INDEX. 



529 



Ormthorhynchus paradoxus, descrip- 

 tion of a newly- excluded young of 

 the (Owen), 391. 



Osmunda regalis (L.) and JBlechnum 

 occidtntale (L.), on the structure of 

 the r nicilage cells of (Ito and Gardi- 

 ner), 353. 



Owen (Sir R.) on parts of the skeleton 

 of Meiolania platyceps (Ow.), 297. 



on fossil remains of Echidna 



Ramsayi (Ow.). 390. 



description of a newly-excluded 



young of the Ormthorhynchus para- 

 doxus (Ow.), 391. 



Parieasaurus hombidens (Owen), on, 

 and the significance of its affinities to 

 amphibians, reptiles, and mammals 

 (Seeley), 337. 



Parker (T. J.), note to a paper on the 

 blood-vessels of Mustelus antarcticus 

 ('Phil. Trans.,' 1886), 437. 



Parker (W. K.) on the morphology of 

 birds, 52. 



Patella vulgata, on the nephridia and 



'liver' of (Griffiths), 392. 

 Perry (S. J.) , report of the observations 



of the total solar eclipse of August 29, 



1886, made at Carriacou, 316. 

 Perspective microscope, on a (Burch), 49. 

 Phosphonium chloride, on (Skinner), 



283. 



Phosphorescent alumina, on the crimson 



line of (Crookes), 25. 

 Physical phenomena, some applications 



of dynamical principles to. Part II 



(Thomson), 297. 

 properties of matter, the influence 



of stress and strain on the. Part III. 



Magnetic induction (Tomlinson), 224. 

 properties of matter, the influence 



of stress and strain on the. Part I. 



Elasticity (continued) (Tomlinson) , 



362. 



Physiological action, contributions to our 

 knowledge of the connexion between 

 chemical constitution and (Brunton 

 and Cash), 240. 



Pickard - Cambridge (Rev. Octavius) 

 elected, 352. 



Plane cubics, on the diameters of 

 (Walker), 334, 483. 



Plants of the coal-measures, on the or- 

 ganisation of the fossil, Heterangium 

 Tiliceoides (Will.) and Kaloxylon 

 Sookeri (Williamson), 8. 



Plasma, on muscle (Halliburton), 400. 



Pleura, on the force with which the two 

 layers of the healthy, cohere (West), 

 482. 



JPolacanthus Foxii, supplementary note 

 . on (Hulke), 16. 



Polish, on the effect of, on the reflexion 

 of light from the surface of Iceland 

 spar (Spurge), 242. 



Poulton (E. B), an inquiry into the 

 cause and extent of a special colour- 

 relation between certain exposed lepi- 

 dopterous pupse and the surfaces 

 which immediately surround them, 

 94. 



Preece (W. H.) on the limiting distance 

 of speech by telephone, 152. 



Presents, lists of, 10, 31, 47, 59, 86, 109, 

 131, 142, 161, 172, 182, 210, 240, 

 302, 314, 336, 342, 350, 483. 



Proteids, the, of the seeds of Abrus 

 precatorius (jequirity), (Martin), 

 331. 



Protorosaurus Speneri (von Meyer), on 

 (Seeley), 86. 



Pulse, note on the functions of the 

 sinuses of Valsalva and auricular 

 appendices with some remarks on the 

 mechanism of the heart and (Collier) , 

 469. 



Pupae, an inquiry into the cause and 

 extent of a special colour-relation 

 between certain exposed lepidopte- 

 rous, and the surfaces which imme- 

 diately surround them (Poulton) , 94. 



Putrefaction, on rigor mortis in fish and 

 its relation to (E wart) , 438. 



Babies, on (Dowdeswell), 355. 



Badiant matter spectroscopy, on 5 ex- 

 amination of the residual glow 

 (Crookes), 111. 



Radiation, preliminary note on the 

 ■ radio-micrometer ' a new instru- 

 ment for measuring the most feeble 

 (Boys), 189. 



on thermal, in absolute measure 



(Bottomley), 357. 



from dull and bright surfaces, on 



(Bottomley), 433. 



' Radio-micrometer,' preliminary note 

 on the, a new instrument for measur- 

 ing the most feeble radiation (Boys), 

 189. 



Ramsay (W.) and S. Young, preliminary 

 note on the continuity of the liquid 

 and gaseous states of matter, 3.. 



evaporation and dissociation. 



Part Y. A study of the thermal pro- 

 perties of methyl alcohol, 37. 



Reflexion of light from the surface of 

 Iceland spar, on the effect of polish on 

 the (Spurge), 242. 



Residual glow, on radiant matter spectro- 

 scopy ; examination of the (Crookes), 

 111. 



Rigor mortis in fish, on, and its relation 

 to putrefaction (Ewart), 438. 



