Nature, Kov. 15, 1S77] 



Minerals, Rare, in the North of Scotland, 147 ; the Optical 



Characters of, H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., 380 

 Wines of Meissen, 514 



llining. School of, at Columbia College, U.S., 4U 

 Minor Planet, a New, 2S7, 330 

 Minor Planets and Comets of Short Period, 143 

 Miocene Flora, Migration of Swiss, Rev. Geo. Ilenslow, loi 

 Mirrors, New, for Reflecting Sextants, 429 

 Missouri, Noxious and other Insects o', Repoit on, 132 

 Jlitcliell (Dr. Arthur), Cave-Men of Western Europe, 53 

 Mubius (Karl), "Die Auster und die Auslernwirthschaft," 499 

 Moguil Liondia, Discovery of Tumulus at, 17 

 Mohn (H.), the Norwegian Deep-Sea Kxpedition, no, 526 

 Molison (A. R.), Heat Phenomena and Muscular Action, 477 

 Mollusca, Deep-Sea, J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F, R.S., 323 

 MoUusca brought Home by the late Arctic Expedition, Dr. T. 



Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., 37S 

 Money (Sl.ijor G. Noel), Meteor at Bhawnepoor, 375 

 Monkeys, the Gelada, 504 

 Monotremata : Notes on the Noith-East Australian, 420 ; the 



Australian, 439 ; W. A. Forbes, 439 ; Dr. G. Bennett, 475 

 Monro (Sir David), Death of, 15 

 IMont Blanc, the Geology of, 174 

 Montsouris Observatory, Lectures at the, 334 

 Montucci (M.), Death of, 335 



Moon: Total Eclipse of the, August 23, 1S77, 287, 335 ; Tem- 

 perature of the Moon's Surface, Earl of Rosse, F. R.S., 43S 

 Morgue, the, Paris, 257 

 Morphologisches Jahrbuch, 134, 299 

 Morphology of Primroses, Dr. Masters, 154 

 Morie (Prof. E. S.), in Japan, 3SS 

 Moscow, Museum of Applied Sciences, 32 

 Moseley {H. N.), Urticating Organs of Planarian Worms, 475 

 Moser (fames), the Spectra of Chemical Compounds, 193 

 Moths, 'Zyga-iui filifenduhT, 361 

 Mott (A. J.), the Source and Functions of Carbons on the Crust 



of the Earth, 406 

 Mound-Building, Rate of. Dr. Otis T. Mason, 503 

 Mount Caburn, Excavations into, 429 

 ]\Iount Carmel, U.S., Tornado at, 112 

 Mount Illimani, Ascent of, 297 

 Mountain, Fall of a, in Tarentaise, Savoy, 279 

 Movements of a Submerged Aquatic Plant, 554 

 Muir (M. M. Pattison), Kingzett's "Alkali Trade," iSo 

 Muirhead (Dr. Henry), Sound and Light, 43 

 MiiUer (Baron F. von), Select Plants readily Naturalised in 



Victoria, 100 

 Miillor (Dr. H.), Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 265, 507 

 Mullet, the Striped, 523 

 Munich : Meeting of German Naturalist.;, 3S9, 42S, 491 : Society 



of Antiquaries, 42S 

 Munro (J), Neiv Electric Lights, 422, 502 

 Miinster, New Lecture-Rooms at, 299 

 Murphy (J. J.), on Time, 182 ; Complementary Colours, 20S ; 



the Greenland Foehn, 340 ; Wine-Coloured Ivy, 551 

 Murray (Andiew), Drawings of the Colorado Beetle, 430 

 Muscular Action, Heat Plienomena accompanying, 451 ; A. R. 



Molison, 477 

 Muscular Contraction, Experiments on, 133 

 Museum Reform, 183; Prof. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 78; F. 



W. Rudler, 140 ; Dr. A. B. Meyer, 227 

 Museums of Natural History, Prof. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 9S, 



137 ; Williapi Watts, 161 

 Museums, Local, 266, 28O, 360 

 Museums in Switzerland, 429 



Nageli (Prof. Dr.), Limits of Natmal Knowledge, 491, 531, 550 



Naples, Dr. Dohrm's Zoological Station at, gi 



Nares (Sir George), Geographical Society's Royal Medal to, 16 



National Health Society, 257 



Natural History Museums, Prof. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 98, 137 ; 



Wm. Watts, 161 

 Natural History Societies, propjsel Amalgamation of the 



Midland, 297 

 Naturfoischer, Der, iS 

 Naturkriifte, Die, 418 

 Naval Architects, institution of, 411 

 NawaUchin (M.), Heat Phenomena accompanying Muscular 



Action, 451 

 Nebulas, Messier, 8, 522 ; the Variable Nebula in Taurus, 552 ; 



Nebula or Star? J. Normin Lockyer, F.R.S., 413 



Nectar-Secreting Glands, Francis Darwin, 100 ; Thos. Belt, 122 

 Needles Light, Sir Wm. Thomson, F.R.S., on, 3S2 

 Nehring (Dr. A.), Prehistoric Steppes of Central Europe, 195 

 Neptune, the Satellites of, 441 

 Nerve-cells of the Corte.v, the Relationships of the, to the 



Lymphatic System of the Brain, by Bevan Lewis, 355 

 Nerves and Nervo-. Systems, Evolution of, G. J. Romanes, 231, 



269, 289 

 Nerves in Vertebrates, the Development of, 364 

 New Guinea, Botany of, 31 ; Anthropology of, 54; Flora of, 



20S ; D'Albertis', Exploration of, 296 ; Zoolojjy of, 489 

 New South Wales, Royal .Society, 279 ; Linnean Society, 46(i 

 New York, the Elevated Railway a'-, Capt. Djuglas Galton, 382 

 Nt'v York Iltralil, Weather Telegrams, 72 

 New Zealand, the Ancient Glaciers of, 100 ; Auckland Institute, 



131 ; Rock-paintings in, 175 ; High Tide on the Coa;t ol, 



ig8 ; Wellington Philosophical Society, 567 

 Newall (R. S., F.R.S.), on Mars, 446 

 Newberry (J. S.), Cretaceous Flora of America, 264 

 Newcomb ( Prof. ), on the Satellites of Mars, 398, 456 

 Newfoundland, Geological Survey of, 254 

 Nez Perce Indians, 335 

 Nicaragua, Lake, the Fishes of, 505 

 Nicol Prism, Interference Fringes in the, 135 

 Nicols (Arthur), the Ship-worm, 8 



Nicholson (Prof. II. AUeyne), " Life-history of the Earth," 39 

 Nicholson (Hunter), Rattle Snakes in Wet Weather, 266 

 Nickel and Cobalt, Double Compounds of, J. M. Thomson, 372 

 Niepce (Nicephore ), .Statue to, 131, 142 ; H. Baden Pritchard 



on, 142 ; and the Discovery of Photography, 501 

 Niger, Bishop Crowther's Notes on the, 131 

 Nipher (Francis E.), the proper Length of the Gymnasium 



Swing, 90 ; Tait on Force, I S3 

 Nordenskjold (Prof.) : the Slalldalen Metearite, 238 ; his Expe- 

 dition, 513 

 Noggerath (Prof. Jacob), death of, 445 

 Norris (Prof. M. B.), Molecular Clianges in Iron and Steel 



during Ileatmg and Cooling, 55 

 North American Lepidoptera, 147 



North Sea, Norwegian Expedition to, 258 ; Dredgings in, 296 

 Norwegian Deep-Sea Expedition, no, 258, 271 : Dr. Mohn, 526 

 Nottingham New University at, 452 

 Noxious Insect Life, Stamping out, W. Little, 207 

 Nova Cygni, the Spectrum of, 400 

 Nubians at the Alexandra Palace, 447 

 Niirnberg, Germanic Museum at, 429 



Ober (F. A.), Exploration of the West Indies, 515 



Obi, ]\I. Poliikol's Exploration of, 17 



Observatories: Paris, 15; Cincinnati, 29; Annals of the 



Harvard College, 60 ; Greenwich Observatory Report, 109 ; 



at Kalocsa, 112; Lisbon, 139; Cape of Good Hope, 169; 



Oxford, Report of the Director, 197; Montsouiis, 334; 



Mauritius, 337 ; Melbourne, 503 

 "Observatory,' The, 93 

 Oersted (Hans Christian), Centenary of, 42S 

 Ogove, Exploration of the River, 216, 4S7, 556 

 Opiliones, Persian and Sardinian, 504 



Oppenlieim (Prof. Alphons) : Death, 464 ; Obituary Notice, 552 

 Optical Bench, New Form of, 219 

 Orchids, Fertilisation of, Henry O. Forbes, 102 

 Ordnance Datum Level, 371 

 Orkney and Shetland : the Glacial Geology of. Prof. A. Geikie, 



F.R.S., 414 ; S. Lairg, M.P., 418; Are there no Boulders in? 



David Milne Ilolrae, 476 

 Osborne (J. A.), CaterpilUr.=, 502 

 Ostiaks, the Life of the, 1 7 

 Otheoscope, the, William Crookes, F.R.S., 12 

 O'Toole (John), Some of the Troubles cf, respecting Puteatial 



Energy, 439, 457 

 Our Insect Foes, 104 

 Ovum, the Development of the. Rev. W. H. Dallinger ar.dDr. 



J. Drysdale, 1 78, 203 

 Owens College, Manchester, 153; the University Question, 38 ; 



Scholarships, Prizes, &c., 172 

 Oxford: the Universities BUI, i ; Scholarships a'. Baliio', 114; 



Report on the University Ojserv.itory, 197 ; University Co n- 



mission, 516 ; University Intelligence, 33, 54, 94, 133, 153, igi 

 Oxygen in Tea- Water, 255 

 0.xygen in the .Sun, Discovery of, and a New Theory of the 



Solar Spectrum (tc?//; a Photograph), by Prof. II. Drap.r, 364 



