1v INDEX 
Avalanche in ieee Sw itzerland, r8t 
Ayrton (Prof. W. E.), Electric Railways, 255 
Bacillus of Tuberculosis (Koch), Preliminary Note on the, J. 
W. Clark, 492 ; Watson Cheyne’s Report on, 563 
Backhouse (Thos. W.), Comet 1882 4, 52, 338; Aurora of 
povember 17, 1882, 141, 315, 415; the Heights of Auroras, 
19 
Baillie-Grohman (W. A.), ‘‘ Camps in the Rockies,” 551 
Baird’s Hare and its Habits, 241 ; ‘[. Martyr, 266 
Baker (B.), Sir Geo. Airy on the Forth Bridge, 222 
Balkan Peninsula, Earthquake in the Northern Part of, 19 
Ball (Dr. R. S.), Transit of Venus, 157; Great Tides, 201 
Balloons: Centenary of the Discovery of, 277; Tissandier’s 
Electromagnetic Engine for directing, 323; Extraordinary 
Run of a small Hydrogen, 400; Electricity as a Motive 
Power for, Napoli, 517 
Baltic, Seals in the, 133 
Baluchistan, Wanderings in, Major-General Sir C. M. Mac- 
Gregor, Prof. A. H. Keane, 359 
Barfoot (W.), the Sea-Serpent, 338 
Barkas (T. P.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurore, 87 ; an Extra- 
ordinary Lunar Halo, 103 
Baro-manometrical Experiments, Kraevit=ch, 324 
Barometer, on the Movements of Air in Fissures and the, 
A. Strahan, 375, 461 
Batson (A.), Auroral ‘‘ Meteoric Phenomena”’ 
1882, 100, 141, 412 
Bavaria, Lower, Discoveries of Gold and Silver in, 399 
Baxter College in Dundee, 247 
Bear Festival among the Ainos, 19 
Bees, Senses of, 46 
Beetles, ‘‘ Die Kafer Westfalens,”’ F. Westhoff, 239 
Belgrade, Skeleton of Mammoth found at, 63 
Bellesme (Prof. J. de), on Claude Bernard, 317 
Benevolence in Animals, Oswald Fitch, 580; Geo. J. Romanes, 
F.R.S., 607 
Ben Nevis, Meteorological Observatory on, 18, 39, 175, 399; 
411, 487 
Bennett (A. W.), Nesting Habits of the Emu, 530 
Berlin: Physical Society of, 95, 143, 216, 236, 284, 380, 403, 
476, 571, 620; Physiological Society of, 120, 191, 216, 355, 
379, 403, 452, 524, 595; Berlin Agricultural Museum, 180 
Bernard (Claude), Prof. J. de Bellesme on, 317 
Berson (M.), Magnetisation of Metals, 183 
Bertillon (Dr.), Death of, 444 
Bhamo, Colquhoun’s Journey to, 63 
Bidwell (Shelford), ‘‘ Electrical Resistance of Carbon Coniacts,” 
376 
Binary Star, ¢ Cancri, 424 
Binary Star, # Eridani, 589 
Binary Stars, 518 
Biology : in Italy, 46 ; Biological Notes, 91, 230; New Lantern 
Slides for Illustrating Biology, 276; Deductive Biolog», 
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 554 
Bird of Paradise, New Species of, 276 
Bird-track by Sea-shore, apparent, 91 
Birds, a History of British, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98 
Birmingham (John), Transit of Venus, 1882, British Expedition , 
180; Intelligence in Animals, 337 
Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, 587 
Bischoff (Dr. T. L. W. von), Death of, 180 
Blackheath, ‘‘ Denehole” at, 324 
Blanford’s Sheep, 415 
Blasius (Dr.), Fossil Souslik in Northern Germany, 247 
Blastopore, Prof. F. M. Balfour on the Existence of a, 215 
Blackman (B.), Anthropology of the Jews, 113 
Bles (E. J.), a ‘‘ Natural” Experiment in Complementary 
Colours, 241 
Blomfield (Rev. L.): Ticks, 552; Helix pomatia, L., 553 
“Blowing Wells,” 375 
Bobenhausen Pile Dwellings, 160 
Bohdalek (Dr.), Death of, 399 
Bohemia, Earthquake in, 400 
Bologna, Earthquake at, 445 
Bombay, Deaths from Snake-bite in, Sir Joseph Fayrer, F.R.S., 
556 
Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.) : Hornblendic and other Schists of 
tthe Lizard District, 71; Proceedings of the American Asso- 
ciation for the Advancement of Science, 501 
Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, Report of the Royal, 114 
of November 17, 
[Nature, Fune 21, 1883 
Botanical Garden, Saharunpur, 588 
Botanical Year Book, Pringsheim’s, 502 
Botany, Text Book of Morphological and Physiological, Julius 
Sachs, Prof, E. P. Wrizht, 263 
Botany of the Challenger Expedition, W. Botting Hemsley, 462 
Bottomley (J. T.), Thomson’s Mouse: Mill Dynamo, 78 | 
Boulger (Prof. G. S.), Epping Forest, 455 
Bowditch (Dr. H. P.), Optical Illusions of Motion, 183 
Bower (F. 0.), Mr, Grant Allen’s Articles on ‘‘ The Shapes of 
Leaves,” 552 
Braces or Waistband ? 531, 553, 580 
3ranfill (B. R.), an Extraordinary Meteor, 149 
Brassey (Sir Thomas), ‘‘ The British Navy; its Strength, Re- 
sources, and Administration,” W. H. White, 549 
Brault on Zsanemones, 20 
Brewer, Distiller, and Wine Manufacturer, 311 
Brewer (W. H.), Evolution of the American Trotting Horse, 
609 
British Association, Proposed Visit to Canada, 41, 88, 299, 398, 
535, 546, 587; Protest against Meeting in Canada, 209 ; and 
Local Societies, 132 
British Birds, a History of, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98 
British Circumpolar Expedition, Capt. Daw son, R.A., 484 
“British Navy ; its Strength, Resources, ana Administration,’ 
Sir Thomas Brassey, W. H.W hite, 549 
Britten (F. J.), Watch and Clockmaker’s Handbook, H. Dent 
Gardner, 76 
Brocklehurst (T. U.), ‘‘ Mexico To-day,” 503 
Bronze Hatchets Discovered at Salez, 540 
Brown (E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86; Meteor, 508; 
the Zodiacal L ight (2), 605 
Brown (J. Campbell), Practical Chemistry, 75 
Brunton (Dr. T. Lauder, F.R.S.): on Inhibition (of Structural 
Functions) and Ac ion of Drugs thereon, 419, 436, 467, 485 ; 
Action of Calcium, &c., on Muscle, 450 
Brussels Observatory, 445 
Buchan (A.), Diurnal Variation of Wind on Open Sea and nea 
and on Land, 413 
Buckley (Arabella), Winners in Life’s Race, 51 
Buenos Ayres, the Comet 1882 4 at, 62 
Bulletin de l’ Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique, 71, 
281, 47 
Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Péters- 
bourg, 94 
Bulletin de la Société d’ Anthropol -gie de Paris, 214 
Bulletin de la Suc. Imp. des Naturalistes de Moscou, 47, 189 
Burmah, Colquhoun’s Journey to. 92 
“*Burman, The,” Shway Yoe, 5; Dr. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., 6 
Burmeister (Dr, H.), ‘‘ Description Prysique de la Republique 
Argentine d’aprés des Observations Personnelles et Etran- 
geéres,” 28 
Burton (Richard F.) and Verney Cameron, ‘‘ To the Gold Coast 
for Gold,”’ 335 
Burton (F. M.), Sap-flow, 530 
Butterflies, Natural Enemies of, Henry Higgins, 338 
Butterflies of India, Burmah, and Ceylon, Marshall and Nicé. 
ville’s, H. J. Elwes, 50 
Cacao: How to Grow and How to Cure it, D. Morris, 566 
Cacciatore (Prof.), Transit of Venus, 180 
Calcium, Lockyer’s Dissociation Theory of, Hermann W. 
Vogel, 233 
Calcium, Barium, and Potassium, Action of, on Muscle, Ioctor- 
Brunton and Cash, 450 
Calcutta: Report of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 114 ; Catalogue 
of Mammalia in the Museum, Dr. Anderson, F.R.S., 172 
Proposed Exhibition in, 209 
Callard (T- K.), Palaeolithic River Gravels, 54 
Cambridge : New Professorships at, 469 ; Philosophical Society, 
62, 119, 143, 403 
Cameron (Verney), Richard Burton and, ‘‘ To the Gold Coas 
for Gold,” 335 
| Campbell (Lewis, LL.D.), the Life of James Clerk Maxwell, 2¢ 
“Camps in the Rockies,” W. A. Baillie-Grohman, 551 
Canada, Proposed Visit of the British Association to, 41, 88 
299, 398, 538, 546, 587; Protest agai st, 209 
Candolle (A. de), ‘‘ Origine des Plantes Cultivées,” 
Cape Horn, Frenzh Mission to, 344 
Cape Sea Lion, 415 
Capello (H.) and Ivens (R.), Central and West Africa, 391 
429 
} Caprifig and Fig, Relations of the, W. B. Ilemsley, 584 
