SCIENCH.—INDEX TO VOLUME III. 
MeMurrich, J. P., on osteology of Ami- 
urus catus, 266. 
Macoun, J., on fungi, 164. See also Bur- 
gess, T. J. W., and Macoun, J. 
Macrocystis pyrifera, 168. 
Macrospores in rocks near Chicago, 215. 
Macrurus affinis, 625; australis, 621; glob- 
iceps, 625. 
Mactra solidissima, 267. 
Maevicar, J. G., 425. 
Magnetic engine, il/. 274. 
Magnetism, 202, 262. 
Magnin and Sternberg’s Bacteria, re- 
viewed, 362. 
Magnolia glauca, 33; grandiflora, 33. 
Maine’s Early law and custom, 786. 
Majendie, on explosions on the under- 
ground railways of London, 516. 
Malacosteus, 747; niger, 627. 
Male parent, prepotency of, 424. 
Malletia obtusa, 657. 
M‘Alpine’s Botanical atlas, reviewed, 232; 
Zoblogical atlas, reviewed, 733. 
Mammalian descent, 297; remains in 
South America, 56. 
Mammals, fossil, 606; hibernating, él. 
538, 616, 673. 
Man, natural history of, 465. 
Manayunkia speciosa, 294, 303, 368. 
Mancalias uranoscopus, 628. 
Manufacturing industry in Russia, 369. 
Marie’s History of the sciences, reviewed, 
Marine research in England, state of, 557. 
Mark, E. H., on Jamestown tornadoes, 801. 
Mars, outer satellite of, 168; rotation 
period of, 801. 
Marseilles, observatory at, 697. 
Marsh, O.C., on new and strange dinosaur, 
all. 199; on new Jurassic dinosaurs, 
all. 542. 
MarTin, H. N. Modern physiological 
laboratories, what and why they are, 
73, 100. 
Martin’s Elementary physiology, re- 
viewed, 49. 
Mascart’s Electricity and magnetism, re- 
viewed, 202. 
Mason, O.T. The relation of the mound- 
builders to the historic Indians, 658. 
Massachusetts institute of technology, iJ. 
80; heating and ventilation of new 
building of, 796; photographic labora- 
tory of, z//. 80; society of arts, 79, 165, 
267, ill. 394, 583, 667, 738, 796. 
Massachusetts, topographical map of, 
427; survey of, 467. 
Massanzé, missionaries among, 112. 
Mastodon, forms of, 553; americanus, 295. 
Mathematical conclusions, 213; teaching, 
method of limits in, 305, 375, 430; teach- 
ing, method of rates in, 473, 587, 645. 
Matthew, G. F., on fauna of St. John 
group, 676; on village of stone age, 610. 
Mauna Loa, lava-flow from, ill. 410. 
Mean solar time, definition of, 323. 
Meat, preservation of, 743. 
Mechanical engineers, meeting of, at Pitts- 
burgh, 723. 
Medal of Seconde société de Teyler, 467. 
Meddelser om Groénland, 611. 
Medical congress in Berlin, 772; museum, 
catalogue of collection of comparative 
anatomy in, 139. 
Medicine, history of, among Chinese, 739. 
moo lower than the Atlantic, 
Meehan, T., on action of plants on ice, 554; 
on bleeding of Cladastris tinctoria, 555; 
on Conium maculatum, 423; on fasciated 
branches, 694; on Halesia, 736; on 
Halesia diptera, 335; on Halesia tetrap- 
tera, 335; on Sarcodes sanguinea, 335; 
on sexes of flowers, 554; on trees of 
slow growth, 335. 
Megaptera versabilis, 342. 
Melanocetus Johnsoni, 621. 
MENDENHALL, T. C. Inertia, 560; a 
question of exposure, 306. 
Mentone, kuman skeleton from, ill. 541. 
Mercury, rotation period of, 297. © 
Meridian conference, 773; distances, cor- 
rection of, 614. 
MeERRIAM, C.H. Hibernating mammals, 
616. 
Merriam, C. H., on woodchuck, 367. 
Merrill, W. E., on difficulty of prevent- 
ing the Ohio floods, 385. 
Mertensia paniculata, 253. 
Mesembriotherium Brocae, 56. 
Mesoplodon Layardi, 579. 
Mesopotamia, expedition to, 772. 
Mesotherium Marshii, 56. 
Mesozoic fossils, 582. 
Metallurgy, primitive, 639. 
Meteorological charts, 400; of North At- 
lantic, i//. 654; journals, new, 734; lit- 
erature, catalogues of, 269; service, 
Russian, 112, 7/7. 117, 368. 
Meteorologische zeitschrift, reviewed, 734. 
Meteorology, 462; comparative, of San 
Diego and Poway, 464; New-England 
society for observation and study of, 
743; progress in study of, 500. 
Method of limits, 305, 375, 430, 473, 587; 
of rates, 473, 587, 645. 
Metoptoma cornutiforme, 137. 
Meyenia fluviatilis, 335; Leidyi, 335, 737; 
subdivisa, 637. 
Miami River, mounds of, 294. 
Mica mines of North Carolina, 208. 
Microbes, 128. 
Micro-chemistry of plants, 602. 
Micrococcus insectorum, 233. 
Micrometer, new, 739. 
Micropterus, cranial ribs of, 644; sal- 
moides, 242, 644, 738; osteology of, 582, 
all. TA9. 
Microscopical investigations in botanical 
laboratory, 111. 
Microscopists, American society of, 460. 
Migration of birds, 158. 
‘Miguel’s Organisms of the air, reviewed, 
518. 
Milan society for commercial exploration 
of Africa, 800. 
Milhéme, E., on the Crevaux expedition, 
387. 
Milk, changes in, during boiling, 367. 
MILLER, B. Deafness in white cats, 243. 
Mimetism in inorganic nature, 676. 
Mimulus cardinalis, 236;  Lewisii, 236; 
luteus, 236. 
Mind, 686; dawn of, 639. 
Mineral, new, from Mexico, 528; springs 
in Tennessee, 493; statistics of United 
States, 636; waters, analyses of, 463. 
Mineralogy of Canada, 755. 
Minerals of Alaska, 297; in Utah, 667. 
Mines, ventilation of, 470. : 
Mining-engineers, American institute of, 
326. 
Minnesota lakes, 695; academy of natural 
sciences, 494, 695; plants, 495. 
MinoT,C.8S. Development of the thyroid 
and thymus glands and the tongue, 725; 
morphology of the pelvis and leg, 7/7. 324. 
Minot, C.S., on growth and death, 165. 
Missionaries among Massanzé, 112. 
Missouri, barn-owls in, 116; upper, sys- 
tem, 555. 
Mollusca, catalogue of, 610; new classifi- 
cation of, 730; Schrenk’s collection of, 
340. 
Mollusks of New Jersey, 267. 
Monachus tropicalis, 77/. 752. 
Moneses uniflora, 253. 
Monk-seal of West Indies, 7//. 752. 
Mono basin, maps of, 167. 
Monospilus, 494; dispar, 494. 
Monotrypella trentonensis, 25, 
Montana, plant-life in, 495. 
Mont Blanc, glaciers of, 771. 
Montia fontana, 253. 
Monticuliporidae, 25. 
Moon, halos round, 115. 
Moore, D. R., on Glidewell mound, 637. 
Moore, E. K., on testing chronometers, 
641. % 
Morals; theory of, 360. 
Morchella esculenta, 165. 
MORELAND, 8. T. Inertia, 559. 
Morris, H. G., on atmospheric elevator, 
494, 
Morrison, on comet of 1882, 287. 
Mosses of Alaska, 296. 
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Motor, bisulphide-of-carbon, 400; current, 
606; new, 630. 
Mound, Glidewell, 637; of Kanawha vyal- 
ley, ill. 619. 
Mound-builders, relation of, to historic 
Indians, 658. 
Mounds, eccentric figures from, i//. 436; 
Etowah, ill. 779; in Scioto valley, 79; 
iron from, i//. 208; of Miami River, 294; 
of Mississippi valley, 339; Florida 
shell, 736; spool-shaped ornaments 
from, 434. 
Mount Desert Island, 
railway on, 415. 
Mount St. Augustin, volcanic eruption of, 
ill. 186. 
Mount Shasta, ascent of, 27; glaciers on, 
208; map of, 522; suitability of, as me- 
teorological station, 265. 
Miiller foundation, 268, 296. 
Multiplex telegraphy, 394. 
Muraenopsis, 347. 
Murdock’s Electricity and magnetism, re- 
viewed, 419. 
Museum, circulating, in place of school 
cabinet, 613; of comparative zodlogy, 
Cambridge, 206; keepers, assumptions 
of, 615, 703. 
Museums, opening of, in evenings, 239. 
Music and chemical elements, relation of, 
607. 
Musical pitch, 667. 
Musk-ox, discovery of skull of, 468. 
Muskrat, carnivorous habits of, 457 ; skele- 
tons, 739. 
Mygale Hentzii, 469. 
Mylodon Harlani, 295; robustus, 295. 
Myosotis sylvatica, 253. 
Mytilimeria flexuosa, 658. 
Mytilus californianus, 373; subarcuatus, 
648. 
N., G. A. The red sunsets, 3. 
Naphthaline as an insecticide, 455. 
Naples, zodlogical station at, 82. 
Natal observatory, 356. 
Natica duplicata, 267; heros, 267; obso- 
leta, 267. 
National academy of sciences, 337, 499; 
April session of, 503; list of papers 
read at, 524; glucose report of, 169; 
agricultural experiment-stations, 301. 
Natural history, American text-books 
of, 271; figures, production of, 7//. 443; 
museums, 191; of man, 465. 
Naturalist, business of, 44. 
Naturalista siciliano, 612. 
Naturalists, biographies of, 261; meeting 
of, 1. 
Naucrates ductor, 624. 
Nautical almanac, 28; office, 588. 
Nautilograpsus minutus, 718. 
Nautilus pompilius, 123; umbilicatus, 148. 
Naval observatory. See U. S. naval ob- 
servatory. 
Naval officers and coast-survey, 86. 
Neaera arctica, 657; cuspidata, 657. 
Necropolis at Ekhmeem, 609. 
Necturus lateralis, 264; maculatus, 264. 
Neison, E., on Natal observatory, 356. 
Nelumbium Lakesii, 484; luteum, 454; 
tenuitfolium, 434. 
Nematocarcinus gracilipes, 715. 
Neostoma bathypbilum, 624. 
Neptunus Sayi, 718. 
Nerve tone, 210. 
Nessler reagent, use of, in air-analyses, 463. 
Nettion carolinensis, 225. 
Nettles, use of fibres of, 770. 
NEWBERRY, J.S. High tidesin geological 
history, 402; the industrial arts as fac- 
tors in modern history, 597. 
Newberry, J. S., on vegetation along the 
line of Northern Pacific railroad, 236; 
work of, in Colorado Canon, 482. 
New Brunswick mammals, list of, 610; 
natural-history society, 610, 769. 
NEwcoms, 8. The great Vienna tele- 
scope, z//. 380; new method of mount- 
ing reflectors, 320; President Eliot ona 
liberal education,704; recent determina- 
tions of stellar parallax, 456; what is a 
liberal education? 435. 
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