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INDEX 



Brain of the Ceratodus Forsteri, on the 

 (Sanders), 420. 



Brown (S.) and E. A. Schafer, an inves- 

 tigation into the function of the occi- 

 pital and temporal lobes of the 

 monkey's brain, 276. 



Buchanan (J. Y.) on tidal currents in 

 the ocean, 340. 



Burrows (Sir George), obituary notice 

 of, vi. 



Bury (H.) the early stages in the deve- 

 lopment of Antedon rosacea, 297. 



Candidates for election, 405. 

 Carinatse, the skull in the (Parker), 

 397. 



Carinate birds, on the secondary car- 

 pals, metacarpals, and digital rays in 

 the wings of existing (Parker), 322. 



Carnelley (T.) and T. Wilson, a new 

 method for determining the number 

 of micro-organism3 in air, 368. 



note on the number of micro- 

 organisms in moorland air, 369. 



Ceratodus Forsteri, on the brain of the 

 (Sanders), 420. • 



Chree (C.) conduction of heat in liquids, 

 30. 



Cobalt and nickel, the ultra-violet 

 spectra of (Liveing and Dewar), 430. 



Cockle (Sir J.) elected an auditor, 117. 



Conduction of heat in liquids (Chree), 

 30. 



Contractility, on the power of, exhibited 

 by the protoplasm of certain plant 

 cells (Gardiner), 177. 



Coral formations of the Indian Ocean 

 (Bourne), 440. 



Corpuscles, the emigration of amoeboid, 

 in the starfish (Durham), 327. 



Cortex cerebri in the monkey (Macacus 

 sinicus) , a further minute analysis by 

 electric stimulation of the so-called 

 motor region of the (Beevor and 

 Horsley), 86. 



Council, nomination of, 165. 



election of, 195. 



Covariants, invariants, and quotient 

 derivatives associated with linear 

 differential equations (Forsyth), 311. 



Cranial nerves, on the relation between 

 the structure, function, and distribu- 

 tion of the (Gaskell), 382. 



Cribrella oeellata, note on the madrepo- 

 rite of (Durham), 330. 



Crocodilia, on the bone in, which is 

 commonly regarded as the os pubis, 

 and its representative among the 

 extinct Beptilia (Seeley), 235. 



Currents in the ocean, on tidal 

 (Buchanan), 340. 



note on the development of feeble, 



by purely physical action (Wright 

 and Thompson), 268. 

 Cyclones, on the relation between 

 tropical and extra-tropical (Aber- 

 cromby), 1. 



Denham (Sir Henry), obituary notice 

 of, 1. 



Densities of hydrogen and oxygen, on 

 the relative (Rayleigh), 356. 



Detonating bolide of November 20th, 

 1887, on the (Symons), 263. 



Development of Antedon rosacea, the 

 early stages in the (Bury), 297. 



of Apteryx, second preliminary 



note on the (Parker), 482. 



of Julus terrestris, the post-em- 

 bryonic (Heathcote), 243. 



of Millepora plicata, on the sexual 



cells and the early stages in the 

 (Hickscn), 245. 



of the pericardium, diaphragm, 



and great veins, the early (Lockwood) , 

 273. 



oE the skeleton of the Apteryx, 



preliminary note on the (Parker), 391. 



Dewar (J.) and G. D. Liveing, on the 

 spectrum of the oxvhydrogen flame, 

 347. 



on the ultra-violet spectra of 



the elements. Part III. Cobalt and 



nickel, 430. 

 Dew-point instruments (Shaw), 333. 

 Diaphragm and great veins, the early 



development of the pericardium, 



(Lockwood), 273. 

 Diego Garcia, the atoll of, and the coral 



formations of the Indian Ocean 



(Bourne), 440. 

 Differential (linear) equations, invariants, 



covariants, and quotient derivatives 



associated with (Forsyth), 311. 

 (partial) equations, on the direct 



application of first principles in the 



theory of (Larmor), 176. 

 Digestion, note on the changes effected 



by, on fibrinogen and fibrin (Wool- 



dridge), 367. 

 Dinosauria, on the classification of the 



fossil animals commonly named 



(Seeley), 165. 

 Donation fund, account of grants from 



the, 209. 

 Dowdeswell (G. F.) on rabies, 48. 

 Dual origin of the mammalia, on the 



possibly (Mivart), 372. 

 Durham (H. E.) note on the madrepo- 



rite of Cribrella oeellata, 330. 

 the emigration of amoeboid cor- 

 puscles in the starfish, 327. 



Eclipse of August 29, 1886, report of 



