CONTENTS, 



PAGE. 



A New British Fungus. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



With a Coloured Plate , 1 



Observations on the Three-spined Stickleback: — Its Ota and Fry. 



By J. H. Horsfall. With an Illustration 4 



The Mosses Anacalypta and Pottia. By M. G. Campbell 8 



A Windfall for the Microscope. By the Hon. Mrs. Ward. With a 



Coloured Plate 13 



Minstrels of the Winter. By Shirley Hibberd 17 



Salt Marshes and their Inhabitants. By G-eor&e S. Brady, M.R.C.S. 26 



Optical Ghosts , = 34 



The Ruins of Copan -.. 38 



Results of Meteorological Observations made at the Kew 



Observatory. By G. M. Whipple 40 



We never See the Stars 47 



Green Ice. By Henry J. Slack, F.G.S 51 



Clusters and Nebula. Double Star. Great Nebula in Obion. 



Comparison of Sun and Stars. Occultation. By the Rev. T. W. 



Webb, MA., F.RA.S. With a Diagram 54 



The Dentition of British Mollusca. By the Rev. G. Rowe, M.A. 



With a Tinted Plate 67 



Automatic Weighing of Gold and Silver Planchets at the Royal 



Mint. By Joseph Newton. With an Illustration 72 



The Earthquake at Mendoza, 20th March, 1861. By William 



Bollaert. With a Tinted Plate 85 



The Midnight Sun. By Thomas W. Burr, F.R.A S., F.C.S 95 



Mosses — Grimmia and Schistidium. By M. G. Campbell. With an 



Illustration 106 



Guns and Projectiles , 113 



Aerolites with Low Velocities 123 



The Wind and its Direction. By E. J. Lowe, F.R.A.S., F.L.S. With 



Illustrations s , 125 



Constancy of Solar Light and Heat. By Alexander S. Herschel, 



BA 129 



Insanity and Crime 131 



Clusters and Nebula. Double Stars. Occultations. By the Rev. 



T. W. Webb, M.A, F.RA.S 138 



Egg Parasites and their Relatives. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 



M.A., F.L.S. With a TintedPlate 147 



Photography— Its History, Position, and Prospects. Part I. By J. 



W. M'Gauley 153 



Ozone and Ozone Tests. By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.A S., F.G.S., etc.... 160 



Portable Equatoreals. By William C. Burder, F.R.A.S 166 



On the Ancient Lake Habitations of Switzerland. By Henrv 



Woodward, F.Z.S. With a TintedPlate 170 



Voracity of the Asplanchna, and its Stomach Currents. By Henry 



J. Slack, F.G.S 182 



The Foundations of Physical Science 185 



The Moon. Planets of the Month-. Double Star. Occultations. 



By the Rev. T. W.Webb, M.A., F.R.A.S 193 



The Extinguisher Mosses. By M.G.Campbell 207 



Our Atmosphere and the Ether of Space 211 



Anchoring Mollusks. By W. Newton Maccartney 215 



