Barometric Variations, Fixed, 407 



Barrett (\V. F., F.C.S.), Colour of a Hydrogen Flame, 461 ; 



Phenomena associated with it, 4S2 

 Barry (Philip), New Form of Sensitive Flame, 29 

 Bastian (Prof. H. C, F, R.S.), Origin of Monads, &c., 454 

 Batavia, Volcano at Ternate, 272 

 Eeale (Dr. Lionel S., F.R.S ) Difficulties of the Darwinian 



Theory, 63, 142, 183 ; on the Relation of Nerves to Pigment, 



373 

 Beet-root Sugar, 32 



Bekul, Eclipse Observations at ( l^'li/l Jl iistralions), 265 

 Belfast Natural History Society, 31 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 211 

 Belgium ; Royal Academy of Sciences, 173, 391 ; Coalfields, 



491 

 Belgrand (M.), " Le Bassin Parisien aux Ages Antehistoriques 



377 

 Bell (Rev. W. R.), the word "Whin," 383 

 Bennett (Prof.), Physiology for Women, 73 

 Bennett (A. \V. , F. L. S ), Homoplasy and Mimicry, 12 ; Aurora 



Borealis of Nov. 9 and 10, 1S71, 61 ; Darwin's "Origin of 



Species," 318 

 Benson (W. ), Is Blue a Primary Colour? 25 

 Berkeley (Rev. M. J., F.L.S.), Alternation of Generation in 



Fungi, 122 

 Berthon Dynamometer, Rev. T. W. Webb, F. R.A.S., on, 6 

 Biblical Archaeology, Society of, 55, 134, 214, 315, 396, 495 

 " Bird Life," by Dr. A. E. Brehm, 180 



Birds' Wings, Mechanism of Flexion and Extension in, 233, 244 

 Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, 210 

 Blackie (G. S., M.D.), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 400 

 Blind Animals of the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 445, 484 

 Blind Fish (Amblyopsis speloeus), 305 

 Blood Crystals, 393 

 Blood Spectrum, 7 

 Blue, the Colour, 25 



Boesinger (J.), Eclipse, as seen, at Ootacamund, 300 

 Bones of Birds, Carpal and Tarsal, 293 



"Botany, Contributions to," by J. Miers, F.R.S., F.L.S., 42 

 "Botany, The Young Collector's Handy-Book," by Rev. H. P. 



Dunster, 201 

 Botany as a Branch of Education, 263 

 Botany, Professorship at the Horiicaltural Society, 331 

 Botany, Speke and Grant's African Collection, 391 

 Bo, he (Dr. Ferdinand), " Ph)sikali-ches Repititorium," 141 

 Bottomley (J. T., F. R.S.E. ), Melting and Regelation of Ice, 



185 ; Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872. and New Declinometer, 326 

 Brazil, Di^coveries by Prof. C. F. Hartt, 391 

 Brehm (Dr. A. E. ), "Bird-Life," 180 



Brigham (W. T., M.A., A.A.S.), "Earthquakes of New Eng- 

 land," 240 

 Brighton Aquarium, 443, 469 

 Bristol Naturalists' Society, 69, 511 

 Bromkerg (F. C.), Aurora of Fel). 4, 1872, 461 

 Brothers (A.), his Puotograph of Mr. Proctor's Star Map, 50, 70 

 Brown Insiitution for Diseases of .•\nimal';, 138, 202, 292 

 Buchan (.\.), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1872, 461 

 Budd (J.), Beautiful Meleor seen at Waterford, 3S2 

 Buff (Dr. Ileinrich) on Mechanics, 41 

 Bulls, Influence of Violet Light on their Development, 268 

 Burton (Capt. Richard F.), "Zanzibar," 338 

 Butterflies, Flight of, loi 

 Butterflies of North America, 490 



Calcutta, Sanitary Improvements in, 150 



Catile, Dometic Breeds of, 155 



Cannisarro (Prof ), Faraday lecture b'-, 46S 



Carboniferous Forest ( IVitk IHiistration), 306 



Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S. ), Oceanic Circulation, 59, 143, 



161 

 Carpenter, Dr., and Dr. Mayer, by Prof. J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 143 

 Carpenter (J., F. R.A.S.), Preparations for the approaching 



Tiansit of Venu-, 177 

 Carpenter (W. L. ), Deep-Sea Soundings, 341 

 Carruthers (W., F.R.S. ), Kiltorcan Fossils, 184, 242, 254 

 Cambridt^e, Science at, 9, 49, 81, 131, 151, 231, 269, 290, 310, 



370, 429, 487, 510; Geology of the neiglibourhood, 314; 



Philosophical Society, 310, 416, 515; R. R. Webb, Senior 



Wrangler, 271 

 Campbell (Dr.), Natural History of Eastern Thibet, 406 



Camphor Group, Compounds of the, 393 



Cancer, Use of Condurango in, 243 



Cane Sugar, 1 70 



Cape of Good Hope ; Flora Capensis, 311 



Capron (T. R.), Aurora Borealis of Feb 4, 1S72, 2S4, 303 



Ceteosaurus in the Grt-at Oolite near Oxford, 14S 



Chance of Survival of New Varieties, by J. Bail, F.R.S., 263 



Change of Habits in AnimaU and Plants 262 



Changes in Circumpoiar Lands, 162, 225, 242 



Clieironcctes pictus, 501 



"Chemical Notes," by T. Wood, Ph.D., F.C S., 39S 



Chemical Society, 173, 195, 213, 256, 296, 335, 373, 395, 468, 



474, 492, 513. 514 

 Chemi.-try, Inorganic, Class-Book, by D. Morris, B. A., 282 

 Chemistry, Waynflete Professorship at Oxford, 291 

 Cherbourg Society of Natural Sciences, 394 

 Chesney (Colonel, F.R.S.) Obituary Notice of, 291 

 Chester Society of Natural Science, 40 

 Chicago, Destruction of the Academy of Sciences and Museum, 



68, 88, 232 ; Dr. Walsh's Entomalogical Collection, 250 ; 



Oljservatory, 320 

 China, Typhoon of Sept. 2, 1871, l66 

 Christison (Prof. Sir Robert, Bart.), Notice of, 49 

 Christ's Hospital, 312, 449 



Chromosphere, Catalogue of Bright Lines in its Spectrum, 312 

 Cinchona Plantations in India, 349 

 Circumpoiar Lands, Chani;es in, 162, 225, 242 

 Circumpoiar Lands, J. J. Murphy, F. G. b,, on, 2S5 ; G. Hamil- 

 ton on, 321 ; H. H. lloworth on, 420 

 Civil Engineers, Institution of, 50 

 Classification of P'ruits, 6 



Clifton College Museum, 190; Scien'ific Society, 371 

 Climate of Ceylon, 412 

 Climate of Uckfield, 4 19 

 Climbing Plants, 192 



Close (Rev. M. H.), Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4, 1872, 284 

 Cloud, New Form of, 7 

 Clouds, Formation of, 398, 462 



Coal, in Chile, 171, 412 ; Ireland, 162 ; Costa Rica, 21 1 

 Coal Measures and Coal Supply, 470, 490 

 Cobra and Mongoose, Fight between, 204. 305 

 Colding (Prof) on the Laws of Currents, 71, 90, 1 12 

 Coleoptera of Scamlinavia, 99 

 College of Surgeons and Physicians, Conjoint Examination 



Scheme, 9, 170, 209 

 College of Surgeons, 291 

 Colliery Explosions and Weather, 504 

 Col'oid Matters, their Influence on Crystalline Forms, 275 

 Colour, Is Blue a Prim.iry? 25 

 Colour of a Hydrogen Flame, 444, 461, 481, 501 

 Colouring Matters found in Fungi, 298 

 Comet, Great, of 1861, 304 



Comets, their Collision with the Earth and Planets, 310 

 Compa'ative Anatomy, 79, 298 

 Complimentary Names, Use and Abuse of, 264 

 Composition of Vibrations, 321 

 Conchology, Dr John C. Jay's Collections, 152 ; Specimens 



Destroyed in the Siege of Paris, 349 

 Condurango Root, a Specific for Cancer, 211 ; Dr. A. De»truge 



on, 243 

 Conscious Mimicry, 480 



"Consumption," by H. M'Cormac, M. D , 459 

 Contact, Phenomena of, 182 

 Contact of Surfaces, 334 



Cooke (M. C. ), Alternation of Generations in Fungi, loS 

 Cope (Edw. D., A.M.), "On the Origin of Genera," 21 ; Laws 



of Ori;anic Development, 252 ; Survival of the Fittest, 363 

 Copernii-us (Nicholas), Celebration of his Birthday, III, 151 

 Copley .Medallist ol 1870 (Dr. J. P. Joule), by Prof. J. Tyndall, 



F.R.S., 137 

 Copley Medallist of 1871 (Dr. J. R. Mayer), by Prof J. Tyndall, 



F.R.S., 117 

 Corals, Deep-Sea, Count de Pourtales on, 121 

 Coral Islands in Norih Pacific Ocean, 212 

 Cordoba, Argentine Republic, Observatory at, 272, 309 

 Cornwell (Jas., Ph.D.), and J. G. Fitch, M.A., Their Works 



on Arithmetic, 99 

 Corona, Structure of the, 367 



Coues tDr. Elliott), Flexion and E.xtension of Birds' Wings, 233 

 Coughtrey (D. M.), Flexion and Extension of Birds' Wings, 244 



