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INDEX. 



Morton (G. H.) on the circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 96. 



Mounds, a group of, in Ohio, notice of 

 exploration of, by F, W. Tutnam, 899. 



Mount Roraima in Guiana, by E. F. im 

 Thurn, 806. 



*Muir (W. K.) on single-track railways, 

 885. 



Muirhead (Dr. A.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 29. 



Muirhead (Dr. H.) on the facial charac- 

 teristics of the races and principal 

 crosses in the British Isles, 294 ; on the 

 formation of mackerel sky, 641. 



Mulhall (M. G.), national debts, 838. 



Murray (J.) on meteorological observa- 

 tions on lien Nevis, 36. 



National debts, by M. G. Mulhall, 838. 



Natural co-ordination, as evinced in 

 oreanic evolution, Dr. W. Fraser on, 

 772. 



Nerve-supply, the value of, in the deter- 

 mination of muscular anomalies, Prof. 

 D. J. Cunningham on, 768. 



Neubauer (Dr. A.), notes on the races of 

 the Jews, 917. 



*New South Wales, notes on some tribes 

 of, by A. L. P. Cameron, 924. 



Newberry (Prof. J. S.), phases in the 

 evolution of the North American 

 Continent, 719; on the recent dis- 

 covery of new and remarkable fossil 

 fishes in the carboniferous and devonian 

 rocks of Ohio and Indiana, 724. 



Newton (Prof.) on the migration of 

 birds, 266 ; on the preparation of a 



. bibliography of certain groups of in- 

 vertebrata, 270. 



*Newton's theory of astronomical refrac- 

 tion, note on, and on his explanation 

 of the motion of the moon's apogee, by 

 Prof. J. C. Adams, 645. 



Niagara, notes on, by P. Hallett, 744. 



Nicol (W. W. J.), a theory of solution, 

 675. 



Nitrification, R. Warington on, 682. 



North (W.) on the influence of bodily 

 exercise on the elimination of nitrogen, 

 265. 



North American continent, phases in the 

 evolution of the, 719. 



North American flora, the characteristics 

 of the, Prof. Asa Gray on, 555. 



North American geology, plan for the 

 subject-bibliography of, by G. K. Gil- 

 bert, 732. 



North American Indians, food plants used 

 by the, Prof. G. Lawson on, 91 8. 



North American languages, the classifica- 

 tion of, Major J. W. Powell on, 899. 



North American tribes, marriage laws of 

 the, by Major J. W. Powell, 911. 



Nova Scotia, results of past experience in 



gold mining in, by E. Gilpin, jun., 711. 

 , the agricultural resources of, by 



Maj.-Gen. Laurie, 849. 

 Nova Scotian coalfields, a comparison of 



the distinctive features of, by E. Gilpin, 



jun., 712. 



Odling (Prof.) on chemical nomencla- 

 ture, 39. 



O'Halloran (J. S.) on Charles Winnecke's 

 explorations in Central Australia, with 

 notes on the employment of camels, 

 812. 



Ohio, a group of mounds in, notice of 

 exploration of, by F. W. Putnam, 899. 



Ontario, the agricultural resources of, by 

 J. Carnegie, 848. 



Oxalic acid, the secretion of, in the dog, 

 Dr. T. W. Mills on, 783. 



*Oxygen, the liquefaction of, Prof. J. 

 Dewar on, 679. 



Palestine, the geology of, by Prof. E. 

 Hull, 272. 



, Eastern, report of the Committee 



for promoting the survey of, 272. 



Panton (J. H.), gleanings from outcrops 

 of silurian strata in Red River Valley, 

 Manitoba, 715. 



Paraffin oils, the production of permanent 

 gas from, Dr. S. Macadam on, 680. 



Parker (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 96. 



Parsons (Capt. J.) on the erosion of the 

 sea-coasts of England and Wales, 238. 



Patent legislation, report on, 293. 



*rauperism, population, and immigration 

 in the dominion of Canada, bv J. Lowe, 

 866. 



Pen pits, Somersetshire, recent excava- 

 tions in, by Rev. H. H. Winwood, 91S. 



Pengelly (W.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 96 ; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 219. 



Pennsylvania before and after the eleva- 

 tion of the Appalachian mountains, by 

 Prof. E. W. Claypole, 718. 



Pcrkin (Dr. W. H.) on the magnetic rota- 

 tion of compounds in relation to their 

 chemical composition, 673 ; *on coal- 

 tar colouring matters, 678. 



Permanent way, American, J. 51. Wilson 

 on, 593. 



Perry (Prof. J.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 21). 



Perry (Rev. S. J.) on the spot spectrum 

 from D to 13, 635. 



Phillips (Prof. A. W.). transformation of 

 the stereographic equatorial projection 

 of a sphere by means of a certain form 

 of the I'eaucellier cell, 649. 



