1240 
82; on the rate of erosion of the sea- 
coasts of England and Wales, 404. 
Evans (Dr. J.) on the work of the Corre- 
sponding Societies Committee, 708. 
Everett (Prof.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 31 ; on under- 
ground temperature, 93. 
Evolutionary history, abnormal and 
arrested development as an indica- 
tion of, by Dr. J. G. Garson, 1226. 
Ewart (Prof. C.) on the establishment of 
a marine biological station at Granton, 
Scotland, 474. R 
Ewing (Prof. J. A.) on the measurement 
of the movements of the ground, with 
reference to proposed earthquake ob- 
servations on Ben Nevis, 920; *on a 
new form of high-speed friction driv- 
ing gear, 1203. 
Explosion of hydrogen and oxygen, the 
rate of, H. B. Dixon on, 905. 
Farquharson ( Mrs.) on the identification 
of the British mosses by their distinc- 
tive characters, 1063. 
Fauna, the echinoderm, of the island of 
Ceylon, Prof. I’. J. Bell on, 1065. 
Faunas of the Red Sea and Mediterra- 
nean, the cause of the extreme dis- 
similarity of the, Prof. E. Hull on, 
1068. 
*Ferguson (W.), notes on a cist found at 
Parkhill, Dyce, in October 1881, 1225. 
Fernando Noronha group, some rock 
specimens from the islands of the, 
Prof. A, Renard on, 1081. 
Fiscal policy, how the prosperity of a 
nation may be affected by its, by 
A. Forbes, 1169. 
Fish, specimens of, from the Lower Old 
Red Sandstone of Forfarshire, Rev. H. 
Mitchell on, 1023. 
Fisheries, report on the aid given by the 
Dominion Government and the Govern- 
ment of the United States to the en- 
couragement of, and to the investiga- 
tion of the various forms of marine life 
on the coasts and rivers of North 
America, 479. 
Fishes of the Sea of Galilee, the origin of 
the, Prof. E. Hull on, 1066. 
Fitzgerald (Prof. G. F.) on standards for 
use in electrical measurements, 31; 
*exhibition of a mechanical model 
illustrating some properties of the 
ether, 930. 
Fleming (Dr. J. A.) on standards for use 
in electrical measurements, 31. 
Flint-knappers’ art in Albania, the, by 
A. J. Evans, 1216.: 
Flora of Banffshire, Rev. W. S. Bruce on 
the, 1087. 
Flora of Caithness, J. F. Grant on the, 
1063. 
INDEX. 
Flora of Elgin, J. Mackenzie on the, 1087. 
Fluorine, the refraction of, G. Gladstone 
on, 970. 
Food-fishes, the development of the, at 
St. Andrew’s marine laboratory, E. E. 
Prince on, 1091. 
Forbes (A.), how its fiscal policy may 
affect the prosperity of a nation, 1169. 
Forbes (Prof. G.) on standards of white 
light, 61. 
Fordham (H. G.) on the erratic blocks of 
England, Wales, and Ireland, 322; on 
the work of the Corresponding Societies 
Committee, 708. 
Forth Bridge works, the, by A. 8. Biggart, 
873. 
—, electric lighting at, by J. N. Shool- 
bred, 879. 
*Fossil fishes in the estuarine beds of the 
carboniferous formation, Dr. Traquair 
on the distribution of, 1033. 
Fossil phyllopoda of the palzozoic rocks, 
third report on the, 326. 
Fossil plants of the tertiary and secondary 
beds of the United Kingdom, report on 
the, 396. 
Fossil reptile, a new, recently discovered 
at New Spynie, near Elgin, preliminary 
note on, by Dr. R. H. Traquair, 1024. 
Foster (Dr. C. Le Neve) on underground 
temperature, 93. 
Foster (Prof. G. C.) on standards for use 
in electrical measurements, 31; on 
standards of white light, 61. 
Foster (Prof. M.) on the occupation of a 
table at the zoological station at Naples, 
466. 
Fox (H. C.) on some of the laws which 
regulate the sequence of mean tempera- 
ture and rainfall in the climate of Lon- 
don, 912, 
*Fraipont (J.), systématique du genre 
Polygordius, 1098. 
Frankland (Prof.) on chemical nomen- 
clature, 262. 
Fream (Prof. W.), the agricultural situa- 
tion, 1161. 
*Freshfield (D. W.), notes on recent 
mountaineering in the Himalaya, 1127. 
Frog-heart, the direct action of anzsthe- 
tics on the, J. McGregor-Robertson on, 
1057. 
Frog’s ovum, the nucleus in the, Dr. G. 
Thin on, 1069. 
*Frozen stratum of soil,the permanently, 
in British North America, the depth of, 
Gen. Sir J. H. Lefroy on, 1136. 
Fuller’s earth and its applications, notes 
on, by A. G. C. Cameron, 1039. 
Fungi in the roots of orchids, the occur- 
rence of, J. Macmillan on, 1083. 
*Fungus, a microscopic, in fossil wood 
from Bowling, Dr. J. M. Macfarlane on, 
1088. 
