Supplement to A'aturc,~\ 

 December x, 1892 J 



I 



P^^Rold (Prof, von), Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere, 450 

 Tlibliothek des Professors der Zoologieund Vergl- Anatomic, Dr. 



Ludwig von Graff, 54 

 Bickerton (A.J. ), an Obvious Demonstration of the 47th Propo- 

 sition of Euclid, 315 

 Bidwell (Shelford, F.R.S.), on the Changes produced by Mag- 

 netization in the Length of Wires Carrying Currents, 140 

 Bigourdan (G.), Saturn's Rings, no; Observations of New 



Planet M. Wolf, 460 

 Binet (Alfred), Les Alterations de la Personalite, 219 

 Biology : The Protective Device of an Annelid, A. J. Watson, 

 7 ; the Surface-Film of Water, and its Relation to the Life 

 of Plants and Animals, Prof. L. C. Miall, 7 ; Structure of 

 Bacterial Cells, W. K. Wahrlich, 39 ; the Echinoderm 

 Fauna of Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, 40 ; Photographs of 

 Marine Fauna of Great Barrier District of Australia, W. 

 Saville-Kent, 45 ; the Deep Sea Deposits of the Eastern 

 Archipelago, F. W. Bassett-Smilh, 69 ; Change of Liverpool 

 Marine Biological Station to Port Erin, Isle of Man, 83 ; the 

 Puffin Island Biolofjical Station, 83 ; Enlargement of the 

 Wood's Holl Marine Biological Laboratory (Mass.), 83, 493 ; 

 Mr. Walter Garstang appointed to Naturalist's Post at 

 Plymouth, 83 ; opening of the Liverpool Marine Biological 

 Station at Port Erin, 155; Mr. E. W. L. Holt's Investiga- 

 tions, 158 ; the Plymouth Laboratory Specimen Supply, 

 159 ; Physiology of the Glands of Bohadsch in the Aplysiidae, 

 G. F. Mazzarelli, 163 ; Projected Marine Biological Labora- 

 tory in Jamaica, 176 ; the Origin of Land Animals : a Biolo- 

 gical Research, W. J. Sollas, 271 ; the Crinoids and Echin- 

 "i of the North Atlantic, Dr. Danielssen, 333; opening 

 ress hy Prof. William Rutherford, F. R.S., in section D 

 the British Association, 342 ; Endowment by Mr. C. H. 

 ty of Marine Biological Laboratory at St. Andrews, 369 ; 

 thod of Recording Curves of Muscular Contraction, Prof. 

 Kendrick, 404 ; Prof. G. Fritsch on the Origin of the 

 trie Nerves in the Torpedo, Gymitottts, Mormyrus, and 

 'apterurus, 404 ; Dr. J. Musgrove, the Blood-vessels and 

 mphatics of the Retina, 404 ; H O. Forbes, Sub-fossil 

 es of Extinct Birds of New Zealand and the Chatham 

 ands, 404 ; Dr. J. Clark on the Natural Relations between 

 mperature and Protoplasmic Movements and the Functions 

 the Nucleus in the Vegetable Cell, 404 ; Dr. Francis 

 amer. Co-ordination of Cellular Growth and Action by 

 lysical Forces, 404 ; M. Louis Olivier, La Canalisation des 

 illules et la Continuite de la Matiere vivante chez les 

 etaux et les Animaux, 404 ; a Sketch of the Scotch 

 heries, chiefly in their scientific aspects, during the past 

 de 1882-92, Prof. Mcintosh, F.R.S., 404; Prof. Ewart 

 our Sea Fisheries, 404 ; E. W. L. Holt on the Destruction 

 Immature Fish, 404 ; Dr. W. Ramsay Smith, the Food of 

 hes, 40^ ; A. P. Swan, the Effect of Sea-water on the 

 italiiy of the Salmon Fungus, 405 ; Prof. E. G. Prince on 

 Formation of Argenteous Matter in the Integument of 

 leosteans, 405 ; Prof. E. E. Prince, the Development of 

 Pharyngeal Teeth in the Labridae, 405 ; Dr. Carlier on 

 the Skin of the Hedgehog, 405 ; the Albatross Voyage : a 

 Remarkable Stalked Crinoid, 421 ; Fertilization of the Fig 

 and Caprification, C. V. Riley, 455 ; Beitriige zur Biologie 

 der Pflanzen, Dr. Ferdinand Cohn, 461 ; Lichen Hyphae 

 growing on Shells of Marine Mollusca, 475 ; new Biological 

 Laboratory to be established in Calcutta Zoological Gardens, 

 493; the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory, 493; the Trans- 

 mission of Acquired Characters through Heredity, Prof. C. 

 V. Riley, 504 > new Marine Biological Station at Bergen, 

 548 ; the Problem of Marine Biology, George W. Field, 

 623 

 Birds in Victoria, Movement for Prevention of Wanton De- 

 struction of, 495 

 Birds, Native New Zealand, Earl of Onslow, 502 

 Birds of Lancashire, F. S. Mitchell, 540 

 Birds' Eggs, Wdd, the Question of Legislative Protection for, 



E. P. Knubley, 595 

 Bishop (Mrs. Isabella), the Ainos of Japan, 119; Journey to 



Little Tibet, 135 ; Lesser Tibet, 406 

 Bite, a " Viper," W. A. Rudge, 270 

 Bittner (A.), Brachiopoden der Alpinen Trias, F. A. Bather, 



.25 

 Bjerknes (V.), the Individual Properties of Metals in Absorbing 

 the Energy of Electric Waves, 573 



Index 



IX 



Black Sea, Results of the Recent Russian Investigations on the. 



Dr. Andiussoff, 408 

 Black and White Handbook to the Academy and New Gallery 



Pictures, the, 84 

 Blaikie (James) and W. Thomson, Geometrical Deductions, 291 

 Blanc (Edouard), Brick Manufacture in Central Asia, 604 

 Blanford(W. T., F.R.S.), the Fauna of British India, including 



Ceylon and Burma, 5 

 Blandford (Mr.), Sugar-cane Borers in the West Indies, 531 

 Blondlot (R.), Velocity of Propagation of Electro-magnetic Un- 

 dulations in Insulating Media, 340 

 Blood, the Germicide and Antiloxical Properties of the Serum. 



of, Herr Buchner, 495 

 Blood-vessels and Lymphatics of the Retina, Dr. J. Musgrove 



404 

 Blow-fly {Cailiphora erythrocephala). Anatomy, Physiology, 

 Morphology and Development of the, B. Thompson Lowne 

 267 

 Blue Sharks, Pilchards and, Matthias Dunn, 368 

 Boar, Cheetah killed by Wild, C. Meares, 178 

 Boden (I. S.), Pigment Cells of Retina, 339 

 Bois, Travail des, M. Alheilig, 246 

 Bois (H. E. J. G. du). Reflection and Transmission of Light 



in certain ^olotropic Structures, 483 

 Bois (Dr, du), on Leaky Magnetic Circuits, 384; on Polariz- 

 ing Gratings, 385 ; on a Magnetic Balance and its Practical 

 Use, 385 

 BoUes (Lieut. Dix), Ancient Chinese Coins discovered in an. 



Alaskan Grave, 574 

 Bolletino della Societa Botanica Italiana, 90 

 Bones, Sub-fossil, of Extinct Birds of New Zealand and the 



Chatham Islands, H. O. Forbes, 404 

 Bonn, Kekule Festival at, J. E. Marsh, 205 

 Bonney(Prof. T. G., F.R.S.), the So-called Gneiss of Car- 

 boniferous Age at Guttannen, 95 ; the Microscope's Contri- 

 butions to the Earth's Physical History, 180 ; Paleozoic 

 Rocks, 428 

 Bonnier (Gaston), Influence of Electric Light on Tree-structure, 



532 ; Effect of Electric Light on Herbaceous Plants, 580 

 Bordage (Edmond), Prehistoric Epochs, 418 

 Borneo : its Geology and Mineral Resources, Theodore Pose- 



witz, 540 

 Bornet (Dr.) Lichen Hyphae growing on Shells of Marine Mol- 

 lusca, 475 

 Bornmiiller's (M. J.) Botanical Exploring Expedition in Persia, 



523 



Boron, Atomic Weight of. Prof. Ramsay and Miss Aston, 403, 



Boruttau (Dr.), Experiments to Determine Cause of Difference in 



Latent Period during Direct or Indirect Stimulation of 



Muscles, 96 



Bose (K. R.), the Student's Manual of Deductive Logic, Theory 



and Practice, 561 

 Boston Society of Natural History ; the Walker Prize awarded 



to Prof. J. D. Dana, 158 

 Botanical Papers at the British Association, 554 

 Botany: Projected Exhibition of " Worst Weeds " from all 

 States and Territories of the Union at Chicago, 14 ; Catalogue 

 of the Hanbury Herbarium, 14 ; Dr. Bretschneider's Bota- 

 nicon Sinicum, Part 11., 14 ; Asters and Perennial Sun- 

 flowers, J. G. Baker, 14 ; Vegetable Physiology in United 

 States (in connection with the University Extension move- 

 ment), 15 ; Revision of the American Species of Rumex occur- 

 ring north of Mexico, W. Trelease, 40 ; the Culture of Sisal 

 Grass in Mexico, 63 ; Mr. Pratt's Collections in Western 

 China, VV. B. Hemsley, F. R.S.,69; Phychological Memoirs, 

 75 ; Viticulture in the Punjab, 86 ; Botanical Gazette, 90, 

 214, 436 ; Movements of Leaves of Porlieria hygrometrica 

 G. Paoletti, 90 ; the Embryology of Angiopteris evecta, J. 

 B. Farmer, 92 ; the Question of Nomenclature, 159 ; German 

 Proposition for Revision of Botanical Nomenclature, 257 ; 

 the Nomenclature Negotiations, 549 ; Dr. A. F. Batalin ap- 

 pointed Director of Botanic Garden at St, Petersburg, 107 ; 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, 107 ; Botanical Society of 

 France, 107 ; Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, 

 W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 122 ; Chrysanthemum growing 

 in Jamaica, 161 ; Gynodioecism in the Labiatae, J. C. Willis, 

 167 ; the Limits of Tree-Vegetation in the Kola Peninsula, 

 178 ; Damage to Plants from London Fog, Prof. F. W. 

 Oliver, 185 ; A Double Cocoanut, 185 ; English Botany, N 



