[Nature, June II, 1885 



Mineral Wealth of Annam and Tonquin, 181 



Mineralogical Society, 524 



Minima of Algol, 91 



Mining Districts of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Russia, 



Forestry in, J. Croumbie Brown, 124 

 Minor Planets, 228 



Mira Ceti, Variable Star, J. E. Gore, 459, 468 

 Mirage at Lindesberg, 42 

 Mirror, the Magic, of Japan, 249, 264 

 Mississippi, Discovery of the True Source of the, Capt. Willard 



Glazier, 252 

 Mitchell (Robert W. S.), Do Flying-Fish Fly or Not ?, 53 

 Mittheilungen of the Vienna Geographical Society, 614 

 Mixture of Liquids, Phenomena of, Prof. Guthrie, 47 

 Moquis of Arizona, Snake Dance of the, Capt. J. G. Bourke, 



Dr. Edward B. Tylor, F.R.S., 429 

 Morphological Significance of Swimming-Bladder in Fish, Prof. 



Albrecht, 380 

 Morphologic che Jahrbuch, 449 

 Morphology, Compound Vision and, of the Eye in Insects, Dr. 



B. T. Lowne, 433 ; Sydney J. Hickson, 433 ; Prof. E. Ray 



Lankester, F.R.S., 504, 578 ; Dr. B. T. Lowne on, Dr. Geo. 



J. Romanes, F.R.S., 528 

 Morphology of Bombyx mori, Dr. Tichomirow, 620 

 Morris (Mr.), Botany of Jamaica, 538 

 Motella mustela, Geo. Brock, 70 



Mound-Builders of U.S., Origin of the, C. E. Putnam, 563 

 Mobius (Dr. K.), Flying-Fish do not Fly, 192 

 Molecular Dynamics, Sir William Thomson, F.R. S., Prof. Geo. 



Forbes, 461, 508, 601 ; Prof. Geo. Fras. Fitzgerald, 503 

 Mollusca, Land, of New Zealand, Capt. F. W. Hutton, 23 

 Mollusca, Edible, of Great Britain and Ireland, N. S. Lovell, 



124 

 Mongolia, Doubrofs Explorations in, 397 

 Monotremata, Temperature of the Body of, Dr. N. de 



Miklouho-Maclay, 600 

 Monotremes, Eggs of, W. Baldwin Spencer, 132 

 Monthly Reference Lists, W. E. Foster, 90 

 Monuments, Ancient, of Ohio, Prof. F. W. Putman, 42 

 Monakow (Dr. von), Central Origin of the Optic Nerve, 404 

 Moon, Rosy Glow about the, Robert Leslie, 102 

 Morren (Prof.), " Correspondance Botanique," New Edition of, 



42 

 Muir (M. M. Pattison), Teaching Chemistry, 262; "Inorganic 



Chemistry," Edward Franklin, F. R. S., and Francis R. Japp, 



576 ; " Principles of Chemistry," 502 

 Miilheim, Meteor at, 64 



Mull, Isle of, Attempted Acclimatisation of Whitefish in, 611 

 Midler's (Wilhelm) Monument, the Greek Government and, 



226 

 Miiller (F.), Palaeography of the Philippine Islands, 538 

 Multiple Quantity, Equations in the Genesis of an Idea, o', 



Story of a Discovery Relating to, Prof. I. I. Sylvester, 



F.K.S., 35 

 Munich Geographical Society, 589 

 Murder, Russian Law as Regards, to be enforced among all 



Natives under Russian Rule, 349 

 Murphy (John), " Key to Magnus's Class-Book of Hydrostatics 



and Pneumatics," 314 

 Murphy (J. J.), Autumn Flowering, 54 

 Murray (Alexander), Obituary Notice of, 31S 

 Museums of Natural History, Rev. H. H. Higgins on, 109, 564 

 Museum, Chester New, Chas. E. De Ranee, 363 

 Museums, the Collections at South Kensington, 465 

 Muscial Scales of Various Nations, Alex, 1. Ellis, F. R.S., 466, 



488 

 Mussulmans at Tashkend, Russian School for, 322 

 Miittrich (Prof.), the Forest Meteorological System in Prussia, 



331 

 Myriopods of Austria, Dr. R. Latzel, 326 

 Myth, A Disease-Germ, 55 

 Myzostomida of the Challenger Expedition, Dr. L. von Graff 



on, 165 



Nachrichten von der K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der 

 Universitat zu Gottingen, 522 



Natal, New Bird in, Rev. fames Turnbull, 554 



National Fish Culture Association, Highest Temperature En- 

 durable by various Species of Fish, 350 



National Smoke Abatement Institution, Meeting of the Council, 



349 ... 



Natural History of Turkestan, Dr. Grishimailo s Investigations 



with the, 251 

 Natural History Museums, H. H. Higgins, 564 

 Natural History Sketches among the Carnivora, Wild and 



Domesticated, Arthur Nicols, 240 

 Natural Science in Schools, 19, 28 ; Walter A. Watts, 101 ; 



Prof. Sydney Young, 126 

 Natural Philosophy, First Principles of, W. T. Lynn, 77 

 Naturalists' Field Club, Dr. Howden on, 564. 

 Nature-Drawing, W. H. Fisk, 160 

 Nature, How Thought Presents Itself among the Phenomena of, 



Prof. G. Johnstone Stoney, F. R. S., 422, 529; Duke of 



Argyll, 433 

 " Nauts " and " Knots," 280 

 Naval Architects, Institution of, 533 

 Naval Observatory, Washington, 251, 442, 472 

 Navigation, the Self-Instructor in, W. H. Rosser, 597 

 Negrito Tribes in Luzon, Account of, F. Blumentritt, IS 

 Negro and Indian Education, 202 



Neisen's (Prof.) Investigations into Geissler's Tubes, 476 

 Neptune, Rotation of, Maxwell Hall, 193 

 Netherlands, Proposed Fresh Trigonometrical Survey in the, 



514 

 Neunkirchen in Germany, Experiments with Coal-Dust at, W. 



Galloway, 12 

 Nevill (Geoffrey), Death of, 367 ; Obituary Notice of, 435 

 New England Meteorological Society, 40 



New Guinea, Forbes's Proposed Botanical and Zoological Expe- 

 dition to, iS ; New Work on, 371 ; Rock-Pictures in, Dr. 



Emil Metzger, 527 

 New Haven, U.S., Peabody Museum at, 510 

 New Mexico, Basalt-Fields of, Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., C. E. 



Dutton, 88 

 New Zealand, CEcophorida? of, E. Meyrick, 22 ; Transactions 



of the New Zealand Institute, 22 ; Campbell Island and its 



Flora, J. Buchanan, 23 ; Habits of Earthworms in New Zea- 

 land, A. T. Urquhart, 23 ; Land Mollusca of, Capt. F. W. 



Hutton, 23 ; New Zealand Species of Carex eheeseman, 23 ; 



Geometrina of New Zealand, E. Meyrick, 23 ; Geology of 



New Zealand, 305 

 Newall (R. S-, F.R.S.), the Jean netle Drift, 102; Newall's 



Night-Watches, 108 ; on " Nauts" and " Knots," 280 

 Newfoundland, Geography of, 590 

 Newton (Prof. Alfred, F.R.S.), the "New" Volcanic Island 



off Iceland, 149 

 Nicols (Arthur), Barrenness of the Pampas, 289 ; the Boomerang 



in India, 389 ; Breeding of the Quadrumana, 54 ; Natural 



History Sketches among the Carnivora, Wild and Domesti- 

 cated, 240 

 Niger Delta, Abnormal Season in the, Trof. J. P. O'Reilly, 578 

 Nikitine's Map of Saghalin, 138 

 Nikitinsky's Experiments on Tea-leaf Ash, 369 

 Nipher (Prof.), Law of Duration of Maximum Rains 41 

 " Nipon, Nine Years in," Henry Faulds, 288 

 Nitrate of Soda as Manure, Prize offered for Essays on, 466 

 Nitro-Glycerine, in Pensylvanian Oil Well, Extraordinary Effect 



of Explosion of, 108 

 Nitrogen, on the Oxides of, Prof. W. Ramsay and J. T. Cundall, 



474 

 Nobert's Ruling Machine, J. Mayall, 571 

 Nogues (M.), on the Andalusian Earthquakes, 417 

 Noises, Underground, heard at Caiman-Brae, Carribean Sea, on 



August 26, 1883, Dr. F. A. Forel, 483 

 Non-Explosive Liquids, Accidental Explosions produced by, Sir 



Frederick Abel, F.R.S., 469, 493, 51S 

 Noon-Glow, D. J. Rowan, 102 



North Afghan Border Tribes, Prof. A. H. Keane, 220 

 North American Flora, Characteristics of the, Prof. Asa Gray, 



229, 253 

 Northern Hemisphere, Relative Frequency of Storms in the, 



293 

 Northernmost Extremity of Europe, W. Mattieu Williams, 



150 

 Norway, Fish Hatching in, 280 ; Earthquake in, 279 ; Proposed 



Hydrographic Norwegian Expedition to Finmarken, 614; 



Norwegian Explorations in the Spitzbergen Seas and Discovery 



of New Islands, 350 ; Norwegian Flora, Olsen, 63 

 November Meteors, 18 



