[Nature, June !), 18S7 



Morphology of the Wings of Birds, 599 



Morphology of the Sporophore in Mosses, J. R. Vaizey, 358 



Morris (D.) : Dispersion of Plants by I5irds, 151 ; Botanical 



Federation in the West Indies, 248 

 Morris's (the late Prof.) Catalogue of British Fossils, 15S 

 Morse (Edward S.), Ancient and Modern Methods of Arrow- 

 Release, 12 

 Mosses, Moi'phology of the Sporophore in, J. R. Vaizey, 358 

 Moth- breeding, Pedigree, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 453 

 Mott (F. T.), the Recent Weather, 173 

 Mouchez (Admiral E.), Longitudes in Brazil, 100 

 Mount Tarawera : New Zealand, Meteorological Conditions at 



the Time of the Eruption of, Capt. F. W. Hutton, 322 ; 



Eruption of, 406, 472 

 Mountain Ranges, Origin of, T. Mellard Reade, 361, 463 ; 



Prof. A. H. Green, F.R.S., 361, 463 

 Movements of the Atmosphere, 479 

 Mueller (Baron Von), on the Acacias (Wattles) of Australia, 



282 

 Muir Glacier, the, G. Fredericl< Wright, 3S0 

 Miiller (Dr. G.), Gore's Variable near x' Orionis, 329 

 Miiller (Dr. Hugo), Recent Progress of Chemical Science, 536 

 Miiller (Dr. R. ), Equinoctial Gales, 612 

 Mummy Seeds, Vitality of, Geo. Murray, 582 

 Murdoch (John), some Popular Errors in regard to the Eskimos, 



518 

 Murphy (Joseph John) : Meteor, 8 ; Origin of Species, 76 

 Murray (Geo. ), Vitality of Mummy Seeds, 5S2 

 Murray ([ohn) : Scientific Knowledge in Scotland, 305 ; Total 



Rainfall of the Globe, 311 

 Murray-Aynsley (H. G. M.), Study of Asiatic Symbolism, 327 ; 



the Svastika as both Sun and Fire Symbol, 558 

 Muscle, Voluntary, Action of Caffein and Theine upon, T. 



Lauder Brunton, F.R.S., 599 

 Muscles in the Hand and Foot, Variations in the Nerve-Supply 



of the Lumbricales, 521 

 Mu-ic and Mathematics, Prof. J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S., 132 

 Mutual Induction of Two Coils, Method of measuring, 478 ; 



Prof. G. Carey Foster, F. R.S., 143 

 Myers (A. T.), Medical Index-Catalogue, 196 

 Myers (Fred. W. H.), Phantasms of the Living, Prof. C. Lloyd 



Morgan, 290 

 Myriapods, Respiration in, M. J. Chalande, 288 

 Mythical Zoology of the Far East, 591 

 MjzostomaCysts in Antedon rosacea, the Supposed, Dr. P. 



Herbert Carpenter, F.R.S., 535 



Naphtha Fountain, Outburst of Natural, at Baku, 352 



Naphtha, on the Constituents of Mineral, 552 



Narcissus cyclamineus, G. Maw, 166, 381 



Nasal Index of the Living Subject, 357 



Natal Observatory, Mr. Nelson, 85 



National Fish-Culture Association, 112, 350 ; Consignment of 



Whitefish Ova to the, 519 

 National Science Collections, 252, 272 

 National Union of Elementaiy Teachers, 567 

 Nationalities of Bohemia, 518 

 Natterer (Johann), his Ornithological Collection at the Vienna 



Natural History Museuin, 204 

 Natural Histoiy Museum, 15 ; Additions to, 593 

 Natural History, its Rise and Progress in Britain, Prof. AUeyne 



Nicholson, 14S 

 Natural History, the Handy, J. G. Wood, 341 

 Natural Philosophy, Mr. ^Iaclean, 350 

 Natural Science at Oxford, 229 

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



529, 553 

 Naturalist, Field, in Eastern Bengal, 3SS 

 Naumann (Dr.), Physical Geography of Japan, 330 

 Navajos, Notes on Certain Traits of Infant, R. W. Shufeldt, 



346 

 Naval Architects, Institution of, 538 

 Naval Geometry, Developments of, 382 

 Naval Observatory, United States, 595 

 Nebulae at Arcetri, Observations of, Wilhelm Tempel, 198 

 Nelson (Mr.), Natal Observatory, 85 

 Nematodes of Beetroot, Destruction of, 455 



Nerve-Supply of the Lumbricales Muscles in the Hand and 

 Foot, Variations in the, with some Observations on the Per- 

 forating Flexors, 521 

 Nervous System, Sympathetic, Dr. Walter H. Gaskell, F.R. S., 



185 

 Nests and Eggs, Birds', H. Seebohm, 236 

 New England : Planting of Foreign Trees in, 519; Fluviatile 



Swamps of, 524 

 New Guinea : German Exploration in, 403, 615 ; Proposal to 



cross South-East, 547 

 New York, Laws relating to the Medical Profession in the 

 State of, 443 ; Educational .System in, Andrew S. Draper, 

 445 

 New Zealand; Volcanic Dust from. Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 

 56; Salmon Ova sent to, 112; Coleoptera of, Diivid Sharp, 

 177 ; Red Sunsets and New Zealand Eruptions, Lieut. - 

 Colonel A. T. Eraser, 224 ; Signs of Frtsh Disturbances in 

 the Lake District in, 306 

 Newberry (Prof. J. S. ), Sea-Level and Ocean-Currents, 35 

 Newsholme (Arthur), School Hygiene, 604 

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



H. G. Madan, 583 

 Nias : Dr. E. Modigliani's Expeditions to, 60, 259 ; Prof. Henry 



H. Giglioli, 342 

 Nicaragua, Proposed Canal across, 353 



Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Twelve Jade Objects found in, 496 

 Nice, the Great Refracting Telescope of the Bischoffsheim 



Observatory at, 84 

 Niceville (Lionel de). Butterflies of India, H. J. Ehves, 436 

 Nichols (Edward L.), and E. H. S. Bailey, the Sense of Smell, 



74 

 Nicholson (Prof. Alleyne), Natural History, its Rise and 



Progress in Britain, 148 

 Nicols (Dr. W. W. J.) : on the Nature of Solution, 64 ; Super- 

 saturation of Salt- Solutions, 527 

 Niederrheinische Gesellschaft fiir Naturkunde, 36 

 Nile Valley North of IChartoum, on the Tribes of the. Sir Chas. 



Wilson on, 431 

 Nile and the Congo, on the Region between the, J. T. Wills, 



521 

 Nipher (Francis E.), Theory of Magnetic Measurements, 295 

 Nitrate of Silver, Action of some Metals on Weak Solutions of, 



431 

 Nitric Acid, Action of, on Sugar, 432 

 Nitrogen and O.xygen, Critical Temperatures of, 331 

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



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

 Niua-Fu Friendly Llands, Volcanic Eruption in. Prof. T. G. 



Bonney, F.R.S., 127 

 Nixon (R. C. J.), Euclid Revised, 269 



Noble (Capt. Wm.), Hours with a Three-Inch Telescope, 246 

 Nolan (James), Tidal Friction and the Evolution of a Satellite, 



75 

 Nordenskjold (.\. E.), on Atomic Weight of Oxide of Gado- 

 linium, 47 

 Nordheinsund, West Coast of Norway, Earthquake at, 158 

 I Norites of the Cortlandt Series, 524; G. H. Williams, 452 



Normal School of Science and Royal School of Mines, III; 

 I Col. J. F. D. Donnelly, 271 

 Norse Naval Architecture, G. K. Boehmer. 445 

 North America, Great Britain, and Ireland, Comparative 

 Studies upon Glaciation of, Prof. H. Carvill Lewis, 89 

 ' North Atlantic Currents, Experiments made to determine the 

 I Direction of the. Prince Albert of Monaco, 2S8 

 I North Sea, Exploration of the, 73 

 Norway: Science in, 122; New Journal of Science, 356; Re- 

 markable Meteor in, 159 ; Proposal for fixing a Standard 

 Time for, 2S0 ; Brilliant Meteor seen in, 443 ; Earthquakes 

 in, Dr. Hans Reuch, 517; Leprosy on the VVest Coast of, 519 

 j Notation of Kinship, Algebraic, Prof. Alex. Macfarlane, 126 



Nott (J. Fortune), Wild Animals Photographed and Described, 

 I 220 

 Noury (Le P. Ch.), Geology of Jersey, 412 

 Nova Orionis, Gore's, M. Duner, Herr Schwab, 85 

 I Number, Theory of, 477 

 i Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 212, 405 



Nuttall (Zelia), Mexican Codices and Graven Inscriitions, 307, 

 I 328 

 Nyt M.agazin for Naturvidenskaberne, 356 



