INDEX. 



441 



M'Nab, Mr James, his account of some of the rarer plants observed 

 during an excursion in the United States and the Canadas in 

 1834, 56 



Mammoth, on the discovery of the remains of the, in India, 196 

 Martin, Mr G., on the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway, 48 

 Mathematical and physical section of British Association, proceedings 



of, 354 ' " ° 



Marcet, M. F., his inquiry into the changes which the atmosphere 



undergoes when in contact with certain vegetables which are 



destitute of green leaves, 302 

 Medical Section of the British Association, proceedings of the, 408 

 Meetings, evening, in the Rotundo, 416 



Nests, edible birds', how formed, 190 



Oahu, Dr M. Gairdner, his physico-geognostic sketch of the island 

 of, 1 



Observatory, account of the founding of a new grand, for the Russian 

 empire, 71 



Parnell, Mr, his account of some new fishes found in the Firth of 

 Forth, 209 



Patents, list of, granted in Scotland from the 25th Sept. 1834 to 10th 



June 1835, 217— from 12th June to 19th Sept. 1835, 436. 

 Pilot fish, notice of the, 180 



Plants, notice of fossil marine, 184 — List and description of rare 

 plants flowering in the Botanic Garden, 202 — list of, new or 

 rare to the British Flora, 348— Mr J. M'Nab, his account of 

 the rarer plants observed during an excursion in the United 

 States and Canadas in 1834, 56 — Dr Daubeny on the degree 

 of selection exercised by, 164 



Purkinge, Professor, and Dr Valentin, their discovery of continual 

 vibratory motions produced by cilia, as a general phenomenon in 

 reptiles, birds, and mammiferous animals, 118 



Railway, Mr G., his remarks on the Glasgow and Garnkirk, 48 

 Rogers," H. D. Esq., on the Falls of Niagara, 281 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceedings of the, 203 

 Rubecola Tytlerii, Professor Jameson's notice of the, 214 



Salmon of the Columbia river, 192 



Sandstone, on the imprint of feet of animals upon red, 182 

 Sang, Ed. Esq., on the manner in which friction affects the motion 

 of time-keepers, 129 — on the recent improvements of the carpet 

 manufacture, 256 

 Scales, A Connell, Esq., on the chemical nature of fossil, 300 

 Schubert, Dr Von, on the periods of the deluges of Deucalion, 



Oxyges, and Noah, 34 

 Sharpe/, Dr, his account of the discovery, by Purkinge and Valen- 

 tin, of ciliary motions in reptiles, &c. 114 — additional observa- 

 tions and experiments, 125 



