VI 



Fisher (Rev. O., F.G.S.), Relation of Man to the Ice-sheet, 43 ; 



Elevation of Mountains, 61 

 Flight of Birds, 5, 221, 242, 260, 301, 381, 390, 403, 422, 440 

 Florence, International Horticultural Show, 427 

 Flower (Prof.), Fossil Sirenian, 13 

 Flowers, Fertilisation of, by Insects {Siv Fertilisation), 

 Flowers of Primrose destroyed by Birds, 509 

 P'luctuations of American Lakes, 504 

 Fog, Destruction of Sound by, 215 ; Prof Tyndall on the 



Acoustic Transparency and Opacity ol the Atmosphere, 251, 



267 

 Fonvielle (W. de), .Sale of " Les Ballons du Siege " pro- 

 hibited, 293 ; Aeronautical E.xperiment, 427 ; Deville's 



Weather Prognostications, 445 

 Forbes (D.)., Volcanic Tlieory, 141 

 Forbes (Geo.), Transit of Venus, 487 

 Formic Aldehyde, Synthesis of, 315 

 Fossil Bird, New, 151 ; Brontotherids", 227 ; Colorado River, 



273 ; Sirenian, from Suffolk, 13 

 Foster (Dr. Michael), his Laboratory at Trin. CoU., Cambridge, 



297 

 Foster (Prof M., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of J. N. Czermak, 



63 ; Effects of Temperature on Reflex Action, 83, 101 

 Fox (C), Spinous Shark, Intellect of Porpoises, 42 

 Fox, The, Collective Instinct, 5 

 France ; Commission of Commercial Geography, 332 ; School 



of Horticulture, 193 ; Association for the Advancement of 



Science, 497 {SW Paris) 

 Frankfort Natural History Society, 273 

 Frankland (Prof), Report on Pollution of Rivers, 197 

 Frankland (F. W.), Physical Axioms, 484, 500 

 Franklin Expedition, 131, P'ranklin Institute, 94, 153, 234, 



514 

 Frewer (Ellen E.), Schweinfurth's " Heart of Africa, 340 

 Fritsch (Dr. Gustav), " Soutli African Races," 479 

 "Frog, Common," by St. George Mivart, F.R.S., 10, 28, 67, 



107, 147, 1 86, 264, 305, 367, 406 

 Fry (Edw.), Moraines ol Ancient Glaciers, 103 

 Fuel, Economy of. Exhibition in Manchester, 1 7 

 Fumariacese, Fertilisation of the, 423, 460, 4S4 

 Fungi, Exhibition of, 151 



" Fungi of Northern Germany," by O. H. Weberhauer, 200 

 Fungus, New, 470 



Galabin (Dr.), Theory of the Pulse, 125 



Galileo's Work in Acoustics, 169 



Galton(F., F.R.S.), Men of Science, and a Proposed Statistical 



Scale, 342, 344 

 Galton (John C.), Dr. Maclay's Researches among the Papuans, 



328 



Gamier (F.), Assassinated in Tonquin, 213 



Garrett (Andrew), "Fishes of the Pacific," 120 



Garrod (A. II.), Pettigrew's "Animal I^ocomotion," 221, 2S1 ; 

 the Heart and the Sphygmograph, 327, 362 ; Flight of Birds, 

 301, 382; Moon's Want of Atmosphere, 382; Theory of 

 Nerve Force, 163 ; New Classification of Birds, 290 



Gaseous Column subjected to Gravity, its Temperature, 27 



Gases,',Cold Treatment of, 42 



Geikie (Prof. A., F.R.S.), Earth Sculpture, 50, 89 ; Southern 

 Uplands of Scotland, Si; "Science Primers — Geology," 

 181 ; Metamorphism and Volcanic Action, 295 



Geikie (J.), "The Great Ice-age and the Antiquity of Man," 

 318, 339, 383 



Geography; Geographical Society, 16, 37, 92, 113; "Physical 

 Cleography, in relation to Winds and Currents," by J. K. 

 Laughton, M.A. , F.R.A.g., 23S ; Swiney Lectures, 490; 

 Cc-ological Magazine, 374 ; Geological Society, 55, 94, 234, 

 275- 335. 374. 434. 475. S'S; Presentation of Medals, 248, 

 ,353 



Geology ; Astronomical Speculations, 388 ; Canadian Survey, 

 213 ; Denudation of Limestone Hills of Sarawak, 162 ; Earth- 

 Sculpture, by Prof Geikie, F.R.S., 50, 87, iio; "Geology," 



^ by Prof. Geikie, 181 ; Influence of Geological Changes on the 

 Earth's Rotation, 345 ; Microscopic Petrography, 79 ; 

 Nicaragua, 220; Post-Tertiary; "The Great Ice-Age and 

 the Antiquity of Man," by Prof Geikie, 318, 339 ; Results 

 of the Polaris Expedition, 405 ; Southern Uplands of Scot- 

 land, 22, 57, 81 ; Vienna Institute, 176, 256, 496 ; Geologists' 

 Association, 95, 155, 172, 235, 376, 416 



"Geometrical Conic Sections," by G, Richardson, M.A., loi 



"Geometry, Elementary," by J. M. Wilson, M.A., 81 



" Geometry, Solid and Conic Sections," by J. M. Wilson, M. A., 



81 

 Gigantic Cephalopod, 332, 403 

 Gilbert (J. H., Ph.D., F.R.S.), Experiments on the Growth of 



Barley, 317 

 Glacial Moraines, 103 

 Glacial Period ; "The Great Ice- Age," by J. Geikie, 318, 339, 



383 



(ilaciation, Polar, 515 



Glaciers in Hindostan, 63 



Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), Flowers 01 the Primrose destroyed by 

 Birds, 509, 512 



Glaisher (J. W. L.), Continued Products and Continued Frac- 

 tions, 234 



Glasgow; Philosophical Society, 71; Geological Society, 96, 

 312, 316, 345, 456; Society of Field Naturalists, 435 ; Uni- 

 versity, 273, 490 



Godeffroy (Ca;sar), his Museum at Hamburg, 120 



Goodenough (Capt. Jas. E., R.N.), Rain-Gauge at Sea, 63 



Gore (Geo., F R.S.), Electro-torsion, 215 



Gottingen, Royal Society of Sciences, 176, 275, 496 



Gould (Dr.), Swarm of Locusts at Cordoba, 230 ; Astronomy in 

 the Argentine Confederacy, 264 



Grasses and Fodder Plants of South Australia, 512 



Gray (Dr. J. E., F.R.S. ), Stick-fish and Sea-pens, 13 • 



Gray (Stephen), Lecture Ijy Dr. Richardson on, 247 



Green (A. H.), "The Great Ice-Age and the Antiquity of Man," 

 by J. Geikie, 318, 339, 383 



Greenwood (Col. George), Lakes with two Outfalls, 441, 500 ; 

 Beech pierced by a Thorn Plant, 463, 501 



Grifiin (J. J., F.C.S.), "Scientific Handicraft," 201 



Gulf Stream, Limits of the, 343, 383 



Giinther (Albert C. L. G.), Garrett's "Fishes of the Pacific," 

 I20 



Giiother (Dr. Albert, F.R.S. ), Day's " Freshwater Fish of India 

 and Burmah." 159 



Guthrie (T. ), Cold I'reatment of Gases, 42 



Haeckel(Prof Ernst), Infusoria, 247 ; Biography of Prof T. H. 



Huxley, F.R.S., with Portrait, 257 ; 

 Haeckel's " Creation of Organised Beings," 470 

 Haileybury Natural Science Society, 274 

 Hall (A.), Genesis in Borneo, 163 

 Hamilton (Frederic), " La Botanique de la Bible," loi 

 Hancock (the late Albany), Obituary Notice of, 43 Memorial 



to, 130 

 " Handicraft, Scientific," by J. J. Griffin, F.C.S., 201 

 Hausemann (G.), Temperature of Gaseous Column subjected to 



Gravity, 27 

 Harkness (Prof R., F.R.S.), Southern Uplands of Scotland, 22, 



57, Si 

 Harmonic Echoes, 6 

 Harrow School, Management of, 34 

 Hartwig (Dr. G. ), "The Sea and its Wonders," 40 

 Harvard University (U.S.), 452 

 Harvey (Dr. William), Memorial Window in Folkstone Church, 



471 

 Haughton (Rev. S., F.R.S.), "Principlesof Animal Mechanics," 



289 

 Hayden (Dr.), his American Survey, 72, 452 

 Hayward (R. B.), Spencer and H pnori Axioms. 499 

 Hearder (Dr. J. N., F.C.S.), Physiological Effects of Ozone, 



182 

 Heart (the), and^the Sphygmograph, Lecture by A. II. Garrod, 



327, 362 

 Heer (Prof), WoUaston Gold Medal presented to, 353 

 Helmholtz (Prof), Copley Medal awarded to, 91 ; Direction of 



Balloons, 312 

 Henderson (Geo., M.D., and A. O. Hume), "Lahore to Var- 



kund," 3 

 Henessy (H.), Internal Condition of the Earth, 103 

 Henslow (Rev. G.), "Theory of Evolution of Living Things," 



41 

 Herschel (A. S., F.R.A.S.), Spectra of Shooting Stars, 142 

 Ilibberd (Shirley), "Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory, "4 

 Hicks (Henry), Barrande and Darwinism, 261 

 Highton (E,), lilack Rain and Dew Ponds, 43 ] 

 Hitzig (Dr.), Functions of the Brain, 249 



