891. 



REPORT — 1897. 



the immediate investiflation of the bio- 

 logy of oceanic islands, 352. 



Xewtox (Prof. A.) wi tlm present state of 

 our knotvledf/e of the zoology of the 

 Sandwich Islands, 358. 



on making a digest of the olserva- 



tions on the migration of birds, 362. 



on our knowledge of the zoology and 



botany of the West India Islands, 369. 



Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes, the 

 Champlain submergence and uplift 

 and their relation to, F. B. Taylor on, 



652. 



* and Gorge, Remarks introductory 



to the excursion to, by G. K. Gilbert, 

 653. 



Nicholson (Prof. H. A.) on life-zones in 

 the British Carboniferous roclis, 296. 



Nickel and cobalt, the atomic weights 

 of. Prof. T. W. Richards, A. S. Cush- 

 man, and G. P. Baxter on, 609. 



Nickeliferous magnetites, W. G. Miller 

 on some, 660. 



NicOLSON (Prof. J. T.), Prof. H. L. Cal- 

 LEXDAR on a new apparatus for 

 studying the rate of condensation of 

 steain on a metal surface at different 

 temperatures and j)ressures, 418, 759. _ 



and F. D. Adams on some experi- 

 ments on the flow of rocks, 642. 



■\North- Western Tribes of the Dominion 

 of Canada, Twelfth report on the, 791. 



Nova Scotia, some typical sections in 

 South-western, L. W. Bailey on, 640. 



minerals, the geological horizons of 



some, Dr. E. Gilpin on, 663. 



Novaia Zemlia and its physical geo- 

 graphy, E. Delmar Morgan on, 712. 



Nucleus'of the yeast plant, Harold Wager 

 on the, 860. 



Oceanic islands. Report on the necessity 



for the immediate investigation of the 



biology of, 352. 

 tOmaha ritual, the scalp-lock as a study 



of. Miss A. C. Fletcher on, 788. 

 t , the import of the totem among 



the. Miss A. C. Fletcher on, 788. 

 Orographical lines of structure in Eura- 

 sia, Prince Kropotkin on, 722. 

 OSBOEN (Prof. H. F.) on reconstruction 



and model of Phenacodus primavus, 



Cope, 684. 

 on skeletons and restorations of 



Tertiary mammalia, 684. 



on the origin of the mammalia, 686. 



Oyster, life conditions of the, normal and 



abnormal, Secondreport on the, 363. 

 *Oysters, the electrolytic determination 



of copper and iron in. Dr. C. A. Kohn 



on, 624. 



•Pain, the nature and physical basis of 

 pain, Prof. L. Witmer on, 829. 



Pateozoic formations in North-eastern 

 America, some new or little known, 

 H. M. Ami on, 657. 



geography of the Eastern States of 



America, E. W. Cla3-pole ou the, 665. 



Panton (Prof. J. Hoyes) on the appear- 

 ance of the army worm {Lencayiia nni- 

 puncta) in the Pi-ovince of Ontario 

 during 1896, 695. 



*Partitions of numbers, the multipar- 

 tite, which possess symmetrical graphs 

 in three dimensions, Major P. A. 

 MacMahon on, 5C2. 



Paschen (F.) and C. Runge on the 

 spectra of oxj'gen, sulphur, and sele- 

 nium, 555. 



Paton (Dr. D. Noel) on the phosphorus 

 metabolism of the salmon in fresh 

 water, 820. 



Pattehson (Rev. Dr. G.) 07i an ethno- 

 logical stirvey of Canada, 440. 



. (J. A.) on the unification of time, 



550. 



Peabody (Prof. Cecil H.), tests on the 

 triple-expansion engine at Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology, 759. 



Peach (B. N.) 07i life zones in the British 

 Carboniferous rocks, 296. 



Pectoral member of terrestrial verte- 

 brata, the derivation of the, Prof. 

 Theodore Gill on, 697. 



Peek (Cuthbert E.) on the n-ork of the 

 Corresponding Societies Committee, 23. 



Penck (Prof. A.) on the glacial forma- 

 tions of the Alps, 647. 



on potamology as a branch of 



physical geography, 723. 



on geographical wall-pictures, 725. 



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

 logical survey of Canada, 440. 



on the species of I'icea, occurring 



in north-east U.S.A., and Canada, 862. 



Peptone and its precursors, the physio- 

 logical effects of, when hitroduced into 

 the circulation, Interim report on, 

 531. 



Pbrkin (Dr. W. H.) on the action of light 

 upon dyed colours, 286. 



Peert (Prof. John) on seismological in- 

 vestigation, 129. 



on practical electrical standards, 



206. 



Pertz (Dorothea F. M.) on Pleurococcus, 

 864. 



Pha:ophyceeB, fertilisation in, Interim 

 report on, 537. 



Phenacodus primcevus. Cope, recon- 

 struction and model of. Prof. H. F. 

 Osborn on, 684. 



*Philippine Isles, the Mangyans and 

 Tagbanuas of the, Prof. D. C. Worcester 

 on, 796. 



Phillips (Prof. R, W.) on fertilisation 

 in Phaophycea-, 537. 



