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Mott (Albert J.), Easter Island, II j "Encyclopaedia Britan- 



nica," the Nile, 155 

 Mott (F. T.), Meteors, 537 

 Mouchez (Admiral), the Small Planets Observed at Greenwich, 



407 

 Moulton (J. Fletcher), " Scientific Jokes," 36S 

 Mount Unzen, Is it a Volcano ? II. B. Guppy, 153 

 Mount Hekla, Ascent of, for Geological Investigations, 2S6 

 Mountains of the Northern and Western Frontier of India, 



Trelawney W. Saunders, 96 

 Mountain Building, Dr. F. l'faff, 325 

 Mountain Ranges, II. B. Medlicott, 301 ; Trelawney W. Saunders, 



347 

 Mourton (Dr. Michel), Geology of Belgium, 287 

 Mouth, Hearing through the, Wm, Chappell, 250 

 Movement in the Leaves of Conifers, 241 

 Muir (M. M. I'attison), Chemical Equilibrium, 516 

 MukSu River, Exploration of, 476 

 Mulhouse, Mr. Alfred von Glehn, on the Recent Severe Weather 



at, iSS 

 Miiller (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisers of Alpine Flowers, 275 

 Miiller (Prof. Max), on the Fundi >ns or Universities, 13 ; "The 



Upani-hads," 77; on the Jade Scraper discovered at Geneva, 



Miiller (Dr. N. J. C), " Handbuch der Botanik," 559 



Munich, Geographical Society of, 73 



Munro (Gen., C.B.), a Learned Botanist, 357 



Murby (T.), Magnetism, 106 



Museum Conference, Proposed, 442 ; J. Romilly Allen, 46S ; 



Academicus, 492; E. Howarth, 492; James Paton, 514; J. 



Romilly Allen, 515 

 Musical Scale, Animals and the, Dr. W. Pole, F.R.S., 1 1 

 Musical Pitch, 533; the History of, Alex. J. lillis, F.R.S., 550 

 Mu-ical Sound-, within the Ear, Dr. A. Ernst, 5S9 

 Myriapod, New Genus of, 93 

 Mythologic Philosophy, Prof . J. W. Powell, 312, 333 



Nachtigal (Dr. Gustav), Sahara and Sudan, 19S 



Naiguata, Mount, Ascent of, 59S 



Napier (James R., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, John Mayer, 



206 

 Naples Zoological Station, 524 ; the Zoological Station, or 



Aquarium, W. A. Lloyd, 537 

 Na'husius (II err von), the late, his Valuable Library, 162 

 National Academy. U.S., Wm. C. Wyckoff, 143 

 Natural History D.scoveries, Thomas Bolton's, St 

 Natural History, CasseU's, Edited by P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., 



"35 

 Natural History of the Ancients, Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., 151 

 Natural History of the Transit of Venus Expedition, 259 

 Natural Science in Sweden, Prof. Nordensl-jold on, 518, 539, 563 

 Naval Architects, the Institution of, 485 

 Neapolitans and Prof. Nordenskjold, 189 



Nelml.t : New, 71, 80; Discovery of a Gaseous, Rev. T. W. 

 Webb, ill ; New, in Eridanus, 117; Periodical Variations in 

 the Brightness of, 307 ; the Spectra of, 576 

 Negritoes in Borneo, A. Hart Everett, 5S8 

 Nejd, Mr. Wilfrid S. Blunt's Account of a Journey to, 142 

 " Neridah," M. W. de FonvieUe's New Novel, 239 

 Neumayr (Herr M.), on the Island of Cos, 192 ; the Thessalian 



Olympus, 192 

 Neumayer's (Dr.) "Zur Kenntniss der Fauna des untersten Lias 



in den Nordalpen," 368 

 Neva, Dates of the Freezing of, 140 ; A. Woeikof, 249 

 Jv'ew Caledonia : Gold Discoveries in, 20 ; Meteors in, E. L, 



Layard, 397 ; Cyclone in, 574 

 New England Isopods, 309 

 New Guinea, O. C. Stone's Work on, 64 

 New South Wale*, Linnean Society of, 505 

 New York Herald 'and Greenwich Observatory, 524 

 New Zealand, Notes from, 192 



Newall (R. S., F.R.S.), Flow of Viscous Materials, 202 ; Car- 

 nivorous Wasps, 494 

 Newberry's (Prof.) " Geological Survey of the Fortieth Parallel," 



141 

 Newcomb (Prof. Simon), the Fundamental Definitions and Pro- 

 positions of Geometry, with Especial Reference to the Syllabus 

 of the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teach- 

 ing. 293 



Niagara Falls, Proposed International Park near, 140 

 Nice, M. Bi>chofsheim's New Observatory at, 19, 407 

 Nicholls (II. A. Alford), Volcanic Eruption in Dominica, 372 

 Nichols (Dr. E. L.), on the Intensity of the Rays Emitted by 



Glowing Platinum, 267 

 Nicholson's (Prof. Alleyne) Palaeontology, 297; Richard Lydek- 



ker, 536 ; Tabulite Corals, 490 

 Nicobarese Ideographs, 555 

 Niesten (M.), Red Spot of Jupiter, 407 

 Niger, River, Discovery of the Sources of the, 73, 92 ; theBinue 



Branch of the, Exploration of, 504 

 Nile, the, "Encyclopaedia Britannica," Albert J. Mott, 155 

 Nipher's (Prof.) "Missouri Weither Service Report," 142 

 Nordenskjold (Prof.) : Expedition, 28S, 385 ; Absence of Scurvy 

 in, 216; and the Neapolitans, 1S9 ; Arrangements for the 

 Reception of, in France, 409 ; his Collections, 427 ; and the 

 Royal Geographical Society, 477, 504; Arrival in London, 

 526 ; a Leaf from the History of Swedish Natural Science, 

 51S, 539, 563 ; in Paris, 549 ; at Stockholm, 619 

 North American Ethnology, W. L, Distant, 247 

 North American Indians, 596 



Norton (Dr. T. H), Diffusion of Copper in the Animal King- 

 dom, 305 ; Ve-.bium, 420 

 Noury (M.), Important Discovery by, 1S7 

 Novaya Zcmlya, Lieut. Tjagin's Sojourn in, 165 

 November Meteors, Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 55 

 Nudeln (A. V.), on the Potential Dimensions of Differentiated 



Energy, 185 

 Numerals, Visualised, Francis Gallon, F.R.S., 252, 323, 494 

 Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 99 

 Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, 51, 33S 



Observatory : School of Astronomy at the Paris, 19 ; in France, 

 451 ; M. BischoG>heirn's New, 19 ; Proposed New, in Cali- 

 fornia, 47; Algiers, 263; Melbourne, 24a; Harvard College, 



359 

 Oceanic Basins, the Antiquity of, Trof. Alex. Agassi:-., 587 ; Dr. 



W. I!. Carpenter, F.R.S., 609 

 Old Red Sandstone, Crustacea in the, 241 

 Olive Oil, Detection of Adulteration in, 70 

 Olympia, the Excavations at, 140 

 O'Meara (Rev. Eugene), Obituary Notice of, 423 

 Omori Shell-Mounds, Charles Darwin, F.R.S., 561; Prof. E. 



S. Mor^e, 561 ; F. V. Dickins, 610 

 Oospores of Vofvox minor, 93 

 Ophiolepis mirabilis, Prof. P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., on, 590, 



610 

 Ophites and Related Rocks, the Origin of the Mineral, Struc- 

 tural, and Chemical Characters of, Professors King and 



Rowney, 529 

 Ophiuridse and Asterophytidae of the Challenger Expedition, 



Theodore Lyman, 513 

 Orbits of Binary Stars, 141 

 Orbit of a Satellite, Secular Changes in the Elements of the, 



Revolving about a Planet Distorted by Tides, G. H. Darwin, 



E.R.S., 235 

 Orchid, Iconographical History of the, M. E. de Puydr, 357 

 Ord (Dr. W. M.), "The Influence of Colloids upon Crystalline 



Form and Cohesi->n," 586 

 Origin of Man, W. S. Duncan, 493 

 Orion-Trapezium, a Seventh Star of the, 117; Prof. Holden, 



286 

 " Ornis" of Berlin, its Biennial Exhibition, 408 

 Ornithological Tables, Moore's, 440 

 Oshanin's Exploration of the Muk-su River, 476 

 Osteological Collection, Dr. Barnard Davis, F.R.S., 186 

 O.-teology of Man, 222 



Ox Waggon, Eight Months in an, E. F. Sandeman, 346 

 Oxford, Natural Science at, 26, 2S9, 603 

 Oxas, Russian Exploration of the, 92 

 Ozone, Clement L. Wragge, 537 



Packard (Prof. A. S.), Zoology for Students, 465 



Paint, Balmain's Luminous, 576 



Palaeontology, American, Yale College and, 101 



" Palxontology," Prof. Alleyne Nicholson's, 297; Richard 

 Lydekker, 536; Schimper and Zittel's "Handbook of Palae- 

 ontology," 569 



