IX 



Morelet (Chevalier Arthur), "Travels in Central America," 159 

 Morpeth Grammar School, 69 



Morris (D., B. A. ), Class Book of Inorganic Chemistry, 2S2 

 Morse (Prof. E.lw. S., Ph.D.), Teiebratulina, 221, 444; Carpal 



and Tarsal Bones of Birds, 293 ; Adaptive Coloration of 



Mollu-ica, 401 

 Morse (Prof. .S. F. P.), Obituary Notice of, 509 

 Moseley (H. N.), Zoological Results of the Ecliose Expedition, 



1S4 

 Mostrley (Rev. Canon, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 249 

 Mo^ (Boyd), Meteorological Phenomena, 203 

 Muir (Thos. ), Symbiils of Acceleration, 102 

 Mulcaster (J. W., F.R.A.S.), Statics, 43 

 Mulrea'!y's Vision, 449 

 Murchison (Sir Roderick I., Bart., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice 



of, 10 ; Prof. Geikie on, 54, 68 ; his Bequests in Connection 



with .Science, 30, 130 

 Murphy (J. J., F.G.S.), Aurora Borealis of November 9 and 



10, 187 1, 44 ; Freshwater Lakes without Outlet, 203 ; Changes 



in Circumpolar Lands, 225, 2S5 ; Aurora BoreiUs of Fe.'i- 



ruary 4, 1872, 283, 304 ; Barometric Depression, 442 ; Actinic 



Power of the Electric Light, 462 



Naples, Zoological Station at, 437 



Napier's Rules {Stv Geometry) 



Naples, Fisheries of, 34S 



Natural Philosophy, Deschanel's, 339 



Natural History, Study of, Lecture by the Rev. Canon Kingsley, 

 F.L.S, 413 



Natural Hi.'tory of Eastern Thibet, 406 



Navy, Science in the, 428 



Nephrite Axe found on the Amoor River, 450 



Newcastle, College of Physical Science, 13, 190, 272 ; Natural 

 History Society, 272 



Newcomb (Prof. S.), Salar Parallax, 60 ; New Planet, 430 



Newspaper .Scieace, 457, 4SS 



Newton's Pr.ncipia, New Edition of, 59 



New York ; Anthropological Institute, 250 ; Medical Society, 

 232 ; Museum of Natural History, 152, 2to 



New Zealand. Forest Trees, 14, 27, 84, 123, 421 ; Eggs of the 

 Moa, 70 ; Ornithology and Botany, 262 ; Welirngton Philo- 

 sophical Society, 215 ; Recent E.xamples of the Moa, 216 



New Zealand Institute, 121 



Nicholson (H. AUeyne, M.D. ), Monograph of the British Grap- 

 tolitida;. 41S 



Niepce, Photographs by, 2S5 



Nijjhtingale (Florence), "Notes on Lying-in Institutions," 22 



Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' .Society, 152, 175 



Northwich, Landslips at, 250, 2S9 



Nottingham High School, Minerals and Foisils presented by 

 Mr. Ruskin, 50 



Numeric Relations of the Vertebrated System, Dr. T. C. 

 Hilgard on, 171 



Observatories : on the Puy-de-Dome, 468 ; Chicago, 68, 88, 

 232, 320; Cordoba (Argentine Republic), 272, 309; Lieut. - 

 Col. Strange on a Physical Observatory, 497 ; Edinburgh, 

 191. 317 



Ocean Currents, 59, 71, 90, 112, 20I, 243, 263, 284, 399, 

 502 



"Odd Fish," 462 



"Ophthalmoscope, Use of the," by T. C. AUbutt, M.A., 

 M D., 3 



Optical Construction of the Eye, 155 



Optics ; Vision of Turner and .Vlulready, 404, 449, 500 



Ootacamund, Observations of Solar Eclipse, 300 



Ord (W. M., M. B.), "Notes on Comparative Anatomy." 79 



Origin of Insects, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., on 

 the, 27, loi ; Prof. L. S. Beale, F.R.S., on, 142; B. T. 

 Lowne on, 1S3 ; A. R. Wallace, F.L.S. , F.Z.S., on, 350J 



"Origin of Genen," by Edw. D. Cope, A.M., 21 



Origin of Species, 84, 123, 161, 263 



"Origin of SpecL-s," by C. Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., (9th edi- 

 tion), 31S 



"Origin of Man," by Pius Melia, D.D., 320 



Organic Development, the Laws of. Prof. E. D. Cope, on, 252 



Ornithology : " Bird Life," by Dr. A. E. Brehni, 180 



Ornithology: "Hints on Shore-Shooting," by J. E. Harting, 

 F.LS., 5 



"Ornithology of Shakespeare," by J. E. Harting, F.L.S., 160 



Osborn (Capt. Sherard, R.N.), Arctic Exploration, 77 



Osseine as an Article of Food, 45 



Owen (Prof., F. R. S.), Anatomy of the American King Crab, 



174, 254; Fossil Mammals of Australia, 503 

 "Oxford, Geology of," by Prof. John PniUips, M.A., F.R.S., 



F.G.S., 145 

 Oxford, Science at, 89, 131, 151, 210, 270, 271, 291, 332,348, 



390, 422, 509, 510 

 0.xford, Natural Science at. Prof. Thisclton Dyer on, 301 

 Oyster Culture in Ireland, 128 



Packard (Dr. A. S., jun.). Inhabitants of Mammoth Cave, Ken- 

 tucky, 445, 484 

 Palosonto-zoology, of the Oxford Clay, 145 ; of America, Prof. 



E. P. Cope's Explorations, 170; of the Basin of the Seine, 



377 

 Paleontology and Zoology, relations between, 34 

 Palgrave (W. Giffard), Geography of Asia Minor, 430; Glacial 



Period in Anatoli 1,444 

 Palestine Expljration Fund, 510 

 Palestine Exploration Society in New York, 415 

 Paraselene seen at Highfield House, 24 

 Paraselene seen at Penrith, 82 

 Paris : Economical Alimentation during the Siege, 45 ; Academy 



of Sciences, 19, 40, 56, 95. i[6, 156, 195, 235, 256, 275, 296, 



3'5i 335. 375. 416, 436, 476, 496, 516; Association for the 



Advancement of Science, 357 ; E.ections to the Academy, 



190; Institute of France, 31 ; Science in, 314, 430, 48S, 510; 



Water Supply of, 377, 433 

 Parthenogenes's among the Lepidoptera, 149 

 Patents, Report on, by the United States Commissioner, 132 

 Paterson (Robt., F. R.S.), Ob.tu.ary Notice of, 332 

 Peaboly Academy of Sciences, Salem, 370 

 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 32 

 Pearl Fisheries m Panama, 171 

 Peirson (R?:v. Jas.), Tide Gauges, 481 

 Pease (VV. Harper), Obituary Notice of, 332 

 Peirce (Prof. J. M.), a Plane's Aspect, Slope, or Position, 102 

 Peirce (J. M. ), " Tables of Logarithmic and Trigonometric 



Functions," 200 

 Pelagic Floating Fish Nest, 462 

 Pendulum Autographs, Geo. S. Carr on, 6 

 Pengelly (\V., F.Ii.S.), Proposed Zoological Station at Torquay, 



320 

 Penguin, King, at Zoological Gardens, 210 

 Perry (Rev. S. J.), Aurora Borealis of Nov. 9 and to, 1S71, 43 ; 



Magnetic Disturbances during the Solar Eclipse, 269 ; Aurora 



of Feb. 4, 1872, 303 

 Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 450 

 Peruvian Antiquities, 489 



Peteis (Dr. C. F. W ), nis .Vstronomical Tables, 240 

 Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences, 20 ; Philosophical 



Association, 470 (A>i:i See Franklin Institute) 

 Phdlips (Prof. John, F.R.S., F.G.S.), "Geology of O.xford," 



145 

 Phosphorescence of Marine Animals, 132 ; of the Meduste, 443 

 Phosphorus Bases, Dr. A. W. Hofmann, F. R.S., on, 473 

 Photographic Sociey, 131, 234, 335, 416, 514 

 Photography, Specimens by Niepce, 285 

 Physics: Spectrum of the Chromosphere, 312 

 Physiology : Blood Crystals, 393 

 Physiology for Women, by Prof. Bennett, 73 

 "Physiology, Practical," by E. Lankester, .M. D., F.R.S., 497 

 Pictet de la Rive, M., Obituary Notice of, 430, 44S 

 Pigeons, Flight of, 192 



Pigs, Influence of Violet L'ght on their Development, 26S 

 Pipit ejected by Cuckoo from the Nest, 383 

 Pii-Dwellings at Finkley, near Andover, 30S 

 Placental Classification of Mammals, 381 

 Plane's Aspect, Position, or .Slope, 7, 25, io2, 63 

 Planetary Influence on Solar Activity, 423 

 Planers, New, 488 



Planting at St. Thomas's and King's College Hospitals, 333 

 Pliteau (Felix), Centre of Gravity in Ins ct-;, 297 

 Plateau (M. J.), Vesicular Vapour, 398 

 Plymouth Instituti <n, 191 



Pocklingon (H.), Anacharis Cauadeusis^ 204 

 Poiiy, Andre, Influence of Violet Light on Vines, Pigs, and 



Bulls, 26S 

 Pogson (N. R.), his Observations of the Solar Eclipse, 259 



