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INDEX. 
Bryson (Alexander), Description of 
Kincardineshire bone cave re- 
ferred to, 368, et. seq, 
Caithness, land and fresh water shells 
fonnd at, 161. 
boulder-clay of, by Charles 
W. Peach, Esq., 396. 
Calabar, Old, Africa, Ghameleo cristatus, 
228. 
Chameleo fasciatus [?), 306. 
chrysalis from, 36. 
Gallago Demidojjfii, 303. 
" Etuet," Tetraodon, from, 268. 
insects, various, 309. 
new Ganoid ^q\x from, 273, 
. Oiketicus, 311. 
otter, " Jyung," from, 34. 
pipe fish, 227. 
Calamoichthys Calabaricus, from Old 
Calabar, 332. 
Carboniferous strata, sections of 
Scottish and English, 17. 
Cat, life of a domestic, by William 
Brown, Esq., F.K.C.S.E., 375. 
Catton (Alfred K.),M.A.,on the action 
between the material molecules and 
the etherial medium, considered 
with reference to the theory of the 
refraction of light in crystallised or 
isotropic media, 248. 
Gervvs elaphus (red deer), varieties in 
antlers, 208. 
Chameleo cristatus, 228, 
fasciatus, n. s. ? 306. 
Chameleon, on colours displayed by a 
species of the genus Lophosaura, 390. 
Chronology of geology, 316. 
Classification of minerals, 30. 
Ginclus Europceus (Dipper), on the 
nesting of, 383. 
Gircus cyaneus (hen-harrier), 176. 
Coleoptera from Egypt, collected by 
Professor P. Smyth, exhibited by 
Mr M'Nab, 335. 
Contemporaneity of deposits or forma- 
tions, 196. 
Gomatula rosacea, Caithness, 81. 
Goryne ferox, T. S. Wright, 46. 
Gyclopierus lumpus (lump-sucker), ex- 
hibited, 355. 
Gyclopteris found at John o'Groat's, 
by C. W. Peach, 368. 
Gydippe, prehensible apparatus and 
sting-cells of, 153. 
Death's-head Moth, occurrence of 
in Roxburghshire, Perthshire, and 
Ross-shire, 353 ; in Shetland, 345. 
Digits torn off in man, remarks on, 27. 
Donations to Library. 16, 27, 37, 49. 
74, 107, 129, 152. 165. 187, 212, 
215, 230, 237, 278, 313. 331, 335, 
350, 366, 394. 
Duns (Professor John), D.D., on the 
nesting of Ginclus Europoeus, 383 
Dynamic power, 173. 
Earth, central heat of, 107, 129. 
internal fluidity of, 132. 
secular cooling of, 159. 
Earth's surface, irregularities in, 149. 
Edwards (A. M'K.), remarks on toru- 
off digits in man, with reference to 
analogous injuries in animals. 37. 
on some surgical homologies, 
49. 
■ on the restoration of bone, 
212. 
Englena, natural history of, 237. 
Erpetoichthys Calabaricus {Calamoich- 
thys). exhibited, 331. 
" Esere" or ordeal bean of Old Calabar, 
notes of insects which feed on, 356. 
remarks on discovery of insect 
which feeds on it, by Dr Eraser, 
360. 
Falco gyrfalco (Jerfalcon), 204. 
suhhuteo (Hobby), 176. 
Falconer (Dr), on early relics of human 
race, quoted, 325. 
Fife, east of, extension railway, 125. 
Firth of Forth and Clyde, on rise of 
shores of, 278. 
Fluidity, internal, of earth, 132. 
Fowl, domestic, female assuming male 
plumage, 297. 
Eraser (Thomas R.), M.D., claims to 
the discovery of insect feeding on 
the esere, the ordeal or poison 
bean of Old Calabar, examined, 
349. 
on Dr Smith's remarks on the 
discovery of the insect which feeds 
on the esere or ordeal bean of Old 
Calabar, 360. 
Fragilus graculus (chough), bill and 
legs of young, 34. 
Fundamental strata, 190. 
Galago Demidoffii, 303. 
Ganoid fish, n. g. [Calamoichthys), 
allied to Polypterus, 273. 
n. g., anatomy of, 300. 
Geological inquiry, present aspect-s of 
(President's address), 187. 
Glacial epoch, phenomena of, ascribed 
to natural agencies at present in 
operation, 238. 
