INDEX 
PAGE 
Acid and Oxide of Manium, new... 211 
Aconites, Alkaloids contained in 
the 214 
Adulteration of Eood 194 
Aeronautics, the Progress of 364 
^Estivation, Floral 320, 424 
African Coffee-plants 320 
Agassiz, A., on Hermit Crabs getting 
possession of their Shells 183 
Air and its Relation to Life 94 
Alabaster, Calcareous, from Mexico 323 
Albumen and Nitrogen in Milk 426 
Alcock’s “Botanical Names for 
English Readers ” 307 
Alkaloids contained in the Aconites 214 
America, Astronomy in 351 
„ Production of Bromine in 324 
„ Samarskite in 216 
American Chemical Society 426 
„ Earthquakes 429 
,, Fossil Fishes 327 
,, Geological Surveys ...305, 418 
,, Lobster, early stages of 
the 224 
,, View of British Rivers... 214 
Anatomical Specimens, Chloral a 
substitute for Spirits in Preserv- 
ing 214 
Anatomy, comparative, 112, 221, 335, 435 
„ of the Giraffe 112 
Andaman Islands, new Plants from 
the 102 
Animal Morphology 301 
,, Parasites 191 
Animals, Extinct, of North 
America 276 
„ Geographical Distribution of 406 
Anti-Darwinism 308 
Ants, peculiar Food of. 320 
Apes, Evolution of the Human Race 
from 310 
Aquaria : their Present, Past and 
Future 253 
Arctic Yachting 200 
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Armament of the “ Inflexible ” 60 
Ascidian, Development of the 224 
Ash-showers of Iceland 429 
Assyrian Sculptures, the Mammals 
of the 336 
Astronomy 98, 202, 315, 420 
„ for the People 96 
„ in America 351 
Atlas of Diatomacese 102 
Atmosphere, Common and Magnetic 
Iron in the 221 
Atmospheric Phenomenon, Re- 
markable, at Ceylon .. 333 
Atteridge, A. H., on Popoffkas or 
Circular Ironclads 266 
,, on the Armament 
of the “ Inflexible ” 60 
Attractions, Sound 436 
Balloon, French, the last Form of 220 
Barometer, Mountain, new Form of 434 
Bastian’s, Dr., Position, Spontaneous 
Generation and 113 
Bats 225 
Battery, a Monster 219 
Beetle’s Eye, looking at a Watch 
through a 217 
Bernstein’s “ Five Senses of Man ” 309 
Biliverdin, the Reaction of. 323 
Bird, Development of the 222 
,, Gigantic, from the Eocene of 
New Mexico 328 
Birds with Teeth 327 
Black Knot of Plum and Cherry- 
trees 322 
Bland’s “ Elementary Botany ” 415 
Boa-constrictor, Impregnation of 
the.. 435 
Bones of the Hadrosaurus 212 
Books, Reviews of. 84, 185, 299, 406 
Botanical Names 307 
„ Newspaper, “ The Gar- 
den” 207 
