1V 
Coal Measures of Scotland, the Geology of the, 345 
Cockroach, the, 435 
Cocoa, by John R. Jackson, 497 
Codrington (T.) on the Superficial Deposits of the South of 
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Geol. Soc.), 178 
Coffee, by J. R. Jackson, 126 
Coleoptera, Plateau on the Flight of, 244 
Colour-Blindness, Correspondence on, 256, 314, 355, 452 
Columbia College, New York, 289 
Comets, Tails of, 25 
Copals, 37 
Coral, a new species of, by W. S. Kent (Br. A.), 505 
Cornell University, 289, 380 
Cornish Minerals, Analysis of two, 37 
Cornish and other Pumping Engines, the Duty of, 345 
Corona, the, 141, 164, 277 
Cosmical Physics, by Prof. Balfour Stewart, 499 
Cotteau et Triger’s Echinides du Départemente de la Sarthe, 352 
Council of the British Association, Report of the, 418 
Cox (Samuel S.), ‘‘Search for Winter Sunbeams,” 5 
Cranial Cavity, the Temperature of the, 192 
Cretaceous Epoch, by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 100 
Cross Fertilisation, 28, 355 
Crystals of Potassia Racemate, 130 
Crystallisation of a Double Salt, J. Berger Spence (Br. A.), 441 
Cuckows’ Eggs, 188, 314 
Curves, the Intersection of, 203 
Cushat, Special Modification of Colour in the, 314 
Cutaneous Nerves, the Termination of, 93 
Dartmoor, Prehistoric Antiquities of, 133 
Darwin and the French Institute, 309 
Darwin before the French Academy, 261, 298 
Dawkins (W. Boyd) on Fossil Mammals in North America, 119, 
232 ; on Platycnemic Men in Denbighshire, 506 
Dawson (J. W.), Precarboniferous Flora of North-eastern America 
(R. Soc.), 35; Primitive Vegetation of the Earth, 85 ; Sigil- 
laria, Calamites, Calamodendron (Geol. Soc.), 95 
Deep-sea Climates, by Prof. Wyville Thomson, 257 
Deep-sea Thermometers, 73 
Deep-sea Explorations, the Geological Bearings of recent, by 
Dr. C, B. Carpenter, 513 
eo eabetehire, Platyenemic Men in, Dawkins and Busk (Br. A.), 
50 
Depraved Appetite, extraordinary instance of, 90 
Derby Free Public Museum, Liverpool, 389 
De Rance (C. E.), Geology of country around Liverpool, 391 
Devon and Cornwall, Archzeology and Geology of, 154 
Devonshire, the Geology of, 376 
Diamond, the Combustibility of the, 39 
Diatomacez, Notes on, 135 
Digestion, the Physiology of, by H. Power, 238 
Discosaurus and its Allies, 248 
Donkin’s Acoustics, by C. Foster, 253 
Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 58, 155, 203, 307; Royal Society, 
155 ; Royal Geological and Zoological Societies, 155 ; Natural 
History Society, 58, 155; Royal Geological Society, 58; 
Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, 58 
Duchenne’s Researches on the Appearance Presented by Sections 
of the Nervous Centres, 108 
_ Dust and Disease, 143 
Earth, the Primitive Vegetation of the, by J. W. Dawson, 85 ; 
External Configuration of the, 397 
Earwaker (J. P.) on a Geological Discovery in Liverpool, 397 
Echinoderms of the Porcupine Expedition, W. Thomson, 464 
Eclipse of December, Expedition to Observe, 74; Action of 
Government, 409 
Economic Museum, Liverpool, 397 
J-conomic Section, Br. A., 428, 468 
Edinburgh : Royal Physical Society, 58 ; Botanical Society, 38, 
267 ; Institute of Engineers, 95 ; Meteorological Society, 306 
Edwards (Prof. A. Mead), ‘‘ Notes on Diatomace ” (Boston | 
Natural History Society), 135 
Electrical Phenomena and Theories, Prof. Tyndall’s Lectures 
on, 243 
Electric Currents, 115 
Electroscopic Experiments, a cause of error in, Sir C. Wheat- 
stone (Royal Society), 17 
Energy, by Dr. Balfour Stewart, 79, 183, 279; the Dissipation 
of, 435 
| Engineering College for the Indian Service, 
INDEX 
316, 353, 374 A 
“ English Cyclopzdia,” Correspondence on the, 83, 187, 297 3. 
English Physiology, Letter by T. M. Braidwood, 413 
English Plantations, New Trees and Shrubs for, 68 
| Entomological inquiries, Letter by T. W. Webb, 298 
Entomological Society, 55, 153, 306 
Ethnological and Anthropological Department, Br. A., 446, 466 
Ethnological Society, 56, 94, 133, 153, 266, 287 
Ethnology of Britain, Address by Prof. Huxley, 56; Influence 
of the Norman Conquest on, Rev. Dr. Nicholas, 56 
Ethylamines, the Preparation of, on a large scale, 40 
Etna in Winter, 142 
Euclid as a Text-Book, 65, 141, 164 
| Euphorbia, Cross-fertilisation and Law of Sex in, 248 
Evans (J.), Stone Implements from Burma, 104; Address to 
Eth. and Anth, Department (Br. A.), 446 
Everard's “ Birds of Marlborough,” 208 
| Evolution of Life, the, H. C. Bastian, 492 
Explosives, the Science of, 49 
Explosive Agents, the History of, 326 
Extension of the Coal-fields beneath the newer Formations of 
England, Edward Hull (Br.A.), 463 
Farrer (T. H.) on Fertilisation of the Barberry, 164 
Fermentation, 179 
Finkelstein (B.), on Hoppe-Seyler’s ‘‘ Handbuch,” 5 
Fish, Keen Sight of, 67 
Fish Torpedo, the, 475 
| Fishes of the Tertiary Shales of Green River, 96 
Fizeau’s Experiments on “* Newton’s Rings,” I’oster, 105 
Flight, Pettigrew and Marey’s Views of, 166 
Flint Lake Ore from the River Gravel of the Irwell, John 
Plant (Br. A.), 506 
Flintshire and part of Devonshire, the Mountain Limestone of, 
G. H. Morton (Br. A.), 526 
Flower (W. H.) on the New Natural History Museum, 61 
Fluid in Plants, a method of ascertaining the rate of extent of, 
5t 
Geobes (David), the Aymara Indians of Boliviaand Peru (Eth. S.), 
266 ; Voleinoes, 283, 336; the External Configuration of the 
Earth, 397; the Utilisation of Sewage, 503 
Fossil and Recent Bones, Composition of, 52 
Fossil Corals, Report on Slicing and Photographing of (Br. A.), 
423; British, Prof. P. M. Duncan (Br.A.), 441 
Fossil Crustacee, H. Woodward (Br. A.), 464 
Fossil Elephants from Malta, by Dr. Leith Adams (Br. A.), 441 
Fossil Mammals in N. America, W. Boyd Dawkins, 119, 252 
Fossil Oysters, by T. W. Flower, 22 
Fossils of Kiltorcan, Report on the, W. H. Bailey (Br. A.), 423 
Foster (G. C.) on Fizeau’s Experiments on Newton’s Rings, 
105 ; on the Intended Engineering College, 316, 374; on 
Donkin’s Acoustics, 253 
Foster (M.), Velocity of Thought, 2 ; Choice of a Microscope, 255 
Gasteropeda, the British Fossil, Lobley (Br. A.), 526 
Gatling Gun, the, 302, 358 
Geikie (A.) on the Ice Age in Switzerland, 310 
Geikie (J.), Geology of the Coal Measures ot Scotland, 345 
General Committee of Br. A., Resolutions of the, 439 
Geographical Distribution of Various Diseases in England, 33 
Geographical Section (Br. A.), 427, 447, 467, 483, 506 
Geographical Society, 17 ; Prize Medals of the, by Chessar, 109 
Geological Section (Br.A.), 422, 441, 463, 480, 503, 526 
Geological Society, 36, 94, 178, 245, 265 
Geological Systems and Endemic Diseases, Dr. Moffat, Br. A., 481 
Gerardin’s (Prof.) efforts to purify the Water of the Croult, 169 
Gerold’s (Dr. Hugo), Ophthalmologische Physic, 209 
Gervais’ ‘‘ Zoologie et Paleontologie générales,” 23 
Girard’s (Jules) “* La Chambre noire et le Microscope,” 65 
Glacial Action in Canada, 246 
Glacial Phenomena, in the Central District of England, Rev. H. 
W. Crosskey (Br. A.), 504; of Western Lancashire and 
Cheshire, 276 
Glaciated Surface of Triassic Rocks near Liverpool (Br.A.), 422 
Glasgow Geological Society, 38 
Glyceric Tribromhydrine, 387 
Gneissoid series in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, TI. Vule 
Hind (Geol. Soc.), 36 = 
Gould (B. A.), a New Observatory in S. Hemisphere, 305 
Gould’s (John) ‘‘ Birds of Asia,” 23 
Gottingen Royal Society of Sciences, 156, 268 
