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\_Nature, June 9, 1881 



605 ; Auroral Phenomena, Dr. C. M. Ingleby, 363 ; Auroric 



Liiiht, G. H. Kmahan, 410 

 Australian Plants in India, Dr. G. Bidie, 555 

 Austria, E-Mthquake .Shock in, 42, 63 

 Austrian Myriopid , Dr. Robert Latzel, 167 

 Avalanches fr.m Mont Pourri, 396 

 Awdry (Mrs. W.), " Easy Lesons in Li'-^ht," 32 

 Ayrton (Prof. W. E.), Wire Torsion, 35 ; Measuring the Index 



of Refraction of Ebonite, 519 



Backhouse (T.W.), Aurora of January 51, Po..ition of Auroral 



Rays, 410 

 Baker (J. G.), Plants of Madagascar, 125 ; Eaton's Ferns of 



Ni rth Americ.i, 479 

 Balance, a New, 42 

 Ball (V.), on the Identity of some Ancient Diamond Mines in 



India, especially those mentioned by Tavernier 490 

 Bailer (Mr.), Opium Harve.tat Kweichow, 151 

 Banjaluka (Bosnia), Earthquake bhock in, 182 

 Banks of the Yang-tse at Hankow, H. B. Guppy, 507 

 Barfoed's (Dr. Chr. Th.), " Lehrbuch der Organischen Qualila- 



tiven Analyse," 335 

 Barometer, Averai;e Height of, in London, E. Douglas Archi- 

 bald, 243 

 Barometric Cycl.s, Prof. Balfour Stewart, 237 

 Barometric Pressure, Abnormal Variati..ns of, in the Tropics 

 and their Relation to Sun-spots, Rainfall, and Famine-, Fred 

 Chambers 88, 107; E. Douglas Archibald and Fred. 

 ChaUibers, 399 

 Barometric Pre»>ure, Periodic Oscillations of, Dr. T. Allan 



Broun, 556 

 Barometric and Solar Cycles, S. A. Hill, 409 ; Prof. Balfour 



Stewart, F.K.S,, 457 

 Barometric Gradient, Abnormal, between London and St. 

 Petersburg i„ the Sun-spot Cycle, E. Douglas Archibald, 6l8 

 Batavia, Natural History Notes from, 275 

 Bateman (Arthur W.), Notes on the Mode of Flight of the 



Albatros', 125 

 Baynes (Robert E.), Critical Temperature of Ethylene, 186 

 Becquerel (M.), Subscription for raising a Statue to, i?6 

 Bed'ord College, Physical Science af, 181 



Bees, Ants, and Wasps, Observations on, Sir. T. Lubbock. 

 Bart., F. R.S., 255 ' j . 



Beetles, Birds, and Fishes, Food of, 494 

 Belgian Entomological Society, 62 

 Belgium, Geological Survey of, 184 

 Bell's (Prof. Graham) Photnphone, 15 

 BeUs, Vibration of, with Liquids in them, 278 

 Bendery, Skeleton of a Mammoth discovered at, 371 

 Bennett (Alfred W.), Natural Science for Women, 195 

 Benzene, the Heat of Formation of, 207 

 Bergsb (Hcrr V.), on the Habits of the Tarentuli, 84 

 Bericht iiher rlie Thatigkeit der B.tanischen Section der 

 bchlesischen GeselUchaft im [abre 1877," 264 

 Benchte iiber cie VerhandUingen der naturf. Ge> sells zu Frei- 



Durg-im-Brei-gau, 499 

 Berlin: Geographical Society, 87, 188, 284, 399, 420 

 Berne: Second Intern.itional Conference at, 23? ; Earthquake 



at, 34S, 396 ' ■'^ ' ^ 



Berthoud Borel and Co., New Di: covery in Piactical Telegraphy 



Beryllium, Atoudc Weight of, 57, 374 



Bibliography, a New Medical Catalogue, 28 



Bibliotheque Beige, 64 



Bidie (Dr. G.), Australian Plants in India, 555 



Bidwell (Shelfor.O, the Phofophone, 58; Tele- Photography, 



Bigsby (Dr. J. J.), Death of, 389 



Biological Notes, 158, 276. 494, 543 



Biology of Plant---, 310 



Bird (Isabella I..), " Unl eaten Tracks in Japan," 12 



Birds: Soaring uf, S. E. Peal, 10 ; W. I.arden, 77; European and 

 North American, 277 ; British Birds Prof. A. Newton, F. R.S , 

 287; Birds Laying in Jai, nary, J. H. Willmore, 314; Migra- 

 tion of Bird«, 484 ; Food of Birds, Fishes, and Heeiles 494 



Birmingham (J ), the Appulse of Jupitei to a Fixed Star on 

 November 20, 170; Probably New Var able Star, 555 



Birmingham : Endow ment of Research in, 304 ; Masou Science 

 College, 440 



Bismuth Compounds, 374 



Black Sheep, Chas. Darwin, F.R.S., 193 



Blaci heath Holes, 320 ; C. E. de Ranee, 365 



Blaikie (W. Garden, D.D.), "Life of David Livingstone," &c., 



Blake Cruise, 494 



Blanford (VV. T.), Geology of East Centn.l Africa and the Sub- 

 terranean Forest in Bombay, 145 

 Blood-Ves.-els of Valves of the Heart, 159 

 BloHpipe, Practical, Assaying, by Geo. Attwood, Dr. C Le 



Neve Foster, 191 

 Bombay, Subtenanean Fore.-t in, 105 ; Geology of East Central 



Africa and, W. T. Blanford, 145 

 Boricky (Prof. Dr. Emanuel), Death of, 319 

 Boron and Vanadium, 373 

 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Geology of. Prof. Arch. Geilie, 



F.R.S., 224 

 Boston, Mas-., U.S.A., American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 



451 

 Botanical Clubs, 107 



Botanical Society, Formation of a, for Northern Thuringia, 181 

 Botai'isthes Centralblatt, 241 

 Botanische Jahrl.ucI er liir Systematik Pflanzengeschichte uud 



Pllaiizenge igraphie, 263 

 Botany : Handbo. k of. Dr. N. J. C. MuUer, 142; Atlas of 

 Phy-iological, Dr. Dodel-Puri'-, 157; "Botany for Children," 

 Rev. Geo. Hen-low, 241 

 Bolrydium, Anabarna Living in, 158 

 Bott(W.), S.itsof Zinc, 78 



Bottoinley (J. T.), Experiments «ith Vacuum Tubes, 218, 243 ; 

 Elasticity of Wire-, 281 ; his Experiments with Vacuum Tubes 

 and the Aurora, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 289 

 Bouch (Sir Thomas), Death of, 19 

 Bi urnem. uth and Vancouver Lland, Climates of, Alfred R. 



W allace, 169 

 Boy- (C. v.), the Influence of a Tuning-Fork on a Garden 



Spider, 149 

 Brain, Cmcealed Bridging Convolutions in a Human, W. 



Carter, 556 

 Brain- Weight, 277 



Braun (Dr. C), Measuring the Height of Clouds, 458 

 Breaili, Temperature of the. Dr. R. E. Dudgeon, 10, 76 ; Dr 

 Wm. Roberts, 55 ; Dr. C. J. McNally, 217, 244 ; Dr. WUliam 

 McLaurin, 244 

 Bre-cia, Earchqnake at, 205 

 Bressa Prize, 540 



Brewster (sir David), Centenary of the Birthday of, 614 

 BriL'gs (T. R. Archer), Flora of Plymouth, 74 

 Brighton Aquarium, Death of the Male Se.a-Lion in, 253 

 Brine-Springs, Subsidence of Land caused by Natural, Thos 



\\ ard, 388 

 Biitish Animals, Extinct, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S.,43I 

 British Association, Meeting at York, 1881, 275, 613 

 British Bird-, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., 287 

 Briti h Hutterflies, CoUursof, J. Innts Rogers, 435; Rev. W. 



Clement Ley, 45S 

 Briish Coluii.bia, Prof. Whitiicy on the Glaciation of, Geo. M. 



Da-S'in, 290 

 British Earthqualce-, 117; Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 170 

 Er.ti-h I.-laiid-, Atmospheric Pre-sure of the, 470 

 "B'itish Marme Polyz.a," T. Hinuks, F.R.S., 51 

 British Medical Association, Annual Meeting for 1881 at Ryde, 



13' 

 British Museum, John Millar's Botanical Drawings at, 83 ; the 

 Catal.igue of Bird-, 439 ; the Catalogue of Printed Books, 440 

 Broihurst (B. F.), Pho-phore^cent Centipedes, 99 

 Brorlie (Sir Benjamin C, F.R.S.), Death of, 106 ; Obituary 



Notice of, 126 

 Brorsen's Comet in 1842, 298 

 Broun (Allan D ), Fljing-Fish, 508 

 Broun(Dr. J. Allan, F.R.S.), Periodic Oscillations of Barometric 



Pres.-ure, 556 

 Bioun (Horace T.), Electrical Thermometer for Determining 



Temperatures at a Di t,ance, 464 

 Brownell (J. T.), a Case of Fascination, 314; Ice-Casts of 



Tracks, 484 

 Bucharest, Curious Result since the Recent Earthquake at, 253 

 BucKland (Frank), Obituary Notice of, 175; Mu-eum of 

 Ec'inouiic Fish Culture, 232; Proposed Memorial to, 468, 

 516 : British Fishes, 576 



