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exhibited by the Oxides of Manganese, Prof. Odiing, 

 F.R.S., 468; on Peppermint Camphor, R. W. Atkinson 

 and H. Voshida, 468 ; on the Occurrence of Selenium and 

 Tellurium in Japan, Dr. Divers, 468 ; on the Sodium Alum 

 of lapan, Dr. Divers, 468 ; Brewing in Japan, R. W. 

 ■ Atkinson, 468 ; on the Specific Refraction and Dispersion 

 of Light by Liquids, by Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 



468 ; on the Production of Crystals by the Action of Metals 

 on Carbon Disulphide in Closed Tubes, P. Braham, 468 ; 

 on the Alleged Decomposition of the Elements, Prof. 

 Dewar, F.R.S., 468 ; on Manganese Nodules, J. Y. Bu- 

 chanan, 469 ; on the Action of Zinc, Maijnesium, and Iron 

 on Acidified Solutions of Ferric Sulphate, Prof. T. E. 

 Thorpe, F.R.S., 469; on the Reducing Action of Zinc 

 and Magnesium on Vanadium Solutions, Prof. H. E. Ros- 

 coe, F.R.S., 469 ; on a New Method of Measuring certain 

 Chemical Affinities, A. Tribe, 469 ; on some Phenomena 

 of the Nature of Chemico-Magnetic Action, W. Thomson, 



469 ; on the Double Iodide of Copper and Mercuiy, Prof. 

 S. P. Thompson, 469 ; Alterations of the Properties of 

 Nitric Ferments by Cultivation, R. Warington, 470 ; on 

 the Fluid Densities of certain Metals, Prof. W. C. Roberts, 

 F.R S., and T. Wrightson, 470 ; on Molecular Attraction, 

 F. D. Brown, 470 ; on the Relative Atomic Weights of 

 Silver, Manganese, and Oxygen, by Prof. Dewar and A. 

 Scott, 470 ; on the Phosphates of Lime and Ammonia, J. 

 A. Wanklyn, 470 ; on the Separation of Hydrocarbon Oil 

 from Fat Oils, A. H. Allen, 470 ; on Bowkett's New 

 Thermography, W. Lant Carpenter, 470 ; Blow ing- Wells 

 near Northallerton, T. Fairley, 473 ; on the New Metal 



- Actinium, J. S. Phipson, 470 ; on some Vapour-Density 

 Determinations, Prof. Dewar and A. Scott, 470 ; on Ex- 

 periments with Manures on Barley Crops, Ivison Macadam, 



470 ; the Present State of Chemical Nomenclature, Prof. 

 A. VV. Williamson, F.R.S., 492; Cellulose and Coal, C. 



F. Cross and E. J. Bevan, 493 ; Hydration of Salts and 

 Acids, C. F. Cross, 494; on Colliery Explosions, W. 

 Galloway, 493 



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

 Dr. A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S , 419; on the Laurentian Beds 

 of Donegal and of other Parts of Ireland, Prof. Edward 

 Hull, F.R.S. , 471 ; Laurentian Rocks in Ireland, G. H. 

 Kinahan, 471, 591 ; on the Occurrence of Granite in situ 

 about Twenty Miles South-West of Eddystone, A. R. 

 Hunt, 471 ; on the Causes of Volcanic Action, Prof. J. 

 Prestwich, F.R.S., 471 ; the Connection between the In- 

 trusion of Volcanic Action, Prof. W. J. SoUas, 472 ; a 

 Restoration of the Skeleton of Archaeopteryx, with some 

 Remarks on Differences between the Berlin and London 

 Specimens, Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.S,, 472 ; on Simosau- 

 riis pusillus (Fraas), a Step in the Evolution of the Pleseo- 

 sauria. Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., 472 ; Influence of 

 Barometric Pressure on the Discharge of Water from 

 Springs, Baldwin Latham, 472 ; on some Points in the 

 Morphology of the Rhabdophora, John Hopkinson, 472; 

 the Glacial Deposits of West Cumberland, J. D. Kendall, 

 473 ; on "Flots," J. R. Dakyns, 473; on the Lower Cam- 

 brian of Anglesea, Prof. J. McK. Hughes, 473 ; on the 

 Knarled Series of Amloch and Holyhead in Anglesea, Prof. 

 J. McK. Hughes, 473 ; Notes on the Subsidences above 

 the Permian Limestone between Hartlepool and Ripon, A. 



G. Cameron, 473 ; the Great Plains of Northern India 

 not an Old Sea Basin, W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 473; the 

 Gold Fields and Quartz Outcrops of Southern India, 

 William King, 473 ; Geology of the Island of Cyprus, R. 

 Russell, 473 : on some Sections in the Low-er Palceozoic 

 Rocks of the Craven District, J. E. Marr, 473 ; Life in 

 Irish and other Laurentian Rocks, C. Moore, 473 ; the 

 Subject Matter of Geology and its Classification, Prof. W. 

 J, SoUas, 474 ; Exploration of a Fissure in the Mountain 

 Limestone at Raygill, Jarnes W. Davis, 474 ; on the Zoo- 

 logical Position of the Genus Petalo-rynchus, J. W. Davis, 

 474 ; on the Microscopic Structure of Coal fi'om East 

 Scotland and South Wales, Prof. Williamson, F.R.S., 

 474 ; on an International Scale of Colour for Geological 

 Maps, W. Topley, 474 ; on the Rhfctics of Notts, E. 

 Wilson, 474 ; Notes on the Cheshire Salt Fields, C. E. De 

 Ranee, 474 ; on the Strata between the Chillesford Beds 

 and the Lower Boulder Clay, Prof. Prestwich, 474 ; on the 

 Upper Bagshot Sands of Hordwell CUtf, Hampshire, E. B. 

 Tawney, 475 ; a Preliminary Account of the \Vorking of 



Dowkerbottom Cave in Craven during August, iSSi, E. B. 

 Poulton, 494 ; on Asteromilia Readi, a New Species of 

 Coral from the Oligocene of Brockenhurst, Prof. Martin 

 Duncan, F.R.S., 495; on the Formation of Coal, E. 

 Wethered, 495 ; on the Palaeozoic Rocks of North Devon 

 and West Somerset, W. A. E. Ugsher, 495 ; on the Cha- 

 racters of the " Lansdown Encrinite " (Millericritius Pratti), 

 P. Herl)ert Carpenter, 495 ; on the Two Types of Cam- 

 brian Beds of the British Isles, Prof. E. Hall, F.R.S., 

 496 ; on a discovery of Fossil Fishes in the New Red Sand- 

 stone of Nottingham, E. Wilson, 496 ; Glacial Sections at 

 York and their Relations to the later Deposits, J. E. Clarke, 

 496 ; the Devonio-Silurian Formation, Prof. E. Hull, 

 F.R.S., 496; the Glacial Geology of Central Wales, 

 Walter Keeping, 49S ; on the Lower Kueper Sandstone of 

 Cheshire, A. Strachan, 498 

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



Richard Owen, C.B., F.R.S., 421 

 Department of Afttliropology. — Opening Address by Prof. H. 

 Flower, F.R.S., 436; Geographical Distribution of Man- 

 kind, Miss A. W. Buckland, 500 ; the Papuans .and the 

 Polynesians, Staniland Wake, 500 ; Excavations in the 

 Earthwork called Ambresbury Bank in Epping Forest, 

 Gen. Pitt-Rivers, 500; on the Stature of the Inhabitants of 

 Hungary, Dr. Eeddoe, 500 ; on the Physical Characters and 

 Proportions of the Zulus, Mr. Bloxam, 500 ; on the Ani- 

 mism of the Indians of British Guiana, E. F. im Thum, 500 

 Department of Anatomy and Physiology. — Opening Address 

 by Prof. J. Burdon-Sanderson, LL.D., F.R.S., 439 ; on the 

 Conario-hypophysial Tract, or the Pineal and Pituitary 

 Glands, by Prof. Owen, C.B., F.R.S., 498; on the Deve- 

 lopment of Colour Sense, Dr. Montague Lubbock, 499 ; 

 Function of the Two Ears in the Perception of Space, Prof. 

 S. P. Thompson, 499 ; on the Incubation of the Indian 

 Python, W. H. Forbes, 499 ; on the Structure and Homo- 

 logies of the Suspensory Ligament of the Fetlock in the 

 Horse, Ass, Ox, Sheep, and Camel, Dr. D. J. Cunningham, 

 500, 521 

 Department of Zoology and Botany. — On the Sense of Colour 

 in Animals, Sir John Lubbock, F.R.S., 500; on the mode 

 in which the Seed of Stipa buries itself in the Ground, Sir 

 John Lubbock, F.R.S., 501 ; on the Constancy of Insects 

 in visiting Flowers, A. W. Bennett, 501 ; on Jurassic Birds 

 and their Allies, Prof. O. C. Marsh, 501 : on the Anatomy 

 and Classification of the Petrel, W. A. Forbes, 501 

 Section F (Geography). — Opening Address on Geographical 



Distribution by Sir J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., 443 

 Section G (Mechanical Science). — Opening Address by Sir W. 

 Armstrong, D.C.L., F.R;S., 449 



British Medical Association, 290 



British Museum, the Geographical Department of, 178 ; Cata- 



r>logue of Birds, 239 



British Mosses and Hepatics, London Catalogue of, 211 



Broadhouse (John), the Students' Handbook of Acoustics, 580 



Broca (Dr.), Monument to the Memory of, 108 



Brown (Robert), Countries of the World, 306 



Browne (Walter R. ), on the Relative Value of Tidal and Up- 

 land Rivers, Estuaries, and Harbours, at the Institute of Civil 

 Engineers, 17 



Browne (W. ].), Botany for Schools and Science Classes, 235 



BrowneU (J. t.). Wasps, 484 



Bruhns(Prof.), Death of, 290 



Brunton (T. Lauder, F.R.S.), "Bible and Science," Geo. J. 

 Romanes, F.R.S., 332 



Brutel de la Riviere (C. J. E.), Hot Ice, 4 



Buchan (Alexander), Weather and Health of London, 143, 173 



Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical 

 Survey of the Territories, 45 



Bulletin de 1' Academic Royale des Sciences de Belgique, 94, 278, 

 400, 4S0, 600 



Bulletin de I'Academie Imperial des Sciences de St. Peters- 

 bourg, 94 



Bunsen-Pump, the So-called, Dr. H. Sprengel, 53 



Buoyancy of Bodies in Water, Dr. W. Curran, 166 ; Dr, John 

 Rae, F.R.S., 191 



Burnham Beeches, 87 



Burmeister (Dr. H.), Description Physique de la Republique 

 Argentine d'apres des Observations personelles et Etrangeres, 

 209 



Burton (Chas. E.), the Comet, 221 ; Integrating Anemometer 

 510, 582 



