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INDEX 
[NWature, Dec. 10, 1885 
Vuibert’s Journal de Mathematiques Elementaires, 609 
Vulcanology and Seismology, Recent Progress in, Prof. Rock- 
wood, 609 
Wales, Fire at University College, 254 
Walker (Alf. O.), Rainfall of N.W. England, 271 
Walker (General J. T., F.R.S.), Opening Address in Section 
E (Geography), at the British Association, 481 
Walking, Unconscious Bias in, Manly Miles, 293 
Wallace (Alfred R.), “A Naturalist’s Wanderings in the Eastern 
Archipelago,” Henry O. Forbes, 218 
Wansford, Capt. Vipan’s Aquarium of Foreign Fishes at, 
541 
Ward (M.), Notes on Experiments as to the Formation of 
Starch in Plants under the Influence of the Electric Light, 
563 
Warren (Wm. F., LL.D.), ‘‘ Paradise Found,” 28 
Warrand (Col. Wm. E.), Black and White, 245 
Washington Hydrographical Bureau, 110 
Washington Philosophical Society, 300 
Water in Firth of Forth, Temperature of, H. R. Mill, 70 
Water, the Removal of Micro-Organisms from, P. F. Frank- 
land, 262 
Water, Foul, W. H. Shrubsole, 223; Herbert C. Chadwick, 
245; Isaac C. Thompson, 271 
Water, Monkeys and, Jerry Barrett, 367 
Water-Birds of North America, Prof. S. F. Baird, Dr. T. M. 
_ Brewer, and R. Ridgway, 521 
Water-Supply, Report of Committee on Decrease of, 23 
Watering the Coal-Dust in Mines, W. Galloway, 171 
Waterspouts in Mexico and Alsace, 133, 134 
Watson (W.), Pitcher Plants, 341 ; a Correction, 367 
Watt (Alex. .)s sf sy of a Lump of Gold from the Mine to 
the Mint,” 340 
Watt (J. B. A.), Electrical Phenomenon, 316 
Watts (Henry) Fund, the, 61 
Watts (Wm.), Swallows, 223 
Watts (W. W.), the Geology of the Breidden Hills, 310 
Wave of Translation in the Oceans of Water, Air, and Ether, 
J. Scott Russell, F.R.S., 546 
Wave-Currents, Influence of, on the Fauna of Shallow Seas, 
Arthur R. Hunt, 547 
Waves, Ocean, Measurements of, 110 
Wax, Chinese Insect White, A. Hosie, 562 
Weather: Cyclones in United States, 328 ; Rainy Summer in 
Eastern Asia, 461; Unprecedented Fall of Temperature on 
Night of August 31-September 1, 495 ; Inclement Weather 
in Iceland and Norway, 427, 542; Forecasting by Means of 
Weather Charts, 392 
Webb (Rev. T. W.), Death of, 84 ; Obituary Notice of, G. F. 
Chambers, 126 
Webster (H. A.), What has been done for the Geography of 
Scotland, and what remains to be done, 565 
Wedding (Dr. Hermann), on the Properties of Malleable Iron, 
40 
Weights and Measures Act, Proceedings under the, 634 
Weiss (Prof.), on the Present State of Computations of Orbits of 
Comets, 516 
Weissmann (Lieut.), Discovery of Fall of Kassai River into 
Lake Leopold II., by, 495, 554, 581 
Weldon (Walter, F.R.S.), Death of, 552 
Wellington College Natural Science Society, 208 
Welsbach (Dr. C. A. von), the ‘‘ Decomposition” of Didymium, 
435 
Wernicke’s (Dr.), Experiments on the Reflection of Light, 
312 
Wesson (Edward), Niagara Falls: the Rate at which they 
Recede Southwards, 229 
West Kent Natural History, Microscopical, and Photographic 
Society, 402 
Western Islands?, Are there Rabbits in the, Herbert Ellis, 
575 
Weyl (Dr.), Nitrates in Human Body, 191; Cholesterin, 
544 
Whale, Rudolphi’s, Observations on, Dr. R. Collett, 374; on 
the Cervical Vertebre of the Greenland Right, Prof. Stru- 
thers, 560; on Some Points in the Anatomy of Sowerby’s, 
Prof. Turner, 560; on the Tay Whale and Others Recently 
» Obtained in the District, Prof. Struthers, 560 
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Wheat, Experiments to Ascertain most Productive Variety of, 
Re P. Dehérain, 496 
Wheat Production i in India, Prof. John Wrightson, 79 
Whirlwinds, Prof. Sporer on, 239 
Whitaker (W.), on Deep Boring; at Chatham—a Contribution 
to the Deep-Seated Geology of the London Basin, 555 
White, Black and, Col. Wm. E. Warrand, 245 
White Light, B. A. Report on Standards of, 529 ; Discussion on 
Standards of, 537 
White Swallow a, Mary Briggs, 500; Alex. Anderson, 5233 
Hubert Airy, 523; J. Li. Bozward, 523 
Whitechapel Fine Art Exhibition, 160 
Whitefish, Acclimatisation of, 85, 402, 515 
Whitehouse (Cope), Projected Restoration of the Reian Meeris, 
and the Province, Lake, and Canals ascribed to the Patriarch 
Joseph, 565 
WildsBees, E. Brown, 6 
Will, Motor Centres of the Brain and the Mechanism of the, 
Victor Horsley, 377 
Williams (A.), Mineral Resources of the United States, 
341 
Williams (Dr. J. W.), Pulsation in the Veins, 466 
Williams College, Lyceum of Natural History, 12 
Williamson (Prof. W. C., F.R.S.), Evolution of Phanerogams, 
364 
Willoughby (Edward F.), Hygiene, 221 
Wilson (Dr. D.), on the Manifestation of the Alsthetic Faculty 
among Primitive Races, 259 
Wilson (Thomas), on a New Man of Mentone, 588 
Wimshurst Induction Machine, Notes on the Action of the, G. 
B. Buckton, F.R.S., 51 
Wind in Fertilisation, the 7é/e of, M. Alluard, 134 
Wind Currents, Upper, over the Equator, Hon. Ralph Aber- 
cromby, 624 
Windfall, Possible, for Science, Dr. Hyde eee 313, 342 
Wingless Birds, Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.S.. 
Wires, on Cooling of, in Air and Vinee T. Bottomley, 
536 
Witz (M. G.), Sulphurous Acid in Town Atmospheres, 144 
Woeikof’s ‘‘ Climates of the Globe,” 11 ; High-Level Meteoro- 
logical Stations, 54 
Wolf’s (M.), Modification of Foucault’s Apparatus for the 
Measurement of the Velacity of Light, Albert A. Michelson, 
6 
Women Students at Zurich, 635 
Woodpeckers Nesting in Ants’ Nests, 52 
Woodward (Dr. H., F.R.S.), Wingless Birds, 46; Testimonial 
to, 84, 252 
Wool-Fibre, Structure of the, in its Relation to the Use of 
Wool for Technical Purposes, Dr. F. H. Bowman, 266 
Worsaae (Prof ), Death of, 375 
Wortley (Col. H. Stuart), Resting Position of Oysters, 625 
Wrightson (Prof. John): Field Experiments at Rothamsted, 58 ; 
Wheat-Production in India, 79; Bulletin of the Bussey Insti- 
tution, 195 ; British Dairy Farming, James Long, 571 
Wyoming, the Deinocerata of, Prof. O. C. Marsh, Arch. 
Geikie, F.R.S., 97 
Xanthine Bodies in Urine, Dr. Salomon, 495 
Yarrell’s (William) History of British Birds, New Edition of, 
363 
Year-Book of Scientific and Learned Societies for 1885, 231 
Yolland (Col., F.R.S.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 461 
Yoshida (Hikorokuro), the Chemistry of Japanese Lacquer, 
190 
Zacharias (Dr. O.), Silesian Freshwater Fauna, 160 
Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fiir Erdkunde zu Berlin, 403 
Zeitschrift fiir Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 91, 591 
Zenger (C. V.), a New Stellar Spectroscope, 543 
Zinger (Prof.), on the Determination of Time by Corresponding 
Heights of Different Stars, 63 
Zoological Gardens, Additions to, 13, 37, 63, 85, 112, 134, 162, 
183, 209, 231, 254, 330, 355, 376) 402, 428, 463, 495, 516, 
542, 553, 581%, 609, 636 
