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INDEX. 



elements and compounds, report on, 

 193. 



Weale (J. M.) on the probable derivation 

 of some characteristic sounds in certain 

 languages from cries or noises made by 

 animals, 907. 



Weather, York, from 1841 to 1890, by J. 

 E. Clark, 636. 



Weismann's ' idant ' theory of heredity, 

 and Eabl's doctrine of the personality 

 of the segments of the nucleus, Prof. 

 M. Hartog on, 742. 



West India Islands, fifth report on the 

 present state of our knowledge of the 

 zoolog}' and botan}'' of the, and on the 

 steps taken to investigate ascertained 

 deficiencies in the fauna and flora, 3.53. 



Wethered (E.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 129 ; on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 264. 



Wheat from the United States, the con- 

 tinuance of the supply of, with profit 

 to the western farmers, Dr. B. Atkin- 

 son on, 841. 



Whidborne (Rev. G. F.) on the best 

 methods for the registration of the 

 type siDecimens of British fossils, 289. 



Whipple (G. M.) on the best methods of 

 recording the direct intensity of solar 

 radiation, 158. 



Whitaker (W.) on the work of the Cor- 

 responding Societies Committee, 29 ; 

 on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 264. 



Wiedemann (Prof. B.) and Dr. H. Bbert 

 on electrical discharges, 637. 



Wild birds' eggs, proposals for the legis- 

 lative protection of, report on, 366. 



Wilkinson (E.) on a portion of the 

 Kalahari, 815. 



Wilkinson (Rev. J. F.), old-age pensions 

 and friendly societies, 839. 



Wilkinson (J. J.) on the cave at Elbolton, 

 266. 



Willey (A.) on the morphology of the 

 ascidians, 345, 362. 



Williams (W.) and B. H. Barton on the 

 temperature variation of the magnetic 

 permeability of magnetite, 657. 



Williamson (Prof. A. W.) on the work 

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 29. 



*Wilson (Rev. A. S.) on the industry and 

 intelligence of insects in relation to 

 flowers, 774. 



Wilson (Sir D.) on the North-western 

 tribes of the Dominion of Canada, 

 545. 



Wilson (Dr. J. H.), some albucas and 

 their hybrids, 781. 



Wiltshire (Prof. T.) on the fossil phyl- 

 lopoda of the palreozoic rocks, 298. 



Windings of rivers, J. Y. Buchanan on 



the, 812. 



Windmill, a new form of, Prof. J. BI3 th 

 on, 869. 



Wire standards of electrical resistance. 

 Dr. St. Lindeck on, 139. 



Woods (E. H.), a new electric locomo- 

 tive, 874. 



Woods (H.), the igneous rocks of the 

 neighbourhood of Builth, 710. 



Woodward (A. S.) on the best methods 

 for the registration of the type speci- 

 mens of British fossils, 289. 



Woodward (Dr. H.) on the earthquake 

 and volcanic ishenomena of Japan, 

 93 ; on the best methods for the regis- 

 tration of the type sjjecimens of British 

 fossils, 289 ; on the fossil phyllopoda 

 of the palieozoic rocks, 298 ; on the 

 cretaceous polyzoa, 301. 



Woodward (H. B.) on the collection, 

 preservation, and systematic registra- 

 tion of photographs of geological in- 

 terest in the United Kingdom, 290. 



World's Columbian Exposition for 1893, 

 the, by J. Dredge and R. McCormick, 

 858. 



*World's congress of botanists, a pro- 

 posed, at Chicago, in 1893, by Dr. J. 

 C. Arthur, 744. 



Wynne (A. B.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 129. 



Yemen, a recent journey in, by W. B. 



Harris, 818. 

 York weather from 1841 to 1890, by J. B. 



Clark, 630. 

 Young (J.) and Prof. W. R. Hodgkinson 



on the action of di-y sulphur di- oxide 



on oxy-salts, 676. 

 Young (Prof. S.) on the bibliography of 



solution, 261. 



Zimbabwe ruins in Mashonaland, the 



geography of the, by J. T. Bent, 816. 

 Zoological station at Naples, report of 



the Committee for arranging for 



the occupation of a table at, 344 ; 



report to the Committee, by Mr. A. 



Willey, on the morphology of the 



ascidians, 345. 

 Zoology and botany of the West India 



Islands, fifth report on the present 



state oE our knowledge of the, 353. 

 Zoology of the Sandwich Islands, second 



report on the present state of our 



knowledge of the, 355. 

 *Zuyder Zee, a new project for drying: 



up the. Prof. P. H. Schoute on, 820. 



