INDEX 11. 



247 



Patagonia, Dr. R. O. Cunningham on 

 the flora of the Sti-ait of Magellan and 

 west coast of, 112. 



Patent law, Henry Dircks on some sta- 

 tistics illustrating the policy of a, 182. 



Peach (C. W.) on the discovery of or- 

 ganic remains in the rocks between 

 the Nare Head and Porthalla Cove, 

 Cornwall, 99. 



Peacock (G.) on the encroachment of 

 the sea on Exmouth Wan-en, 166. 



" Pebble-bed" of Budleigh-Salterton, T. 

 Davidson on the Brachiopoda hitherto 

 obtained from the, 88. 



Penal law as applied to prison discipline. 

 Sir John Bo wring on, 180. 



Peiias, Gulf of, Captain R. C. Mayne on 

 the Straits of Magellan and the pas- 

 sages leading northward to the, 164. 



Pengelly (W.) on the alleged occur- 

 rence of Hipjmpotamus major and Ma- 

 chairodus httidcns in Kent's Cavern, 

 99 ; on the source of the Miocene clays 

 of Bovey Tracey, 99 ; on whale re- 

 mains washed ashore at Babbacombe, 

 South Devon, 116. 



Perdix cinerea found in Devonshire, Dr. 

 W. R. Scott on a hybrid or other va- 

 riety of, 117. 



Peruvian explorations and settlements 

 on the Upper Amazons, F. F. Searle 

 on, 167. 



" Petrified human eyes " from the graves 

 of the dead, Arica, Peru, the Rev. Di\ 

 Hume on the so-called, 135. 



Phipson (Dr. T. L.) on the solubility of 

 lead and copper in pure and impure 

 water, 73 ; on some new substances 

 extracted from the walnut, 74. . 



Phosphates in wheat-seed. Professor 

 Crace-Calvert on the amount of solu- 

 ble and insoluble, 66. 



Phosphorescence of the sea and ozone, 

 Dr. T. Moftatt on the, 72. 



Phosphoric chloride, Stephen Williams 

 on the action of, on hydric sulphate, 

 82. 



*Phosphorus, Dr. T. Moffatt on the oxi- 

 dation of, and the quantity of phos- 

 phoric acid excreted by the kidneys 

 in connexion with atmospheric con- 

 ditions, 72. 



* , Charles Tomlinson on a remark- 

 able structural appearance in, 78. 



Physical science, the Rev. W. Tuckwell 

 on the method of teaching, 119. 



Physiological action of hydrate of chlo- 

 ral, Dr. B. W. Richardson on the, 222. 



Physiology, W. K. Bridgman on vol- 

 taic electricity in relation to, 119. 



*Physique terrestre, faits divers de, par. 

 Dr. Janssen, 41. 



Plants, fossil, in the Cambrian (Upper 

 Longmynd) rocks, St. David's, Dr. 

 Hicks on the discovery of some, 89. 



, Dr. Maxwell T. Masters on the 



value of the characters employed in 

 the classification of, 114. 



Plato, W. R. Birt on secular variations 

 of lunar tints and spots and sha- 

 dows on, 15. 



Plymouth, Henry K. Bamber on the 

 water-supply of, 60. 



Population and mortality of Bombay, 

 P. M. Tait on the, 199. 



Prideaux (T. S.) on the occasional defi- 

 nition of the convolutions of the brain 

 on the exteior of the head, 225. 



Primitive condition of man. Sir John 

 Lubbock on the origin of civilization 

 and the, 137. 



Prison discipline, Sir John Bowling on 

 penal law as applied to, 180. 



Ttvroplax, James Thomson on new forms 

 of, with notes on their structure by 

 Prof Young, 101. 



Purdy (Frederick ) on some experiments 

 in agriculture, 197 ; on the pressure of 

 taxation on real property, 199. 



Quartzose conglomerate of the New 

 Red Sandstone of the central portion 

 of England, Edward Hull on the 

 source of the, 91. 



Race-affinities of the Madecasees, C. S. 

 Wake on the, 151. 



Race-elements of the Irish people, G. 

 Henry Kinahan on the, 136. 



Races, mixed, Hyde Clarke on the want 

 of statistics on the question of, 181. 



Radcliffe Obsenatory, Oxford, the Rev. 

 R. Main on the longitude of the, as 

 deduced from meridional observations 

 of the moon, 18. 



Railway across the Channel between the 

 coasts of England and France, John 

 F. Bateman and J. J. Revy on a pro- 

 posed cast-iron tube for carrjdng a, 

 206. 



Railway passengers' and guards' com- 

 munication, S. Alfred Varley on, 220. 



Railways in their relation to the public, 

 R. Brandon on, 180. 



in Northern India as affected by 



the abrading and transporting power 

 of water, Thomas Login on the roads 

 and, 214. 



Rainfall of Natal, Dr. Mann on the, 

 41. 



