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Abbott (Prof. C, C., M.D.), Origin of American Indians, 203 ; | Asbestos, Manufacture and Application of, 210 
Feeding Habits of the Belted Kingfisher, 362 
Aberdeen University, 54 ; Election of Lord Rector, 35, 54, 111, 
131, 250 
Abiogenesis (See Beginnings of Life, Bastian, H. C., Huizinga, 
Prof. D.) 
Academical Study, Organisation of, 72 
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, 484 
Acquired Habits in Plants, 445 
Action at a Distance (Prof. Clerk-Maxwell, F.R.S.), 323, 34! 
Adams (Prof. W. G., F.R.S.), Physics for Medical Students, 
27 ; * Diathermanous” or ‘‘ Transfervent?” 341 
Adaptation to External Conditions; Frogs and Salamanders, 
401 
Aeronautics in America, 413 
African Exploring Expeditions, 35, 36, 70, 79, 169, 189, 251, 
270, 289, 351, 391 
Agassiz (Prof.), The Hassler Expedition, 111, 230 ; Sub-marine 
Photography, 210; Survival of the Fittest, 404; Penikese 
Island and 50,000 dollars given to him by Mr. J. Anderson, 
445, 471, 477 
** Air and Water, Hygiene of,” by W. Proctor, M.D., F.C.S., 
318 
Air-Battery, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., 472 
Airy (Hubert, M.D.), Leaf Arrangement, 341, 403, 442 
Aitken (John), Glacier Motion, 287 
Alabama, Climate of, 231 
Algee, M. de Brebisson’s Collections, 332 
Algeria, Geodetic Operations in, 450 
Alleghany Observatory, 251 
Aloes, American, 335 
Altum (Dr. Bernard), “ Forest Zoology,” 141 
“Amber Works in Western Yunan, 317 
America: Aeronautics, in, 413 ; Penikese Island given to Prof. 
Agassiz, 445, 471, 477; Prof. Tyndall’s Lectures, 34, 54, 150, 
190, 224, 249, 268, 370, 445, 490; Scienceand the Press, 445 | 
(See Alleghany, Boston, California, Manitoba, New York, 
Philadelphia) 
American Museum of Natural History, 332 
American Scientific Intelligence, 56 
American Signal Service, 484 
American Survey and Geological Survey, 370, 371 
American Indians, their Origin, 203 
Anderson (J., M.D.), ‘‘ Expedition to Western Yunan,” 317 
Anderson (John), his gift of Penikese Island and 50,000 dollars 
to Prof. Agassiz, 445, 471, 477 
Anderson (J. F.), November Meteors at Pau, 123 
Animals: Instinct, Inherited Instinct, and Perception in, 281, 
303, 322, 340, 360, 361, 371, 377, 499, 417, 424, 437, 443) 
444, 463, 483 
Ansted (Prof.), Accident to, 452 
Anthropological Institute, 39, 75, 135, 175, 208, 213, 249, 255, 
267, 295, 310, 373, 395, 415, 455 
Antinomies of Kant, 262, 282 
Ants, Nature and Habits of, 10 
Ants, Perception in, 443 , 
“ Ants, Harvesting,” by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 337, 453 
Aquaria: Brighton, 169, 209, 231, 362, 4513; Crystal Palace 
15; San Francisco, 151 
Aquatic Articulata, 469 
Arachnida, Hints on collecting, 163 (See Trap-door Spiders) 
Arctic Exploration, 7, 53. 117, 157, 170, 188, 208, 231, 249, 
270, 311, 395, 413, 432, 452 
Aristotle, Anticipation of Natural Selection, 402 
Armstrong (Sir W., C.B.), The Coal Question, 270, 291 
Articulata, Aquatic, 469 
Ashmolean Society, 370 
| Assyria, Daily Telegraph Exploration, 151, 210 
Assyrian Record of the Deluge, 55, $7 
Astronomical Expedition, American, 107 
Astronomy, Belgian Contributions to, 23 
Atlantic Telegraph, Free Transmission of Astronomical Obser- 
vations, 250 
Atmosphere, its Blue Colour, 132 
Atmospheric Electricity, 9 
Atmospheric Haze, 291 
Atmospheric Refraction, 163 
Atropia and Physostigma, 69 
Attwood (F. L.), Physics for Medical Students, 7 
Aurora by Daylight, 29 
Aurora, Spectrum of, 182, 201, 242, 463 ; Polarisation of, 201 
Auroral Display at Carlisle, 481 pbs 
Auroral Phenomena, Trebizond, 181 
Australia, the Rising of, 129 
Australia, Science in, 452 
Australia and Tasmania, Geological Map, 249 
** Australian Mechanic and Journal of Science,” 274 
Babbage (the late Chas., F.R.S.), Sale of his Mathematical 
Collections, 34; his “ Tables” and Library, 171 
Babinet (M.), Obituary Notice of, 53 
Backhouse (T. W.), Day Aurora, 29 ; The Zodiacal Light, 341 ; 
Spectrum of Aurora, 463 
Bacteria (See Bastian, H. C., M.D., Beginnings of Life) 
Bagehot (Walter), “‘ Physics and Politics,” 277 
Baillon (H.), ‘‘ Natural History of Plants,” 320 
Baird (Wm. M.), Obituary notice of, 89 
Baker (Sir S. and Lady), Reported Murder of, 489 
Baranetzky (J.), Diosmotic Properties of Colloids, 152 
Barbados, Rainfall at, 124, 161 
Barber (Samuel), November Meteors at Liverpool, 123 
Barrett (W. F., F.C.S.), Prof. Tyndall’s Researches on Radiant 
Heat, 66 
Barrington (R. M.), Phosphorescence in Wood, 464 
Barrows, in Cornwall, 378 ; near Beverley, 452 
Bartlett (A. D.), Silver Medal to him on the rearing of the Hip- 
popotamus, 150 : 
Bastian (H. C., M.D., F.R.S.), his Experiments, 123, 180, 
242, 261, 302, 321, 380, 413, 4343 ‘‘ Note on the Origin of 
Bacteria” (Roy. Soc.), 275 
| Bath Natural History Society, 151 
Baumhauer (E, H. von), Dutch Society of Sciences, 464 
| Beale (Prof. L. S., F.R.S.), Physics for Medical Students, 7 
Bees, Perception in, 410 ; Inherited Instinct, 417 
Beet-Sugar, 375 
‘Beginnings of Life,” Dr. H. C, Bastian, F.R.S., on, 26; 
Discussion on, 104, 123, 180, 242, 380, 413, 434 
Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club, 35 
Belgian Academy, 369 
Belgian Contributions to Astronomy, 23 
Belgium, Magnetic Survey of, 295 
Belgium, Report on Botanical Science, 320, 334; Science in, 
114, 168, 210 
Bentham (Geo., F.R.S.), Our National Herbarium, 26 ; Carex 
and Uncinia, 372 
Bennett (A. W., F.L.S.), Pollen-eating Insects, 202 ; External 
Perception in Animals, 322, 361 
Berlin University, 89 ; Professorship of Photography, 88 ; African 
Expedition, 151; New Physiological Laboratories, 405 ; 
Transit of Venus, 451 
Berne, Scientific Society, 235 
