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INDEX. 



Parker, T. J., second preliminary note i 

 on the development of Apteryx, 482. 



Parker ( VV. K.) on remnants or vestiges 

 of amphibian and reptilian structures- 

 found in the skull of birds, both 

 Carinatse and Ratitse, 397. 



on the secondary carpals, meta- 

 carpals, and digital rays in the wings 

 of existing carinate birds, 322. 



on the vertebral chain of birds, 



465. 



Partial differential equations, on the 

 direct application of first principles 

 in the theory of (Larmor), 176. 



Pearls, the chemical composition of 

 (Harley and Harley), 461. 



Pericardium, diaphragm, and great 

 veins, the early development of the 

 (Lock wood), 273. 



Perichaeta, preliminary note on the 

 nephridia of (Beddard), 309. 



Periodic law, on certain mechanical 

 properties of metals, considered in 

 relation to the (Roberts-A\isten) , 425. 



Phillips (John Arthur), obituary notice 

 of iii. 



Photometry of the glow lamp (Abnej 

 and Festing), 247. 



Physical properties of matter, the in- 

 fiuence of stress and strain on the. 

 Part I. Elasticity {continued) (Tom- 

 linson), SS. 



Pickard-Cam bridge (Rev. Octavius) ad- 

 mitted, 165. 



Plant cells, on the power of contractility 

 exhibited by the protoplasm of certain 

 (Gardiner), 177. 



Post-embryonic development of Julus 

 terrestris. the (Heathcote), 243. 



Poulton (E. P>.), true teeth in the young 

 Omithorhynchus paradoxus, 353. 



Preece (W. EL) on the heating effects of 

 electric currents. No. II, 280. 



Presents, lists of, 161, 181, 264, 276, 

 305, 317, 325, 336, 34S, 363, 379, 402, 

 412, 423, 433, 487. 



President, address of the, 185. 



Protoplasm, on the power of contrac- 

 tility exhibited by the, of certain 

 plant cells (Gardiner) 177. 



Pterosaurian, on a new species of (New- 

 ton), 436. 



Queen, address to the, 117. 



Quotient derivatives, invariants, covari- 

 ants and, associated with linear 

 differential equations (Forsyth), 311. 



Rabies, on (Dowdes well) , 48. 

 Rae (Dr.) elected an auditor, 117. 

 Ratitoe, the skull in the (Parker), 397. 

 Rayleigh (Lord) on the relative densi- 



I ties of hydrogen and oxygen (pre- 

 liminary notice), 356. 

 I Reptilia, on the bone in Crocodilia 

 which is commonly regarded as the 

 os pubis, and its representative among 

 the extinct (Seeley), 235. 

 researches on the structure, or- 

 ganisation, and classification of the 

 fossil. Part III. (Seeley), 172. 

 Reptilian and amphibian structures 

 found in the skull of birds, both 

 Carinatse and Ratitae, on remnants or 

 vestiges of (Parker), 397. 

 Roberts-Austen (VV. C.) on certain 

 mechanical properties of metals, con- 

 sidered in relation to the periodic 

 law, 425. 



Sanders (A.) contributions to the 

 anatomy of the central nervous 

 system in vertebrated animals. 

 Part I. Ichthyopsida. Section I. — 

 Pisces. Subsection III. — Dipnoi. On 

 the brain of the Ceratodus Forsteri, 

 420. 



Saturation hygrometric method, the 



(Shaw), 333. 

 Scaphognathus Purdoni, on, a new 

 species of Pterosaurian (Newton), 

 436. 



Schafer (E. A.) a comparison of the 

 latency periods of the ocular muscles 

 on excitation of the frontal and occi- 

 pito-temporal regions of the brain, 

 411. 



on electrical excitation of the occi- 

 pital lobe and adjacent parts of the 

 monkey's brain, 408. 

 and S. Brown, an investiga- 

 tion into the function of the occi- 

 pital and temporal lobes of the 

 monkey's brain, 276. 

 Seeley (EL (x.) on the bone in Croco- 

 dilia which is commonly regarded as 

 the os pubis, and its representative 

 among the extinct Eeptilia, 235. 



on the classification of the fossil ' 



animals commonly named Dino- 

 sauria, 165. 

 researches on the structure, or- 

 ganisation, and classification of the 

 fossil Reptilia. Part III. On parts 

 of the skeleton of a mammal from 

 Triassic rocks of Klipfontein, Fraser- 

 berg, South Africa (Theriodesmus 

 phylarchus, Seeley), illustrating the 

 reptilian inheritance in the mamma- 

 lian hand, 172. 

 Sexual cells and the early stages in the 

 development of Millepora plicata, on 

 the (Hiokson), 245. 

 Shaw (W. N.) report on hygrometric 



