INDEX. 
Muirhead (Dr.) on the facial character- | 
istics of the races and principal crosses 
in the British Isles, 306. 
Muirhead (Dr. A.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 41. 
Mulhall (M. G.) on the increase of 
national wealth since the time of the 
Stuarts, 624. 
Murray (J.) on making meteorological 
observations on Ben Nevis, 125. 
Muscular movements, the, that are asso- 
ciated with certain complex motions, 
Dr. R. J. Anderson on, 544. 
Nagel-flue of the Rigi and Rossberg, note 
on the, by Prof. T. G. Bonney, 507. 
National wealth, the increase of, since 
the time of the Stuarts, M. G. Mulhall 
on, 624. 
*Nautilas, the pearly, the differences be- 
tween the males and females of the, 
A. G. Bourne on, 528. 
Nectar gland of reseda, Prof. A. 8. Wil- 
son on the, 537. 
Nest gearing, by Prof. H. C. F. Jenkin, 
387. 
New Code, the proposed revised, report 
of the Committee for watching and 
reporting on the workings of, and of 
other legislation affecting the teaching 
of science in elementary schools, 309. 
New Guinea, Coutts Trotter on, 596. 
Newton (Prof.) on the migration of birds, 
229; on the occupation of a table at 
the zoological station at Naples, 234. 
New Zealand, the hot springs of Iceland 
and, C. E. Peek on, 590. 
*Nitrates in soil, R. Warington on the, 
469. 
Nitrogen and hydrogen, the alleged direct 
union of, H. B. Baker on, 467. 
Norfolk (F.), Southport as an example of 
modern enterprise, 630. 
North (Mr.) on the influence of bodily 
exercise on the elimination of nitrogen, | 
242. 
North Atlantic Ocean, the geological age | 
of the, Prof. E. Hull on, 494. 
North-west territory, notes on the, by | 
H. Moody, 612. 
Nos Vey and the south-west of Madagas- | 
car, by Rev. S. J. Perry, 595. | 
Numerical results derived from observa- 
tion, the adjustment of, T. B. Sprague 
on, 446, 
Odling (Prof.) on chemical nomenclature, 
127 ; on the ultra-violet spark spectra 
emitted by metallic elements, and their | 
combinations under varying conditions, | 
ab. : | 
Ogle (Dr. W.) on the work of the An- { 
thropometric Committee, 253. 
Oil, the effect of, in calming wayes ina | 
671 
storm, the probable explanation of,. 
E. P. Culverwell on, 443. 
Oleic acid, the conversion of, into pal- 
mitic acid, and fusions with caustic 
alkalies at high temperatures, W. L. 
Carpenter on, 462. 
Ortho-amido-cinnamic acid, by T. M. 
Morgan, 458, 
Osborne (H. I.) and W. B. Scott on the 
origin and development of the rhino- 
ceros group, 528. 
*Oysters, green, Prof. E. Ray Lankester 
on, 540. 
P, O;, the action of sunlight on, Rey. A. 
Irving on, 463. 
Palestine, Eastern, report of the Com- 
mittee for promoting the survey of, 308. 
Palestine channel and canal scheme,. 
C. Walford on the, 617. 
Palgrave (R. H. Inglis), Address by, to- 
the Section of Economic Science and 
Statistics, 605. 
Panama canal, the, by the Chevalier de 
Stoess, 659. 
Paradise, primitive astronomical tradi- 
tions as to, by R. G. Haliburton, 572. 
Parker (J.) on the circulation of under- 
ground waters, 147. 
Parsons (P. M.) on manganese bronze, 
378. 
Patent legislation, report on, 316. 
Pearson (Rey. J.) on the physical theory 
of the tides, with especial reference 
to their diurnal inequality, 405 
Peek (C. E.) on the hot springs of Iceland 
and New Zealand, with notes on Maori 
customs, 590. : 
Pengelly (W.) on underground tempera- 
ture, 45; on the erratic blocks of Eng- 
land, Wales, and Ireland, 136; on the 
circulation of underground waters, 147 ; 
Address by, to the Department of An- 
thropology, 549; on a flint implement 
found on Torre-Abbey Sands, Torbay, 
564. 
Penrith sandstone, further discovery of 
vertebrate footprints in the, preliminary 
note on, by G. V. Smith, 510. 
*Peripatus, A. Sedgwick on, 543. 
Permian versus Dyas, by Rey. A. Irving, 
503. 
Perry (J.) on standards for use in elec- 
trical measurements, 41. 
Perry (Rey. 8. J.), Nos Vey and the south- 
west of Madagascar, 595. 
Petitot (Rev. E.) on the Athabasca dis- 
trict of the Canadian north-west terri- 
tory, 599. 
Physical Section, the Mathematical and,- 
Address by Prof. O, Henrici to, 393. 
Pickwell (R.) on a self-registering ship's 
compass, 657. 
Pile-dwelling recently discovered at 
