NaUirc, fiiiii 9, 1S87] 



Seedlings, the Forms of, the Causes to which they are due. Sir 



John Lubbock, F.R.S., 235 

 Seeds, Vitality of, 414 ; F. G. Hilton Trice, 463 ; L. Blome- 

 field, 463 ; Dr. L. Martin Klein, 463 ; Geo. Murray, 582 



Seeland (Herr Ferdinand), on the Rate of Movement of the 

 Pasterz Glacier, 520 



Seelberg, Further Excavations in, 518 



Seeliger (Prof.), Influence of Astigmatism in the Eye on Astro- 

 nomical Observations, 59 



Seismology: Volcanoes of Japan; Prof Milne, 19, 36; Seis- 

 mometry in Japan, Prof. J. A. Ewing, 75, 172, 606 ; Thomas 

 Gray, 126, 198 ; the Recent Earthquakes, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 

 197 ; Sounding a Crater, Fusion-Points, Pyrometers, and 

 Seismometers, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 197 ; W. Worby 

 Beaumont, 296 ; Report on the Charleston Earthquake, Prof. 

 T. C. Mendenhall, 31 ; Earthquakes, Thos. W. Kingsmill, 

 319 ; Earthquake at Aquila, 376 ; at Vilayet Konia, 376 ; 

 Earthquake in Japan, 399 ; Earthquake Shock at Tashkend, 

 399 ; Pre-scientific Theories of the Causes of Earthquakes, 

 428 ; the Earthquake, Rev. J. S. Perry, F.R.S., 43S ; Seis- 

 niological Society of Japan, 5'^ > Seismic Phenomena of 

 Februaiy 1S87, 575 



Sekei Sekiya on the Comparison of Earthquakes, 593 



Selborne Society, Letters on the Objects and Work of, 328 



Selection, Physiological, Mr. Wallace on, Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, 

 F.R.S., 390 



Self-induction : Lecture Experiment in, Shelford Bidwell, 526 ; 

 on the Determination of the Coefficient of, 55' 



Sensation and Movement, Ch. Fere, 518 



Sense of Smell, Edward L. Nichols and E. H. S. Bailey, 74 



Sensitive Hygrometers, 331 



Serous Albumen, Prof. Kronecker on, 504 



Serpent Mound in Ohio, Great, W. H. Holmes, 281 



Service (Robert), the Ptarmigan, 445 



Seton-Karr (Lieut. H. ), Alpine Regions of Alaska, 475 



Severn Fishery Board Almanac, 257 



Seydler (Prof. A.), an Error in Maxwell's "Electricity and 

 jiagnetism," 512 



Sharp (David), New Zealand Coleoptera, 177 



Shaw (Prof. H. S. Hele), a Claim of Priority, 581 



Sheets, on Ellipsoidal Current, Horace Lamb, F. R. S., 574 



Shenstone (J. C.), Hooper's Paper on Gymneina sylvestre, 594 



Shenstone (W. A.), Methods of Glass-blowing, 123 ; Manipu- 

 lation of Glass containing Lead, 223 



Sherman (O. T.) : Bright Lines in Stellar Spectra, 378 ; Atmo- 

 sphere of 3 Lyras, 451 



Shetland, Flora of, W. H. Beeby, 474 



Ships of War : Fuel-Supply in, 539 ; Armour of, 54° 



Shore (Thos. W.), Elementary Practical Biology — Vegetable, 

 556 



Showers, Frequency and Duration of, 479 



Shufeldt (R. W.), Notes on certain Traits of Infant Navajos, 

 346 



Shutter, Instantaneous, A. Mallock, 324 ; Col. H. Stuart- 

 Wortley, 366 



Siberia as a Colony, Prof. Petrie, 158 



Siberia, Northern, Magnetic Horizontal Intensitv in, A. C. von 

 Tillo, 170 



Siberian Birds presented by Mr. Seebohm to Na'ural History 

 Museum, 15 



Sierra Leone, Earthquake in, J. S. Hay and Jos. M. Metzger, 



Silicostannate of Lime, Preparation of a, corresponding to 



Sphene, M. L. Bourgeois, 335 

 Silk, Indian, Industry, the Decline of the, 84 

 Sdk Cocoons, Machinery for winding from, 595 

 Silks, Wild, of India, Cultivation of the, J. F. Peppe, 256 

 Silver, on the Phosphates and Arseniates of, 144 

 Similarities in the Phy^ical Geography of the Great Oceans, 



J. V. Buchanan, 33, 76 

 Simson (.\lfred). Travels in the Wilds of Ecuador, 437 

 Sim-on (Frank B.), Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal, 388 

 .Singapore, Crustacea of, 525 



Sirius, Alleged Ancient Red Colour of, Mr. Lynn, 378, 391 

 Skassy (M.), MM. Beresofsky, Potanin and, Return of, from 



their Expedition to China and Mongolia, 309 

 SUuse (F. A. A.), British Stalk-eyed Crustacea and Spiders, 



532 

 Slater (J. W.), Insects and Petunias, 70 



Smell, the Sense of, Edward L. Nichols and E. II. S. Bailey, 74 



Smets (Dr. Gerard), Lung-Sick, 76 



Smith (Charles Shaler), Death of, 229 



Smith (W. Alexander), Loch Creran, 484 



Smith (Dr. W. Robertson), Studies in Ancient History, J. 



Ferguson McLennan, 3 

 Smith (Dr. W. R. ), Ammoniacal Decomposition of Urine, 



404 

 Smithson (T. Spencer), Top-shaped Hailstones, 438 

 Smithsonian Institution, Prof. I3aird's Annual Report of the, 



372 

 Smyrna, Earthquake at, 112, 158 

 Snowflakes, Samuel Lockwool, 414 

 Snowstorm of January 7, 18S7, E. J. Lowe, 271 

 Soap-Bubbles, Prof. A. W. Reinold's Lecture on, 229 

 Soap-Films, Plane, the Production of Newton's Rings by, H. 



G. Madan, 583 

 Society of Antiquaries, 189 

 Society of Arts, 57 



Soda, Heat of Formation of some Alcoholates of, 312 

 Soda Cell, Bichromate of, 381 

 Soils, on the Constitution of the Nitrogenous Organic Matter of, 



R. Warington, F. R.S. , 403 

 Solar Activity in l886, Prof. Tacchini, 445 

 Solar Eclipse, Total, of August 29, 18S6, Arthur Schuster, 



F.R.S., 549 

 Solar Halos, J. J. Walker, 272 ; R. T. Omond, 582 

 Solar Heat, Measurements of. Dr. Frolich, 455 ' 



Solar Phenomena during the Year 1886, M. P. Tacchini, 335, 



479 

 Solar Spectrum, Wave-Length of the Lines of the. Prof Henry 



A. Rowland, 524 

 Solid in a Liquid, on the Movement of a, 527 

 Solids, Expansion of, by Heat, Lecture Experiments on the, 



H G. Madan, 89 

 Solids by Heat, Lecture Experiment on the Expansion of, C. E. 



Stromeyer, 126 

 Solly (R. H.), Recently-discovered Deposit of Celestine, 414 

 Solomon Islands, Coral Reefs of the. Dr. H. B. Gnppy, 77 

 Solubility of .Substances, on the Variation of, 55' 

 Solution, Opening of the Discussion by Prof. Tilden, British 



Association, 21, 64 

 Solution, on the Nature of. Dr. Nicols, Prof. Tilden, Dr. Arm- 

 strong, Prof. W. N. Hartley, Dr. Gladstone, 64 

 Solutions, Natural, of Cinnabar Gold and Associated Sulphides, 



524 

 Sonnblick Observatory, 519 



Sorghum Sugar, 184 ; Experiments in the Manufacture of, at 

 I Fort Scott, 472 

 Soudan, the Western, Dr. Colin on the Population of Bambouk, 



22 

 Sound, Light, and Heat, Lecture Problems on, Charles Bii'd, 



52 . . ' 



Sounding a Crater, Fusion-Points, Pyrometers, and Seismo- 

 meters, Prof. John Milne, 152; Dr. H. J. J ihnstm-Lavis, 



197 

 Soundings in the Australian Mediterranean, Dr. Otto Kriimmel, 



447 

 South America, Dutch Colonies in, and the West Indies, 



K. Martin, Dr. A. Ernst, 459 

 South America, Notes of a Naturalist in, John Bill, F.R.S., 



529, 553 

 South American Andes, on the Age of certain Parts of the. Dr. 



Ochsenius, 547 

 South Kensington Exhibitions, the Rats at, 205 

 Southampton, Proposed University College for, 473 

 Southern Comet, 329 



Spain and Portugal, Antiquities of, M. Emile Cartailhac, 244 

 Sparrow chasing Pigeons, a, 536 ; J. Jenner Weir, 584 

 Spear-head in the Quaternary Beds of Nevada, finding of, 476 

 Species, Origin of, Joseph J. Murphy, 76 ; Edmund Catchpjol, 



76; Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 124 

 Specific Inductive Capacity, Note on, John Hopkinson, F. R.S. , 



334 

 Spectrum Analysi-: : a Naw Method of Analysing Blood by 



means of the Spectroscope, Henocque, 48 ; Spectroscopic 



Method of determining the Distance of a Double Star, A. A. 



Rambaut, 206 ; on the Objective Spectroscope, L. Respighi, 



405; on Radiant-Matter Spectroscopy — Examination of the Re- 



