INDEX. 



907 



of the observations on the migration of 

 birds, 524. 



Baeton (E. H.), electrical interference 

 phenomena somewhat analogous to 

 Newton's rings, but eshilnted by waves 

 in wires, 0'j2. 



Basset (A. B.) on the publication of 

 scientific papers, 704. 



Bauerman (H.) on the volcanic 2)heno- 

 mena of Vesuvius and its neighbour- 

 hood, 471. 



Beaumont (VV. Worby), on the avtomatio 

 balance of reciprocating mechanism, 

 665. 



. on a new form of variable power- 

 gear for electric railways and tram- 

 ways, 880. 



"Beddoe (Dr. J.) and Dr. Leitnee 

 on the Dards and Siah-Posh Kafirs, 

 901. 



Bedford (J. E.) on the collection, pre- 

 servation, and systematic registration 

 of photographs of geological interest in 

 the United Kingdom, 473. 



♦Bedson (Prof. P. P.) on the gases 

 enclosed in coal dust, 729. 



Bell (Dugald) on the character of the 

 high-level shell-bearing deposits at 

 Clava, Chapelhall, and other localities, 

 483. 



on some shelly clay and gravel in 



North-East Aberdeenshire, 778. 



on the distribution of granite 



boulders in the Clyde Valley, 780. 

 Ben Nevis, meteorological observations on, 



report on, 280. 

 Bengal duars, E. Heawood on the, 841. 

 Bent (J. T.) on the exploration, of ancient 



remains in Abgssinia, 557. 

 Berthelot's principle applied to magmatic 

 concentration (in igneous rocks), Alfred 

 Harker on, 765. 

 JBesseVs fuiictions tables of, report on, 



227. 

 Bevan (Rev. J. 0.) on the improvement 



of labourers' cottages, 851. 

 Bibliography of solution, seventh (interim') 

 report on the, 372. 



of spectroscopy, {interim^ report on 



the, 227. 

 Bimetallism : 



*0n the currency problem, by Prof. 



H. S. Foxwell, 857. 

 On the currency question practically 

 considered from a commercial and 

 financial point of view, by W. E. 

 Dorrington, 857. 

 On some objections to bimetallism, 

 viewed in connection with the report 

 of the Indian Currency Committee, 

 by L. L. Price, 858. 

 On India and the currency, by F. C. 

 Harrison, 859. 

 Biological Association at Plymouth, the 



Marine, report on investigations made 

 at the laboratory of, 546. 



/. On the twrbellaria of Plymouth 



Sound, by F. IF. Gamble, 546. 

 //. On the larvce of decapod Crus- 

 tacea, by Edgar J. Allen, 547. 

 III. Notes on hotv Jishjind food, by 

 Gregg Wilson, 548. 

 Biological Section, Address by Rev. H. B. 



Tristram to the, 784. 

 Birds' eggs, wild, the legislative protection 



of, report on, 552. 

 Blanfoed (Dr. W. T.) on the present 

 state of our hiowledge of the zoology of 

 the Sandwich Islands, 523. 

 Bloxam (G. W.) on the exploration of 

 ancient remains in Abyssinia, 557. 



on the physical deviations from, the 



normal among children in elementary 

 and other schools, 614. 

 on the North- Western tribes of the 



Dominion of Canada, 653. 



on the ivorli of the anthropometric 



laboratory at the Edinburgh meeting, 

 654. 



on uniformity in the spelling of 



barbaric and savage languages and 



race names, 662. 

 *Bohr (Dr. Christian) on the effect of 



the stimulation of the vagus nerve on 



the disengagement of gases in the 



swimming-bladder of fishes, 798. 

 Boiler trials, the dryness of steam in, 



{interim) report on, 572. 

 Bolton (Herbert) on the Skiddaw slates 



of the North of the Isle cf Man, 770. 

 BoMPAS (Bishop) on the Indians of the 



Mackenzie and Yukon rivers, Canada, 



901. 

 *Bone implement with a hippopotamus 



tooth inserted, from Calf Hole, near 



Grassington, Rev. E. Jones on, 897. 

 Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the work of the 



Corresponding Societies Committee, 35. 

 • on the collection, jfreservation, and 



registration of photographs of geological 



interest in the United Kingdom, 473. 

 on the erratic blocks of England, 



Wales, and Ireland, 514. 

 • on the exploration of the glacial 



region of the Karahoram Mountains, 



564. 



on some assumptions in glacial 



geology, 775. 



Boothby (Guy), a journey across Aus- 

 tralia, 832. 



^Botanical laboratory at Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon, (interim) report on, 804. 



Botany and zoology of the West India 

 Islands, fifth report on the present 

 state of our hnowledge of the, 524. 



BoTTOMLEY (Dr. J. T.) on practical 

 electrical standards, 127. 



071 the eaHliquake and volcanic 



