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INDEX 



XVll 



Flowers, a Use of, by Birds, roi, 244; William White, 173 

 I'lowers of Pleurothallis ornatus, Rchb. f, , on a Point of Biological 



Interest in the, F. W. Oliver, 303 

 Fluid, on Figures of Equilibium of Rotating Masses of, Prof. 



G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 358 

 Fluids, New Method of measuring the Specific Weights of, Dr. 



A. Sandrucci, 45 

 Fluorescences of Maganese and Bismuth, Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 



336 

 Fluorescences, New, with well-marked Spectral Bands, L. de 



Boisbaudran, 360 

 Fluorine, the Atomic Weight of. Prof. Christensen, 160 

 Fly, the Hessian, Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, 439 

 Foerster (Prof.), Time-Signalling on European Coasts, 307 

 Fog, a Light, W. G. Brown, 556 

 Fokker, Hrematocytes, 408 

 Folk-Lore Journal, the, 22 

 Folk-Lore of British Birds, Provincial Names and, Rev. Charles 



Swainson, 49 

 Folk-Lore of Ceylon Birds, 381 



. Foote (Dr. A. E.), Mineral Wealth of the United States, 619 



Force, Units of Weight, Mass, and. Rev. Edward Geoghegan, 



4 ; J. Lancaster, Prof. D. II. Marshall, 102 ; Prof. Alex. 



Macfarlane, 174 ; Rev. John B. Lock, 174, 317 ; Prof. A. G. 



Greenhill, 196, 269; R. B, Hayward, F.R.S., 221 



Force of Gravity, Spider allowing for the, Major C. B. Lyster, 



366 

 Foreign Scientific Memoirs, Report of the B.A. Committee on 



the Translation of, 499 

 Forestry, School of, in Germany, J. Croumbie Brown, 193 

 Forestry of West Africa, Alfred Moloney, 387 

 Formic Acid, the Secretion of Pure Aqueous, by Lepidopterous 



Larvce for the Purposes of Defence, E. B. Poulton, 593 

 Forth Bridge : Structure and Progress of the, E, Malcolm 

 Wood, 353 ; Machinery employed at the, William Arrol, 

 356 

 Fossil Faunas and Floras, on the Inter-relation of, C. A. White, 



116 

 Fossil Fishes of Mount Lebanon, 132 

 Fossil Remains of an Arctic Flora in Central Sweden, Discovery 



of. Prof. A. G. Nathorst, 21 1 

 Fossil Wood from the Western Territories of Canada, Sir J. 



William Dawson, F.R. S., 274 

 Foster (Prof. E. C), Note on Vaschy and Touanne's Method of 



comparing Mutual Induction with Capacity, 191 

 Fothergill (J. Milner), the Effect of Town Life upon the Human 



Body, 598 

 Fox (Howard) and Alex. Somervail, on the Occurrence of 

 Porphyritic Structures in some Rocks of the Lizard District, 

 590 

 Foxglove, a Monstrous, F. R. Tennant, 482 ; F. Howard 



Collins, 508 

 France, Meteorology in, 183 ; Heart Disease in the French 

 Army, 184 ; French Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, 207, 525 ; French Academy of Sciences, 307 

 Franke (Dr.), New Oxides of ManganesCj 476 

 Franz (Dr.), Brooks's Comet, 478 



Fratercula arclica, on the Structure of, F. E, Beddard, 593 

 Fream (Prof.), the Hessian Fly, 592 

 Freire (Dr.), Inoculation for Yellow Fever, 209 

 Fresenius (Dr. C. Remigius), Qualitative Chemical Analysis, 



411 

 "Fresh Woods and Pastures New," 530 

 Friedlander (Dr. Karl), Death of, 137 

 Friends, Two, 173 



Fritsch (Prof. Anton), on the Permian Fauna of Bohemia, 591 

 Frohlich Trust, the, II2 

 Fruit-Trees, Iccrya pzirchasi, an Insect Injurious to, Prof. C, V. 



Riley, 592 

 Fry (Isabel), a Brilliant Meteor, 30 

 Fungus Hunter's Guide, W. Delisle Hay, 267 

 Fyfe (Lawrence R.) and A. C. Sinclair, the Hand-book of 

 Jamaica for 1887-88, 555 



Gad (Dr. ), Researches on Reaction-Time for Stimulation and 



Inhibition, 168 

 Galloway, Studies in the Topography of, Sir Herbert Eustace 



Maxwell, Jos. Lucas, 337 



Galtier (M.), the Danger of Infection from Tuberculous Sub- 

 s'* stances, 336 

 Galton (Francis F.R.S.) : Thought without Words, 28, 100 ; 



North American Pictographs, 155 

 Galvanic Battery, New, 564 



Galvanometer, on comparing Capacities, E. C. Remington, 

 263 



Game of Logic, the, John Venn, 53 



Garbett (Ed. L.), Science for Artists, 221 



Garden Roses of India, Sir D. Brandis, F.R.S., 509 



Gardiner (Walter) : Structure of the Nostochineae, 125 ; and 

 Tokutaro Ito, the Mucilage-Cells of Ferns, 214 



Gardiner (J. Starkie), Oberpliocan-Flora aus den Baugruben 

 des Klarbeckens bei Niederrad und Schleuse bei Hochst a 

 M., T. Geyler und F, Kinkelin, 150 



Gardner (Henry Dent), Fifty Years' Progress in Clocks and 

 Watches, 392, 484 



Garson (J. G.), Observations on Recent Explorations made by 

 General Pitt-Rivers at Rushmore, 600 



Gas, Natural, Explosion of, 112 



Gas, Compressibility of some Solutions of, F. Isambert, 432 



Gases : Electricity of Contact of, with Liquids, J. Enright, 365, 

 460; Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 412; Experiments on 

 Discharge of Electricity through, A. Schuster, F.R.S., 285 ; 

 Condensation of, A. E. Tutton, 105 ; a New Apparatus for 

 condensing, by Contact with Liquids, Prof. Lunge, 569 ; on 

 the Magnetic Properties of. Prof. Quincke, 549 



Gastaldi on Italian Geology and the Crystalline Rocks, T. 

 Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., 575 



Gatschet (A. S.), Ethnographic Map of American-Indian Dia- 

 lects, 112 



Gaulish Cemetery, Discovery of Ancient, in Paris, 184 



Gautier (MM. Colson and). New Method of Substitution of 

 Chlorine in Hydrocarbons, 137 



Geddes (Patrick) : Variation in Plants and Animals, 47 ; Pro- 

 posed Contributions to the Theory of Variation, 592 



Gee (W. W. Haldane) and Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S. : 

 Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics, 241 ; Henry Holden, 

 and Chas. H. Lees' Experiments on Electrolysis and Electro- 

 lytic Polarization, 550 



Geese, Wild, killed by Lightning, 307 



Geikie (Archibald, F.R.S.): Sceneiy of Scotland viewed in 

 connection with its Physical Geology, 14 ; Prof A. H. 

 Green, F.R.S., 553; the Teaching of Geography, H. J. 

 Mackinder, 506 



Gele (Captain van),. Exploration of Mobangi Tributary of 

 Congo, 66 



Geneva, Lake of. Waterspout of August 19, 1887, Ch. Dufour, 

 456 . 



Geodynamical Committee of the Italian Meteorological Society, 

 Meetings of, at Aquila, 614 



Geoghegan (Rev. Edward), Units of Weight, Mass, and 

 Force, 4 



Geography : Geographical Notes, 17, 65, 91, 113, 138, 161, 21 r, 

 257, 283, 309, 376, 478, 588, 616; M. Chauffajon's Explorations 

 on the Orinoco River, 17 ; Moritz von Dechy's Explorations of 

 the Caucasus, 17 ; General Tillo on the Water-partings of the 

 Earth, 17 ; Krasnoff on the History of the Valley of the Hi 

 River, 64 ; Dr. Rudolf Credner on Die Reliktenseen, 65 ; 

 Geography of the Malay Peninsula, &c.. Prof. A. H. Keane, 

 88 ; Longman's New Geographical Reader, 195 ; Introductory 

 Text-book of Physical Geography, David Page, 195 ; the 

 Progress of Geography, General R. Strachey, F.R.S., 258; 

 Geographical Society of St. Petersburg, 279; Opening Address 

 by Colonel aSir Chas. Warren, F.R.S., in Section E of 

 the British Association, 465 ; Albert Nyanza and Muta- 

 Nzige, 499 ; the Teaching of Geography, Archibald 

 Geikie, F.R.S., H. J. Mackinder, 506; Report of the B.A. 

 Committee appointed for the Purpose of co-operating with 

 the Royal Geographical Society in endeavouring to bring 

 before the Authorities of the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 

 bridge the Advisability of promoting the Study of Geography 

 by establishing Special Chairs for the Purpose, 518 ; Long- 

 man's Shilling Geography, 555 ; Pictorial Geography of the 

 British Isles, Mary E. Palgrave, 580 ; Account of a Recent 

 Visit to the Ancient Porphyry Quarries of Egypt, W. Brindley, 

 595 ; Matabeleland and the Country between the Zambesi and 

 the Limpopo, Capt. C. E. Haynes, 595 ; the Ruby Mines of 

 Burmah, G. Skelton Streeter, 596 ; the Valley of the Rio 



