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INDEX 
[Wature, Dec. 2, 1886 
Cumberland and Westmoreland, H. A. Macpherson and W. 
Duckworth, 618 ; a Year with the Birds, 619 ; Birds on the 
British List, Rey. G. Smart, 620; Accommodation Appa- 
ratus of a Bird’s Eye, Herr Canfield, 164; Birds and Mirrors, 
F. C. Constable, 76 
Birmingham : Hand-book of, for the British Association, 409 ; 
Meeting of the British Association at, 409; Deep-Water 
Boring in New Red Marls near, W. J. Harrison, 513 
ee Fluorescence of Compounds of, L. de Boisbaudran, 
12 
Bjerknes (Prof. C. A.), Life, &c., of Niel-Henrik Abel, 99 
Black (James G.), Chemistry for the Gold-Fields, 238 
Black Colour, Protective Influence of, from Light and Heat, 2 
Black Grouse and the Pheasant, Hybrids between the, Dr, A. 
B. Meyer, 218 
Black Rain, S. J. Perry, 143 
Black Skin, F. Petrie, F. C. J. Spurrell, 76 
Black Transit of Jupiter’s Fourth Satellite, E. E. Barnard, 202 
Blake (J.), Connection between Chemical Constitution and 
Physiological Action, 594 
Blanchard (M. Emile), Recent Volcanic Disturbances in the 
Northern Island, New Zealand, 403 
Blanford on the Himalayan Snowfall, 201 
Blasius (E.) and A. Kundt, Pyro-electricity of Crystals, 354 
Bleekrode (L.), Microscope as a Refractor, 290 
Blomefield (L.), Humming in the Air caused by Insects, 572 
Blondlot (M. R.) and M. E. Bichat, Note on the Construction 
of an Absolute Electrometer adapted for the Measurement of 
very High Potentials, 331, 436 
Blood, New Element in the, and its Relation to Coagulation, 
G. T. Kemp, 132 
Blood-Formation, Dr. J. L. Gibson, 68 
Blow-holes in Steel, J. Head, 62 
Bloxam (M. H.), Rugby Reminiscences, 175 
Blumentritt’(Prof.), Ethnology of Mindanao, 372 ; Manguians 
of Mindoro, 557 
Blyth (J.), New Form of Electric Current Weighers, 508 
Blytt (Prof. A.), Variations of the Climate in the Course of 
Time, 220, 239 
Board of Trade: Proposed Fisheries Department, 178, 179 ; 
Memorandum to, on Scientific Knowledge and English 
Fisheries, 179 
Body, Temperature of the, and Muscular Exercise, 554. 
Boehmer (Geo.), Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes in Iceland 
within Historic Times, 370 
Boisbaudran (M. Lecoq de): Germanium, 163 ; Austrium, 211 ; 
Atomic Weight of Germanium, 463; Fluorescence of Com- 
pounds of Manganese, 491; Fluorescence of Compuunds of 
Bismuth, 612; Purification of Yttria, 612 
Bolide in Russia, 60 
Bolton (H. C.), Indexing Chemical Literature, 560 
Bolus (H.), Sketch of the Flora of South Africa, 77 
Bombay: Anthropological Society founded, 346; Natural 
History Society of, 396; Technical Education in, 529; Art 
Teaching, 529 
Bonnemére (M.), on the Occurrence of Amber in the Prehistoric 
Graves of the Departement des Basses Alpes, 379 
Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.): Pre-Cambrian Age of Rocks in 
North-West Pembrokeshire, 162; Opening Address in Sec- 
tion C (Geology) at the British Association, 443 
Bordeaux, Society of Physical and Natural Sciences, 99 
Boreal Clouds, Luminous, D. J. Rowan, 192 
Borneo, Natural History Researches in, 602 
Borneo: British North, Exploration of, 111; Climate of, Dr. 
Walker, 347 ; Natives of, 556 
Bort (L. T. de), Summer Isobars, Winds and Cloudiness on 
the Atlantic, 188 
Botany : Plants and their Defences, 5 ; E. Huth, 122; Origin of 
our Potato, 7; Botanic Gardenat Montreal, 38 ; the Poison of the 
Stinging-Nettle, A. W. Bennett, 53; Dr. Trimen’s Report 
on the Rotanie Gardens of Ceylon, 60; Sketch of the Flora 
of South Africa, H. Bolus, 77; Flora of South Africa, C. 
Piazzi Smyth, 99; Vegetation of South Georgia, W. B. 
Hemsley, 106; M. A. Trécul on the Leaves of the Cruciferae, 
115; Facilities for Botanical Research, F. O. Bower, 127 ; 
Hand-book of Plant Dissection, J. C. Arthur, Chas. R. 
Barnes, and John M. Coulter, 261; on the Absorption of 
_Carbonic Acid by Leaves, Dehérain and Maquenne, 284; 
Tropical Fruits, D. Morris, 316; Indigenous Plants of 
Australia, Baron Ferd. yon Miiller, F.R.S., 462; G. Mur- 
ray’s Researches in Grenada, 489; Botanical Garden in 
Grenada, 489; Prof. H. Marshall Ward on Roots, 524; 
Value of the ‘‘Type-System” in Teaching, Prof. 
Balfour, 536; Flora of Ceylon, H. Trimen, 537; Flora of 
the Bristol Coal-Field, J. W. White, 555 ; Botanic Garden at 
Adelaide, 558; Botanische Jahrbucher, 587; Orchids, F. 
Sander, 541; Orchidex of the Mudgee District, A, G. 
Hamilton, 611; New Italian Journals on, 626; Changes in 
the Flora of Chili, Dr. R. A. Philippi, 628; Parisian Flora, 
M. Chatin, 636 
Bouilhon (E.), Quantitative Analysis of the Dry Extract of 
Wines, 516 
Boulder Beds of the Salt Ranges, Punjab, A. B. Wynne, 
F.G.S., 69 
Boulders, Prof. T, McKenny Hughes, 257 
Bourbouze (M.), New Alloy of Aluminium, 163 
Bowditch (Dr. H. P.), Nerve Action, 559 
Bower (Prof. F. O.): Facilities for Botanical Research, 125 ; 
Lycopods, M. Treub, 145; on MHumboldtia laurifolia as a 
Myrmecophilous Plant, 538 
Bowls’ Barrow, North Wilts, W. Cunnington, 609; Crania 
and other Bones found in, Dr. J. G. Garson, 609 
Brachiopoda, a New Genus of Lower Silurian, S. W. Ford, 
208 
Brain of Embryos of Horned Cattle, Dr. Raske, Dr. Kossel, 
164 
Brass Work, a Lubricant for, H. G. Madan, 265 
Brazil: Earthquake in, May 9, H.M. dom Pedro d’Alcantara, 
187; Earthquake in, M. Cruls, 188; a Year in Brazil, 
Hastings Charles Dent, 215 ; Physical Geography of, J. W. 
Wells, 226; Brazilian Topaz, Pyro-electric and Optical 
Observations on, K. Mack, 354 
Bread, Flour, and Wheat, Chemistry of, W. Jago, Prof. J. 
Wrightson, 520 
Bredichin (Prof. Th.), Revision of the Numerical Values of the 
Repulsive Force, 208 
Bright Clouds and the Aurora, T. W. Backhouse, 312, 386 
Brightness of Minor Planets, the Influence of Phase on the, Dr. 
G. Miiller, 16 
Brighton, British Medical Association at, 374 
Brighton Aquarium, Birth of Young Smooth-Hounds at, 277 
Bristol Coal-Field, Flora of the, J. W. White, 555 
Bristol Naturalists’ Society Proceedings, 554 
Bristol University College, 459 
British Association, Prospective Arrangements for the Meeting 
at Birmingham, 13, 2co 
British Association, Programme of the Excursions, 396 
British Association Sectional Procedure, Prof. Oliver Lodge, 
494 
BriTIsH ASSOCIATION :—Meeting at Birmingham, 409 ; 
General Arrangements, 409; Inaugural Address of the 
President, Sir J. William Dawson, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., 
F.R.S., F.G.S., 409; Discussions and Lectures, 441 ; 
Soirée, 441 ; next Meeting to be at Bath, 441 ; Deputation 
to New South Wales, 441; Grants by the Association, 
441 ; 
Reports of Committees—Second Report of the Committee on 
the Best Means of Comparing and Reducing Magnetic 
Observations, 477 ; Third Report of the Committee on the 
Best Methods of Recording the Direct Intensity of Solar 
Radiation, 478 ; Report of a Committee on the Harmonic 
Analysis of Tidal Observations, 478; Report on our Ex- 
perimental Knowledge of Certain Properties of Matter, P. 
T. Main, 479; Report of the Committee on Standards of 
Light, 479 ; Report of the Committee on Electrolysis, 479 ; 
Report of the Committee on English Channel Tides, 479 ; 
Report of the Committee formed in Canada to establish a 
System of Tidal Observations in that Country, 479 ; Report 
of the Electrical Standards Committee, 479 ; Second Report 
on the Fossil Plants of the Tertiary and Secondary Beds of 
the United Kingdom, by J. S. Gardner, 479; Report on 
the Caves of North Wales, Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S., 480 ; 
Fourth Report on t he Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic 
Rocks, Prof. T. R. Jones, 481; Report on the Volcanic 
Phenomena of Vesuvius and its Neighbourhood, Dr. H. J. 
Johnston-Lavis, 481; Thirteenth Report on the Erratic 
Blocks of England and Wales, Rey. Dr. Crosskey, 481 ; 
Report on the Erosion of the Sea Coasts of England and 
Wales, C. E. De Rance and W. Topley, 481 ; Report on 
North-West Coast of Pembrokeshire, Capt. T. Griffiths 
and H. W. Williams, 482; Report on Pembrokeshire, 
K. McAlpine, 482; Twelfth Report of the Commit- 
