CONTENTS 
OH VOLUME. : TIT. 
SPECIAL ARTICLES. 
PAGE 
Abbot, Henry L. Andrew Atkinson Hitec YS. 
Portrait. . 476 
Gouverneur Kemble “Warren. Portrait 276 
ebbott, A. V. Improvements in testing- machines. 
312 
Winrott, ‘Charles C. The intelligence of batrachians. 66 
The intelligence of snakes . . 2538 
Notes on hibernating mammals. "Til. . 538 
Adams, J.C. The definition of mean solar time . 323 
Allen, W. F. Primitive communities . . - 786 
American awards of the Geological society of London . 384 
American fish-cultural association Siemon tetas 719 
American institute of mining-engineers c 326 
American medical association: its EeSHne in Washing- 
ton. So) ot oe a) no OSE 
American society of mechanical engineers. 723 
Ancient human skeleton from Mentone, France. Tl. 5 541 
Anthropological ache in Petermann’s mittheilungen for 
1883 : 415 
Armsby, H. = Loss of nitrogen from arable soils . 17 
The Woburn rotation experiments. . . .. . 716 
Artificial production of rain. . 229 
Ashburner, Charles A. Pennsylvania ‘anthracite. 310 
Astronomical laborsof Mr.Common . 544 
Babbitt, Franc E. Indian implements ‘of the north. 
west. Jil. 589 
Barton, George ‘H. Notes on the lava-flow of 1880-81 
from Mauna Loa. Jil. . 410 
Bell, Robert. Geology and mineralogy of northern 
Canada. . 755 
Bestowal of the grand honorary Walker prize ‘on Profes- 
sor James Hall. Portrait . . O71 
Bidwell, Shelford. An explanation 0 of Hall’s phenom- 
enon. . : 386 
Biological institute at Philadelphia 56 617 
Biological ory of the Johns Hopkins ‘university. 
The 350 
Blair, H. W. The international bureau of weights 2 and 
measures : 305 
Brauns, D. The Ainos of Yezo. ill. . 69 
Conn, H. W. Evolution of the decapod zoea. Ill. . 513 
Crevaux expedition - 2 , 387 
Crosby, W.O. The colors of natural waters . ; 445 
Cruise of the Albatross from ree to sal aia in 
February and March - C 6 590 
W.H-. Thouar and Crevaux : 660 
Da W. H. Head waters of the Atna or Copper River 779 
Invertebrates of the Talisman capeaiien: Te es 657 
Journey of Lessar to Seraks . . 5 628 
A new volcano island in Alaska. Ml. ot 89 
Recent work on brachiopods. . ...... .e 325 
The state of exploration in Africa . Ae 413 
Danish expedition to Kast Greenland . .. . 286 
Darwin on instinct 15 
Davidson, George. The new “Bogosloff ‘volcano. in 
Bering Sea. Jil.. 282 
ane aus of Mount St. Augustin, Oct. 6, 1883. 
186 
Davis, W. “M. " Meteorological “charts of the North At- 
lantic. Jil... : 654 
The older wind-charts of the North Atlantic. ihe é 593 
Whirlwinds, cyclones, and tornadoes. J/I. 40, 63, 93 
Dawson, G. M. Recent geological observations in the 
Canadian north-west territory . 647 
Determination of theohm . nets 10 
Difficulty of preventing the Ohio floods” 385 
Diller, J. S. Volcanic sand which fell at Unalashka, 
Alaska, Oct. 20, 1883. JI/. 651 
~ aa Henry H. Localization in the brain. 
cae 484 
Dumas, Jean- Baptiste- André. Portrait 750 
Duty on imported scientific text-books . . 62 
Eaton, H. W. Electric-lignt tests at the ‘Louisville ex- 
position ca? : eerie ee. ees a 
The Toepler- Holtz ‘machine. De 753 
Elliott, Henry W. The monk-seal of the West Indies, 
Monachus tropicalis Gray. Til. . 3 752 
Encke’s comet and the resisting medium 660 
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Explosions on the underground a aye of London . - 516 
False prophet of the Sudan 199 
Ferrel, William. The maxima and minima tide- _pre- 
dicting machine. JUl.. 408 
Filhol, H. The deep-sea Crustacea dredged by the Talis- 
man. 0d. - 713 
The deep-sea “dredging apparatus of the Talisman. i. 448 
The deep-sea fishes collected bom the Talisman. Jil. . . 623 
Floodsinthe Ohio ... . Ae ots Sat 22 
Fol, H. Microbes. . 128 
Fritsch, Anton. A human skull from the loess of Pod- 
baba, near Prague. Jil. . . 735 
Gage, Simon H. The application of photography to 
the production of natural-history figures. J//. . 443 
Gannett, Henry. The geodetic work of the Beye den 
and Wheeler surveys . . 447 
Garman, S. A peculiar selachian. 11. a EPAG 
Gatschet, A. S. Recent linguistic researches. . 759 
Gill, Theodore. The rubyoloeipal peculaTes of the 
bassalian fauna. J/d,. . 620 
Government and economic entomology « 646 
Great comet of 1882 . of ES ine 287 
Great telescopes 487 
Greely search 377 
Greene, Charles E. "The cantilever- bridge at D Niagara 
Falls. Jd. : : 572 
Green- Mountain railway, Mount Desert Island 415 
Grinewetzky’s crossing of Novaia Zemlia. . 16 
Guyot, Arnold. Portrait. 218 
Hague, Arnold. Red skies in China five years ago - 5 Hae 
Hall, Edwin H. ON to Bidwell’s } explanation of 
Hall’s eae ae 387 
_inertiay i 2 Ce aaah oi cha, Te 482 
Hall phenomenon in liquids ae 560 
Halsted, Byron D. Conditions of growth of the wheat- 
rust. 457 
Hazen, H. "A. The motion of waves of cold in the 
United States. Idd. . 149 
Holmes, W. Eccentric "figures. from southern 
mounds. {il.. . . Sly oN OA One NO rertu tomo mer ser 2 SF 
Howell, William H. The new Berebolacs! element 
of the blood : alge’ 6: Lene cenaeLO 
Hyatt, A. The business of the naturalist. . Eyre 
Evolution of the Cephalopoda. Jil. 122, 145 
International scientific association. . 245 
James, Joseph F. The flora of Labrador . 359 
Jurassic dinosaurs. Jil. . - 542 
Karsten, G. Red skiesa century. ago a a3! 
Koch. Sixth report of the German cholera commission . 574 
Kunz, George F.. Five Brazilian diamonds. Jil. . 649 
Laboratory i in modern science : 172 
McCook, H. C. How egg-cocoons ‘are made by a Ly- 
cosa. . 685 
Martin, H. Newell. Modern physiological laborato- 
ries: what and why they are . , 100 
Mason, O The relation of the mound. builders ‘o 
the historic Indians. . “cate - 658 
Mendenhall, T. C. A question of exposure 306 
Migration of birds in England . . 158 
Minot, S. Development of the thyroid and. thy mus 
glands and the tongue . 0 Hon Ter 
Morphology of the pee and ‘leg. Tt. $3) ae: 
Natal observatory . : 356 
National academy of sciences, April session : 503 
Nautical almanac office. . eustes 2s 588 
New and strange dinosaur. Tl. 199 
Newberry, J. S. The industrial arts as factors in mod- 
ern history . 597 
Newcomb, Simon. The great Vienna telescope. Til. 380 
New method of mounting reflectors % & Ponte woe 
President Eliot on a liberal education 704 
Recent determinations of stellar parallax . 456 
What is a liberal education . 435 
Osborn, ear y, L. The Johns Hopkins marine labo- 
enone, SMS 8c 7 
The water- ets of the lamellibranch foot : 130 
Palms. . J us 629 
Peabody museum of American archaeology 287 
