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REPORT 1865. 



New Zealand, Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay 

 on the relations of the southern to the 

 northern flora of, 82. 



* , Rev. F.Hewlett on the occurrence 



of the bones of extinct struthious birds 

 in, in the same oven ■with those of the 

 dog, 86. 



Nicholson (H.) on the geology of the 

 Lake country, 57. 



*Nitrogen, Dr. Phipson on sponges as a 

 source of, 34. 



*Norman (Rev. A. M.) on the structure 

 and development of Salpa spinosa 

 (Otto), as observed at Guernsey, 92. 



Norris (Dr. R.), Rigor Mortis not mus- 

 cular contraction, 109. 



North Wales, Dr. Aug. Voelcker on 

 phosphatic deposits recently discovered 

 in, 37. 



, George Maw on an extensive dis- 

 tribution of white sands and clays in, 

 antecedent to the boulder clay drift, 

 68. 



Nova Scotia, Rev. A. W. M l Kay on the 

 red sandstone of, 66. 



O'Callaghan (Dr. P.) on a curious pre- 

 served specimen of the blackbird, 92. 



Oertling (L.) on the hydrometer and its 

 adaptation to the present require- 

 ments of the Board of Inland Revenue, 

 21. 



Oils, Dr. J. E. De Vrij on the rotatory 

 power of several essential, 40. 



Ommanney (Rear- Admiral E.) on arctic 

 exploration, 125. 



Onagracese, H. T. Stainton on the extra- 

 ordinary partiality shown by insects 

 of the genus Laverna for plants of the 

 order, 93. 



Orang (S. satyrus), Dr. Edwards Crisp 

 on the external form of the hand and 

 brain of the, 86. 



Orcynus alalonga, Dr. W. R. Scott on 

 the occurrence of, on the coast of 

 Devon, 93. 



Osier (A. Follett) on an anemometer for 

 the registration of cyclones or other 

 tropical hurricanes, 19. 



Ozone, Dr. B. W. Richardson on certain 

 physiological experiments with, 110. 



Ozone in the atmosphere, John Smyth, 

 jun., on an apparatus for the deter- 

 mination of the, and experiments made 

 therewith by means of the aspirator, 

 37. 



Paintings in picture galleries, Dr. D. S. 

 Price on the action of light upon sul- 

 phide of lead, and its bearing upon 

 the preservation of, 34. 



Palaeozoic floras in North America, Prin- 

 cipal J. W. DaWson on the succession 

 of) 50. 



Palestine Exploration Fund, George 

 Grove on the exploration of the Holy 

 Land, as proposed by the, 121. 



Panama, Dr. Cullen on the Isthmus of, 

 and inter-oceanic ship canal routes, 

 118. 



Paper, Dr. Stevenson Macadam on Es- 

 parto fibre, or Spanish grass, and its 

 employment in the manufacture of, 

 33. 



Parkes (Samuel H.) on the early de- 

 velopment of organs in embryonic life, 

 109. 



Parkesine, Owen Roland on the pro- 

 perties of, and its application to the 

 arts, manufactures, and telegraphy, 

 34. 



Patagonia, Rev. W. H. Sterling on the 

 natives of, 94. 



•Patents and copyrights, Prof. Rogers 

 on, 155. 



Peacock (R. A.) on steam as the active 

 agent in earthquakes, 68 ; on exten- 

 sive and deep sinkings of land in the 

 Channel Islands seas, and on some 

 changes of the French coast of the 

 Bay of Biscay within the historical 

 period, 70. 



Pelly (Lieut.-Col. L.), notes on Arabia, 

 126 ; on the Comoro Islands, 127. 



* on the Seychelle Islands, 126 ; on 



the shores of the Persian Gulf, ib. 



Pengelly (W.) on the insulation of St. 

 Michael's Moimt in Cornwall, 71. 



People, Prof. Leone Levi on the sta- 

 tistical data in relation to the repre- 

 sentation of the, 162. 



Percival (Lovibond) on the formation 

 of pyrites in a South Staffordshire 

 coal-pit, 71. 



•Persian Gulf, Lieut.-Col. Lewis on the 

 shores of the, 126. 



*Phayre (Col.) on the ethnology of the 

 Hindu-Chinese nations, 128. 



Phillips (Prof.) on glacial striatum, 71. 



*Phipson (Dr.) a few words on sponges 

 as a source of bromine and of nitrogen, 

 34; on silicium in iron, ib ; on the sub- 

 limed oligist of Vesuvius, and its arti- 

 ficial production, ih. 



Phosphorescence, Dr. Moffat on, 90. 



Phosphorus and copper, F. A. Abel on 

 compounds of, 27. 



Photographic figures, A. Claudet on 

 moving, 9. 



•Photography, W. Willes on the aniline 

 process in, 40. 



