CONTENTS. 



Microscopy — continued, 

 Life-History of an Aphis, 14S 

 „ of the Flea, 14S 



of Mealy Bu^s, B? 

 ot the Water Mites, 122 

 Life Latent in Seeds and Microbes, 



295 

 Light, Influence of, on Fungi, S3 

 Lignite, Cutting Sections ot, 269 

 Manipulative Hints, 3S0 

 Marine Diatoms, Reproduction of, 121, 



H9 

 Marine Microscopic Life, 5S 

 Meridum circulate, 121 

 Microbe of Ambergris, 17S 

 Microbes of Disease, 120 

 „ of Paris, The, 360 

 Street, 17S 

 Microbiology. 332 

 Micrometer Measuring Apparatus, 333 



: -Objective, A New, 332 

 Micro-Photography, 295 

 Microscope. Ross' Industrial, 269 

 Microscopes, British. Honours for, 23S 

 Microscopic Fungi, By 



„ Worm, A New, 17S 



Microscopical Preparations, 269 

 ,, Research, 58 



„ Studies, 14S, 179, 30S 



Microstereograms, 269 

 Microscopy, Practical, 209 

 Micro-Structure of Alloys, 270 

 Minute Flowering Plant, A, 269 

 Mosquitoes, 149 

 Mounting Aphides, 238 

 „ Chara 

 „ Foraminitera, 269 

 „ Hairs, 179 

 ,, Medium, 14S 

 Volvos, 236 

 Wings, 86 

 Mushroom Spores. 120 

 Mycetozoa 01 Antigua, The, 360 

 Mvcology, British, During Sixty Years, 



208 

 Mycorhira of Roots, 295 

 Myiomycetous Parasite, A, 296 

 Nerves "of Mouse's Ear, 179 

 Nitrifying Germs, 209 

 Soctiluca mUiaris, Photogenic Func- 

 tions of, 361 

 Objectives, How to Test, 121 

 Odontophores of Snails, 236 

 Oolitic Grains, Microscopic Sections 



of, 296 

 Orange Mite, The, 209 

 Organisms, Photogenic, 361 



rnies of, 148 

 Ova, Preparation of, for Microscope, 83 

 Parasitic Enemies of the House-Fly, 



=69 

 Penological Slides, 57 

 Phosphorescence of the Limans, 295 



of Wood, 333 

 Photo-Micrography, 238 

 Photo- Micrography of Opaque Stem 

 Sectlc: 



■ . 

 Pond Life, 57 



Sweep. A New. 57 

 • ith'.Tings, Preserving, 86 

 Powders Hentihed by Pollens, 121 

 Protoplasm, Mechanism of, 332 

 Protozoa oi Salt Lakes, 208 

 Rabies, Par 

 Readers, To our, 360 

 Refractive Indices of Certain Liquids, 



236 

 Rotifer Ian Specie Mongers, 87 

 Safrantne Stain, Ti. 

 Sapphire, Microscopic Bubbles In a, 



Scales of Lepidoptcra, Tazonomlc 

 Value of, %■•-. 



■ ■ 

 Section, Mounting the 361 



s*nv* -J Ineecu, M 

 Sb*pheTd * Pari* 



57 



. 



Microscopy — continued. 

 Volvos, Fruiting-time of, 122 

 Water Mites, Preservation of, 57 

 Yeasts, Action of Light on, 23S 

 Mild Winter, The, 254, 272, 299 

 Millport Marine Biological Station, 351 

 Mineral Phosphorescence and X-Rays, 



2S5 

 Mokomokai, or Dried Human Head, 165 

 Moon, The : Has it an Atmosphere '? 339 

 Moths, Assembling, 342 

 Museums, Sir John. Gorst's Committee's 



Report on, 16 

 Mycological Society, British, Annual 

 Foray of, in Sherwood Forest, 168 



Natural History Exhibition, 12 

 Natural History in New Forest, 72 



„ History Societies and Technical 

 Institutes, 272 

 Naturalist, A Primitive, 247 

 Naturalists' Directory, The, 137 



,, Young, Chapteis for, 140, 167 



Nature Notes from Ireland, 228 

 Neuration, New Method of Studying, 113 

 Xeitroptcris, 191 



Notes and Queries.— 25, 26, sS, 85, 

 123, 124, 150, 151, 172, 211, 243, 272, 

 299. 336, 35S 

 Abnormal Cucumber, 123 



,, Oranges, 26 



„ Primrose, 25 



,, Walnut Leaf, 85 



Albino Sparrow, 172 

 Aquaria in Winter, 2gg 

 Badger in Susses, 151 

 Bird-Song in Durham, 25 

 Black Pepper- an d-S alt Moths, 243 

 Booth Museum, The, 336 

 Botanical Plates, 211 

 Cinnamon Variety of Blackbird, 123 

 Claytonia perfoliata Don., 358 

 Cleaning Lenses with Pith, 299 

 Colt's-Foot, 299 

 Derivation of Microlestes, 123 

 Destruction of Bird Life in Tasmania, 



358 

 Destruction of Hornets, 243 

 Double Mushroom, 272 

 Early Flowering of Cowparsnlp, 2gg 



.. .. Elm, 299 



Earthquake Shock, 172 

 Effect of Adder's Bite, 211 

 Egg, Great Auk, 358 

 Flounders in Fresh Water, 85 



.. 352 

 Foraminifera in London Clay, 25 

 Foster-Parents of Cuckoo, 25 

 Fungoid Pigment, A, 299 

 Habits ot Bufl-tip Moth, 151 



,, Leaf-Cutting Bees, 124 



,, Owls, 299 



,, Sparrows, 211 

 Harvey, Dr. William, 272 

 Hi-dgehogs carrying Fruit, 85, 123 

 Helix arbitstorum Sub-Fossil, 150 

 Honeycomb Weathering on Stone, 27 

 Little Owl in Sussex, 243 

 Manganese Deposits, 25, 58 

 Marine Mollusca of North Devon, 85 

 Maternal Instinct of Spider, 151 

 Mollusca in Country Antrim, 58 

 Natter's Bat In Co. Down, 151 

 Newspaper Nat. History, 85, 272, 299 

 Norfoll PI in Sussex, 336 

 Object In Mint, An, 358 

 October In Cornwall, 172 

 Orclii'lacea*: in Surrey, 25 

 Original Research, 150 

 Paludatrina utvae, Varieties, 150 



: 1 '. ■ ,!- , :>.n 



tlogy In Aberdeenshire, 123 

 Popular Collecting-Grounds, 211 

 Preservation of Rare British Animal , 



123 

 Primitive Tr< panning. 243 

 Rabbit Hnnti by a Cat, 150 

 : Robbln in Winter, 272 

 near 1 roydoo, an 

 Rinsing 



il History, 85 

 . 

 StaBi i Sussex, 358 



Slug*, i 



■ ;■ ■! ;es, 336 

 bpimia ptronii in Devonabfn 



Notes and Queries — continued. 

 Spring Arrivals, 35S 

 Swiney Lectures on Geology, 151 

 TelUna radiata in Ireland, 150 

 Travelling Illustrated Lectures, 123 

 Varieties of British Butterflies, 25, 206 

 Varying Distance of Sun, 273, 299 

 Winter Flowering ot Plants, 299 

 Yucca Flowering in Winter 272 



Notes of a Home Naturalist, 18, 104 

 „ on Plant Life, 292 



Obituary. 

 Abercromby, Hon. R., 206 

 Allen, Dr. Harrison, 293 

 Bartlett, A. D., 1 

 Bechervaise, A. H., 298 

 Bessemer, Sir Henry, 329 

 Chamberlain, Humphery Barker, 51 

 Clark, Alvan G., S3 

 Cope, E. D., 19 

 Denton, J. M., 19 

 Dickson. Oscar, 31 

 Dodgson, Chas. L., 266 

 Dunning, J. W., 210 

 Geddes, J. Gamble, 19 

 Hardenham, Dr. R. P, H., 206 

 Hart, Ernest, 266 

 Hicks, Dr. John Braxton, 145 

 Horn, Dr. George H., 293 

 Houghton, Dr. Samuel, 206 

 Kammermann, Arthur, 298 

 Kirk, Professor, 354 

 Layens, G. de, 261 

 Leuckart, Rudolf, 354 

 Lindemann, Dr. E., 2gS 

 Marco, Jules, 354 

 Marks, Henry Stacy, 266 

 Marquand, Leopold, 240 

 Marth, Albert, 118 

 Matthews, Rev. Andrew, 176 

 Mojsvar, Prof, von, 176 

 Muller, Daniel, 84 

 Nobile, Dr. A., 118 

 Parker, Thos. J., 266 

 Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, Sir James, 



206 

 Rogers, Prof. W, A., 330 

 Schroeder, Prof. W. von, 298 

 Stone, Edward James, 19 

 Stumpe, Dr. Oscar, 298 

 Taschemberg, Prof. E. L., 268 

 Watson, Capt. E. Y., 206 

 Winnecke, F. A. T., 267 



Obsidian, Microscopic Crystals in, 180 



,, Red, Thin Section of, 180 



Odontophores of Mollusca, 6 

 Orcadian Rambles, 204, 224, 261, 286, 315, 



349 



Patron of Science, 31 

 Phacus longicaudus, 309 



,, pleurojiectcs, 345 



„ pyritm, 345 



,, tviquctcr, 309 

 Photography, Orthochromatic, 301 

 Photoscope, 49 



Physical and Mechanical Disinfection, 14 

 Plants of Killarney, 108 

 Plants, Life-Histories of, 15, 38, 80, 105 

 Plectopylis, 284 

 Polita excavata, 9 



Prehistoric Man, Remains of, near Men- 

 tone, 173 

 Preservation of Rare British Animals, 63 



Rars Animals in London, 142 

 Rare Plants in Lincolnshire, 59 

 Repairing an Electric Cable, 95 



ROi 1 "I 'In' [sle "f Man, 199, 219, 259 

 Royal Institution Lectures, 232, 317 



„ Society, New Fellows of, 25 



,, Society a Soiree, 12, 56 

 Koylc's Balsam, 318 



Saturn's King SYSTEM, 177 



■ Abroad, 32, 53, 89, 117, 14G, 182, 



2M, 241, 274, 302, 335, 362 



Acad* my oi Nai hi al acl . Pbll., 



22, 52, Bo ' 

 Album de Nai lit, 303 

 Amerli an foui nai oi ' !c!< ni 1 , 146, 1H2 



Annaei d< ! u lai Natural ■., n, 52 



