INDEX. 1235 
between the crystal form and the atom 
composition of chemical compounds, 
983. 
Barlow (W. H.) on patent legislation, 695. 
*Barnett (P. M.) on the Spey Bridge at 
Garmouth and the River Spey, 1203. 
Barrett (Prof. W. F.) on a new and 
simple form of calorimeter, 938; on a 
system of periodic clock control on 
telephone or telegraph lines, 1198. 
Barrington (R. M.) on the migration of 
birds, 685. 
Barron (Lt.-Col. W.), the Cadastral Sur- 
vey of India, 1128. 
*Bartholomew (J. G.), North-west Aus- 
tralia, 1132. 
Bass of Inverurie, the, a fragment of an 
ancient alluvial bed, by Rev. Dr. J. 
Davidson, 1018. 
Bastite-serpentine and troktolite in Aber- 
deenshire, Prof. T. G. Bonney on, 1016. 
*Bateman (A. H.) on customs tariffs, 1169, 
Bates (H. W.) on the exploration of New 
Guinea, 690; on the scientific examina- 
tion of the country in the vicinity of 
Mount Roraima in Guiana, 7d. 
Bathy-hypsographical maps, E.G. Raven- 
stein on, with special reference to a 
combination of the Ordnance and 
Admiralty surveys, 1140. 
Bauerman (H.) on the volcanic pheno- 
mena of Vesuvius, 395. d 
*Beauly basin, the geographical features 
of the, by J. Y. Buchanan, 1138. 
Becker (Miss L.) on the teaching of 
science in elementary schools, 692. 
Beddard (F. EH.) on the bronchial syrinx 
of the cuculide and caprimulgide, 
1101 ; contributions to the structure of 
the oligochzeta, 1102. 
*Bees and ants, recent observations on 
the habits and instincts of, by Sir J. 
Lubbock, 1056. 
Bell (A.), fossil tertiary polyzoa of the 
higher zones, and note on the scarcity 
of eocene polyzoa, 666. 
Bell (Prof. J. F.) on the echinoderm 
fauna of the island of Ceylon, 1065. 
Ben Nevis, meteorological observations 
on, report of the Committee for co- 
operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 
logical Society in making, 90. 
——, the meteorology of, A. Buchan on, 
917. 
——, proposed earthquake observations 
on, the measurement of the movements 
of the ground, with reference to, Prof. 
J. A. Ewing on, 920. 
*Benham (W. B.) on the kidneys of gas- 
teropoda and the renal duct of palu- 
dina, 1103. 
Bent (J. T.), insular Greek customs, 1214 ; 
‘on ancient tombs in the Greek islands, 
1217. 
Bidwell (S.) on the sensitiveness to light 
of selenium and sulphur cells, 981 ; on 
the generation of a voltaic current by a 
sulphur cell witha solid electrolyte, 982. 
Biggart (A.8.) on the Forth Bridge works, 
873. 
Biological Section, Address by Prof. W.C. 
McIntosh to the, 1043. 
Biological station, a marine, at Granton, 
Scotland, report on the establishment 
of 474. 
Biological stations, marine, on the coast 
of the United Kingdom, report of the 
Committee for promoting the establish- 
ment of, 480. 
Biology, the application of, to economics, 
P. Geddes on, 1166. 
Birds, migratory, some of our, as first 
seen in Aberdeenshire, J. Taylor on, 
1098. 
Bisulpbide of carbon prisms, the use of, 
for cases of extreme spectroscopic dis- 
persion, and their results in gaseous 
spectra, Profs. C. P. Smyth and A. 8. 
Herschel on, 942. 
Black Dog, the rock of the, note on, by 
Prof. T. G. Bonney, 1016. 
Black Rock of Kiltearn, the chasm called 
the, by W. Watson, 1018. 
Blackfoot tribes, report on the, by H. 
Hale, 696. 
Blair (M.) on the pauperisation of chil- 
dren by the operation of the ‘Scotch 
Education Act, 1872,’ 1176. 
Blanford (W. T.) on the fossil plants of 
the tertiary and secondary beds of the 
United Kingdom, 396; on the explora- 
tion of New Guinea, 690. 
Bloxam (G. W.) on the exploration of 
New Guinea, 690; on the scientific ex- 
amination of the country in the vicinity 
of Mount Roraima in Guiana, id.; on 
the North-western tribes of the Do- 
minion of Canada, 696. 
Blyth (Prof. J.) on a new form of gal- 
vanometer, 939. 
Boltzmann’s theorem, Prof. W. M. Hicks 
on, 905. 
Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on meteoric dust, 34; 
on the erratic blocks of England, Wales, 
and Ireland, 322; report on the rocks 
collected by H. H. Johnston, Esq., from 
the upper part of the Kilima-njaro 
massif, 682; on bastite-serpentine and 
troktolite in Aberdeenshire; with a 
note on the rock of the Black Dog, 
1016; preliminary note on some tra- 
verses of the crystalline district of the 
Central Alps, 1027. 
Botany, the use of graphic representa- 
tions of life-histories in the teaching of, 
Prof, F. O. Bower on, 1057. 
Bottomley (J. T.) on contact electricity 
in common air, vacuum, and different 
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