INDEX. 



Abbott (C. C), American Stone Implements, igo, 215 ; Habits 

 of the Belted Kingfisher, 227 



Abel (Prof. F. A., F.R.S.), Accidental Explosions, 436, 477 



Aberdeen University, 413, 457 



Acari mounted for the Microscope, 406 



Acclimatisation : Paris, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, 77, 

 98 ; of PiantS; 135, 174; of Salmon, in Otago, 209 



Acoustic Reversibility, Prof. TyndalJ on, 239 



Adams (Prof A. Leith), Fossil Remains of Fallow Deer in 

 Malta, 247 



"Aerial World," by G. Hartwig, M.D., 385 



Aeronautics {Sie Balloons) 



Africa : Explorations in, 116, 195, 293, 356, 457, 496 ; by Dr. 

 Lenz, 475 ; Livingstone's "Last Journals," 142, 182; Lieut. 

 Cameron's Expedition, 153; Mr. H. M. Stanley's Expe- 

 dition, 153; Capt. Gordon's Expedition, 435; Progress in, 



435 



Agassiz (Prof. A.), Embryology of the Ctenophora;, 76 



Agassiz Jlemorial Fund, 413 



Agricultural Education, 104 



Agricultural Society and the Potato Disease, 67, 109, 128 



Agriculture in Victoria, 361 



AUport (Samuel), Geology and the Arctic Expedition, 268 



Aloes (Tree) of South Africa, Sg, 254 



Alpha Fibre (Esparto Grass), 333 



Alpme Club Map of Switzerland, 8 



" Amazon and Madeira Rivers," by Franz Keller, 241, 262 



America : Bancroft's "Native Races of the Pacific States," 442; 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, 203 ; Sun-ey of Colorado, 

 154; of Texas, 155 ; Anderson School of Natural History, 

 167 ; Natural Phenomena in, 329, 3S6 ; Scientific Survey, 

 381 ; Temperature Chart, 267 



American Society, Paris, 135 



Amphibia, Development of the Columella Auris in, 68 



Amii Expedition, 29 



Amu Darya River, Cause of the Change of its Course, 229 



Anabas scanJois, or Climbing Perch, 109 



Anatomy, Journal of, 257 



"Anatomy, Human," by W. Turner, M.D., 464 



Ancient Jlonuments Bill, 481 



Anderson School of Natural History (U.S.), 167 



Anderson (Prof. Thos.), Obituary Notice of, 35 



Angell (J.), "Elements of Animal Physiology," 185 



Animal Kingdom, Classification of the, loi 



"Animal Physiology," by J. Angell, 1S5 



"Animal Physiolog)', " by J. Cleland, M.D., F.R.S., 504 



Antares, as a Double Star, 249, 274, 287, 405 ; Occultation of, 

 308 



"Anthropological Contributions," by George Gerland, 384 



Anthelm's Star, 407 



Anthropological Institute, Co, 99, 139, 199, 239, 278, 379, 398, 



459 



Anthropological Society, Paris, 98 ; Munich, 496 



Anthropology, Notes and Queries on, 226 



"Ants, Harvesting," by J. T. Mog^ridge, F.L.S., 245J 



Ants and Bees, 306 



Aquaria : Utilisation of, 87; Manchester, 36 : Hastings, 216 ; 

 Southport, Westminster, Plymouth, Edinburgh, Scarborough, 

 Birmingham, 393, 396, 427 



Arctic Exploration : Ur. Petermann on, 37 ; English Arctic Ex- 

 pedition, 16, 55, 61, 75, 85,87, 114, 134, 153, 173, 235, 253, 

 293, 348, 355, 372, 474 ; German Arctic Expedition of 1869- 

 70, 63 ; Austro- Hungarian Expedition of 1872-74, 366, 396, 

 415 ; Geology, 268, 447, 467, 492, 508; Meteorology, 434, 

 467 ; Vegetation, 433 



Argelander (Prof. F. W. A.), Obituary Notice of, 332 



Argentine Republic, Science in the, 253 

 Ascherson (Dr.), Vegetation of the Libyan Desett, 137 

 Ashe (W. Percy), Kirkes' Physiology, 227, 363 

 "Assyrian Discoveries," by Geo. Smith, 441 

 Astronomy : Our Astronomical Column, 228, 249, 269, 286, 

 308, 348, 365, 3S7, 407, 428, 446, 472, 489, 507 ; Brinkley's 

 " Astronomy," by Stubbs and Briinnow, 83 ; Drayson's 

 " Proper Motion of the Fixed Stars," 66 

 Atlantic Notes, 234, 290, 312 

 Atmosphere, Upper Currents of the, 457 

 Atomic Weights, Dalton's Table of, 52 

 Attraction and Repulsion arising from Radiation, 494 

 Aurora;, Geographical Distribution of, 14 

 Austro-Hungarian North Polar Expedition, 396, 415 

 Australia : Exploration in, 93 ; Flora of, 254 {See Sydney, Vic- 

 toria) 



Baker (Sir Samuel W., Pacha, F.R.S.), " Ismailia," 24 



Baldwin (Prof. Thos.), Agricultural Education, 104 



Balfour (F. M., B.A., and M. Foster, B.A.), "Elements of 

 Embryology," 126 



Balloons : Siege (French), 76 ; Ascent from Paris, 429 ; Experi- 

 mental in America, 456 ; Fatal Ascent of the Zenith, 495, 513 



Bamboo Poison, 18 



Banbury, Science at, 310 



Bancroft (H. H.), " Native Races of the Pacific States," 442 



Barometer, Chameleon, 307, 365 



Barrett (Prof W. F.), Sensitive Flame', 129 ; Morse Code, 323 



Basilisk, H.M. S., Survey of Coast Lines, 134 



BaynesjProf. S.), "Encyclopedia Britannica," 343 



Beaumont (Elie de). Obituary Notice of, 41 



Beavers imported to the Isle of Bute, 216 



Beccari (Dr. O.), Discoveries in Herpetology, 447 



Becker (C.L.C.), Obituary Notice of, 455 



Becquerel (M.), Solar Physics, 132 



Bee, Tailor, 476 



Bees and Ants, Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., on, 159, 306' 



Bees and Flowers, 248, 285 



Beetroot Cultivation, 314, 395 



Belfast Natural History Society, 155 



Belgium; Horticulture, 1 54 ; Royal Academy of Sciences, 398; 



Roman Tombs, 435 ; Temperature of Brussels, 444 

 ■Bellot (Lieut.), Volunteer for the Arctic Expedition, 173 



Bennett (Alfred W. ), Flowermg of the Hazel, 466 



Berlin : Academy of Sciences, 1 14 ; German Chemical .Society, 

 200, 240 



Bessemer Steamer, 342 



Bettany (G. T., B.A.), Practical Science at Cambridge, 131 



Bidie (G. ), Suicide of .Scorpions, 29, 47 



Biology, Results of the Polaris Expedition, 134 



Bird (Isabella J.), "The Hawaiian Archipelago,'' 322 j Vol- 

 canic Action in the Sandwich Islands, 386 



"Birds of Europe," by H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., 485 



"Birds of Northumberland and Durham," by Jolm Hancock, 2S1 



" Birds of Shetland," by H. L. Saxby, M.D., Si 



Birds : Flight of, 364 ; Migration of, 5, 135, 149, 234 ; Birds of 

 BoiTieo, 407 ; Bird of Paradise, New, 208 ; Birds of Paradise 

 in New Guinea, 248 ; Birds of Utah, 136 



Birmingham and Alidland Institute ; Address by Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., 21 ; Natural History Society, 274 ; 

 College of Science, 331 



Black (Dr. J. W.), Columnar Formation in Mud^Banks, 2S5 ; 

 Ocean Waves, 444 



Blackbird, Ring, 187, 209, 228 



Blake (Rev. J. F.), Siib-Wealden Exploration, 267 



