1865.] 



Index. 



Ill 



Original Articles : — 



The Science and Art Depart- 

 ment, 1. 



On the Mammals of Australia. By 

 P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., 

 F.B.S., 13, 



On the History of the British Coal 

 Measures : being an Account of 

 the Eange and Distribution of 

 the Coal Formations beneath the 

 more Recent Strata of the Cen- 

 tral and Southern Counties of 

 England. By Edward Hull, 

 B.A., F.G.S., &c, 19. 



On the Causes of Britain's Great- 

 ness : a Review of the Eelations 

 of her Geology and Geography 

 to her History. By William 

 Pengelly, F.E.S., &c, 27. 



On the Oral Instruction of the 

 So-called Deaf and Dumb ; being 

 some Account of the System of 

 Tuition by Lip-reading and Ar- 

 ticulation. By Gerard Van 

 Asch, 38. 



Petroleum : its Importance ; its 

 History ; Boring, Refining. By 

 Henry Draper, M.D., 49. 



On Metal Mining. By Dr. R. 

 Angus Smith, F.E.S., &c, 59. 



Science, Politics, and Beligion, 

 187. 



On the Application of Spectrum- 

 Analysis to Microscopical In- 

 vestigations, and especially to 

 the Detection of Blood-stains. 

 By H. C. Sorby, F.E.S., &c, 

 198. 



On the Health of Metal Miners. 

 By E. Angus Smith, Ph.D., 

 F.E.S., 216. 



On a Plurality of Worlds. By 

 William Carter, M.B., B.Sc.L., 

 227. 



Pre-Historic Records. By Rev. C. 

 W. Rett, M.A., 239. 



The Planet Mars. Ry John 

 Phillips, M.A., Oxon., F.R.S., 

 369. 



On the Predisposing Causes of 

 Pestilence, 381. 



American Contributions to Spec- 

 trum-Analysis. By Henry Dra- 

 per, M.D., 395. 



Zoophytes : the History of their 

 Development. By the Rev. 

 Thomas Hincks, B.A., 401. 



On the New Red Sandstone as a 

 Source of Water Supply for the 

 Central Towns of England. By 

 Edward Hull, B.A., F.G.S., 

 418. 



Original Articles, cont. — 



The Depredations of Insects, and 

 the Protective Value of Small 

 Birds. By Professor James 

 Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., 429. 

 On Circulation and Communication 

 in Railway Trains. By Captain 

 Tyler, R.E., 571. 

 On the Quality of Musical Sounds. 

 By W. S. Squire, Ph.D., F.C.S., 

 591. 

 The Mammals of South America. 

 By P. L. Sclater, Ph.D., F.E.S., 

 605. 

 Strata identified by Organic Ee- 

 mains. By H. M. Jenkins, 

 F.G.S., 622. 

 The North Pole. By the Eev. C 



W. Rett, M.A., 631. 

 British Gold. By Eobert Hunt, 

 F.E.S., 635. 

 Orion, Spectrum of the Great Nebula 



in, 444. 

 Osborn, Captain Sherard, on Arctic 



Explorations, 291. 

 Otago, Flora of, 272. 

 Owen, Professor, on a Female Echidna, 



504. 

 Oxygen, Behaviour of, towards Metals, 

 278. 



Cheap Methods of obtaining, 668. 



New Method of obtaining, 456. 



Oyster Culture, 133. 

 ■ Ozone, 277. 



Palestine, Zoological Eesults of the 

 Expedition to, 131, 139. 



Papilionidse of Malayan Eegion, 461. 



Parkes, E. A., M.D., a Manual of 

 Practical Hygiene, &c. (Eeview), 150. 



Passage-beds, 102, 475. 



Pengelly, W., F.E.S., on the Causes of 

 Britain's Greatness, 27. 



Denudation of Eocks in Devon- 

 shire, 528. 



Introduction of Cavern Accumula- 

 tions, 530. 



Sahara and the North-East Trade 



Wind, 565. 



Penguin, the King, 505. 



Pestilence, the Predisposing Causes of, 

 381. 



Petroleum as Steam Fuel, 323. 



in California, 314. 



■ its Importance, History, &c„ 49. 



■ Local Variations in, 56. 



Method of Working for, 51. 



Origin of, 54. 



Rectification of, 56. 



