[NalHre, June 3, 



Bolirman (J. ), on the Heating of the Glass of Condensalors in 

 consequence of the alternative Electrisation, 548 



Boiteau (P.), Phylloxera, 336 



Boletin of Geographical Society of Madrid, 108 



Bombus, Nocturnal Hymenoptera of the Genus, Marquis G. 

 Doria, 392 ; Jno. C. Wilson, 487 



Bommelo Gold-Mines, the, Reusch, 17 



Bone-Caves in North Wales, Recent Researches in, Henry 

 Hicks, F.R.S., and W. Davies, 166 



Boole Justified and Monge Reinstated in His Rights by Prof. 

 Beman, of the University of Michigan, U.S., Prof. J. J. 

 Sylvester, F.R.S., 581 



Borings : in Kent, 190 ; in Oxfordshire, 191 ; at Dover, William 

 Whitaker on, 269 



Borneo, North, Frank Hatton, 267 



Bornholm, Island of, the Antiquities of, 208 



Borsch (Dr.), on Seismic Oscillations observed in Berlin, 72 



Botany, 23, 333 ; Action of Argillaceous Clays in fixing Free 

 Atmospheric Nitrogen in Plants, 24; Candolle Prize, 88; 

 Return of M. Moller, 91; Botanical Gazette, 164; The 

 Cretaceous and Tertiary Floras of the U.S., Leo Lesquereux, 

 J. Starkie Gardner, 196 ; the Nival Flora of Switzerland, 206 ; 

 Report on the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, 234 ; Botani- 

 cal Results of the Clialiengei- Expedition, 338 ; Botany of the 

 Rocky Mountain Region, Dr. John M. Coulter, 433 ; the 

 Saharunpur Botanical Gardens, J. F. Duthie, 539 ; Botany of 

 the Arctic Regions, Buysman, 550 ; Botany of the Naga 

 Hills, C. B. Clarke, 550 ; Plants Considered in Relation to 

 their Environment, 607 



Bottomley (J. T.), Radiation of Heat from the same Surface at 

 different Temperatures, 85, loi 



Boulenger (Geo. Albert), Catalogue of Lizards in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), 316 



Bouley (M.), Death of, 105 



Bourne (G. C.), on the Anatomy of Sphaerotherium, 120 



Bow, Mist-, 366 



Boys (C. V. ), Right-Footed Parrot, 8 ; Machine for the Solu- 

 tion of Equations, 166 



Brachial Plexus, on the Minute Anatomy of the, W. P. Herring- 

 ham, 620 



Brachiopoda, Recent, Dr. Thos. Davidson, 70 ; Sense-Organs 

 of, 191 



Bradshaw (Henry), Obituary Notice of, 366 



Brain, Human, Brcca on the Weight of, 425 



Brandsford (Dr.), the Discovery of Ancient Sculptures in Guate- 

 mala, 17 



Brandis (Herr von), the Volcano Merapi in Java, 46S 



Brazza (M. de). Exploration of the French Congo, 304 



Bread, Bark, 429 



Breitenlohner (Dr.), Respective Heights of the Meteorological 

 Stations of Europe, 610 



Bremen Geographical Society, 44 



Bremen Natural History Society, Formation of a Rutenberg 

 Fund at, 375 



Brettes (Vicomte de). Explorations in Southern Grand Chaco, 

 468 



Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, 161 



Brilliant Meteor, John Stevenson, 176 



Britain, the Races of, John Beddoe, Chas. Roberts, 217 



British Association, Conference of Delegates of Corresponding 

 Societies of the, held at Aberdeen, Francis Gallon, F. R.S., 

 81 ; the 1886 Meeting at Birmingham, 276 



British Birds, History of, Henry Seebohm, 463 



British Cage-Birds, R. L. Wallace, W. B. Te^etmeier, 412 



British Islands, Ramfall of the, 353 



British Museum : Prof Douglas's Catalogue of Printed Maps and 

 Charts in, 63 ; Catalogue of Lizards in the (Natural History), 

 Geo. Albert Boulenger, 316 ; Catalogue of Fossil Mam- 

 malia in the, Richard Lydekker, 365 ; Ethnological Collec- 

 tion at, 565 



British Myzostoma, New, P. Herbert Carpenter, F. R.S., 8 



British Zoophytes, A. S. Pennington, 149 



Broca Memorial, the, 88 



Broca on the Weight of t'le Human Brain, 425 



Brodie (^Rev. O. G.), on Two Rhtetic Sections in Warwickshire, 



55' 



Brook, Relation of Yolk to Blastoderm in Fish-Ova, 335 

 Brook-Trout, the Value oi, in England, 425 

 Brooks, W. IC), Artificial Propagation of Oysters, 329 

 Brown (E.), Blackbird with White Feather, 222 



Brown (Edwin Orniond), Death of, 160 



Brown (Prof G. T.), Animal Life on the Farm, 292 



Brown (J. Croumbie, LL. D:), Forests and Forestry in Poland. 



27 

 Bruce's (E. S.) System of Military Signalling, 41 

 Bruxelles, Tableaux-Resumes des Observations Faites a, A. Lan- 

 caster, 390 

 Bryant (.Mrs.), School-Children as Observers, 94 

 Buchanan (J. Y.), Surveying at St. Thomas, 495 

 Bucharest, Earthquake in, 425 

 Buckland Museum Collection, 88 



Buckland Museum, Incubation of Salmonida; at the, 210 

 Bulletin de I'Academie Royale de Belgique, 23, 213, 332, 524, 



572, 620 

 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1884, 38 

 Bulletin of Belgian Society of Geography, 108 

 Bulletins de la .Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris, 548 

 Bunge's (Dr.) Exploration to New .Siberian Islands, 539 

 Burgbrohl (Rhine), Natural Supply of Carbonic Acid Gas at, 



•7 

 Burma, as it was, as it is, and as it will be, James George Scott, 



53t 

 Burn (Robert Scott), Systematic Small Farming, 266 

 Bushe (Col. C. K.), Friction and Molecular Structure, 199 

 Bushmen, Mr. Berlin on the Ethnological Position of the, 



375 



Busk (J.), Blackbird with White Feather, 222 



Butler, Vaseline as a Substitute for, 450 



Butterflies : European, W. F. de Vismes Kane, R. McLachlan, 

 F.R.S., 171 ; Longevity of, 183; in Ceylon, Migration of, 

 277 ; an Enterprising Butterfly, Daiiais archippus, 467 



Biittner (Dr.), Death of, 211 



Buysman (M.), Botany of the Arctic Regions, 550 



Cage-Birds, British, R. L. Wallace, W. B. Tegetmeier, 412 

 Calcareous Formations of the Solomon Group, Observations on 



the Recent, H. B. Guppy, 202 

 Calculus of Variations, a Treatise on the, L. B. Carll, J I 

 Calculus, Differential and Integral, an Introduction to the, with 



Examples of Application to Mechanical Problems, W. J. 



Millar, 99 

 Calculus, Differential and Integral, A. G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 



Major Allan Cunningham, 412 

 Calcutta, Report on the Royal Botanic Garden, 234 

 California, Ravages by Sea- Lions on Fish in, J. D. Reading, 



41 



California, University of, 61 



Caliste gouldi, Sclater, 93 



Calorimetrical Thermometers, 405 



Cambodia, Ascent of Meikong Rapids by Commander Rcveillere, 



9' 



Cambridge, Award of the Smith Prizes, 93 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, 16S 



Cameron, William, an Honorary Colonial Explorer, 18 



Cameroon, Exploration of, 399 



Canada: Cretaceous Floras of. Sir William Dawson, F.R.S., 



31; Agriculture in, 218; Ancient Mounds in, 279; Fish 



Culture in, 302, 303 ; French Language in, 497 

 Candolle Prize, 88 

 Cane-Sugar, Mahwa Flowers as a Source of, Prof. A. H, 



Church, 343 

 Cantoni (Prof Gaetano), on the Grape-Vine Mildew, 473 

 Cape, Phylloxera at the, 392 



Capello and Ivens (MM.), Proposed Money Grant to, 44 

 Caporali (Prof), on P-ychis, 62 ; Nuova Scienza, on the Modern 



School of Metaphysicians, 6ii 

 Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen, Traube on Chemical Results of 



Explosion of, 63 

 Carbonic Acid Gas, Natural Supply of, near Burgbrohl (Rhine), 



17 

 Carbonic Acid in Air, Measurements of, Spring and Roland, 



183 

 Carbonic Oxide, Action of Steam on, H. B. Dixon, 286 

 Cardiff, Proposed Medical Faculty and Engineering School at, 



565 



Carhart (H. S.), Relation between Direct and Counter Electro- 

 motive Forces expressed by an Hyperbola, 548 



Cariisle (Bishop of), Weather Forecasts, 79 



