Nature, Dee. l8, 1SS4] 



Blood Corpuscles, Photography of, 547 



Blood, Experiment on Nature of, Dr. Cohnstein, 48 



Blumentritt (Prof.), on Geography and Ethnology of Philippine 

 Islands, 643 



Body, Electrical Resistance of the Human, Dr. W. H. Stone, 

 269 



Boeddicker (Otto), the Recent Eclipse of the Moon, 589 



Boguslawski (Dr. von G.), Death of, I So 



Bois (Dr. Du), on Earthquakes, 614 



Bolide at Elizabethpol, 47S 



Boma, Meteorological Observatory at, 223 



Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.), the Building of the Alps, 44, 

 65 ; Rhyolitic Rock from Lake Tanganyika, 193 



Bontemps (M.), Death of, 107 



Booby, Story of a, Alighting on the Albatross, 130 



Botany : some Botanical Queries, 194 ; Botanische Practicum, 

 Dr. Strasburger, 214 ; Butterflies as Botanists, 269 ; Younger 

 School of Botanists, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 559; 

 Biology v. Botany, Rev. George Henslow, 537 ; Handbook 

 of Botany, Dr. A. Schenk, 581 ; Tropical African Mountain 

 Flora, Sir J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., 635 



Bottomley (J. T.), Curious Phenomenon, 634 



Boulder-Glaciation, Hugh Miller, 23 



Bourdon, Death of, 568 



Bournonite, Crystallography of, Paper read before the Mine- 

 ralogical Society, 181 



Boyle-Marriott Law, 458 



Bozward (J. LI.), Peronospora infestans, 216; the Remarkable 

 Sunsets, 32 



Brachiopoda in Kendal Museum, 154 



Brachiopodenfauna, Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Liasischen, von 

 Siidtyrol und Venetien, Hyppolyt Haas, 192 



Brain, Physiology of the, Prof. Christiani, 260 



" Brasilische Sangethiere,'' Natterer's, 74 



Brazil, Early Anthropology of, 395 



British Association : Meeting at Montreal, 63, 217, 275, 410 ; 

 Reception, Addresses of Welcome, Excursions, &c, 410, 

 439, 468 ; Inaugural Address by the President, the Right 

 Hon. Lord Rayleigh, D.C.L., F.R.S., 410; Conferring 

 Degree of LL.D. of McGill University on Prominent Mem- 

 bers of Association, 439, 468 ; Movement to Establish a 

 Public Library in Montreal as Commemoration of Visit of 

 Association, 468 ; Gold Medal in Applied Science provided 

 by Association for Benefit of McGill University, 439, 468 ; 

 Proposed Formation of Science Scholarships in McGill 

 University, 439 ; Grants, 468 ; Next Meeting of Associa- 

 tion at Aberdeen, 469 ; Proposed International Scientific 

 Congress, 469 

 Reports of Committees : — Continuing Inquiries relating to 

 Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools, 496 ; Explor- 

 ing Kilimanjaro and the adjoining Mountains of Eastern 

 Equatorial Africa, 497 ; Reducing and Tabulating Tidal 

 Observations in English Channel made with Dover Tide- 

 Gauge, and connecting them with Observations made on 

 French Coast, 498 ; on Best Methods of Recording Direct 

 Intensity of Solar Radiation, 498 ; Investigating Natural 

 History of Timor Laut, 498 ; on Migrations of Birds ob- 

 served at Lighthouses and Light-vessels, 499 : Investigating 

 Circulation of Underground Waters in Permeable Forma- 

 tions of England and Wales, and Quantity and Character 

 of Water supplied to various Towns and Districts from those 

 Formations, 500 ; on Rate of Erosion of Sea-Coasts of 

 England and Wales, 522 

 Section A {Mathematical and Physical Science). — Opening Ad- 

 dress by the President, Sir William Thomson, 417; J. T. 

 Bottomley, on Loss of Heat by Radiation and Convection 

 as affected by Dimensions of Cooling Body, 523 ; W. J. 

 Millar, on Phenomena connected with Iron and other 

 Metals in Solid and Molten States, 524; Prof. Sir W. 

 Thomson, on a Gyrostatic Working-Model of the Magnetic 

 Compass, 524 

 Section B (Chemical Science). — Opening Address by Prof. Sir 



H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S., 421 

 Section C (Geology). — Opening Address by the President, W. 

 T. Blanford, F.R.S., 440; Rev. E. Hill, on Ice-Age 

 Theories, 526 ; C. Le Neve Foster, on What is a Mineral 

 Vein or Lode ?, 526 ; L. W. Bailey, on Acadian Basin in 

 American Geology, 526 ; W. F. Stanley, on Improbability 

 that Former Glacial Periods in Northern Hemisphere "were 



due to Eccentricity of Earth's Orbit, &c, 526; F. D. 

 Adams, on Norwegian " Apatitbringer " in Canada, and 

 Microscopic Characters of some Laurentian Amphibolites 

 526 ; G. F. Matthew, on Geological Age of Acadia, 

 Fauna, 527 ; Principal Dawson, F. R.S., on More Ancient 

 Land Floras of Old and New Worlds, 527 ; E. Wethered. 

 F.G. S., on Structure of English and American Carboni- 

 ferous Coals, 527 ; Ralph Richardson, on Dissimilarity and 

 Resemblance between Acadian and Scottish Glacial Beds, 

 528; V. Ball, F.R.S., on Occurrence of Precious Stones 

 and Metals in India, 528; J. S. Gardner, F.G.S., on 

 Relative Ages of American and English Cretaceous and 

 Eocene Series, 528 ; Prof. E. W. Claypole, on Remains of 

 Fish from Upper Silurian Rocks of Pennsylvania, 529 ; 

 Hugh Miller, F.G.S., on Fluxion Structure in Till, 530 ; 

 Dr. J. D. Dana, on Southward Ending of a Great Synclinal 

 in Taconic Range, 530 ; G. F. Matthew, on Primitive 

 Conocoryphean, 530; W. Whitaker, F.G.S., on Value of 

 Detailed Geological Maps in Relation to Water- Supply, 

 &c, 530 ; Prof. E. W. Claypole, on Pennsylvania before 

 and after Elevation of Appalachian Mountains, 531 



Section D (Biology). — Opening Address by the President, Prof. 

 H. N. Moseley, F.R.S., 425 



Department of Zoology and Botany. — Prof. Asa Gray, on Cha- 

 racteristic Features of North American Vegetation, 573 ; 

 Prof. Moseley, on Trapping of Young Fish by Utricularia 

 vulgaris, 574 ; Albert S. Bickmore, on the Jessop Collec- 

 tion in New York Natural History Museum, 574 ; W. J. 

 Sollas, on the Origin of Freshwater Fauna, 574 ; Dr. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys, on the Concordance of the Mollusca inhabiting 

 both Sides of the North Atlantic, 574 ; Prof. J. Struthers, 

 on the Rudimentary Hind Limb of the Humpbacked 

 Whale, Megaptera longimana, 574 : Prof. D. J. Cunning- 

 ham, on the Value of Nerve-Supply in Determination of 

 Muscular Anomalies, 574 ; Prof. A. M. Marshall, on 

 Mutual Relation of Recent Groups of Echinoderms, 575 ; 

 A. H. Caldwell, on Fcetal Membranes of Marsupials, 575 ; 

 G. F. Dobson, F. R.S. , on some Peculiarities in Geo- 

 graphical Distribution and Habits of Mammals inhabiting 

 Continents and Oceanic Isles, 575 ; Howard Saunders on 

 Geographical Distribution of Laridae, 575; W. B. Hemsley, 

 on Investigations of Insular Floras, 575 ; G. P. Hughes, 

 on Direct Descendants of Bos primi genius in Great Britain, 

 575 ; Dr. W. Fraser, on Natural Co-ordination in Organic 

 Evolution, 575 



Department of Anatomy and Physiology : — Prof. H. N. Mose- 

 ley, F. R.S., on Eyes and other Sense-Organs in Shells of 

 Chitonidae, 575 ; Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F. R. S., on Germs of 

 Septic Organisms, 576 ; A. W. Bennett, on a Vegetable 

 Organism which separates Sulphur, 576; Prof. II. X. 

 Martin and W. H. Howell, on Coagulation of Blood, 576 ; 

 Francis Gotch and J. P. Laws, on Blood of Limulus poly- 

 phemus, 576 ; Prof. H. P. Bowditch, on Vaso-Motor 

 Nerves, 576 ; Prof. T. W. Mills, Demonstrating Co- 

 ordinating Centres of Kronecker, 576 ; Profs. Kronecker 

 and Mills on Cardiac Nerves of Turtle, 576 ; V. Horsley 

 and Prof. Schafer, on Functions of Marginal Convolution, 

 576; Prof. R. Ramsay Wright, on Sensory Nerve-Sacs in 

 Skin of Amiurus and Function of Air-Bladder in Amiurus, 



577 ; Announcement that Mr. Caldwell, Balfour Student, 

 had discovered that Monotren.es were Oviparous, 577 



Section E (Geography). — Opening* Address by Gen. Sir J. H. 

 Lefroy, F. R. S , 469 ; Lieut. Greely, on his Recent Arctic 

 Expedition, 438 



Section G (Mechanical Science). — Opening Address by the 

 President, Sir F. G. Bramwell, F.R.S., 472 



Section If (Anthropology). — Opening Address by the President, 

 E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., 448 ; Horatio Hale on the Origin of 

 Wampum, 577 ; Major J. W. Powell on the Marriage Laws 

 of North American Tribes, 577 ; C. A. Hirschfelper on 

 Prehistoric Remains in Canada, 577 ; Major J. W. Powell 

 on the Classification of North American Languages, 578 ; 

 Mrs. E. A. Smith on the Customs and Language of the 

 Iroquois, 578 ; F. H. Cushing on Art among the Zunis, 



578 ; Dr. Daniel Wilson on the Huron-Iroquois, 579 ; 

 Prof. G. Lawson on Food-Plants used by Indians, 579 ; 

 Lieut. P. H. Ray on the Habits of the Inu, 579 ; R. Law 

 on Flint Implements, 579 



British Association Catalogue of Stars, 496 



