CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes on Star Streams. By Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S. With 



a Coloured Plate 1 



Japan and its Currency. By Joseph Newton, H.M. Mint 13 



Fungi on the Plains of India. By Rev. M. T. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S., 



Illustrated 18 



A Visit to Glen Clova — Its Geology and Ferns. By Bernard Henry 



Woodward 22 



Origin of the Cheddar Cliffs. By D. Mackintosh, F.G.S 30 



Doubts and Facts Concerning Linne 36 



Curiosities of Sound , 42 



The Pottery Tree of Para. By John R. Jackson. With a Plate .... 49 

 Mare Vaporum and the Lunar Clefts — Gccultations. By the Rev. 



T. W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 52 



Physical Geography as a Popular Study 61 



Results of Meteorological Observations made at Kew Observatory. 



By G. M. Whipple 68 



Mars During the Late Opposition. By John Browning, F.R.A.S. 



With a Coloured Plate 81 



The Functions of the Blood. By C. W. Heaton 86 



The Lunar Clefts — Mare Vaporum — Jupiter's Satellites — Occulta- 



tions. By the Eev, T. W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 95 



The Food of the Salmon. By W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S 104 



A Synopsis of the Eecent British Ostracoda. By George Stewardson 



Brady, M.E.C.S., C.M.Z.S. With Two Plates 110 



An April Climb in the Himalayas. By George C. Bulger 131 



Electrical Countries and their Action on the Weather. By M. J. 



Fournet 134 



Rainbow Phosphorescence 137 



The Eruptions at Santorin 142 



Jupiter without Satellites 144 



Irritability of Plants 146 



Venus' Flower Basket — Euplectella Speciosa. By Henry J. Slack, 



F.G.S., Hon. Sec. E.M.S. With a Coloured Plate 161 



Dress According to Statute. By Francis W. Eowsell 167 



The Grave-Mounds of Derbyshire, and their Contents. By Llewel- 



lynn Jewitt, F.S.A., Etc., Etc 180 



The November Shooting Stars. By Eichard A. Proctor, B.A., F.E.A.S. 



With a Plate 190 



The Largest Blood Discs Known — Singular Capture of a Canadian 



Eeptile, Menobranchus Lateralis 199 



Man and the Pleistocene Mammals of Great Britain. By W. Boyd ksK 



Dawkins, M.A., F.E.S., Memb. Corresp ~. 201 



The Air- Vesicles of Bladderworts (Utricularia). By J. B. Schnetzler 207 

 Gruithuisen's City in the Moon — Jupiter's Satellites — Occultations. 



By the Eev. T. W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 214 



The Lunar Eclipse of Sept. 13. By John Browning, F.R.A.S 223 



On Colours Seen During the Lunar Eclipse of Sept. 13, with 



Remarks on the Preceding Communication. By Henry J. Slack, 



F.G.S., Sec. R.M.S 226 



