1V 
Riblical Archeology, Society of, 112, 115 
Liichromate Photographs, 67 
Liela’s Comets, 4 
Biological Professorship, Magdalen College, Oxford, 464, 513 
ljiology, Examinations of Science and Art Department, 550 
sird of Paradise, new, 151, 305, 501 
Birds, Classification of, 131 
Birds, Flight of, 86, 324, 362 
“ Birds of the Humber District,” roo 
Birds of the Malay Archipelago, 54 
Hirds of New Zealand, 151 
‘* Birds, North American,” by Elliott Coues, M.D., 21 
Birmingham: Free Libraries Committee, 172 ; Natural History 
and Microscopical Society, 334, 355, 469; Birmingham and 
Midland Institute, 472, 492 
Boa Constrctor killed in India, 231 
Bologna, Academy of Sciences, 113 
Bonney (Rev. T. G., F.G.S.), Lakes of the North-eastern Alps, 
18 ; Science at Cambridge, 83 
Borlase (W.C.), Free-Standing Dolmens, 202, 344 
Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 35 ; Melbourne, 334 
Botanical Society, 313 
Botanical Society of France, 171 
3otany (Sze British Association, Sec. D) 
Botany ‘‘ Grafting and Budding,” by C. Baltet, 180 
Brachiopoda, Systematic Position of, 391 
Bradford, British Association Meeting at (See British Associa- 
tion) 
3rady (George S.), Collecting and Preserving Microzoa, 68 
wrady (H. B., F.L.S.), Cinchona Culture, 555 
Drain, Effect of Education in Developing the, 152 
I’ rain, Localisation of the Cerebral Functions, 468, 477 
** Brain, Convolutions of the,” by Dr. A. Ecker, 516 
Krazil Rock Inscriptions, 46° 
Bream, Variation of Colour in, 25 
brewer (W. H.), Gassendiand Natural Selection, 163 
Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society, 334 — 
aghton Aquarium (Sve Aquarium, Brighton) 
Gritish Association for the Advancement of Science :—Mee'ing 
at Brad‘ord ; Arrangements, 251, 312, 370, 405 ; Officers, 
292; Inaugural Address by Prof. A. W. Williamson, 
F.R.S., 406; Soirée, 448; Report of Council, 448; At- 
tendance, Grants, 473 
Section A (Mathematicaland Physical Sctence).—Officers, 292 ; 
Opening Address by Prof. H. J. S. Smith, 448; Report 
on Instruction in Elementary Geo netry, 452; Report on 
Shooting-stars, 474 ; Etherial Friction, by Pr f. B. Stewart, 
494; Cyclones, Rainfa'l, and Sunspots, by C. Meldrum, 
495; Effect of Pres-ure and Temperature on Spec'ra of 
Gases, by A. Schusver, 496; Dynimometers, by R. S. Ball, 
497; Inroduction of the Dectmal Point, by J. W. L. 
Gliisher, 515 
Section B (Chemical Science).—Officers, 292 ; Opening Ad- 
dress by W. H. Russell, F.R.S., 415; Report on Gold 
Assays, 475; Process for Purifyg Coal Gas, by A. Ver- 
non Harcourt and F, W. Fison, 475 ; Artificial Magnetite, 
by J. Spiller, 475 ; Constitution of Silicaces, by Prof. S ha- 
farick, 475; Sulphide of Methyl and Bromacetic Acid, by 
Prof. Crum Brown, 475 
Section C (Geology).—Officers, 292 ; Opening Address by John 
Phillips, 419 ; Fossils in the North-western Highlands, by 
W. Jolly, 476; Earthquakes in Scotland, by Dr. Bryce, 
476; Report on the Settle Cave, by W. Boyd Dawkins, 
476; Report of the Boulder Committee, by the Rev. H. W. 
Crosskey, 476; Wein Sill of Northumberland, by W. 
Topiey and G. A. Lebour, 476; Maltese Fossil Elephants, 
by Dr. A. Leith Adams, 497 ; Sub-Wealden Exploration, 
by H. Willett and W. Topley, 497; Rocks of St. David’s, 
by H. Hicks, 497 
Sectiom D (Biology). —Officers, 292; Opening Address by 
Prof. Allmann, 421 
Sub-Section D (Department of Zoology and Botany).—Report 
on the Foundation of Foreign Stations, 454. (Department 
of Anatomy and Fhysiology).—Opening Address by Prof. 
R ithe ford, 455 ; Localisation of the Functions in the Brain, 
by Prof. Feriier, 477; Huizinga’s Experiments on Abio- 
genssis, by Dr. Burdon-Sanderson 478: Electricity of 
Diomea muscipula, by Dr. Burion-San ierson, 479; Nature 
of Cholera, by Dr. Brunton, 479. (Department of Anthro- 
fology).—Opening Address by John Beddoe, 457 ; Morality 
INDEX 
British Association (continued) :— 
and Religion in Early Civilisation, by E. B, Tylor, 498 ; 
Glands of Drosera, by A. W. Bennett, 479 
Section E (Geography).—Officers, 292 
Section F (Economic Science and, Statistics).—Officers, 292 
Section G (Mechanical Science).—Officers, 292 ; Opening Ad- 
dress by W. H. Barlow, 426 
British Medical Association, 270, 292, 304, 313 
British Museum, Purchase of Mr. Wallace’s Birds of the Malay 
Archipelago, 54; Report on Botanical Department, 210; 
Bequest of Oriental Caligraphy, 232 ; Pay of Officers, 217 
Brodie (Sir B.C., Bart., D.C.L.), Marsh Gas and Formic Acid ; 
Electric Decomposition of Carbonic Oxide, 164; Scientific 
Instruction at Universities, 197, 339 ; Speech on Opening of 
Owens College, 508 : 
Brook-Smith (J.), “ Arithmetic in Theory and Practice,” 159 
Browne (A. H.), Order of Merit for Scientific Men, 223 
Bruhns (Prof. Karl), ‘‘ Life of Alex. von Humboldt,” 238 
Brunton (Dr.), Nature of Cholera (Br. A.), 479 
Bryce (Dr. J., F.G.S.}, Earthquakes in Scotland (Br. A.), 476 
Bubale from Abyssinia, 364 
Buck (E. C., B.C.S.), Collective Instinct in Animals, 302 ‘ 
Buckland (Frank), ‘* Familiar History of British Fishes,” 261 
Buddington (Capt. S. O.) and the Fo/aris Expedition, 75, 218, 
404, 435 
Buffalo, Society of Natural Sciences, 172, 315 
Buller (Dr. W. L.), Birds of New Zealand, 151 
Burton (Capt. R. F.), Lacerda’s Journey to Cazemhbe, 429 
Bushmen of South Africa, their Drawings and Paintings, 6 
Butterflies, Migration across Isthmus of Panama, 536 
Calcutta, Zoological Garden at, 34 
California : Academy of Sciences, 116 ; Acclimatisation of Fish, 
171 
Caligraphy, Oriental, Bequest to British Museum, 232 
Cambrian Archeological Association, 292 
Cambridge ; Oreodon Remains in Woodwardian Museum, 30), 
385 ; Rede Lecture 86, 122; Report of Science Commission, 
3373; Science at, 12, 54, 93, 110, I51, 512, 557; A Voice 
from, 21, 41, 83 ; Trinity College Natural Science Fellowship 
and Scholarship, 25, 35 ; Observatory at, 131 
Canarese Snakes, 303 
Cannibalism in Florida, 112 ; in Central Africa, 374 
Carbon Battery Plates, 487, 529 
Carné (Louis de), ‘f Travels in Indo-China,” 258 
Carpenter (Dr. W. B., F.R.S.), elected Member of Paris Aca- 
demy of Sciences, 230 
Carpenteer-bees killed by Orioles, 253 
Carruthers (W.), Report on Botanical Department, British Mu- 
seum 210 ; 
Carus (Prof. J. Victor), Address on Zoology, 55; History of 
Zoology, 118 q 
** Castleton, Derbyshire, Handbook to,” 172 
Caterpillars, Venomous, 7, 44, 101, 303, 466, 487 : 
Cave at Setile, W. B. Dawkins, F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 476, 540 
Caves in West and South Coast of Scotland, 293 
“ Cazembe, The Lands of,” by Dr. D. Lacerde, 429 
Cephalopod, Gigantic, in Japan, 112 
Cerebral Functions, Localisation of the, 467, 477, 516 
Chacornac (Jean), Obituary Notice of, 512 
Challenger, The, Progress of, 53. 333, 5353 Notes from 
the Challenger, by Pzof. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., 28, 51, 
109, 246, 266, 347, 400 
Challis (Prof. J.), ‘‘ Mathematical Principles of Physics,” 279 
' Charterhouse School of Science, 210 
Chauveau (A.), ‘‘ Comparative Anatomy of Domesticated Ani- 
mals,” 158 
Chemical S_ience (Sze British Association, Section B) 
Chemical Society, 39, 79, 135, 194 
Chemical Society, Berlin, 80, 135, 176, 236, 256, 316 
Chemistry : Laboratories of Natural History Museum, Paris, 226; 
Prof. A. W. Wiulliamson’s Inaugural Address at British Asso- 
ciation, 406 ; Professorship in Engineering College at Jeddo, 
12; ‘‘Chemistry, Elements of,” by Dr. W. A. Miller, 260 ; 
“* Chemistry for Schools,” by C. H. Gill, 160 ; ‘* Chemistry, 
History of,” by F. Hoefer, 320; ‘‘ Chemistry, Practical, Junior — 
Course of,” by Prof. Roscoe, 242; ‘‘Chemistry, the ABC — 
of,” by Mrs. R. B. Taylor, 260; ‘‘ Chemistry, the Birth of,” 
by G. F. Rodwell, 56; Valentin’s ‘‘ Qualitative Analysis,” 199 — 
