iv Contents. 



PAGH 



ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF the Pycnogons. By George Hodge. With a 



Tinted Plate 191 



NOTE ON AN ARTICLE ENTITLED " LlEE CONDITIONS IN OTHEE WORLDS." 



Contained in the " Intellectual Observer." for March, 1865. By 



George E. Eoberts, E.G.S., Hon. Sec. A.S.L 197 



Aids to Microscopic Inquiry. — No. V. — Simple Forms of Liee 198 



Naturalists' Field Clubs ; their Work and Wats oe Doing It. By 



George S. Brady, M.R.C.S., Sec. to the Tyneside Naturalists' Field 



Club 204 



Outlines of Meteoric Astronomy. By A. S. Herschel, B.A 208 



Instinct of Birds. By the Rev. John Webb 221 



The Partridges of Bengal. By R. C. Beavan, Lieut. Bengal Survey 



Department 223 



Deryishes and Hadjis. By Arminius Vambery 243 



Gold Currency in India. By Joseph' Newton 252 



The Lunar Taurus (S.) and Arg^us.— Occultations. "By the Rev. T. 



W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 255 



Sticklebacks and other Nest-making Fish. By the Rev. W. Houghton, 



M.A., F.L.S 259 



Results of Meteorological Obseryations made at the Kew Observa- 

 tory. By G. M. Whipple 264 



Secchi and Faye on the Sun. — Observations by Chacornac 270 



Star Colours 274 



On the Structure, Affinities, and Geological Position of Eozoon 



Canadense. By William B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S, F.G.S. 



With Two Illustrations 278 



Ten Years in Sweden 302 



Egyptian Village Life. By F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A. With a Coloured 



Plate 323 



North Polar Exploration. By Clements R. Markham 329 



Notes on Fungi.— No. III. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



With a Tinted Plate 349 



Objects Viewed through the Cornea of the Insect Eye. By Thomas 



Prince. With Two Illustrations 356 



Visit to Mount Etna. — Age of a Chestnut Tree. By Capt. R. Smith, 



late H.M. 44th Regiment 357 



Art Subjects and their Treatment 359 



Dr. Draper's Telescope. By the Rev. T. W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 368 



Hystero-Demonopathy in Savoy 374 



Height of the Auroral Arch of March 20, 1865. By A. S. Herschel, 



B.A. With Two Diagrams 377 



The Auroral Arch of March 20, 1865, as seen in Ireland. By the 



Hon. Mrs. Ward , 382 



The King Penguin (Apterodytes Pennantii). By W. B. Tegetmeier. 



With a Coloured Plate 403 



Tin: Pigmy Owl (Glaucidium Gnoma, Wagler). By J. K. Lord, F.Z.S., 



Late Naturalist to the British North American Boundary Commission 409 



Sounds we cannot Hear. By Samuel Drew, M.D 413 



The Genes Araucaria. By John R. Jackson, Curator, Museum, Royal 



Gardens, Kew. With a Tinted Plate 417 



H a bits and Haunts of the Brown and Black Bears of the Hima- 

 layan Mountains. By A. Leith Adams, A.M., M.B., F.G.S 429 



■Clovelly. By Henry J. Slack, F.G.S., Member of the Council of the 



Microscopical. Society of London 437 



Direct Vision Spectroscopes by Double Internal Reflection. By 



A. S. Herschel, B.A. With Diagrams 444 



Influence of Forests on Climate 448 



Gesture Language and Word Language 451 



The Roman Potteries at Durobrfye. By Thomas Wright, F.S.A. 



With a Coloured Plate 456 



