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GENERAL INDEX 
*Birds, rarer, occurring in South and 
West Yorkshire, T. Lister on the, 1879, 
378 
* - soaring of, W. Froude on a me¬ 
chanical theory of the, 1876, 31 
-struthious, P. L. Sclater’s remarks 
on the late increase of our knowledge 
of the, 1861, 158 
-T. Lister on, observed in the West 
Riding of Yorkshire in former and 
recent years, 1873, 116 
-- which have bred in the Barnsley 
and South Yorkshire district, T. Lister 
on the, 1881, 670 
—— and reptiles, H. Woodward on new 
facts bearing on the inquiry concern¬ 
ing forms intermediate between, 1873, 
93 
*Birdwood (Dr.) on the genus Bosmellia, 
with descriptions and drawings of 
three new species, 1869, 108 ; *on the 
geography of the frankincense plants, 
159^ 
Birmingham, Dr. T. L. Phipson on the 
black stones which fell from the at¬ 
mosphere at, in 1858, 1861, 37 
—— A. Follett Osier on variations in 
direction and motion of the air at, 
1865, 264 
-- Dr. Fleming on the prevalence of 
tapeworm in, and its causes, 1865, 106 
-D. Smith on the meteorology of, 
1865, 19 
-J. D. Goodman on the small arms 
manufacture of, 1865, 150 
-J. G. Johnson on the benefit, build¬ 
ing, and freehold land societies of, 
1865, 154 
-J. Thackray Bunce on the statistics 
of crime in, as compared with other 
large towns, 1865, 145 
- Thomas Avery on the municipal 
expenditure of the borough of, 1865, 
135 
* -B. Smith on warming, lighting, and 
ventilating the town hall of, 1865, 190 
-W. L. Sargant on the vital statis¬ 
tics of, 1865, 155 
* -industries, reports on, 1865, 191 
-wire-gauge, Latimer Clark on the, 
1867, 153 
-canal, E. B. Marten on the, 1886, 
772 
- compressed-air power scheme. J. 
Sturgeon on the, 1886, 822 
-district, the geology of the, Prof. C. 
Lapworth on, 1886, 621 
- Tame, and Rea district drainage , 
W. Till on the, 1886, 499 
-j--- the water-supply of, C. E. Mathews 
on the, 1886, 817 
Birt (W. R.), contribution to a report on 
the physical aspect of the moon, 1861, 
181 
Birt (W. R.) on a group of lunar craters 
imperfectly represented in lunar maps, 
1862,9 
- on the selenographical relations 
between the chain of lunar mountains 
the Alps, with the Mare Imbrium and 
the Mare Frigoris, 1863, 3 
-on methods of detecting changes on 
the moon’s surface, 1864, 4 
- on mapping the surface of the moon , 
1865 , 286 ; 1866 , 214 ; 1867, 1 ; 1868, 
1 ; 1869, 76 ; letter from J. F. Julius 
Schmidt to W. R. Birt , 1865, 305 
-on the extent of evidence which we 
possess elucidatory of ‘ change ’ on the 
moon’s surface, 1868, 11 
-on secular variations of lunar 
tints and spots and shadows on Plato, 
1869, 15 
.-on the present state of the question 
relative to lunar activity or quiescence, 
1870, 20 
- on the discussion of observations of 
spots on the surface of the lunar crater 
Plato, 1871, 60 ; 1872, 254 
*-on the importance and necessity of 
continued systematic observations on 
the moon’s surface, 1873, 34 
Birth, death, and marriage, rates of, 
methods of ascertaining variations in 
the, F. Y. Edgeworth on, 1885, 1165 
Bischof (G.) on a new system of testing 
the quality of the malleable metals 
and alloys, 1870, 209 
- on the examination of water for 
sanitary purposes, 1871, 67 
^Biscuits, J. Robinson on an improved 
manufacture of, 1863, 183 
Bismuth, certain compounds of, M. M. 
P. Muir on, 1876, 66 
-fluid, the density of, W. C. Roberts 
and T. Wrightson on, 1880, 543 
Bisulphide of carbon, the application 
of, to the scouring of wool, Prof. W. 
Ramsay on, 1883, 462 
*Bituminous substances, Dr. T. Ander¬ 
son on, 1864, 24 
Black, Dr. Joseph, letters from M. 
Lavoisier to, 1871, 189 
Black (C. E. D.) on the upper course of 
the Brahmaputra river, 1879, 433 
* - on the Afghan frontier, 1886, 
734 
-(J. W.) on colonies in South Africa, 
1866, 94 
--(Dr. W G.), description of a marine 
anemometer, 1883, 422 
Black deposits of metals, Dr. J. H. Glad¬ 
stone on, 1873, 63 
-Dog, the rock of the, note on, b} r 
Prof. T. G. Bonney, 1885, 1016 
* -oxide of iron, the formation of, on 
iron surfaces, for the prevention of 
corrosion, Prof. F. S. Barff on, 1877, 50 
