Nature, Dec. 10, 1885] INDEX XXL 
Mollusca of the United States, 460 Natural History Museum, Additions to the, 493 
Monkeys and Water, Jerry Barrett, 367 Naturalists’ Societies, Scotch Union of, 85 
Monnier (Le), on the Island of Hainan, 233 **Naturalist’s Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago,” Henry 
Montrose, Dr. J. C. Howden on the Glacial Deposits of, O. Forbes, Alfred R. Wallace, 218 
555 Naukratis, W. M. Flinders Petrie on the Discovery of, 588 
Monuments, General Pitt-Rivers on the Preservation of, 587 
Morgan (Prof. C. Lloyd), Some Experiments on the Vicosity of 
Ice, 16 
Morphology of Insects’ Eyes, Mr. Lowne on, Dr. E. A. Schafer, 
E:R.S:, 
Morphology of the Mediterranean Coasts, Dr. Fischer, 163 
Morphologisches Jahrbuch, 591 
Morris, on Science in Jamaica, 182 
Moseley (Prof. H. N., F.R.S.), ‘Den Norske Nordhavs- 
Expedition, 1876-1878,” Zoologie Pennatulida, 74 ; Fauna of 
the Seashore, 212, 243, 417 
Mosquitoes, Destruction of Young Trout by, 515 
Mosso (Prof.), Respiration, 47 
Motor Centres of the Brain and the Mechanism of the Will, 
Victor Horsley, 377 
Mott (Henry A., Jun.), ‘‘ Fallacy of the Present Theory of 
Sound,” Dr. W. H. Stone, 75 
Mouchez, Application of Photography to Mapping of Stars, 70 
Mounier (E. P.), Meteor seen at Fontainebleau, 496 
Mountain, the Highest, in Sweden, 404 
Muir (M. M. Pattison), an Introduction to the Study of the 
Compounds of Carbon or Organic Chemistry, Prof. Ira 
Remsen, 99 
Muir (Wm.), Earthquake-Proof Buildings, 245 
Muirhead (Dr. Henry), Spectral Images, 55; on the Termino- 
logy of the Mathematical Theory of Electricity, 437 
Muirhead (John), Death of, 540 
Mull, Acclimatisation of Whitefish in, 515 
Mullan (R. A.), Red Hail, 54 
Miillenhoff (Dr.), the Locomotion of Animals, 496 
Munk (Dr. J.), on the Formation of Fat in the Animal Body, 
335 
Munro (Dr. R.), on the Archzological Importance of Ancient 
British Lake-Dwellings and their Relation to Analogous 
Remains in Europe, 588 
Murché (Vincent T.), Botany, a Specific Subject of Instruc- 
tion in Public Elementary Schools, 222 
Murray’s (Dr.), English Dictionary, 159 
Murray (John), Great Ocean Basins, 581, 611 
Museums, Overcrowding of, 12 
Museums, the Author of ‘‘ Museums of Natural History,” 103 
Museums, North American, 381 
Mushrooms, Wild Edible, Dr. Olsen, Studies of, 162 
Music Loan Collection, International Exhibition, Dr. W. H. 
Stone, 174 
Musical Pitch, Standard, 9 
Mustela itatsi, H. Pryer, 110 
Myzostoma, an Encysting, in: Milford Haven, 
Carpenter, 391 
P. Herbert 
Nachtigal (Dr. Gustav) : 
Death of, 14; Proposed Monument 
to, 134, 184, 581; 
the African Natural History Collections 
of, 493 
Nadaillac (Marquis de), Prehistoric America, Dr. E. B. Tylor, 
F.R.S , 593 
Namaland or Namaqualand ?, Dr. Schinz, 581 
Names of Places, Native, New System of Orthography for, 244 
Naples, mene Table at, 506 
Napoli (D.), a New Integraph, 519 
Nasini, on Atomic Refraction of Sulphur in Various Compounds, 
87 
Natal, New Bird in, J. E. Harting, 6 
National Academy of Sciences, the, 35 
National Academy of Sciences, Composite Portraits of Members 
of the, Raphael Pumpelly, 176 
National Fish Culture Association, 134 
Native Names of Places, System of Orthography for, 199, 244 
Natural Gas Fuel, 40 
Natural History Survey of Canada, Geological and, Alfred R. 
C. Selwyn, F.R.S., 242 
Natural History, Guide to the Universal Gallery of the British 
Museum, L. Fletcher, 364 
Natural History Collections of Dr. Nachtigal, the African, 493 
Naval Construction, the Directorship of, 374, 552 
Navigation, Inland, Exhibition of Plans, &c., Connected with, 
at Brussels, 35 
Nebula in Andromeda, Lord Rosse, F. R. S., 437 
Nebulz, New, 38 
Needs, Our Present, 433 
Negritos of the Philippines, 232 
Neis (M. P.), on Laos, 166 
Neolithic Age, Prof. Pigorinion the Worship of Stone Weapons 
in the, 48 
Neptune, Prof. Pickering’s Observation of, 12; Satellites of 
Uranus and, 553 
Nerve-Endings, Dr. 
Motory, 520 
Nesting of Aficropternus pheoceps, Chas. Bingham, 52 
Netto (Ladislaus), the Artificial Hill of Pacoval, Brazil, 408 
Neuhauss (Dr.), Meteorological Observations, 239 
Neunkirchen, in Germany, Experiments with Coal-Dust at, W. 
Galloway, 55 
Neya, Soroloff’s Analyses of Water of, 13 
Nevada, Silver-Lead Deposits of Eureka, J. S. Curtis, 50 
New Departure for the University of London, 265 
New Guinea Exploration, Proposed Expeditions, 64 ; the Pro- 
posed Dutch Expedition to New Guinea, 87, 302; the Aus- 
tralian New Guinea Expedition, 403 5 H. O. Forbes’s Expe- 
dition to, 552 ; Recent Explorations in, Coutts Trotter, 611 
New Nebulz, 38 
New South Wales, Royal Society of, 234; Linnean Society of, 
Benda’s Preparations of Sensory and 
238 
Wee Spynie, Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., a Preliminary Note 
on a New Fossil Reptile Recently Discovered at, 556 
New Star in Andromeda, Lord Rosse, F.R.S , 465; Dr. Wm. 
Huggins, F.R.S., 465; W. F. Denning, 465 ; j. Edmund 
Clark, 499; A. a Common, F-.R.S., 5225 Geo. M. Sea- 
broke, 523; A. Ricco, 523 
New York, Submarine Earthquake at, 494 
New Zealand, the Ruahine Range, 108 ; Central Solar Eclipses 
in, 86 
Newall (H. Frank), on Certain Stages of Ocular After-Images, 
77 
Newcomb (Prof. S.), 375 
Newsholme (Arthur), Hygiene—a Manual of Personal and 
Public Health, 221 
Newton (Prof, Alfred, F.R.S.), ‘‘The Great Auk or Garefowl, 
its History, Archzeology, and Remains,” Symington Grieve, 
545 
Newton (Howard), Timbers of the Straits Settlements, 160 
Niagara: Preservation of Falls of, 131; the Rate at which 
they Recede Southwards, Edward Wesson, 229; E. L. Gar- 
bett, 244 ; the International Park at, 252 
Nice Floating Dome, the, 297 
Nice Observatory, Bischoffsheim’s Floating Telescope Dome 
for, 62 
Nicobar : E. H. Man on the Nicobar Islanders, 589 
Nightjar, the Standard- Winged, J. E. Harting, 6 
Nissen (Capt.) and Chronometer Observatories in Kiel and 
Hamburg, 230 
Nitrates in “Human Body, Dr. Weyl, 191 
Nitrogen and Oxygen, Extraction of, from Atmospheric Air, 
354 
Noetling (Dr.), Expedition to Lebanon, I1 
Nomenclature of Tonquin, Eccentricities of European, 15 
Nomenclature and Notation, Electrical Definitions, 
Andrew Jamieson, 184. 
Nomenclature in Elasticity, Prof. Alex. B. W. Kennedy, 269 ; 
Robert E. Baynes, 316 
Nordenskjold (Baron A. E.), an Old Drawing of a Mammoth, 
228 
Nordland Coast, Rumoured Appearance of the Sea-Serpent off, 
Prof. 
462 
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, 580 
Normal Metamorphism, 214 
Normal School of Science, Prof. Huxley, P.R.S., Dean of, 
327 
