382 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Siren, W. Ladd on a new form of, 1863, 
14 
SlRET (H. and L.) on the early Ages of 
Metal in South-east Spain, 1887, 905 
Sissons (W.) on a patent steam pile- 
driver, 1865, 190 
- on tidal observations, 1868, 489 ; 
1870, 120 
Sivatherium giganteum, Dr. James Murie 
on the systematic position of, 1871, 108 
Siwalik and Pikermi vertebrate and in¬ 
vertebrate faunas, the geological age 
and relations of the, W. T. Blanford 
on, 1880, 577 
*Skaptor district of Iceland, Dr. T. Ander¬ 
son and Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis on 
a visit to the, 1890, 897 
Skeleton of a woman set. 104, Dr. G. M. 
Humphry on the, 1865, 107 
--of the red rocks, near Mentone, M. 
Moggridge on the, 1872, 190 
--Dr. Cleland on ribs and transverse 
processes with special relation to the 
theory of the vertebrate, 1862, 105 
*Skertchly (S. B. J.) on experiments 
on evaporation and temperature made 
at Wisbeach, 1873, 44 
-on evidence of the existence of 
Palaeolithic man during the Glacial 
period in East Anglia, 1879, * 347 , 379 ; 
on a new estimate of the date of the 
Neolithic age, 380 ; on the survival of 
the Neolithic period at Brandon, Suf¬ 
folk, 400 
.-on the occurrence of stone mortars 
in the ancient (Pliocene ?) river-gravels 
of Butte Co. California, 1887, 907 
- on fire-making in North Borneo, 
1889, 795 ; *on some Borneo traps, ib. 
*Skew surface of the third order, note on 
the, by Prof. H. J. S. Smith, 1880, 482 
Skiddaw slate series, Prof. R. Harkness 
on the, 1862, 72 
- slates, Prof. It. Harkness on the 
fossils of the, 1863, 69 
-slates, Dr. H. A. Nicholson on the 
Graptolites of the, 1867, 71 
-slates, dynamic metamorphism of, 
J. E. Marr on, 1889, 568 
Skin, the natural colour of the, in certain 
Oriental races, observations by Dr. J. 
Beddoe on, 1889, 787 
- some new researches on the ana¬ 
tomy of the, Dr. Martynon, 1875, 169 
*Skull from the Loess of Podbaba, near 
Prague, and a skull found in alluvium 
at Kankakee, Illinois, along with a 
tooth of the Mastodon , Dr. D. Wilson 
on a, 1884, 917 
-W. Turner on the anatomical cha¬ 
racters of the, found by Mr. Duck¬ 
worth, 1863, 147 
-in birds, reptiles, and fishes, Dr. G. 
M. Humphry on the homologies of the 
lower jaw, and the bones connecting it 
with the, 1865, 87 
Skull, a human, found near Southport, Dr. 
W. G. Barron on, 1883, 562 
- human, found near York, E. Allen 
on a remarkable, 1881, 704 
-- human, Dr. John Cleland on the 
varieties of form of the, 1861. 164 
* - a hydrocephalic, Prof. Cleland on. 
and on the duplicity of the temporal 
ridge, 1876, 149 
- the Neanderthal, Prof. King on, 
1863, 81 
-scaphocephalic, W. Turner on the, 
1863, 124 
551 - Sooloo, Prof. Cleland on a, 1876, 
165 
- sutures, Robert Garner on the, in 
connection with the superficies of the 
brain, 1862, 126 
-- the vertebrate, the structure and 
development of, G. T. Bettany on, 
1877, 106 
Skulls, ancient British, Dr. J. Thurnam 
on obliteration of the sutures in one 
class of, 1864, 128 
* - from the Andaman Islands, Dr. 
Allen Thomson on two, 1876, 169 
* -Bosjes, Dr. Knox on, 1876, 166 
- human, Prof. Huxley on two ex¬ 
treme forms of, 1866, 96 
-from round barrows in Dorsetshire, 
C. C. Blake on, 1866, 94 
-obtained in Canon Greenwell’s ex¬ 
cavations, Prof. G. Rolleston on, 1872, 
193 
- a new method of comparing the 
forms of, W. S. Duncan on, 1883, 570 
-of natives in the Indian archipelago, 
C. Carter Blake on a Condylus tertius, 
occasionally observed in the, 1866, 94 
* -presenting sagittal synostosis, Prof. 
John Struthers on, 1871, 160 
- simious, Dr. C. Carter Blake on, 
1865, 114 
* — from tombs in Assouan, W. S. Mel- 
some on 108 , 1887, 900 
Sky light and sun light at high altitudes, 
Capt. W. de W. Abney on. 1882, 459 
Skye, Prof. M. A. Lawson on the flora of, 
i 868 , 103 
*Skyring Water, Straits of Magellan, a 
visit to, R. W. Coppinger on, 1880, 665 
Sladen (Major) on trade-routes between 
Burmah and China, 187 L, 189 
-(W. P.) on the occupation of a table 
at the zoological station at Naples, 1879, 
167 ; 1880,' 161 ; 1881, 178 ; 1882, 288 ; 
1883, 234 ; 1884, 252 ; 1885, 466 ; 1886, 
254 ; 1887, 77 ; 1888, 150 ; 1889, 95 ; 
1890, 449 
- on the Scottish zoological station , 
1881 , 177; 1882,282; 1883,233 
- on arrangements for assisting the 
