Avalanche in Western Switzerland, 181 Bacillus of Tuberculosis (Koch), Preliminary Note on the, J. Baltic, Seals in the, 133 Baluchistan, Wanderings in, Major-General Sir C. M. Mac- Barfoot (W.), the Sea-Serpent, 338 Barkas (T. P.), the Magnetic Storm and Auroræ, 87; an Extra- Baro-manometrical Experiments, Kraevit-ch, 324 Barometer, on the Movements of Air in Fissures and the, Batson (A.), Auroral "Meteoric Phenomena" of November 17, Bavaria, Lower, Discoveries of Gold and Silver in, 399 Bear Festival among the Ainos, 19 Bees, Senses of, 46 Beetles, "Die Kafer Westfalens," F. Westhoff, 239 Belgrade, Skeleton of Mammoth found at, 63 Bellesme (Prof. J. de), on Claude Bernard, 317 Benevolence in Animals, Oswald Fitch, 580; Geo. J. Romanes, Ben Nevis, Meteorological Observatory on, 18, 39, 175, 399, Bennett (A. W.), Nesting Habits of the Emu, 530 Berlin: Physical Society of, 95, 143, 216, 236, 284, 380, 403, Bertillon (Dr.), Death of, 444 Bhamo, Colquhoun's Journey to, 63 Bidwell (Shelford), "Electrical Resistance of Carbon Contacts," Binary Star, Cancri, 424 Binary Star, p Eridani, 589 Binary Stars, 518 Biology in Italy, 46; Biological Notes, 91, 230; New Lantern Bird of Paradise, New Species of, 276 Birds, a History of British, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98 Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, 587 66 Blanford's Sheep, 415 Blasius (Dr.), Fossil Souslik in Northern Germany, 247 Bles (E. J.), a "Natural Experiment in Complementary Colours, 241 Blomfield (Rev. L.): Ticks, 552; Helix pomatia, L., 553 Bobenhausen Pile Dwellings, 160 Bohdalek (Dr.), Death of, 399 Bologna, Earthquake at, 445 Bombay, Deaths from Snake-bite in, Sir Joseph Fayrer, F.R.S., Bonney (Prof. T. G., F. R.S.): Hornblendic and other Schists of Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, Report of the Royal, 114 Botanical Garden, Saharunpur, 588 Botany, Text Book of Morphological and Physiological, Julius Botany of the Challenger Expedition, W. Botting Hemsley, 462 Boulger (Prof. G. S.), Epping Forest, 455 Bowditch (Dr. H. P.), Optical Illusions of Motion, 183 Braces or Waistband? 531, 553, 580 Branfill (B. R.), an Extraordinary Meteor, 149 Brassey (Sir Thomas), "The British Navy; its Strengtb, Re- Brewer, Distiller, and Wine Manufacturer, 311 Brewer (W. H.), Evolution of the American Trotting Horse, British Association, Proposed Visit to Canada, 41, 88, 299, 398, British Birds, a History of, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98 Britten (F. J.), Watch and Clockmaker's Handbook, H. Dent Brocklehurst (T. U.), "Mexico To-day," 503 Brown (E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86; Meteor, 508, Brown (J. Campbell), Practical Chemistry, 75 Brunton (Dr. T. Lauder, F.R.S.): on Inhibition (of Structural Brussels Observatory, 445. Buchan (A.), Diurnal Variation of Wind on Open Sea and near Buckley (Arabella), Winners in Life's Race, 51 Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique, 71, Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Péters Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 214 "Burman, The," Shway Yoe, 5; Dr. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., 6 Burton (Richard F.) and Verney Cameron, "To the Gold Coast Burton (F. M.), Sap-flow, 530 Butterflies, Natural Enemies of, Henry Higgins, 338 Cacao: How to Grow and How to Cure it, D. Morris, 566 Calcium, Lockyer's Dissociation Theory of, Hermann W. Calcium, Barium, and Potassium, Action of, on Muscle, Doctor Calcutta: Report of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 114; Catalogue Callard (T. K.), Paleolithic River Gravels, 54 Cameron (Verney), Richard Burton and, "To the Gold Coast Campbell (Lewis, LL.D.), the Life of James Clerk Maxwell, 26 Canada, Proposed Visit of the British Association to, 41, 88, Nature, June 21, 1883] INDEX Capron (J. Rand): a Lunar Halo, 78; the Magnetic Storm and Carbo-hydrates in the Animal System, Physiology of, Dr. F. W. Carbon Contacts, Electrical Resistance of, Shelford Bidwell, 376 Carboniferous Vertebrate Palæontology, Notice of some Dis- coveries recently made in, T. Stock, 22 Cariamas, Flamingoes and, James Currie, 389 Cash (Dr.), Action of Calcium, &c., on Muscle, 450 Caspian, Changes of Level of, 541 Cassell's Encyclopædic Dictionary, 423 Cassell's Natural History, 367 Cassini Division of Saturn's Ring, 374 Cassowary, the One wattled, 153 Cathodes, Chemical Corrosion of, Dr. Gore, F R.S., 374 Caucasus: Volcanic Eruption in the, 63; Geography of the, Cecil (Henry): Comet 1882 6, 52; the Transit of Venus, 159; Central Asia, "Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian during the Years 1879-81, including Five Months' Residence among the Tekkés of Merv," Edmond O'Donovan, Prof. Ceraski's Variable Star, U Cephei, 424 Cesati (Baron V.), his Botanical Collection, 20 Challenger Expedition, Botany of the, W. Botting Hemsley, Challenger Reports (Zoology, ii., iii., and iv.), 73 Challis (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Death of, 132 Chandler (Prof.), the Comet, 81 Changy on Incandescent Lamps, 209 Channel, Mountainous Seas in Calm Weather, 540 Channel Tunnel, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 338 Chavanne (Dr. J.), "Afrika's Ströme und Flüsse," 447 Chemistry: the Chemical Society, 47, 118, 191, 234, 306, 402, mistry, Prof. Mendeléeff, 113; Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corrosion, Dr. Gore, F.R.S., 326; Properties (Physical and Chemical) of Simple and Compound Bodies, De Heen, 422; Chemistry of the Planté and Faure Accumulators, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., Chevreul (M.): nominated President of the French Société Nationale d'Agriculture, 277; his long Scientific Career, 422 Cheyne (Watson), the Bacillus of Tubercle, 563 China: Foreign Education in, 90; Chinese Definition of Death, 160; the Electric Light in, 209; R. K. Douglas on, 221; tischer Hinsicht dargestellt, Die," F. A. Flückiger, 287; Scientific Heresies in, 342; Chinese Educational Mission, 566; Miss Dr. Howard's Success in, 567; Lead Ore dis- covered in, 588; Telegraph Extension in, 588; Waste Paper in, 588; Coroners' Science in, Robert K. Douglas, 612 Chlorophyll Corpuscles of Hydra, Prof. E. Kay Lankester, Christie (W. H. M., F.R.S), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, Cinchona Culture, Handbook of, Karel Wessel van Gorkom, Circle, Medioscribed, 607 Circumpolar Expedition: Notes from Capt. Dawson's Letters, Civil Service Examinations, Natural Science in, 321 Clapham (F. R.), Aurora of November 17, 141 Clark (J. W.): Condensation of Liquid Films on Wetted Solids, Clerk-Maxwell on Stress, 314 Clouds, Magnetic Arrangement of: C. H. Romanes, 31; Rev. Coal Gas, Lime as a Purifier of Products of Combustion of, Dr. Coan (Rev. Titus), Death of, 398 Cobbold (Dr. T. Spencer, F.R.S.): Ticks, 552; Simondsia Cold, Unprecedented, in the Riviera-Absence of Sunspots, C. Cole (J. F.), Aurora of November 17, 141 Colour, on the Sense of, amongst some of the Lower Animals, Colours, Complementary, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross, 150; at Niagara Falls, H. G. Madan, 174; "Natural" Ex- periment in, E. J. Bles, 241; Chas. T. Whitmell, 266; Novel Experiment in, John Gorham, 294 Comets: Schmidt's Cometary Object, 20; the Great Comet 1882 b, 4, 21, 43, 56, 80, 161, 210, 300, 349, 400, 446, 540, 589; Major J. Herschel, Geo. M. Seabroke, Arthur Watts, J. K. Rees, Prof. Chandler, 81; of, Rev. T. W. Webb, 89; Major J. Herschel, 101; Commander Sampson, U.S.N., Dr. C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S., 108; Division of the Nucleus of the, 113; W. C. Winlock, 128; Dr. Doberck, 128; A. Ainslie Common, 150; F. Stapleton, 150; Photograph of, 180; during last November and December, C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S., 198; Elements of, Vice-Admiral Rowan, Prof. E. Frisby, 226; J. P. McEwen on, 247; W. T. Sampson, 266; Dr. B. A. Gould, 267; E. Ristori, 314; Orbit of, E. Ristori, 388; Ephemeris of, Prof. Frisby, 415; Prof. Schiaparelli on the, Francis Porro, 533; Comet 1882c, 161, 248; Comets as Portents in China, 229; Figure of the Nucleus of Comet of 1882 (Gould), Prof. Holden, 246; D'Arrest's Comet, 324, 567, 589, 618; Reported Discovery of a Comet, 324; Denning's Comet, 348; Comet of 1771, 374; Comet 1883 a, Common (A. Ainslie), the Comet, 150 Complementary Colours, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross, Condensation of Liquid Films on Wetted Solids, J. W. Clark, Congo (Upper), Departure of Belgian Expedition for, 182 Coniferæ, Female Flowers in, 231 Cookery, the Rudiments of," A. C. M., 323 Cooley (W. Desborough), Death of, 469 Copernicus, Darwin and, Prof. E. du Bois Reymond, 557 Coral-eating Habits of Holothurians, Surgeon-Major H. B. Cordiner (R.), Age of Dogs, 79 Coroners' Science in China, Robert K. Douglas, 612 Corona, Photographing the, Dr. W. Huggins, F.R.S., 199 Corpuscles, Red Blood, Prof. Quincke on, 355 Cosmical Dust collected by M. Marx, Prof. Lenz, 422 Cowan (Mr. D.), Explorations in Madagascar, 372 Crombie (J. M.), Function of Membrana Flaccida of Tympanie Cross (C. R.), Complementary Colours, 150 Crystal Palace Electricity and Gas Exhibition, 180 Cryptogamic Flora of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Mary Cryptophycea, a New Genus of, 230 Cunningham (Major Allan), Roorkee Hydraulic Experiments, 1; Cunningham (J. T.), Zoological Station in Naples, 453 Cutting Tools worked by Hand and Machine, Robert H. Smith, Cyprus, Earthquake in, 497 Dachstein Glaciers, Decrease of, 42 D'Arrest's Comet, 324, 567, 589, 618 Darwin (Charles), on Tower-like Dejections made by Worms, Darwinism, Dr. Le Conte on, 275 Dary (Georges), on Electric Navigation, 41, 42 Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd), Channel Tunnel, 338 Dawson (Capt.), Notes on Circumpolar Expedition from Letters De La Rue's Diaries, &c., 161 De Morgan (Augustus), Memoir of, R. Tucker, 217 Death, Chinese Definition of, 160 Deaths from Snake Bite in Bombay, Sir Joseph Fayrer, F.R.S., Dechevrens (Father Marc), a Curious Halo, 30 Deductive Biology, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F. R.S., 554 "Deneholes at Blackheath, 324 Denmark Oyster Fisheries of, 346; Glacial Phenomena in, Prof. Johnstrup, 373 Denning (W. F.): Transit of Venus, 158; Markings on Jupiter, Denning's Comet, 348 Deprez's Electrical Theories, 399 Derby Free Library, Reference Catalogue, 62 Desborde (Col.), on Banks of Niger, 424 Dewar (Prof.) and Prof. Liveing, Origin of Hydrocarbon Flame Diamond in its Matrix, a, 90 Dickert (Herr Thomas), Death of, 399 Dickson (Dr. Oscar): his liberality in aiding Scientific Research, Dijmphna, Search Expedition for the, 64 Diluvial Mammals, Discovery of Remains of, on Wolga, 373 Direct-Vision Prisms, 182 Distant (W. L.): an Urgent Need in Anthropology, 101; Diurnal Variation in the Velocity of the Wind, E. Douglas Djighit (the), Domojiroff's Anemometric Observations on, 445 Dogs, Age of, R. Cordiner, 79 Dolmen, Discovery of, at St. Pierre Quiberon, 540 Domojiroff's Anemometric Observations on board the Djighit, 445 Douglas (Robert K.): China, 221; Coroners' Science in China, Draper (Prof. Henry): Death of, 88; Obituary Notice of, 108 Dreyer (J. L. E.), Transit of Venus, 158 Dublin: Roval Society of, 235; Experimental Science Associa- Dumas (J. B. A.): Presentation to, 132; his Address at the Com- "Dutton (Capt. C. E.), a Monograph by," Tertiary History of Dynamics, Introductory Treatise on Rigid, W. Steadman Aldis, Dynamo, Thomson's Mouse-Mill, J. T. Bottomley, 78 Dynamo-electric Machine with Continuous Induction, Prof. Dynamo-electric Machines, Recent, 58 Earth, Numerical Estimate of the Rigidity of the, Prof. G. H. Earth Currents during Magnetical Perturbations, 89 Earthquakes: in the Northern part of the Balkan Peninsula, 19; Earthslip in Switzerland, 209 Earthworms in New Zealand, 91 Eastlake (F. W.), Geology of Hong Kong, 177 Eclipse, Total Solar, of May 6, 1883, 111, 248; the English Eclipse, Solar, Total, of May 17, 1901, 424 Eclipses, Solar, the Recent Coming and Total, J. Norman Edinburgh: Royal Society of, 168, 283, 307, 403, 428, 452, 548, Education: Foreign Education in China, 90; of our Industrial Eggs, Effect of Railway Transport on, 444 Elastiche Nachwirkung, M. Hesehus, 183 Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corrosion, Dr. Gore, F.R.S., Electromotive Force and Resistance of Batteries, Effects of Electromotive Force of Galvanic Combinations, Kittler's Normal Electronomie Industrie, Manuel d', R. V. Picou, 146 Elger (P. G.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 85 Elwes (H. J.), Marshall and Nicéville's Butterflies of India, Emu, Nesting Habits of, A. W. Bennett, 530 Enemies, Natural, of Butterflies, Henry Higgins, 338 Energy in the Spectrum, Distribution of, Lord Rayleigh, Energy, Transmission of, on Marcel-Deprez System, 372 "Ensilage in America," Prof. James E. T. Rogers, Prof. Entomological Society, 451, 500 "Environment" on Plants, Influence on, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Eocene Section, the Lower, J. Starkie Gardner, 331 Epping Forest and the Railway Companies, 399; Prof. G. S. Equal Temperament of the Scale, C. B. Clarke, 240 Eridani, Binary Star, 589 Ernst (Dr. A.), Abnormal Fruit of Opuntia Ficus-Indica, 77 Essex Field Club, 298, 347 Ether, the, and its Functions: Prof. Oliver Lodge, 304, 328; Ethnographical Exhibition at Stockholm, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 370 Evolution of the American Trotting Horse, W. H. Brewer, 609 Explosive Waves, Berthelot and Vielle on, 301 Eye, Internal Reflections in the, H. Frank Newall, 376 Fishes, the Skeleton of Marsipobranch, W. K. Parker, F.R.S., Fissures, on the Movements of Air in, and the Barometer, A. Fitch (Oswald), Benevolence in Animals, 580 Flamingoes and Cariamas, James Currie, 389 Fleische (E. von), Wartmann's Rheolyzer, 127 Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts, John Robinson, 173 Flora, Vernal, Origin of our, J. E. Taylor, 7 Flower (Prof W. H.), Lectures on Anatomy of the Horse, 372 Flowers, Insects Visiting, 498 Flückiger (F. A.), "Die Chinarinden in Pharmakognostischer Foamballs, J. Rand Capron, 531 Föhn, the, A. Irving, 605 Fonvielle (W. de), "Les Passages de Venus," 132 Food Adulteration Act of 1881, 301 Foraminifera in British Museum, Catalogue of Fossil, Prof. T. Forbes (H. O.), Forbes' Visit to Timor-Laut, 159 Forbes (W. A.), Zoological Expedition up the Niger, 14; Force, Transmission of, by Electricity, Dr. C. W. Siemens, Forecasts, Weather: Bishop of Carlisle, 4, 51; Rev. W. Forel (Prof.), Recent Rhone Glacier Studies, 183 Formic and Acetic Acid in Plants, 91 Forms of Leaves, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 605 Forth Bridge, New, 62, 89; Sir Geo. B. Airy on the, C. S. Fossil Souslik in Northern Germany, Dr. Blasius, 247 Fox (Howard), Influence of "Environment" on Plants, 315 Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Earthquake at, 374 Freshwater Lakes, Pelagic Fauna of, 92 Friele (Hermann), "Der Norske nord-hass-expedition, 1876– Frisby (Prof. E.): Elements of the Great Comet 1882 b, 226; Galloway (William), Hovering of Birds, 336 Galvanometers, on the Graduation of, for the Measurement of Gardner (H. Dent), Britten's Watch and Clockmaker's Hand- Gardner (J. Starkie), the Lower Eocene Section between Recul- Garman (S.): Scream of Young Burrowing Owl like Warning Garrod (Dr. A. B., F.R.S.), on Uric and Hippuric Acid, 451 Geestemünde, Aurora at, 374 64 Geikie (Dr. Arch., F.R.S.): a Search for "Atlantis" with the Geikie (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Aims and Method of Geological Geodetical Operations, Norwegian, 224, 341 Geographentag, Third German, 447 Geographical Notes, 21, 43, 63, 92, 161, 400, 424, 541, 589 Geology Railway Geology-a Hint, 8; Aims and Method of German Aeronautical Society, Meeting of, 348 Ger.nan African Expedition, Drs. Wissmann and Pogge, 92 German Fishery Society, 276 German North Polar Expedition, 43 German Ornithological Society, Annual Meeting at Berlin, 19 Glacial Phenomena in Denmark, Prof. Johnstrup, 373 Gladstone (Dr. J. H., F.R.S.), Chemistry of the Planté and Glaisher (J. W. L., F.R.S.), Mathematics in America, 193 66 Goddard (A. F.), Intra-Mercurial Planets, 148 Gold-leaf Electroscope, a Modification of the, F. J. Smith, 102 Good (S. A.), Extraordinary Lunar Halo, 150 Gore (Dr., F. R.S.): Electrolytic Balance of Chemical Corro- Gorham (John), Novel Experiment in Complementary Colours, 294 Gorkom (Karel Wessel van), Handbook of Cinchona Culture, Göttingen, Royal Society of Sciences of, 48, 452 Gout and Rheumatic Patients, an Algerian Winter Resort for, 113 Gravels, Paleolithic River: C. Evans, 8; Wm. White, 53; Gray (Prof. Asa), Natural Selection and Natural Theology, 291, Gray and Milne's Seismographic Apparatus, 547 Greece, Earthquake in, 248 Greek Archipelago, Volcanic Phenomena in, 445 Green (John Richard), Obituary Notice of, 462 Greenland, New Danish Expedition to, 446; Nordenskjöld's Grenfell (J. G.), Geological Traces of Great Tides, 222; 'In- Grey, (F. W.), Snow Rollers, 507 Griffith (J. W.) and A. Henfrey, Micrographic Dictionary, 603 Grocers' Company, the Scheme of the, for the Encouragement Groneman (Dr. H. J. H.): Remarks on and Ob-ervations of Ground, Observations of Periodic Movements of the, 300 Guns, Wire, James A. Longridge, II, 35, 53 Gwynne (Bertram), Curious Case of Ignition, 580 Hagen (Dr. H. A.), Invertebrate Casts, 173 Halo, a Curious, Father Marc Dechevrens, 30; Rev. W. Hammond, Kinetic Theory of Che nical Actions, 183 Hannay (J. B., F.R.S.), Natural Selection and Natural Theo- Harding (C. W.), "Weather Forecasts," 79 Hare, Baird's, and its Habits, 241; T. Martyr, 266 Harrison (J. Park), Projection of the Nasal Bones in Man and Hart (Samuel): the Late Transit of Venus, 483; a Remarkable Harting (J. E.), Incubation of the Ostrich, 480 Hawk Moth Larva, Surgeon-Major Johnson, 126 Heen (De), Relations between Physical and Chemical Properties Heilprin (Prof. Angelo), on the Value of the "Nearctic" as Hemsley (W. Botting): Botany of the Challenger Expedition, Herdman (W. A.), a Dredging Impleinent, 54 Heroes of Science, Prof. P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., 76 Herschel (Prof. A. S.), The Matter of Space, 458, 504 Hertz (Dr.): Pressure of Saturating Vapour of Mercury, 183; Hesehus (N.): Elastische Nachwirkung, 183; Physics in Hicks (Henry), Metamorphic Rocks of Ross and Inverness, 474 Higgins (Henry), Natural Enemies of Butterflies, 338 High Tides, Abnormal, River Thames, J. B. Redman, 6 Holden (Prof.), Figure of Nucleus of Comet of 1882 (Gould), 246 Llong Kong, Geology of, F. W. Eastlake, 177; Observatory Hopkins (B. J.), the Comet 1882 b, 62, 78 Hopkins (Rev. Gerard), a Curiou Halo, 53 Hopkinson (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Some Points in Electric Light- Hornblendic and other Schists of the Lizard District, Prof. T. G. Hornstein (Dr. Carl), Death of, 247 |