INDEX. 



887 



Newton (Prof. A.) on tlw. present state of 

 our knotvledge of the zoology of the 

 Sandwich, Islands, 352. 



on making a digest of the observa- 

 tions on the migration of birds, 364. 



_ — (E. T.) on the excavation of caves at 

 Uphill, 352. 



Nickel compounds, the flame coloration 

 and spectrum of, P. J. Hartog on, 613. 



, electrolytic, magnetisation of, J. W. 



Peck and R. A. Houstoun on, 582. 



NiVEN (W. N.) on the distribution of 

 certain forest trees in Scotland, as 

 shown by the investigation of Post- 

 Glacial deposits, 839. 



Norwegian Fjords, the physical history 

 of the. Prof. E. Hull on, 660. 



Numbers, idoneal,Lt.-Col. A. Cunningham 

 and Eev. J. Cullen on, 552. 



Occipital condyle, the third, Prof. A. 

 Macalister on, 789. 



Oceanic salt deposits, the formation of, 

 the application of the equilibrium law 

 to, Br. E. F. Armstrong on, 262. 



Ogham writing in Ireland, the age of, 

 R. A. S. Macalister on, 792. 



Old Red Sandstone of N. W. Ireland, the 

 relations of the, to the adjacent raeta- 

 morphic rocks, J. R. Kilroe and A. 

 McHenry on, 636. 



Oldham (H. Yule) on the experimental 

 demonstration of the curvature of the 

 earthV surface, 725. 



(R. D.) on seismological investigation, 



40. 



Oliver (Prof. E. W.) on certain points 

 in the structure of the seeds of 

 ^thiotesta and Stephanospcrnum, 851. 



Ontario, northern, the geography and 

 resources of, Robert Bell on, 723. 



Oolite, Inferior, phosphatic layer in Skye 

 at the base of the, H. B. Woodward on 

 a, 635. 



Ophicglossum collected by Mr. Ridley in 

 Sumatra, Prof. F. 0. Bower on, 842. 



Optical action of a Brush grating, Dr. 

 J. Kerr on, 568. 



Ordovician and Silurian rocks of N.W. 

 Ireland, the relations of the, to the 

 great metamorphic series, A. Mc- 

 Henry and J. R. Kilroe on, 636. 



*0SB0ENE (Dr. W. A.) on the physical 

 properties of caseinogen salts in solu- 

 tion, 817. 



Osmundacese, the geological history of 

 the, A. C. Seward and Sybille O. Ford 

 on, 847. 



Ovule, the morphology of the, W. C. 

 Worsdell on, 834. 



*Oxalates,the action of, upon the relation- 

 ship of calcium salts to muscle, W. 

 Brodie Brodie on, 818. 



Palaeolithic implement with alleged 

 thong-marks, Miss N. Layard on, 798. 



Palestine, some results of recent excava- 

 tions in, R. A. S. Macalister on, 794. 



♦Panama Canal, P. B. Varilla on the, 769. 



♦Parasitic Diplodia on cacao and on the 

 sugar cane, A. Howard on, 857. 



♦Partition of series, each term of which 

 is a quantic, Major P. A. MacMahon on 

 the, 551. 



Patagonian Indians, the Tehuelche, 

 Hesketh Prichard on, 802. 



Pateeson (John) on Stellaria holostea 

 and allied species, 833 



*Paton (D. Noel), L. Gulland, and 

 L. J. S. FOWLEE on the question 

 whether the spleen has a hasmopoietic 

 function, 818. 



♦Patterson (Dr. T. S.) on the influence 

 of solvents on the rotation of optically 

 active compounds, 614. 



Pauperism, crime, and feebleness of 

 mind. Miss Mary Dendy on, 758. 



Peach (B. N.) on life-zonss in the British 

 Car 'lonif emus rocks, 288. 



on the Cambrian fossils of the N.W. 



Highlands, 642. 



Pebble-band of the Elgin Trias, W. 

 Mackie on the, 650. 



Peck (J. W.) on the Fourier problem of 

 the steady temperatures in a thin rod, 

 555. 



and R. A. Houstoun on magnetisa- 

 tion of electrolytic nickel, 582. 



Peek (the late Sir Cuthbert E.) on the 

 work of the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee, 465. 



Pelvis of the porpoise as a guide to the 

 determination of a sacral region in 

 Cetacea, D. Hepburn and D. Waterston 

 on the, 680. 



♦Pendulum, the simple, without ap- 

 proximation, Prof. Greenhill on, 551. 



Penhallow (Prof. D. P.) on an ethno- 

 logical svrvcy of i^anada, 409. 

 *Peptone, Interim report on the ejf'ect of, 

 when introduced into the circulation, 

 818. 

 Pebci val (Rt. Rev. John) on the influence 

 of the Universities in school education, 

 448. 

 Perim Island and its geological relation 

 to the area of the Red Sea, Catherine 

 A. Raisin on, 640. 

 ♦Feekin (Prof. W. H.) on the synthetical 



formation of bridged-rings, 607. 

 Peeey (Prof. J.) on practical electrical 

 standards, 3 1 . 



on seismological investigation, 40. 



f on the teaching of mathematics, 



860. 

 Petavel (J. E.) on a recording mano- 

 meter for high - pressure explosions, 

 768. 



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