INDEX. 



Adams, A. Leith, Notes on the Mummied Bodies of the Ibis and other Birds, 



found in Egypt, 173. 

 Algebraic Equation, method of approximating to the Eoots of any, 315. 

 Anderson, Dr Thos., on the Cultivation of Cinchona in Sikkim, 153. 

 Apjohn, Manual of the Metalloids, reviewed, 131. 

 Arran^ Drift-beds with Shells in south-west of, 312. 

 Astronomy, Hand-book of, by G. F, Chambers, noticed, 297. 

 Atmospheres of the Earth and of the Sun, Circulation of, 183. 

 Balfour, Professor, on the Occurrence of Sagina nivalis on Benlawers, 152. 

 notice of the state of the Open Air Vegetation in the Edinburgh 



Botanic Garden during December 1863, 315. 

 Baxter, H. F., on the Effects of Acid and Alkaline Solutions on Muscular 



Action through the Nerves, 29. 

 Bentham, Flora Australiensis, noticed, 136. 

 Birds' Eggs, Kemains of, found at Fisherton, near Salisbury, 74. 

 Blackmore, Dr H. P., on the Piemains of Birds' Eggs found at Fisherton, near 



Salisbury, 74. 

 Blood, Observation on, 20. 



Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, Plants in Flower in the, 158. 



Vegetation in, during December 1863, 315. 



Botanic Garden, Calcutta, 163. 



Botanical Society, Proceedings of, 149, 326. 



Brewster, Sir David, on the Influence of the Kefracting Force of Calcareous 

 Spar, on the Polarization, Intensity, and Colour of the Light which it 

 Reflects, 319. 



Brown, Eobert, Report to British Columbia Association of Edinburgh, 163, 326. 

 Cinchona, Cultivation of, in Sikkim, 153 

 Plantation in Jamaica, 332. 



Classification of Animals based on the Principles of Cephalization, 75, 260. 

 Cleghorn, Dr, on some Economic Plants of India, 154. 

 Cotton in India^ 155. 



Crania, Human, allied in anatomical character to the Eugis and Neanderthal 

 Skulls, 314. 



