[Aatiire, Dec. 29, 188 1 



Elements, on the Alleged Decomposition of the, -Prof. Dewar, 



F.R.S., 46S 

 Elm in Canton of Glarus, Landslip at, 477, 513 

 Elmira, State of New York, Earthquake felt at, 519 

 Elongations of Mimas, 478 

 Embiyos, Chick, the Mounting of, 476 

 Emerson, near Lake Winnipeg, Strange Phenomenon Seen at, 



591 

 Enckes Comet, 291, 425, 478 

 Energy Storage of: 214; on the Sources of, in Nature, Sir 



William Thomson, F.R.S., 433 

 Engineering, Practical, New College of, 476 

 English Mile, Origin of the, RL Faye, 80 

 Entomological Society, 72, 160, 279, 376, 576, 624 

 Entomology of the United States, 187S-79, 99 

 Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists' Field Club, 



Meetmg at Chelmsford, 362; Annual Cryptogamic Meeting, 502 

 Erratic Blocks, B.A. Report on, 463 

 Eton, Science at, 287 

 Euclid, Elements of, Sequel to the First Six Books of the, John 



Casey, F.R.S., 52 

 Europe and Asia, Unexplored Parts of, 312 

 European Birds, a List of, Henry E. Dresser, 52 

 Evaporimeter, a New, 387 

 Evolution, Expression, and Sensation, Prof. J. Cleland, F.R.S., 



G. J. Romanes, F.R.S., i 

 Evolution of the Cryptogams, J. Starkie Gardner, 73, 55S, 606 

 " Evolutionist at Large," Grant Allen, 27 

 Examinations, Naval Cadet, 30 

 Excavations and Mummies, Egyptian, 481 

 Experiments, on the Value of Pathological, Prof. Rudolf Vir- 



chow, 346 

 Explosions, Colliery, Cause of, 512 



Falb (Rudolf), Von den Umwalzungen im Weltal], 283 

 Farlow (Dr. W. J.), Marine Algje of New England and the 



Adjacent Coast, 354 

 Farina, Microscopical Examination of, 66 

 Farm, the Chemistry of the, R. Warington, Prof. A. H. 



Church, 379 

 Farr (Dr. J'.R.S.), the Testimonial to, 314 

 Fascination, Dr. Otto Schemnitz on, 64 

 Fauna, Pelagic, of Gulf Stream, 592 

 Faure's Secondary Battery, Prof. J. A. Fleming, 238 

 Faye (M.). Origin of the English Mile, So 

 Fayrer (Sir Joseph), on the Rainfall of India, 64 

 Female Dimorphism of Paltostoina torrentium, Explanation of 



the. Prof. Hermann Muller, 214 

 Fiekl-Mice, Plague of, in France, 132 

 Fiji, at Home in, C. F. Gordon Gumming, 281 

 Finsbury Technical College, 45 

 Fire-Balls, Henry O. Forbes, 101 ; John Tennant, 285 ; at 



Watergall, 476 

 Fish Mortality in the Gulf of Mexico, 203, 388 

 Fisheries Exhibiti n in Edinburgh, 225 

 Fisheries of the I nited States, 265 

 Fitch (J. G.), Lee. ores on Teaching, 161 

 Flakes, Replacing, on Palceolithic Implements, Worthington 



G. Smith, 582 

 Flame, Length of Coal-Gas, Lewis T. Wright, 30 

 Flatters (Col.), the Massacre of, 19 

 Fleming (Prot. J. A.), Faure's Secondary Battery, 238 

 Flora, American Cretaceous, J. S. Gardner, 531 

 Florence Herbarium, John Ball, 78 

 " Flots," J. R. Dakyns, 473 

 Flower (Prof., F.R.S.): Address at the British Association, 



York, 435 

 Flower : Two Kinds of Stamens with different Functions in 



the same Flower, Dr. Hermann Midler, 307 

 Flowers, Constancy of Insects in Vibiting, J. T. Powell, 509 

 FoJ, Yellow Glass in, 460 

 Fonvielle (W. de). Balloon Ascent, 225 ; Comets and Balloons, 



381 

 Forbes (Prof. George), Hydrodyuamic Analogies to Electricity 



and Magnetism, 360 

 Forbes (Prof G.), and Dr. J. Yoimg, F.R.S., Experimental 



Determination of the Velocity of White and Coloured Light, 



303 

 Forbes (Henry O.), Fire-Bails, 101 ; Sound-Producing Ants, 



loi ; the Pitt-Rivers Collection, 102 ; Bell Clappers, 102 ; 



the Tooth Ornament, 102 



Forbes (Henry), Migration of the Wagtail, 358 



Forbes (W. A.), Descent of Birds, 3S0 



Forests, Destruction of, 590 



Formalion of Cumuli, M. A. Veeder, 5 



Fossil Crinoids, Prof. P. D. Loriol, 305 



Fossil insects, the Oldest, Dr. H. A. Hagen, 356 



Fossil Plants, Hutton Collection of. Prof. G. A. Labour, 79 



France, Earthquake in, 291 



French Geographical Society, 19 



French Association for the Advancement of Science at Algiers, 



G. F. Rodwell, 31 

 Francis (James B.), Anchor-Ice, 301 

 Franklin Institute, Journal of, 70, 94, 134, 206, 248, 400, 480, 



600 

 Freshwater Jelly Fish at the Botanical Gardens, 148 ; at Kew 



Gardens, 385 

 Freshwater ActineK, Capt. W. Sedgwick, 189 

 Frey (Prof. Dr. Heinrich), Lepidoptera of Switzerland, R 



McLachlan, F.R.S., 25 

 Friction, Prof. Kennedy on, 23 

 Friday, October 14, Storm on, 584 

 tritsch (Dr. K. von), on Earthquakes, 363 

 Fryer (John), Science in China, 9, 54 

 Functional Metamorphosis of Muscles, Dr. D. J. Cuimingham, 



527 



Gardner (J. Starkie), Evolution of the Crypfogams, 73, 558, 

 606 ; a Chapter in the History of the Coniferis — the Cupres- 

 sineae, 103 ; American Cretaceous Flora, 531 

 Garnet Sidus, Herschel's, 612 



Garrod (Alfred Henry, V .\k.^.'). In Memoriain — the CoUeci d 

 Scientific Papers of the late, 579 



Gas, Coal, Flame Length of, Lewis T. Wright, 30 



Gas Supply both for Heating and Illuminating Purposes, C. W. 

 Siemens, F.R.S., 153 



Gazetta Chimica Italiana, 41 



Geddes (P), Economics and Statistics viewed from the Stand- 

 point of the Preliminary Sciences, 523 



Gegenbaur (Prof.), Illness of from Blood Poisoning, 16, 38 



Gegenbaur's Morphologisches Jahrbuch, 46 



Geikie (Dr. James, F.R.S.), the Age of the Igneous Rocks of 

 Iceland, 605 



Genoa, Annals of the Museo Civico, 16 



Geneva, Earthquake at, 341 



Geography : L)r. H. Kiepert's Manual of Ancient Geography 

 (translation). Rev. H. F. Tozer, 3 ; Geographical Notes, 18, 

 41, 67, SS, 113, 148, 178, 204, 227, 249, 29s, 364, 478, 522, 

 567, 612; Royal Geographical Society's Proceedings, 18; 

 Prof. Vedova on Geography, 19 ; Union Geographique of 

 the North of France, 19; Geographisches Jahrbuch, 19; 

 GeograjAical Distribution, Sir Joseph D. Hooker, F.R.S., 

 443 ; School Physical and Descriptive Geography, Keith 

 Johnston, 541 ; Geography of Corea, 541 ; Atlas Geo- 

 graphy, A. H. Macdoneli, 556 ; National and Internatijnal 

 Geography, 577 



Geolouy ; VVhewtU on Colouring Geological Maps, Prof. Thos. 

 McK. Hughes, F.R.S., 14; Geological Society, 47, 95, 135, 

 255, 278 ; Geologists' Notes on the Royal Academy, Prof. T. 

 G. Bonney, F.R.S., 85 ; the Origin and Progress of British 

 Geology, Dr. A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S., 419; Short Sketch of 

 the Geology of Yorkshire, Geological Map of Yorkshire, 

 Chas. Bird, 458 ; an International Scale of Colom-s for 

 Geological Maps, 474 ; Geological Notes, 522 



Gerland's (Dr. Ernst), Life und Letters of Papin, 377 



German Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting at Berlin, 109 



German Association of Naturalists and Physicians, 264, 543 



Gessi Pasha, Death of, 67 



Giant's Causeway and Portrush Tramway, 540 



Giglioli (Dr. Henry H.), Italian Deep-sea Exploration in the 

 Mediterranean, 35S, 381 



Glacial Blocks of Zinal, Marshall Hall, 31 



Glacial Period, Dr. A. Woeikof, 432 



Glaciation, J. J. Murphy, 460 



Glaciers, the Morteratsch, 340 



Glaciers, Dr. Woeikof on, 364 



Glaisher (James), discovery of a " Hittite" City, 67 



Glands, Nectar- Secreting in Species of Melanpyru.n, 203 



Glasgow College of Science and Arts, 87 



Globules, Salivary, 203 



Glow Fly, Indian Notes on, H. A. Severn, 165 



Gneiss, Laurentian, of Ireland, Prof. D. Hull, F.R.S., 81 



