a Heterogeneous Mass in Rotation, M. 



H. Poincare, 168 

 Ericsson (Captain John) : the Sun Motor, 319 ; his Eighty-fifth 



Birthday, 37 

 Ernst (Dr. A.), a Remarkable Case of Fasciation in Fottrcroya 



cubensis, Haw., 131 

 Erskine (C. H.), Freaks of Nature, 104 

 Erskine (Major D.), Freaks of Nature, 104 

 Eruption, Japanese Volcanic, 466 

 Espin (Rev. T. E.), Spectrum of R Cygni, 423 

 Ethnographic Types from the Monuments of Egypt, Rev. H. 



G. Tomkins, 214 

 Ethnography of the Caucasus, General Uslar, 159; Baron 



Uslar, 623 

 Ethnology : Lieutenant Emmon's Collection from Alaska, 64 ; 



Ethnology of the Himalayan Hill Region of Sikhiin, 89 : 



Dwarf Races in Africa, R. G. H.diburton, 112; Ethnology 



of the Moors of Ceylon,' P. Ramanathan, 135 ; Internation- 

 ales Archiv fur Ethnologie, 279 ; the Alleged Mongoloid 



Affinities of the American Race, Dr. D. G. Brinton, 552 

 Euclid's Method, or, the Proper Way to Treat on Geometry, A. 



H. Blunt, 363 

 Europe, Glaciers of, Dr. Svenonius, 574 

 Eustachian Tube, on the Development of the, Middle Ear, 



Tympanic Membrane, and Meatus of the Chick, Dr. F. Mall, 



356 

 Evaporation and Dissociation, a Study of the Thermal Proper- 

 ties of Propyl Alcohol, Drs. Ramsay and Young, 238 

 Evaporation of Water, Dr. Dieterici's Experiments on the 



Determination of Latent Heat of, 143 

 Eve (A. S.), a Shadow and a Halo, 589 

 Everett (Alfred), Return of, from Borneo, 302 

 Everett (Prof. J. D., F.R.S.), Cloud Electric Potential, 342 

 Evolution, Geological Evidences of, Angelo Heilprin, 50 

 Evolution and its Relation to Religious Thought, Toseph Le 



Conte, 100 

 Ewart (Prof. J. C.) : the Electric Organ of Raid batis, 70 ; on 



the Structure of the Electric Organ of Kaia circular is, 94 ; 



Electric Organ of the Skate, 310 

 Ewing (Prof. J. A., F.R.S.) : Duplex Pendulum Seismograph, 



30; Self-induction in Iron Conductors, 55 ; Magnetic 



Qualities of Nickel. 117, 336; Earthquakes and how to 



measure them, 299 ; Influence of Plane of Transverse Section 



on Magnetic Permeability of Iron Bar, 555 

 Explorations and Adventures in New Guinea, Captain John 



Strachan, 315 

 Eye, Photograph of the, by Flash of Magnesium, Prof. Claude 



du Bois-Beymond, 15 



Fabre, Berthelot and, the Chemistry of Tellurium, 63 

 Fabritius (Captain H.), Hydrographical Researches in Norway, 



421 

 Fact and Fiction, Henry Napier Draper, 221 

 Factors in Life, H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., 267 

 Farm, Bird Pests of the, 599 

 Fasciation in Fourcroya cubensis, Haw., a Remarkable Case of, 



Dr. A. Ernst, 131 

 Fauconnier (M. Ad.), Action of Aniline on Epichlorhydrine 



360 r 



Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, W. T. 



Blanford, F.R.S., 304, 513 

 Fauna, the, and Flora of the Lesser Antilles, 370 ; H. A. Alford 



Nicholls, 566 



Fauvelle (Dr.), Philosophy from an Anthropological Point of 

 View, 462 



Fawcett (Mr.), on the Saoros of the Ganjam Hills, 453 



Faye (H.) : Theory of Storms, E. Douglas Archibald, 149 ; 

 Lagrange's Hypothesis on the Origin of Comets and Meteor- 

 ites, 215 ; Reply to E. Douglas Archibald's Strictures on his 

 Theory of Storm Laws, 263 ; on a Recent Change in the 

 Views of Meteorologists regarding Gyratory Movements, 408 



Faye and Brooks, Comets, Dr. H. Kreutz, 528 



Faye's Comet (1888 d), 432, 503, 576, 626 



Fearnley and Geelmuyden, Zone Observations of the Stars, 626 



Felsites, Perlitic, Frank Rutley, 239 



Ferns, Filmy, the late Cooper Foster's Collection of, 86 



Ferrate of Baryta, on the Decomposition of the, M. G. Rousseau 

 and M. J. Bernheim, 216 



Ferruginous Lime, Fluorescence of, M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 

 216 



Festing ( Major-General, F.R.S.), Colour Photometry, 212 



Fewkes (J. Walter), on New England Medusae, 137 



Fiction, Fact and, Harry Napier Draper, 221 



Fidler (T. Claxton), a Practical Treatise on Bridge Construction, 

 Prof. A. G. Greenhill, 2 



Field, Shell-Collector's Hand-book for the, Dr. J. W. Williams, 

 Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., 103 



Fievez (C), Researches on Optic Origin of Spectral Rays in 

 connection with Undulatory Theory of Light, 511 



Filmy Ferns, the late Cooper Foster's Collections of, 86 



Finsch (Dr. O. ), on Mikluho-Maclay, 424 



Fire, Milk versus, F. M. Wickramasingha, 342 



Fire-ball of August 13, August Meteors, W. F. Denning, 415 



Fischer (P.), Testudo perpiniana, 464 



Fish : Another Specimen of Lepidosiren paradoxa, Prof. Henry 

 H. Giglioli, 102 ; Fossil Fish Remains from New Zealand. 

 137 ; Electric Fishes in the River Uruguay, Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S., 147; Cod and Whale Fisheries in the North of 

 Norway, 160 ; Note on the Tarpon or Silver King {Me»alopes 

 thrissoides), Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, F.R. S., 309; Poison- 

 glands of Trachinus, 329 ; Self reproducing Food for Fish, 

 631 ; Recent Visit of Naturalists to the Galapagos, Leslie A. 

 Lee, Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 569 ; Electric Fishes, W. H. 

 Corfield, 515 ; Jackal Fishery Expedition, 527; the Scotch 

 Fishery Board, 574 ; Fisheries of Australian Colonies, 60J ; 

 Catalogue of the Fishes in the Australian Museum, Sydney, 

 624 



Fison (Dr. A. IL), on a Method of comparing very Unequal 

 Capacities 213 



Filzau (Heir August), on the Region of the North- West African 

 Seaboard, 424 



Fitzgerald (Prof. George Francis, F.R.S.): Engineering Schools, 

 322 ; Opening Address in Section A (Mathematical and Phy- 

 sical Science) at the British Association, 446 ; the Death of 

 Clausius, 491 



Fletcher's Compressed Oxygen Furnace, 606 



P'lint Implements at Southall, Discovery of Elephas primigenius 

 associated with the, J. Allen Brown, 283 



Flora of the Antarctic Islands, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S. , 

 Dr. H. B. Guppy, 40 



Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, William Hillebrand, J. G. 

 Baker, F.R.S., 49 



Flora of the Kermadec Islands, W. Botting Hemsley, 622 



Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Fauna and, H. A. Alford Nicholls, 

 566 



Flora of the North-East of Ireland, S. A. Stewart and T. II. 

 Corry, 514 



Flora, Synoptical, of North America, Prof. Asa Gray, J. G. 

 Baker, F.R.S., 242 



Flora of West Yorkshire, F. A. Lees, 147 



Florence, Earthquake at, November 14, 18S7, Prof. P. G. 

 Giovannozzi, 165 



Flower (Prof. W. H., F.R.S.) : Pygmy Races of Men, 44, 66 ; 

 Address on Cnarles Darwin, 116 



Flowers, Preserving the Colour of, J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 245 ; 

 A. W. Buckland, 270 



Fluorescence of Ferruginous Lime, M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 

 216 



Flying Machine, a Compressed-Air Engine for, L. Hargrave, 

 463 



Fokker (M. A. P.), on the Mechanical Action and Vegetative 

 Alterations of Animal Protoplasm, 168 



