[A'atuie, Dec. 29, iSSi 



of, 265; Earthquake at Bangor Maine, 314; United States, 



set also America, &c. 

 University Intelligence, 23, 45, 69, 93, 117, 133, 15S, 180, 206, 



23', S04, 575. 599, 624 

 Upton (Major K. L).), Gleanings from the Desert of Arabia, 



Prof. W. Robertson Smith, 209 



Vaccination amongst the Chinese, 503 



Vacua, High, the Green Phosphorescence in, 66 



Van, Earthquake in, 147 ; Capt. Emilius Clayton, 1S9, 238 



Variable Stars, 65, no, 542; J. Birmingham, 164; x Cygni, 

 277, 285 ; Ceraski's U Cephei, 248, 542, 591 



Veeder (M. A.), Formation of Cumuli, 5 



Velocity of Light, on the. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 3S2 ; Albert 

 A. Michelson, 460 ; W. H. Macaulay, 556 



Velocity of White and Coloured Light, Experimental Determina- 

 tion of the. Dr. J. Voung, F.K.S., and Prof G. Forbes, 303 



Venice, Geographical Congress at, 295 



Venn (John), Symbolical Logic, 140, 233, 284 



Venus, Transit of, 1S82, 41 ; Near Approach of to, 107 Tauri, 

 278 ; Transit of, International Commission for the Next 

 ,589 



Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-botani^chen Gesellschaft in 

 Wien, 46 



Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen 



— Rheinlande und Westfalens, 600 



Veitebrate Fauna of Yorkshire, \Vm. Eagle Clarke, and W. 

 Denison Roebuck, 379 



Victoria, The quantity of Gold raised in, 290 



Victoria, Huon Tasmania, Discovery of Coal Seam near, 541 



Vic.oria (Philosophical) Institute, 24 



Victoria University, 94 



Vienna, The Great Telescope, 11 ; Imperial Academy of Sciences, 

 48, 72, 96, 136, 208, 280, 304, 352, 600 ; Imperial Institute of 

 Geology, 72 ; Geographical Society, 149 



Vine Culture, Congress on, 290 



Virchow (Prof. Rudolf), On the Value of Pathological Experi- 

 ments, 346 



Vivisection and Medicine, 329 



Volcanic Action, Causes of. Prof. Prestwich, F.R.S., 471 



Volcanic Action, the Connection between the Intrusion of, 472 



Volcanoes : what they are, and what they Teach, T. W. Tudd, 

 F.R,S., G. F. Rodwell, 257 



Volcanoes in Central Asia, Question of the Existence of, 6l2 



Voluntary Muscles, Rhythmic Contraction of, 202 



Vortex Rings, Sir William Thomson on, 47 



Wagtail, Migration of the, Henry Forbes, 358 



Waldo (L.), Suggestion lelating to Kew Standard Thermometers, 



100 

 W'allace (A. R.), Anthropology, Edward B. Tylor, F.R.S., 242 ; 



Studies in the Theory of Descent, Dr. Aug. Weisraann, 457 ; 



the Organs of Speech, Hyde Clarke, 380 

 •■ Wandering Jew," Moncure D. Conway, 458 

 Ward (James), Optical Phenomenon, loi 

 Warington(R.), " Chemistry of the Farm, " Prof. A. H. Church, 



379 

 Washburn Observatory, Wisconsin, 478 

 Wasps, J. T. Brownell, 484 

 AVater in Australia, F. T. Mott, 30 

 Water, Decomposition of, and Platinum Electrodes, 67 

 Water, Buoyancy of Bodies in. Dr. W. Curran, i56 

 Water Supply, the Loudon, 245 

 Water Supply, Underground, B.A. Report on, 462 

 Watson (Hewett Cottrell), Death of, 313 

 Watson's Bay, Zoological Station at, 246, 313 

 Watts (H., F.R.S.), Dictionary of Chemistry and Allied 



Dr. Sciences, 530 

 Weather Warnings, Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., on, 7 

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

 Weights and Measures, International Bureau of, H. J. Chaney, 



384 

 A\ eismann (Dr. Aug.), "Studies in the Theory of Descent," Alfred 



W'allace, 457 

 Weyprecht (Carl), Memoir of, 590 

 V/hale, Capture of a Colossal, 386 

 Wheatstone's Microphone, upon a Modification of, and its 



Applicability to Kadijphonic Researches, Prof. Alexander 



Graliam Bell, 302 



Whewell (Dr. W.), nn Colouring Geological Maps, Prof. Thos. 



McK. Hughes, F.R.S., 14; Life and Selections from the 



Correspondence of, by Mrs. Stair Douglas, Prof. T. G. 



Bonney, F. R. S., 137 

 Whirled Anemometers, Prof. G. G. Stokes, 250 

 Whymper (Edward), His Journey among the Great Andes, 41 ; 



Elected Honorary Member of the Swiss Alpine Club, 5 18 

 Whyte (Thomson), AV Mr. W. I. Bishop, 211 

 Width of Mr. Rutherfurd's Rulings, Prof. C. S. Peirce, 262 

 Williams (VV. Mattieu), How to Prevent Drowning, 190; May 



Fever, 510 

 Williamson (Prof. A. W., F.R.S.), Opening Address in Section 



B at the British Association Meeting at York, 413 

 Willi imson (Prof. W. C, F.R.S.), Evolution of the Pateozoic 



Vegetation, 606 

 Wilson (William), Optical Illusion, 53 

 Wiltshire Rainfall, 1880, 98 

 Willughhy Society, 57 



Wind Waves, Tidal Currents versus G. H. Kinahan, 460 

 Wind, Barometric Gradiant and. Rev. W. Clement Ley, 8 

 Woeikof (Dr. A.), Singular Cause of Shipwreck, 142; the 



Glacial Period, 432 

 Wolf (M.) on the Comet, 261 

 Women, Education of, Mr. HoUoway's Proposed College for, 



475 

 Woodward (C. J.), Optical Illusion, 80, 127 

 Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 518 

 World, Countries of, Robert Brown, 306 

 Worms, Formation of Vegetable Mould througii the Action of, 



with Observations on their Habits, Chas. Darwl?, F.R.S. ; 



Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S. , 553 

 Worthington (A. M.), Elementary Course of Practical Puvsic-:, 



28 

 Wounds, on the Application of Electricity to the Localisation of 



Bullets in, W. H. Preece, 465 

 W-Pattern of Paddles, General A. Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S., 238 

 Wrijht (Lewis T.), Flame. Length of coal Gas, 30 

 Wiillner on Hot Ice, 179 



Wurtz (M.), Elected Life-Senator of the French Republic, 245 

 Wymbrandt's Expedition to Mozambique, 227 



Yellow Glass in Fo?, 460 



York, Annual Meeting of the British Association at, 146 



Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Sjciety, 17 



Yorkshire Naturali-ts' Union, 502 



Yorkshire, Short Sketch of the Geology of. Geological Map of 



Yorkshire, Chas. Bird, 458 

 Yorkshire, the Fauna of, 264 

 Y'orkshire, Vertebrate Fauna of, W^m. Eagle Clarke and ^\'. 



Denison Roebuck, 379 

 Y'oung (Dr. J., F.R.S.) and Prof. G. Forbes, Experimental 



Determination of the ^'elocity of White and Coloured Light, 



303 



Voung, Sydney, Hot Ice, 239 



Zaddach (Dr. E.), Death of, 245 



Zeitschrift fiir wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 118, 376 



Zinal, Glacial Blocks of, Marshall Hall, 31 



Zinn : eine geologisch-monlanistisch-historische Monographic, E. 



Keyer, 507 

 Zoological Atlas, D. McAlpine, 77 

 Zoological Gardens, Additions to, 18, 40, 65, 88, no, 133, 148, 



177, 202, 226, 247, 266, 291, 315, 341, 363, 387, 428, 456, 



477> 504. 520, 54I, 566, 591, 612; Anatomical Works at, 



313 ; New Insectarium in, 38, 193 

 Zoological Society: 46, 1 1 9, 159, 23 1 ; Proceedings of, 16; 



Living Collection, Illustrations of _New or Rare Animals in 



the, 534 " , 



Zoological Laboratory at Port Vendres, 63 

 Zoological Results of the Socotran Expedition, 83 

 Zoological Record for 1S79, 98 

 Zoological Station : near Paris, 177 ; at Watson's Bay, 246 ; at 



Banyuls-sur Mer, 610 

 Zooligy of the Dutch Arctic Expedition, 57 

 Zwangsmasige Lichtempfindungen durch Schall und verwandte 



Erscheinungen auf dem Gebiete der anderen Siunessempfind- 



nngen, E. Bleuler and K. Lehmann, 51 



