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INDEX 
[Wature, Fune 29, 1882 
Baboon, Pet, Julia Wedgwood, 217 
Badcock (J., jun.), Red Flints in the Chalk, 529 
Baildon (Sam.), ‘t Tea Industry in India ; a Keview of Finance 
and Labour, and a Guide for Capitalists and Assistants,” 551 
Balfour’s (F. M., F.R.S.), Treatise on Comparative Embryo- 
logy, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 25 
Ball (Prof. Robert S,, F.R.S.), a Glimpse through the Corridors 
of Time, 79, 103 
Balloons : Accident to W. Powell, M.P., 159, 185, 208 ; Rime 
Cloud observed in a Balloon, W. de Fonvielle, 337, 436, 529 ; 
Dr. Hermann Kopp, 385, 507; Proposed Balloon Journey 
across the Channel, 373; Balloon Ascent from La Villette 
Gasworks, Paris, 373 ; Col. Brine and Mr. Simmons’ Expe- 
dition, 449 ; Col. Burnaby’s Trip across the Channel, 518 
Barff’s (Prof.) New Antiseptic, 535 
Barnard (E. E.), Meteors, 173 
Barometer, New, Marshall Delaey, 290; Simple Registering, 
374; Electric Barometer, J. Joly, 559 
Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Antoine Breguet’s Appropriations, 364 
Basque Provinces of Spain, on the Whale Fishery of the, 
Clements B. Markham, F.R.S., 365 
Basque Whale in the Mediterranean, Prof. Henry Hillyer 
Giglioli, 505 
Bast Fibre, Chemistry of, C. F. Cross and E. J. Bevan, 351 
Bastian (Adolf.), ‘‘ Die heilige Sage der Polynesier-Kosmogonie 
und Theogonie,” Edward B. Tylor, F.R.S., 28; ‘‘Der 
Volkergedanke in Aufbau einer Wissenschaft vom Menschen, 
und seine Begriindung auf ethnologische Sammlungen, 77 ; 
“* Die Vorgeschichte der Ethnologie,”’ 77 
Batoum, Shock of Earthquake at, 250 
Batrachia, Salientia, and Ecaudata in the, Collection of the 
British Museum, Catalogue of the, G. A. Boulenger, 601 
Battery, New Electrical Storage, Henry Sutton, 198 
Bauerman (Hilary), “‘ Text-Book of Systematic Mineralogy,” L. 
Fletcher, 49 
Bavaria, Earthquakes in, 375 
Bear Festival among the Ainos, 345 
Bees, Dangers arising from, 420 
Bela Lime Alps, Cave discovered in, 89 
Belgium, Astronomy in, 53 
Bell (Alex. Melville), Sounds and their relations, 503 
Bell (F’. Jeffrey), Teaching of Practical Biology, $ 
Bell (Prof. Graham), Probing by Electricity, 40 ; Pronunciation 
of Deaf-Mutes who have been taught to articulate, 124, 458 
Ben Nevis, Meteorology of, Alex. Buchan, 11; the Meteoro- 
logical Observatory on, 135 ; Clement L. Wragge’s Meteoro- 
logical Observations on, 491 ; Ascent of, 372 
Berlin : Geographical Society, 44 ; Zeitschrift of, 538; Banquet 
in Honour of Prof. Virchow at, 62, 87 ; Aéronautical Society 
founded at, 89; Philosophical Society of, 114; African 
Society of, 302; Society of Commercial Geography, 492 ; 
Physiological Society, 620 
Beryl and Tourmaline, Specimens of, at the Florence Institute, 
373 
Bevan (E. J.) and C. F. Cross, Chemistry of Bast Fibre, 351 
** Bilderschriften des Ostindischen Archipels und der Siidsee,” 17 
Bilek, Earthquake at, 537 
Billet (M. Felix), Death of, 395 
Binary Stars, 421 ; y Virginis, 19 ; 7 Cassiopeice, 186 
Binney Edward William, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of Dr. J. 
P. Joule, F.R.S., 293 
Biology: Teaching of Practical, F. Jeffrey Bell, 8 ; Biology in 
Schools, Geo. W. Peckham, 151; Biological Notes, 327; 
‘* Biologische Probleme, zugleich als Versuch einer rationellen 
Ethik,” W. H. Rolph, 336 
Birds : Jurassic, and their Allies, Prof. O. C. Marsh, 22; Dr. 
R. W. Schufeldt on the Osteology of, 136; New Birds from 
the Solomon Islands, 282; Intelligence in Birds, 410; Mrs. 
E. Hubbard, 461 
Birmingham (J.), New Red Star in Cygnus, 198, 484 
Birt (W. R.), Death of, 219 
Bischoffsheim Observatory, 199 
Bivalves, on the Dispersal of Freshwater, Chas. Darwin, F.R.S., 
529; D. Pidgeon, 584 ; Frank J. Rowbotham, 605 
Bjerknes’ Hydrodynamic Experiments, 271 
Black Bass, Book of the, Dr. J. A. Henshall, 216 
Blackley (Chas. H.), Heads and Hats, 55 
Blanford (H. F.), Sound-producing Ants, 32 
Bloxam (Prof.) and the Royal Military Academy, 591 
Blum (R.), Current Meter, Prof, Harlacher, 494 
Bock (Carl), ‘‘ Head-Hunters of Borneo: a Narrative of Travel 
up the Mahakkam and down the Barito, also Journeyings in 
Sumatra,” Alfred R. Wallace, 3 
Bokorny (Thos.) and Oscar Loew, ‘‘ Chemical Cause of Life 
Theoretically and Experimentally Examined,” 457 
Bolometer, the, 14 
Bonney (Rev. T. G.) Silurian Fossils in the North-West High- 
lands, 603 
Borneo, Head-Hunters of : a Narrative of Travel up the Mahak- 
kam and down the Barito, also Journeyings in Sumatra, Carl 
Bock, Alfred R. Wallace, 3 
Boston, U.S.A., American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 260, 
523; Society of Natural History, 1830-1880, 389 
Boston Church, Meteorological Observations made on, 470 
Boué (Ami), Obituary Notice of, by Prof. A. Geikie, F.R.S., 
109 
Bouillaud (Dr.), Death of, 42 
Boulard (J.), and Em, Alglave ‘‘La Lumiére Electrique son 
Histoire sa Production et Son Emploi,” 359 
Boulenger (G. A.), Catalogue of the Batrachia, Salientra and 
Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum, 601 
Bowman (W., F.R.S.), elected Honorary Secretary to the 
Royal Institution, 346 
Brady (Sir Antonio), Obituary Notice of, Dr. Henry Wood- 
ward, F.R.S., 174 
Bramsen (William), Death of, 160 
Breguet’s (M. Antoine) Appropriations, Prof. W. Barrett, 364 
Bress (Dr. A.), Abriss der Zoologie fiir Studirende Arzte und 
Lehrer, 337 
Brewster (Sir David), his Scientific Work, 157 
Bridges, Tay and the Forth, 246 
Brighton Health Congress, and Domestic and Scientific Exhibi- 
tion, 18, 161, 175 
Bristol Naturalists’ Society, Proceedings, 208 
British Association, Meeting for 1882, 324 
British Museum, Fossil Fishes at the, 418 
Brittany, disappearance of the Sardine from the Coast of, 493 
Broome (J. H.), ‘‘ Astral Origin of the Emblems and Hebrew 
Alphabet,” Prof. A. H. Sayce, 525 
Brown (Robert, Jun.), the Unicorn and Mythological Inyestiga- 
tion, Prof, A. H. Sayce, 525 
Brownell (J. T.), Solar Halo, 290 
Bubbles, Phenomena of the Bursting of, M. Plateau on, 160 
Buchan (Alex.), Meteorology of Ben Nevis, 11 
Buchanan (J. Y.), Chemistry of the Atlantic, 387, 411 
Budden (W.), Vignettes from Nature, 529 
Buenos Ayres, Continental Exhibition at, 591 
‘* Bugs, Overflow,” in California, C. V. Riley, 386 
Bulletin de l’ Academie Royale des Sciences de Belgique, 48, 257, 
545, 617 
Bullains de la Société d’ Anthropologie de Paris, 545 
Bulletin de Ja Société Impériale des Naturalists de Moscou, 571 
Bulletin of the Terry Botanical Club, 571 
Burg (Adam von), Death of, 372 
Burnaby (Col.), Balloon Trip across the Channel, 518 
Burrowing Larve, V. T. Chambers, 529 
Bussy (M. Antoine Alexander Brutus), Death of, 395 
“* Butterflies : their Structure, Changes, and Life Histories, with 
Special Reference to American Forms,” being an application 
of the ‘‘ Doctrine of Descent” to the Study of Butterflies, 
Sam. H. Scudder, 5 
Cable, the Dover and Calais, 206 
Ccesium, the Isolation of, 419 
California, ‘‘ Overflow Bugs” in, C. V. Riley, 386 
Callaway (C.), Hypothetical High Tides, 385, 436 
Caltanisetta, Sicily, Series of Caverns Discovered at, 250 
Cambridge, the New Professorship of Morphology, 543 
Cameos from the Silver Land: or, the Experiences of a Young 
Naturalist in the Argentine Republic, E. W. White, 480 
Cameron (Donald), a Strange Phenomenon, 437 
Canada, Proposed Academy for, 326 
Capron (J. Rand), Aurora and its Spectrum, 53; Solar Gas- 
flame and Electric Light Spectra, 152; Temporary Retinal 
Effects, 507 
Carbon, Electrical Resistance of, under Pressure, H. Tomlinson, 
459; Prof. Silvanus P, Thompson, 482 
Carbon, on the Spectrum of, Prof. Liveing and Dewar, 545 
Carbonate of Ammonia, Action of, on the Roots of Certain 
Plants, and on Chlorophyll Bodies, Chas. Darwin, F.R.S., 
489 
Carnac, Excavations at, James Miln, 99 
