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Vertebrates, Oceanic, 268 
Vibratory Phenomena, Experiments on, 434 
Victoria, Floating Islands in, 449; Geology of, 134; Gold- 
mining in, 93; Philosophical Institute, 300 ; Royal Society of, 
496 ; Science in, 315 5 
Vienna, Science in, 382 ; Imperial Geological Institution, 120, 
140, 179, 200, 240, 480; Imperial Academy of Sciences, 120, 
140, 47 
Vis pat in the Ocean, W. L Jerdan, F.R.G.S,, on the Ac- 
tion of, 505 
Vision, Dioptrics of, 124 
Volcano in California, 35 
Waite (Rev. J.), on the Science College at Newcastle, 485 
Walenn (W. H., F.C.S.), on Sun Spots, 469 
Wallace (A. R., F.Z.S.), on Man and Natural Selection, 8, 49, 85, 
107; on Mimicry and Hybridisation, 165 ; on Leroy’s “ In- 
telligence and Perfectibility of Animals,” 182 ; on the Theory 
of Glacial Motion, 309 ; his Anniversary Address at the En- 
tomological Society, 312, 435 ; on Duncan’s ‘*‘ Metamorphoses 
of Insects,” 329 ; on “The Honey Bee,” by Dr. Bevan, 355 ; 
on Sharpe’s “ Monograph of the Alcedinida,” 466 
Waller (F. H.), on the Aurora, 468 
War Balloons used in Paris (See De Fonvielle) 
Ward (John C.), on a Meteoric Shower, 168 
Water-Snakes of India, 394 
Waterspout on the Irawaddy River, 92 
Watson (C. J.), on Vibratory Phenomena, 434 
Watson (H. J.), Books Wanted, 405, 426 
Weale (J. P. Mansel), on Protective Resemblances, 507 
Weather, can it be Influenced by Artificial Means? 306 
Webb (Rev. T. W., F.R.A.S.), Observations of Planet Jupiter, 
430° 
Weights and Measures, Bill to Establish the Metric System, 448 
Weir (J. J., F.L.S.), on Natural Selection, 166 
West Winds, Prevalence of, 306, 427 
Wetherill (Prof. C. M.), on Hereditary Deformities, 168 
Wheatstone (Sir C., F.R.S.), on the Successive Polarisation of 
Light, 514 
ee. (H. M.), on the Insulation of St. Michael’s Mount, 
209 

INDEX 
Whitney (J. D.), ‘‘ The Yosemite Guidebook,” 44 
Williams (Stephen), on Thunderstorm at Preston, 309 
Williams (W. Mattieu, F.C.S), on the Fuel of the Sun, 26; 
Papers on Iron and Steel, 94, 211, 374, 388, 410; on the 
Echoes of the Royal Albert Hall, 469 
Williamson (Prof.), his Inaugural Lecture at University College, 
135 
Wilson (Rev. J. M.), on a Meteor seen at Rugby, 308 
Wilson (William), the Bryologist, Obituary Notice of, 511 
Winchester Scientific and Literary Society, 398, 414 
Wind Charts of the Meteorological Office, 213, 232 
Wind-Direction Rain-Gauge, by J. R. Napier, F.R.S., 433 
Wind-Direction Rain-Gauge at Aldershot, 509 
Wines of Victoria, 373 
Wood (Rev. J. G., M.A.), ‘‘ Natural History of Man,” 9 
Woodcocks, their Breeding and Preservation, 473 
Woodward (C. J.), on Yellow, 307 
Work and Force, Dr. J. Hopkinson and Rev. H. Highton on, 
497 
Wright (Capt. H. P.), on Aurora Australis, 348 
“ Wiirttembergische Naturwissenschaftliche Jahreshefte,” 339 
Yeats (Dr.), his ‘‘ Natural History of Commerce,” 103 
Yellow (See Colour) 
Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada, of California, 44 
Young (Prof. C. A.), Spectroscopic Notes by. 110; on Brown- 
ing’s Spectroscope, 248 ; on Spectroscopic Observations of the 
Eclipse in Spain, 261 ; on Chromosphere Lines, 266 
Zodiacal Light, 249, 289 
Zoological Divisions of the Earth Proposed, 427 
Zoological Gardens, Animals from New Zealand in, 190; the 
Hoolock Gibbon, 481 
Zoological Garden, New York, 254 
Zoological Record Association, 294, 423 ‘ 
Zool Society, 58, 76, 138, 217, 259, 317, 356, 398, 438, 
479, 519 
Zoological Text-Books, by Prof. Rymer Jones and Dr. Nichol- 
son, 504 
Zoologist’s Grievance, the Indian Museum, 328 
“ Zoology,” by Dr. Nicholson, 86 
