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INDEX. 



Mus musculus and Mus decumanus, some 

 points in the early development of : 

 the relation of the j'olk sac to the 

 decidua and the placenta, by Dr. A. 

 Eobinson, fi90. 



, observations upon the development 



of the spinal cord in : the formation of 

 the septa and the fissures, by Dr. A. 

 Eobinson, 691. • 



Nationalism and cosmopolitanism in 

 economics, by Prof. W. Cunningham, 

 723. 



Natural history of the Friendlj' Islands, 

 the progress of the investigation of the, 

 J. J. Lister on, 679. 



Navajo myth, the, entitled 'the Mountain 

 Chant,' points of contact between old- 

 world mytlis and customs and, by Miss 



A. W. Buckland, 808. 

 Nematopliyms, a species of, in the Silu- 

 rian beds at Tymawr quarrj', Rumney, 

 J. Storrie on the occurrence of, 652. 



New Britain, burial customs of, by Rev. 



B. Danks, 802. 



Nevvall (H. F.) on the various phenomena 

 connected with the recalescent points 

 in iron and other metals, l't7. 



Newport, the harbour of, and the river 

 Usk, by L. F. Vernon Harcourt, 757. 



Newton (Prof.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the zoology and 

 botany of the West India Islands, and 

 on the steps taken to investigate as- 

 certained deficiencies in the fauna and 

 flora, 354 ; on the present state of our 

 knowledge of the zoology of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, and on the steps taken 

 to investigate ascertained deficiencies 

 in the fauna, 357 ; on making a digest 

 of the observations on the migration of 

 birds, 363. 



Newton (E. T.), note on the occurrence of 

 Ammonites jurenns in the ironstone of 

 the Northampton sands, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Northampton, 655. 



Newton (Prof. H. A.) on the capture of 

 comets by planets, especially their cap- 

 ture by Jupiter, 511 ; on the worship 

 of meteorites, 805. 



Nickel carbon oxide and its application 

 in arts and manufactures, L. Mond on, 

 602. 



Nicobar potterj-, by E. H. Man, 815. 



Nicol(Dr.) on the bibliography of solution, 

 273 ; on the properties of solutions, ib. 



Nitrosyl chloride, action of, on unsatu- 

 rated carbon compounds, by J. J. 

 Sudborough, 612. 



Non-conducting coverings for steam 

 boilers and pipes, on the comparative 

 value of various substances used as, by 

 W. H. Collins, 780. 



Non-sexual formation of spores in the 

 Desmidiacese, by A. W. Bennett, 678. 



♦Normal to a conic, note on the, by 

 R. H. Pinkerton, 572. 



North-western tribes of the Dominion of 

 Canada, seventh report on the physical 

 characters, languages, and industrial 

 and social condition of the, 407 ; third 

 report on the Indians of British 

 Columbia, by Dr. F. Boas, 408. 



Norway, notes on the glacial geology of, 

 by Dr. H. W. Crosskey, 647. 



Nuclear structure in the bacteria, H. 

 Wager on, 681. 



Nudibranchiate mollusca, the innervation 

 of the epipodial processes of some, 

 Prof. W. A. Herdman and J. A. Clubb 

 on, 692. 



Observing, the art of, by J. Coles, 714. 



Oldbury Hill, near Ightham, report of the 

 Committee for carrj'ing on excavations 

 at, in order to ascertain the existence 

 or otherwise of rock-shelters at tliis 

 spot, 353 ; preliminary notes on the 

 excavations at, by Dr. J. Prestwich, 

 G51. 



Old-world myths and customs and the 

 Navajo myth entitled ' the Mountain 

 Chant,' points of contact between, by 

 Miss A. W. Buckland, 808. 



Olenelhts-zone, discover}'' of the, in the 

 North-west Highlands, by Sir A. Geikie, 

 633. 



Ordnance Survey, the large scale maps 

 of the, suggestions for the revision 

 and improvement of, by H. T. Crook, 

 718. 



*Ovoids and ellipsoids, experimental 

 study of a curious movement of, by 

 Prof. Leconte, 583. 



Pachytheca in the silurian beds at Ty- 

 mawr quarry, Rumney, .1. Storrie on 

 the occurrence of, 652. 



PaUimrus vulgarist, the larvas of, observa- 

 tions on, by J. T. Cunningham, 687. 



Panton (Prof. J. H.), the mastodon and 

 mammoth in Ontario, Canada, 654. 



Parker (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 300. 



Parker (Prof. W. N.) *on some simple 

 models illustrating the vascular sj'steui 

 of vertebrates, 679 ; exhibition of, and 

 remarks upon, some young specimens 

 of ErJddna aciileata, 693 ; experiments 

 on respiration in tadpoles of the com- 

 mon frog (Ra?ia tem.poraria), 694. 



"^Parrot, a very small, from the Solomon 

 Islands, exhibition of, by Canon Tris- 

 tram, 702, 



