Nalun, Jn 



1886] 



Balkhash, Lake, Fish-Fauna of, Nikolsky, 327 



Hall (Sir Robert S., F.R.S.) : Elliptic Space, 86 ; the Story of 

 the Heavens, 124 ; Astronomy during the Nineteenth Cen- 

 tury, Agnes M. Gierke, 313 



ISalloons : Ballooning in France, 88 ; Stray Balloon, Gen. Sir 

 J. H. Lefroy, F.R.S., 99; Navigable Balloon, M. Rcnanl 

 on, 421 ; Aerial Navigation, Dr. William Pole, F.R.S. ,444. 

 See also Aeronautics 



Hambeke (Ch. Van), on Heredity, 520 



Bamboo, Square, Dr. D. J. Macgowan, 560 



Banded Spectra, Stars with, N. C. Duner, Miss A. M. Gierke, 



5S3 

 Bark Bread, 429 

 Barnard's Comet, 185, 236, 256, 426, 466, 518; Barnard and 



Fabry's Comets, 376 

 Barnstaple, Remarkable Meteor near, 327 

 Barometer: History of the, W. Ellis, 551 ; Exhibition of B.iro- 



meters at the Royal Meteorol igical Society, 347, 449, 



S'S 

 Barometric Pressure in the Tropics, D. A. Woeikof, 342 

 Barometrical Investigations, Dr. Grunnach, 480 

 Baron (Rev. R.), Notes on the Volcanic Phenomena of Central 



Madagascar, 415 

 liarral (M.) and Wife, Murder of, by the Danakils, 612 

 liarrett (Prof. W. F. ), Fog- Penetrating Power of Double Quadri- 



form Burner, 335 

 Barton (Catherine), Newton : His Friend : and His Niece, 



Augustus De Morgan, 557 

 Basalt Rocks of Mull, th?, J. Starkie Gardner, 2S5 

 Basalts, Gabbros, and Dolerites of the Tertiary Age, Prof. 



J. W. Judd, F.R.S., 263 

 Bashforth (Rev. F. ), Law of the Resistance of the Air to the 



Motion of Projectiles, 604 

 Basic Cinder, Prof Wrightson and Dr. Munro, 595 

 Bassia parkii^ the Gutta-percha of Heckel and Schlagflcn- 



hauffen, 120 

 Bates (E. F.), November Meteors, 104 

 Bates (H. W. , F.R.S.), Central American Coleoptera, Vol. L, 



Part I, 77 

 Bathy-hypsographical Maps, E. G. Ravenstein, 280 

 Batrachian Larv^e, Histological Studies of. Prof. A. KoUiker, 



473 

 lieauregard (M. O. ), on the Common Origin of Malays and 



Dravidians, 549 

 Bechuanaland, Condition of Natives in, Capt. Condor, 



552 



Becker (G. F. ), Theorem of Maximum Dissipativity, 548; a 



New Law of Thermo-Ghemistry, 548 

 Pieddard (F. E. ), on the Visceral Anatomy of Birds, 93 

 Beddoe (John), the Races of Britain, Ghas. Roberts, 217 

 Bedford Ladies' College, 93 

 Bee-Cells, Structure of. Dr. Mtillenhoff, 407 

 ee's Cell, Kepler's Description of the .Structure of the. Dr. 



Midlenhoff, 623 

 Bees and other Hoarding Insects, 64 

 Beetle, Longicorn, Ravages on Grange-Trees of Larva; of, 



Macleay, 23 

 Beetles in New Zealand, 191 

 Behring Island, Leonard Stejneger, 44 

 Behrinii's Sea, Stejneger's Expeditions in, 136 

 Behring Straits, the Fox in the, 136; the Field-Mouse in the, 



136 

 Belgian Fossils, E, Dupont, 333 

 Belgium, Steel Railw.ay- Sleepers in, 41 

 Belgium, the King of. Prize for Scientific Essay, 516 

 Belknap (G. E.), Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. 



Naval Observatory, 330 

 Bell (Prof F. Jeffrey), Zoological Record, 1884, 341 

 Beloit College Observatory, A. L. Chapin, 81 

 Beman (Prof.), of the University of Michigan, U.S., Boole 



Justified and Monge Reinstated in his Rights by. Prof. J. J. 



Sylvester, F.R.S., 581 

 Ben Nevis : Measurement of Movements of the Earth with 



Reference to Proposed Earthquake-Observations on, Prof J. 



A. Ewing, 68 ; Observatory, 159 ; Rainfall on, 347 ; Weather 



Reports, 464 ; Rainband Observations on, Mr. Kankin, 622 ; 



Rainfall and Winds at, Mr. Omond, 622 

 Benda (Dr.), Spermatogenesis, 623 

 Beneden (Prof. P. J. Van), Jubilee of his Professorship, 



396 



Benefits which Society Derives from Universities, D. C. Gil- 

 man, 281, 305 



Benham (W. B.), Studies on Earthworms, 547 



Bennett (Alf W.), Symbiosis between Fungi and the Roots 

 of Flowering Plants, 212 



Bennett (Peter D.), Tensile Tests of Iron and Steel Bars, 



351 



Beobachtungen Uber die Dammerung msbesondere iiber das 

 Purpurlicht und Seine Beziehungen zum Bishop'schen Sonnen- 

 ring, 483 



Berlin : Dr. Borsch on Seismic Oscillations observed in, 71 ; 

 Rain-G.au^es in, 72 ; Meteorological Society of, 72, 384, 408 ; 

 Physical Society, 95, 287, 312, 432, 480, 527, 552 ; Physio- 

 logical Society, 143, 215, 360, 407, 576, 623 ; Destruction of 

 Three Tall Chimneys by Gun-cotton in, 208 ; Proposed 

 Anthropological E.xhibition, 276 ; Anthropological Society of, 

 464 ; Academy of Sciences, 278 ; Ethnographical Museum, 

 327 ; Geographical Society of, 399,521 ; the Squall of Januaiy 



5, 528 

 Bernard (Claude) on the Glycogenic Function of the Liver, 122 ; 



Statue of, 347 

 Bert (Paul) : and the Promotion of Science in Tonquin, 278 ; and 



the Paris Academy of Sciences, 347 ; Farewell Address of, 



383 



Berthclot : Action of Argillaceous Clays in Fixing Free Atmo- 

 spheric Nitrogen in Plants, 24 ; on Reciprocal Action of 

 Hydrochloric and Hydrosulphuric Acids and the Salts of 

 Antimony, 287 



Berlin on the Ethnological Position of the Bushmen, 375 



Bertrand (M.) Eloge on Dumas, 159 



lieryl of Gle icuUen, 191 



Beverages, Effects on Digestion of various, 326 



Bibliography of Protozoa, Sponges, Coelenterata, and Worms, 

 &c., D'Arcy W. Thompson, 174 



llicycling, Dynamics of, 455 



Bidwell (Shelford), on Iron Wires under Tension, 597 



Bie!a's Comet, the Story of. Prof. H. A. Newton, 392, 

 41S 



Bienne (Lake oQ, Skulls found in Pile-D. veilings of, Dr. Studer, 



Binary Star 7 Coronse Australis, 425 



Binary Star & Delphini, 51S 



Biological Notes, 329, 398, 367, 519 



Biological Research, Italian Aid to. Prof Trinchese, Prof 

 Todaro, Prof. Passerini, Prof. Giglioli, Lieut. Chierchia, and 

 Prof. Dohrn, 52 



Birch (Dr. Samuel, F.S.A.), Death of, 207 



Birds : Bird, Australian Lyre, Alfred Morris, 30 ; South Ame- 

 rican Bird Music, W. H. Hudson, 199 ; Bird-Murder, Prof. 

 R. Bowdler Sharpe, 553 ; the Visceral Anatomy of Birds, 

 F. E. Beddard, 93 ; Blackbird with White Feather, J. J. 

 Miu-phy, 176 ; J. Busk, 222 ; E. Brown, 222 ; A. S. Mathews, 

 269 ; British Cage- Birds, R. L. Wallace, W. B. Tegetmeier, 

 412; History of 13ritish 15irds, Henry Seebohm, 403 ; Method 

 of Watching the Embryo Growth in Birds' Eggs, Prof. 

 Gerlach, 497 



Birmingham, Science Teaching in, 182 



Birmingham Philosophical .Society, 431 



"Bishop's Ring," Edward F. Taylor, 533 



Bismarc;< Archipelago, Official N.ames of Places in, 186 



Black Colour, Protective Influence of, from Light an 1 Heat, 

 Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 559 



Black Sea, Winds on Shores of, Spindler, 184 



Black-lime of China, 590 



lilackberry Blossoms in November, J. J. Murphy, 31 



Blackbird with White Feather, J. J. Murphy, 176; Thos. J. 

 Busk, 222 ; E. Brown, 222 ; A. S. Mathews, 269 



Blake (W. P.), Meteorite found in Tennessee, 332 



Bhkesley (Thos. H.), Alternating Currents of Electricity, 



243 

 Blanchard (Prof. R.), Traite de Zoologie Medicale, 174 

 Blanford (II. F., F.R.S.), on the Winter Rains of Northern 



India, 234 

 Blood, on the Coagulation of, Ernst Freund, 395 

 Blossoms, Blackberry, in November, J. J. Murphy, 31 

 Blumentritt (Prof,), the Caroline Islands, 44; on the Tribe of 



Guinaus of Abra in Luzon, 378 

 Boas (Dr.), Journeys in Baffin Land, 211 



Bodies at Low Temperatures, Prof. Langley on the Emission- 

 Spectra of, 426 



