Natutc, "1 

 Dec. ,2, ,9mJ 



Index 



Achmet Aga, North Eubrea, Dr. A Smith Woodward, 

 566 ; on the Discovery of Bone-beds of Early Tertiary Age 

 in the Fayum Depression, Mr. H. J. L. Beadnell, 566 ; on 

 the Physical History of the Norwegian Fjords, Prof. E. 

 Hull, 566 ; on the Origin of the Gravel Flats of Berkshire 

 and Surrey, Mr. H. W. Monckton, 566 ; Report of the 

 Geological Photographs Committee, Prof. W. W. Watts, 

 566 ; Report of the Committee on Erratic Blocks, Prof, 

 r. F. Kendall, 566 ; Report of the Committee on Car- 

 boniferous Life Zones, Dr. Wheelton Hind, 566 ; Report 

 of the Committee on the Underground Waters of N.W. 

 Yorkshire, Capt. A. R. Dwerryhouse, 566 ; Report of 

 the Committee on the Exploration of Irish Caves, 566 ; 

 Report of the Committee on the Structure of Crystals, Mr. 

 W. Barlow, Prof. H. A. Miers, Mr. G. F. Herbert Smith, 

 566 

 Section D. (Zoology). — Opening Address by Prof. J. Cossar 

 Ewart, M.D., F. R.S., President of the Section; the Ex- 

 perimenlal Study of Variation, 482 ; on the Pelvic Cavity 

 of the Porpoise as a Guide to the Determination of the 

 Sacral Region inCetacea, Dr. Hepburn, Dr. D. Waterston, 



587 ; on the Relationships of the Premaxilla in the Bears, 

 Prof. R. J. Anderson, 587 ; Report of the Committee on 

 Bird Migration in Great Britain and Ireland, 587 ; Report 

 of the " Index Animalium" Committee, 587 ; Report of the 

 Committee on the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands, 5S7 ; 

 Report of the Committee on the Coral Reefs of the Indian 

 Regions, 5S7 ; Report of the Committee for the Table at 

 the Naples Zoological Station, 587 ; Natural History and 

 Ethnography of the Malay Peninsula, Mr. W. W. Skeat, 

 5S7 ; on the Coral Islands of the Maldives, Mr. J. Stanley 

 Gardiner, 587 ; on a Method for Recording Local Faunas, 

 Mr. E. J. Bles, 58S ; on Germinal Selection in Relation to 

 Inheritance, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 588 ; on the Be- 

 haviour of Young Gulls Naturally and Artificially Hatched, 

 Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 588 ; Dredging Expedition in 

 Connection with the Millport Marine Station, 588 ; on 

 Dimorphism in Foraminifera, Mr. J. J. Lister, 58S ; on the 

 Relation of Binary Fission and Conjugation to Variation, 

 Dr. J. Y. Simpson, 58S ; on Zebras and Zebra Hybrids, 

 Prof. J. C. Ewart, 58S-589 ; on a Large Nematode Para- 

 sitic in the Sea-urchin, Dr. J. F. Gemmill, 588 ; on the 

 Land Crustaceans of a Coral Island, Mr. L. A. Borradaile, 



588 ; on the Youngest Known Larva of Polypleriis, Mr. 

 J. S. Budgett, 588 ; on the Origin of the Vertebrate Limbs, 

 Mr. J. Graham Kerr, 5S8 ; on the Story of Malaria, Major 

 R. Ross, 588 



Section E. (Geography). — Opening Address by Hugh Robert 

 Mill, D.Sc, LL.D.,F.R.S.E.,F.R.G.S., President of the 

 Section, on Research in Geographical Science, 532 ; on 

 Martin Behaim and the History of Geography, Mr. E. G- 

 Ravenstein, 5S9 ; Final Report of the Committee on the 

 Climate of Tropical Africa, Mr. Ravenstein, 589 ; on the 

 Morphological Divisions of Europe, Dr. A. J. Herbertson, 

 5S9 ; on Geographical Conditions Affecting British Trade, 

 Mr. G. G. Chisholm, 589 ; on the Influence of Geographi- 

 cal Environment on Political Evolution, Prof. Alleyne Ire- 

 land, 5S9 ; on the Effects of Vegetation in the Valley and 

 Plain of the Clyde, Prof. G. F. Scott Elliot, 5S9 ; on a 

 Scheme of the Scottish Natural History Society for 

 Reference to Papers on Scottish Natural History, &c., Miss 

 Marion Newbigin, 589; on a Botanical Survey of Scotland, 

 Prof. W. G. Smith, 590; on the Anthropogeography of 

 Argentina, Dr. Francisco Moreno, 590 ; on the Belgian 

 Expedition to Ka-Tanga, Captain Leniaire, 590; Report 

 of the Committee on Terrestrial Surface Waves, Dr. 

 Vaughan Cornish, 590 ; on the Mean Temperature of the 

 Atmosphere and the Causes of Glacial Periods, Mr. H. N. 

 D.ckson, 590 ; on the Scientific Study of the Lakes of the 

 British Islands, Dr. Jlill, 590 ; Sir John Murray, 590; Mr. 

 John Home, 590 ; Colonel D. A. Johnston, 590 ; Report 

 of the Committee on a Scheme for Surveying British Pro- 

 tectorates, 590 ; on the Topography and Resources of 

 Northern Ontario, Canada, Dr. R. Bell, 590 ; on the 

 Exploration of the Upper Strata of the .Atmosphere by 

 Means of Kites, Mr. A. Lawrence Rotch, 590 ; Report of 

 the Committee on the Change of the Land-level of the 

 I'hlegraean Fields, Mr. Giinther, 590-1 ; on Weather Maps 

 Published Daily by various Countries ; Mr. W. N. Shaw, 

 K. R.S., 591 ; on the Organisation and Equipment of the 



National Antarctic Expedition, Dr. J. Scott Keltic, 591 ; 

 Dr. H. R. Mill, 591 ; on the Method and Plans of the 

 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Mr. W. S. Bruce, 

 591 ; on the Experimental Demonstration of the Curvature 

 of the Earth's Surface, Mr. H. Yule Oldham, 591 ; on an 

 Expedition in Western China, Dr. R. Logan Jack, 591 ; 

 on the Crux of the Upper Yang-tse, Mr. Archibald Little, 

 591 ; on the Representation of the Heavens in the Teach- 

 ing of Cosmography, iM. Galeron, 591 ; on the Movements 

 of Men by Land and Sea, Mr. Mackinder, 591 



Section G. (mechanics). — Opening Address by Colonel R. E. 

 Crompton, M.Inst.C.E., President of the Section, 517 ; 

 on the Mechanical Exhibits at the Glasgow Exhibition, Mr. 

 D. H. Morton, 613; on a Long-continuous-burning Petro- 

 leum Lamp for Beacons and Buoys, Mr. J. R. Wigham, 

 613 ; on a Recording Manometer for High Pressures, Mr.' 

 J. E. Petavel, 613; Report of the Small Screw Gauge 

 Committee, 613 ; Report of the Committee on the 

 Resistance of Road Vehicles to Traction, 613 ; on 

 Railway Rolling Stock, Present and Future, Mr. D. 

 Macdonald, 613; on the Panama Canal, Mr. Bunau- 

 Varilla, 613 ; on the Commercial Importance of Alu- 

 minium, Prof. E. Wilson, 613 ; on the Protection of Build- 

 ings from Lightning, Mr. Killingworth Hedges, 613 ; 

 on a Folding Rangefinder for Infantry, Prof. George 

 Forbes, 613; Prof. Barr, 613; Prof. Stroud, 613; on a 

 Machine for the Manufacture of Type, Mr. M. Barr, 613-14; 

 on Some Recent Developments in Chain Driving, Mr. C. 

 R. Garrard, 614 



Section H (Anthropology). — Opening Address by Prof. D. J. 

 Cunningham, M.D., D.Sc, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., 

 President of the Section, 539 ; on the Origin of the Car- 

 tilage of the stapes and its continuity with the Hyoid Arch, 

 Dr. J. F. Gemmill, 614 ; on the Morphology of Transverse 

 Vertebral Processes, Prof. A. Macalister, F.R.S., 614 ; on 

 the "Temporary Fissures" of the Human Cerebral Hemis- 

 pheres, Prof. J. Symington, 614 ; on the Frequency and 

 Pigmentation Value of the Surnames of Scottish School 

 Children in Eastern Aberdeenshire, Mr. J. F. Tocher, Mr. 

 J. Gray, 614 ; on a Skull found in Peat in the Bed of the 

 River Orwell, Miss Nina Layard, 614; Report of the Com- 

 mittee for the Ethnographic Survey of Canada, 614 ; on the 

 Traditional History of the Caniengahakas, Mr. J. O. Brant 

 Sero, 614 ; Report of the Skeat Expedition to the Malay 

 Peninsula, 614 ; on the Half-Siamese Half- Malay Com- 

 munity of Sai-Kau, Mr. Annandale, Mr. Robinson, 614 ; 

 on the Projected Ethnographic Survey of India, Mr. W. 

 Crooke, 614 ; on Hints of Evolution in Tradition, Mr. D. 

 MacRitchie, 615; on Dr. Eraser's Views of the Relations 

 between Magic, Religion and Science, Mr. J. S. Stuart 

 Glennie, 615 ; on the Chronology of the Stone Age of 

 Man, Dr. W. Allen Slurge, 615 ; Sir John Evans, 615 ; 

 Prof. Kendal, 615; on an Exhibit of Naturally Chipped 

 Flints from the Lame Gravels and North Irish Beaches, 

 Mr. Coffey, 615 ; on a Flint Palasolith with alleged " Thong- 

 Marks," Miss Layard, 615 ; on a Piece of Yew from the 

 Forest Bed of Kessingland, Mr, F. D. Longe, 615 ; Report 

 of the Committee on the Age of Stone Circles, 615 ; on 

 Excavations on Neolithic Sites in the Isle of Arran, Drs. 

 Duncan and Bryce, 615 ; on a " Kitchen Midden " near Elie 

 in Fife, Dr. Munro, 615 ; on the Excavation of the Roman 

 Station at Ardoch in Perthshire, Mr. J. H. Cunningham, 

 615 ; Report of the Silchester Excavation Committee, 615 ; 

 on the Age of Ogham Writing in Ireland, Mr. R. A. S. 

 Macalister, 615 ; on the Bones ot Hen Nekht,an Egyptian 

 King of the Third I lynasty, Mr. C. S. Myers, 615 ; Report 

 of the Cretan Exploration Committee, 615 ; on the Neoli- 

 thic Settlement which underlies the Mycenaean Palace at 

 Knossos, Mr. A. J. Evans, F. R. S. , 615; on the Prasos 

 Excavations, Mr. Bosanquet, 615 ; on a Mycenjein Site 

 Excavated at Zakro, Mr. Hogarth, 615 



Section / (Physiology). — Opening Address by Prof. John G. 

 McKendrick, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., President of the 

 Section, 545 



Section K (Botany). — Opening Address by Prof. I. Bayley 

 Balfour, F.R.S., President of the Section, 557; on the 

 Aims and Proposals of the International Association of 

 Botanists, Dr. Lotsy, 615 ; on the Vegetation of Mount 

 Ophir, Mr. A. G. Tansley, 616; on the Cytology of the 

 Cyanophyceje, Mr. Harold Wager, 616 ; on the Bromes 



