INDEX 
 Microzoa, ‘Method of Collecting and Preserving, 68 
Milk, Condensed, 97 ? ; 
Mill (John Stuart), Obituary Notices, 47, 53; Memorial to, 
210; Bequests for Female Education, 371 
Miller (R. Kalley, M.A.), ‘‘ Romance of Astronomy,” 140 
Miller (S. H.), Mirage in the Fens, 182 
- Miller (W. A., M.D.), ‘‘ Elements of Chemistry,” 260 
-Miiler-Casella Thermometers broken in Deep-sea Soundings, 
f 
I 
Cy Mind, The Human,” by J. G. Murphy, LL D., 281 
Mind in the Lower Animals, Dr. J. Lauder Lindsay on, 91 
Miners’ Association of Cornwall and Devon, Prizes, 14 
Miners’ Rules in the 17th Century, 47 
_ Mirage in the Fens, 182 
| Mivart (St. George, F.R.S.), ‘‘ Elementary Anatomy,” 221 ; 
The Common Frog, 470, 510 
Mobius (K., and H. A. Mayer), “‘ Fauna der Kieler Bucht,” 3 
Molecules, Prof. Clerk-Maxwell on, 437 
Molecular Evolution, 473 
Molecules in Motion, 537 
Mollusca of Kiel Bay, 3 
Monckhoven’s ‘‘ Photography,” 482 
Mongolia, Western, Ney Elias’s Journey through, 114 
Monkeys, their Tears and Care for the Dead, 103, 163 
Montiero (M.), Journey in Africa, 429 
Morality and Religion in Early Civilisation (Br. A.), 498 
Morrell (G. H., M.A.), ‘‘Students’ Manual of Comparative 
Anatomy and Dissection,” 4 
Morse (Prof. E. S.) Brachiopoda, 391 ; Variations in Wave- 
lengths, 393 ; Mentone Skull, Evolution Theory, 392 
Moscow, Société Impériale des Naturalistes, 562 
Motion in a Circle, 6, 27, 77 
** Motion of Projectiles,” by F. Bashforth, B.D., 503 
Mott (A. J.), Atoms and Ether, 322 
Miiller (Dr. Hermann), “‘ Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects,” 
161, 187, 205, 223 
Munich, Royal Academy of Sciences, 118 
Muscular Irratibility after Systemic Death, 132 
Musical Stones, 46 
Murphy (J. G., LU.D.), ‘The Human Mind,” 281 
Murphy (J. J., F.G.S.), Winters and Summers, Cyclones, 
182 ; European Weeds and Insccts in America, 202; Ab- 
normal Ox-eye Daisy, 303 ; Harmonic Echoes, 487 
Murray (A.), Venomous Caterpillars, 44 
Myers (A. T.), Fertilisation of the Pansy, 202 
“Mythology, Zvological,” by Prof. De Gubneratis, 43 
Nachtigal (Dr.), Exploration in Central Africa, 75 
Napier (Commander R.H.), Ingenuity in a Pigeon, 324 
Naples, Zoological Station at, 34, 81, 454, 491 
National Museums: Correspondence of Society of Arts and the 
Premier, 543 
Natural History Collections in the East India Museum, 5 
Natural History Museum, South Kensington, 129 
Natural History School at Penikese Island (See Agassiz, Alex.) 
“Natural Philosophy, Notes on,” by G. F. Rodwell, F.C.S., 
_ 1c0 ‘ 
Natural Selection anticipated by Maupertius and Gassendi, 162 
Nautical Almanac, 529 
Naval Architecture, Instruction in, 76 
Navigation, Coefficient of Safety in, 394 
Negretti and Zambra (H.), Deep:sea Soundings and Thermo- 
meters, 529 
Nelaton (Dr.), Death of, 436 
Nerve Force, Origin of, 265, 324, 362, 465 
Nests of Fish, 25 
Neumayer (Dr.), Measurement of Deep-sea Temperatures, 195 
New Brunswick, Geclogy of, 393 
Newcast!e-upon-Tyne, College of Physical Science, 230, 272, 
371, 514 
Newcomb (Prof.), Tables of the Motions of Uranus, 54 
New Guinea, Exploration in, 75; D’Albertis’ Excursion to, 
501 
New Planets, 192, 371, 493 
Newton (Prof. Alfred), Notornis of Lord Howe’s Island, 350 
New York: Menagerie in Central Park, 355 ; State Cabinet of 
Natural History, 355 
New York Tribune, Cheap Reports of Scientific Lectures, 232 
New Zealand, Echinodermata of, 104 ; Birds of, 1 51 
Nicols (Arthur), Abnormal Colouration in Fish, 46 
Nipher (Frank E.), The Glacial Period, 467 
Nitrogen, Spectrum of, 161 
Noble (Capt. A.), Brazilian Order conferred on, 292 
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, 100 
North London, Glacial Drifts of, 287 
Notornis of Lord Howe’s Island, 350 
Nottingham, Science Lectures at, 536 
Norwich, Social Science Congress, 472 
November Meteors, Brazil, 385 
Obermeier (Dr. Oto), Obituary Notice of, 371 
Observatories: Washington, 35, 253; Cincinnati, 54; Cor- 
doba (Argentine Republic), 111, 252; Paris, 110; Highfield 
House, 121 ; Campideglio, Cambridge, 131 ; Columbia (U.S.), 
193; St. Petersburg, 273 ; Cuba, 294; Vienna, Marseilles, 
371 ; Albany (U-S.), 389 ; Mauritius, 446; J. G. Barclay’s, 
473; Sydney, 547 
“*Ocean Highways,” 39, 76, 541 
| Octopus, Young, bred in Brighton Aquarium, 171, °192, 313 
Oldham School of Science, 314 
Oliver (Capt. S. P., R.A.), Cromlechs and Dolmen Mounds, 
344 
Orchids, Fertilisation of, 121 
Order of Intellectual Merit, proposed by Earl Stanhope, 177 ; 
the late J. B. Jukes on, 223; Foreign Orders, 481, 549 
Oreodon Remains in Woodwardian Museum, 309, 385 
Organ Pipes and Reeds, 26, 45 
Oriental Caligraphy, Bequest to British Museum, 232 
Oriental Research as a Means of Education, 538, 559 
Orme (Temple), Hensley’s ‘‘Scholar’s Arithmetic,” 280 
Ormerod (G., F.R.S.), Death of, 514 
Ornithology (See Birds) 
Otter and Seal, Anatomy of the, by Dr. C. G. Lucze, 222 
Oudeman (Dr.), Photographs of Solar Eclipse of 1871, 175 
Owen (Prof. R., F.R.S.), appointed C.B., 74 
Owens College, Manchester, Opening of the New Building, 75, 
506; Address by Prof. Roscoe, 538 
Oxford : Biological Fellowship at Magdalen College, 464, 513; 
Natural Science Fellowships and Scholarships, 535, 506, 523, 
549; Scientific Education at, 71; Report of Science Com- 
mission on, 337; Science at, 21, 55, 130, 170, 171, 404, 436, 
464. , 
Ozone Generator, Improved, 146 
Packard (A. S.), Ancestry of Insects, 249 
Page (D., J.L.D.), “ Text Book of Physical Geography,” 458 
Paladilhe (Dr.), Instinct and Perception in Animals, 284 
Palmieri’s ‘‘ Incendio Vesuviano,” 362, 549 
Pansy, Wild, Fertilisation of, 49, 121, 143, 202 
Paper manufactured from Jute, 192 
Paraguay, Commission on the Resources of, 130 
Parasites of the House Fly, 263 
Paris: Academy of Sciences, 20, 40, 60, 80, 96, 116, 136, 156, 
176, 196, 209, 216, 236, 256, 270, 276, 246, 316, 336, 376, 
396, 405, 480, 500, 520, 542, 562; Acclimatisation Society, 
57; 194, 234, 275; Anthropological Society, 113; Bureau 
des Longitudes, 110 ; Geographical Society, 214 ; Gold Medals 
awarded by Societies, 55 ; Jardin des Plantes, 557; Labora- 
tories of Natural History Museum, 226 ; Physical Society, 73 
Parker (W. K., F.R.S.), Researches on the Anatomy of Fish, 74 
Peccary, Internal Nose of, 488 
Penikese Island (See Agassiz, Alex.) 
Perception in the Lower Animals, 6, 65, 67, 77, 282, 284, 302, 
322 
Periodicity of Rainfall, 194, 245, 547 
Perry (John), Oxford Science Feilowships, 506, 528, 549 
Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 294 
Peterman (Dr.), on the Fo/aris Expedition, 271, 313 
Pettenkofer (Dr. Max von), “Air; its Relations to Clothes, 
Houses, and Soil,” 483 
Phanerogamic Vegetation, Northern Limit of, 487 
Pharmaceutical Society, 404 
Pheasants, Suppression of Scent in, 48 
Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 19, 59, 115, 156, 
276, 500, 520, 541 ; Centennial Exhibition 1876, 355 ; Philo- 
sophical Society, 216 ; Zoological Garden, 55 
Phillips (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Opening Address, Sec. C, Br. A., 
419 ; Wealden Boring, 487 
Phosphorescence in Wood, 46, 103 
