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INDEX 
[Naave, Fune 21, 1883 
Vivisection Bill, 549 
Vogel (Hermann W.), Lockyer’s Dissociation Theory, 233 
Volatile Bodies, on a Relation existing between the Latent 
Heats, Specific Heats, and Relative Volumes of, F, Trouton, 
292 
Volcanic Ashes, Showers of, 516 
Volta Prize, 89 
Von Graff's Monograph on the Turbellarians, Prof. H. N. 
Moseley, F.R.S., 227 
Volcanic Ernption in the Caucasus, 63 
Volcanic Phenomena in Greek Archipelago, 445 
Von Siebold, Memorial to, 41 
Walker (C. V., F.R.S.), Death of, 228 
Wallace (A. R.) : Difficult Cases of Mimicry, 481; on the Value 
ee “Nearctic ” as one of the Primary ‘Zoological Regions, 
482 
Ward (H. Marshall), on the Genus AMeliola, 234 
Ward (Rowland), the Sportsman’s Handbook to Practical Col- 
lecting, &c., 146 
Warmbrunn, Fulgurite found near, 540 
Wartmann’s Rheolyzer, E. von Fleische, 127 
Warwick Museum, 539 
Washington Observatory, U.S., 300 
Waste Paper in China, 588 
Watch and Clockmaker’s Handbook F. J. Britten, H. Dent 
Gardner, 76 
Water, Sounds produced by Outflow of, Signor Martini, 183 
Water-Analysis, American Researches on, 211, 231 
Waterspouts on Land: James Hosack, 79; J. G. McIntosh, 103 
Watson (Sir Thos.), Death of, 160 
Watts (Arthur), the Comet, 5 
Waves, Mountainous, in Channel in Calm Weather, 540 
Weather, the: J. M. Fountain, 32; J. R. Capron, 198; Alti- 
tude and, Dr. Woeikoff, 223 ; the Recent Cold Weather, W. 
Ingram, 530 ; ‘‘ Weather Forecasts,” the Bishop of Carlisle, 
4, 51; Rev. W. Clement Ley, 29 ; C. W. Harding, 79 
Webb (Rey. T. W.), “‘ Anomalous” Tail to the Comet 1882 4, 
89 ; Mars, 203 
Weights and Measures, 131 
Weldon (Walter, F.R.S.), Present Condition of Soda Industry, 
401 
Westhoff (F.), ‘‘ Die Kafer Westfalens,” 239 
Wetted Solids, Condensation of Liquid Films on, J. W. Clark, 
70 
Winaeion (H. J.), Hovering of Birds, 312 
Whipple (G. M.): the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 83; New 
Apparatus for Testing Sextants, 473 
Whistles, Hydrogen, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 491 
White (Wm.), Paleolithic River Gravels, 53 
White (W. H.), ‘‘ The British Navy : its Strength, Resources, 
and Administrati n,” Sir Thomas Brassey, 549 
Whitehouse (F. Cope), ‘‘ Is Fingal’s Cave Artificial ?”’ 285 
Whitmell (Chas. T.), 
ary Colours, 266 
Whitworth (Sir Joseph), Papers on Mechanical Subjects, 208 
Whitworth (W. A.), 
Centuries, 386 
Wiedmann (E.), Pre-fusional Chemical 
Heated Water containing Salts, 183 
Williams (Dr. C. J. B.):the Comet, 29, 110 ; Transit of Venus, 
197; the Comet 1882 4 during last Month, 197 ; Unprece- 
dented Cold in the Riviera—Absence of Sunspots, 551 
Williams (W. M.), the Inventor of the Incandescent Electric 
Light, 240 
Williamson (John), Ferns of Kentucky, 336 
‘Transposition of 
‘* Natural” Experiment in Complement- | 
the Churchman’s Almanac for Eight | 
Wilson (A. S.), Potato Disease, 523 
Wind, Increase in Velocity of, with Altitude, E. D. Archibald, 
243, 506; Thos. Stevenson, 432; Diurnal Variation of, on 
Open Seas and near and on Land, A. Buchan, 413; E. 
Donglas Archibald, 461 
Winlock (W. C.), t e Comet, 128 
“* Winners in Life’s Race,” Arabella Buckley, 51 
Winter (Karl), Death of, 229 
Wire Guns, James A. Longridge, 11, 35, 53 
Wissmann and Pogge’s African Expedition, 92, 341, 401 
Woeikoff (Dr.) : Altitude and Weather, 223 ; Terrestrial Radia- 
tion and Prof. Tyndall’s Observations, 460 
Wolf on Methods employed in Astronomical Physics, 372 
Wolga, Discovery of Remains of Diluvial Mammals on, 373 
Women Students, College Hall and Residence for, 229 
Wood (Rev. J. G.), Common British Insects, 124 
Workman (Thos.), The ‘‘ Vampire Bat,” 411 
Worms, Charles Darwin on, 20 
Worthington (A. M.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 85; 
Influence of Vacuum on Electricity, 434 
Wragge (Clement L.) : Ben Nevis Observatory, 39, 487 ; Aurora, 
54; Transit of Venus, 158 
Wright (Prof. E. P.), ‘‘Text-Book of Botany, Morphological 
and Physiological,’’ Julius Sachs, 263 
Wright (Lewis), ‘* Light,” 75 
Wrightson (Prof, J.), Ensilage in America, Prof. James E. T. 
Rogers, 479 
Yadrintseff, Siberian Aborigines, 541 
Yarrell (Wm.), A History of British Birds, Part xv., 98 
Year-Book of Pharmacy, 1882, 361 
Yoe (Shway), ‘The Burman,” 5 
Yorkshire College Students’ Association, 19 
Yorkshire List of Lepidoptera, Porritt’s, 540 
Yurgens’ Meteorological Observations at Mouth of Lena, 423. 
Zebra, Speke and Grant’s, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., 604 
Zeitschrift fiir wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 94, 189, 426 
Zeller (Philip Christoph), Obituary Notice of, R. McLachlan, 
F.R.S., 535 
Ziegler (Ernst), ‘‘A Text-Book of Pathological Anatomy and 
Pathogenesis,” 477 ; Death of, 566 
Zine on Sulphur, Action of, Schwarz, 184 
| Zodiacal Light (?), 580; W. H. Robinson, 605: Robert Dwarris 
Gibney, 605; E. Brown, 605 ; D. J. Rowan, 605 
Zoological Expedition up the Niger, W. A. Forbes’s, 14 
| Zoological Gardens, Additions to, 20, 63, 78, 91, 114, 133, 161, 
182, 210, 230, 248, 277, 300, 324, 348, 374, 400, 424, 445, 470, 
497 517, 540, 589, 617 2 . 
“Zoological Notes on the Structure, Affinities, Habits, and 
Mental Faculties of Wild and Domestic Animals,” Arthur 
Nicols, Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 333 
**Zoological Record for 1881,” the, E. C. Rye, 310 ; Sydney J. 
Hickson, 366 
Zoological Regions, Primary, on the Value of the “ Nearctic” 
as one of the, Prof. Angelo Heilprin, 606 
‘* Zoological Sketches,” Felix L. Oswald, Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, 
F.R.S., 333 
Zoological Society, 94, 190, 282, 307, 379, 451, 499, 570, 619 
Zoological Society’s Living Collection, Illustrations of New 
and Rare Animals of, 151, 415 
Zoological Station in Naples, J. IT. Cunningham, 453 
Zoology in Japan, 614 
Zululand, Umdblebi Tree of, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 
| 73 Rev. G. W. Parker, 7, 32 
