Abbott (C. C.), American Stone Implements, 190, 215; Habits
of the Belted Kingfisher, 227

Abel (Prof. F. A., F.R.S.), Accidental Explosions, 436, 477
Aberdeen University, 413, 457

Acari mounted for the Microscope, 406

Acclimatisation: Paris, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, 77,
98; of Plants, 135, 174; of Salmon, in Otago, 209
Acoustic Reversibility, Prof. Tyndall on, 239

Adams (Prof. A. Leith), Fossil Remains of Fallow Deer in
Malta, 247

"Aerial World," by G. Hartwig, M.D., 385
Aeronautics (See Balloons)

Africa: Explorations in, 116, 195, 293, 356, 457, 496; by Dr.
Lenz, 475; Livingstone's "Last Journals," 142, 182; Lieut.
Cameron's Expedition, 153; Mr. H. M. Stanley's Expe-
dition, 153; Capt. Gordon's Expedition, 435; Progress in,
435

Agassiz (Prof. A.), Embryology of the Ctenophoræ, 76
Agassiz Memorial Fund, 413

Agricultural Education, 104

Agricultural Society and the Potato Disease, 67, 109, 128
Agriculture in Victoria, 361

Allport (Samuel), Geology and the Arctic Expedition, 268
Aloes (Tree) of South Africa, 89, 254
Alpha Fibre (Esparto Grass), 333
Alpine Club Map of Switzerland, 8

"Amazon and Madeira Rivers," by Franz Keller, 241, 262
America: Bancroft's "Native Races of the Pacific States," 442;
Academy of Arts and Sciences, 203; Survey of Colorado,
154; of Texas, 155; Anderson School of Natural History,
167; Natural Phenomena in, 329, 386; Scientific Survey,
381; Temperature Chart, 267

American Society, Paris, 135

Amphibia, Development of the Columella Auris in, 68

Amú Expedition, 29

Amú Darya River, Cause of the Change of its Course, 229

Anabas scandens, or Climbing Perch, 109

Anatomy, Journal of, 257

"Anatomy, Human," by W. Turner, M.D., 464

Ancient Monuments Bill, 481

Anderson School of Natural History (U.S.), 167

Anderson (Prof. Thos.), Obituary Notice of, 35

Angell (J.), "Elements of Animal Physiology," 185

Animal Kingdom, Classification of the, 101

"Animal Physiology," by J. Angell, 185

"Animal Physiology," by J. Cleland, M.D., F. R.S., 504

Antares, as a Double Star, 249, 274, 287, 405; Occultation of,
308

66

"Anthropological Contributions," by George Gerland, 384
Anthelm's Star, 407

Anthropological Institute, 60, 99, 139, 199, 239, 278, 379, 398,
459

Anthropological Society, Paris, 98; Munich, 496

Anthropology, Notes and Queries on, 226

"Ants, Harvesting," by J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 2451

Ants and Bees, 306

:

Aquaria Utilisation of, 87; Manchester, 36: Hastings, 216;
Southport, Westminster, Plymouth, Edinburgh, Scarborough,
Birmingham, 393, 396, 427

Arctic Exploration : Dr. Petermann on, 37; English Arctic Ex-
pedition, 16, 55, 61, 75, 85, 87, 114, 134, 153, 173, 235, 253,
293, 348, 355, 372, 474; German Arctic Expedition of 1869-
70, 63; Austro-Hungarian Expedition of 1872-74, 366, 396, |
415; Geology, 268, 447, 467, 492, 508; Meteorology, 434,
467; Vegetation, 433

Argelander (Prof. F. W. A.), Obituary Notice of, 332

Argentine Republic, Science in the, 253
Ascherson (Dr.), Vegetation of the Libyan Desert, 137
Ashe (W. Percy), Kirkes' Physiology, 227, 363
"Assyrian Discoveries," by Geo. Smith, 441

Astronomy: Our Astronomical Column, 228, 249, 269, 286,
308, 348, 365, 387, 407, 428, 446, 472, 489, 507; Brinkley's
"Astronomy," by Stubbs and Brünnow, 83; Drayson's
Proper Motion of the Fixed Stars," 66

Baker (Sir Samuel W., Pacha, F. R.S.), "Ismailia," 24
Baldwin (Prof. Thos.), Agricultural Education, 104

Balfour (F. M., B.A., and M. Foster, B.A.), "Elem nts of
Embryology," 126

Balloons: Siege (French), 76; Ascent from Paris, 429; Experi-
mental in America, 456; Fatal Ascent of the Zenith, 495, 513
Bamboo Poison, 18

Banbury, Science at, 310

Bancroft (H. H.), "Native Races of the Pacific States," 442
Barometer, Chameleon, 307, 365

Barrett (Prof. W. F.), Sensitive Flames, 129; Morse Code, 328
Basilisk, H.M.S., Survey of Coast Lines, 134

Baynes (Prof. S.), "Encyclopædia Britannica," 343

Beaumont (Elie de), Obituary Notice of, 41

Beavers imported to the Isle of Bute, 216

Beccari (Dr. O.), Discoveries in Herpetology, 447

Becker (C.L. C.), Obituary Notice of, 455

Becquerel (M.), Solar Physics, 132

Bee, Tailor, 476

Bessemer Steamer, 342

Bettany (G. T., B.A.), Practical Science at Cambridge, 131
Bidie (G.), Suicide of Scorpions, 29, 47

Biology, Results of the Polaris Expedition, 134

Bird (Isabella J.), "The Hawaiian Archipelago," 322; Vol-
canic Action in the Sandwich Islands, 386

"Birds of Europe," by H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., 485
"Birds of Northumberland and Durham," by John Hancock, 281
"Birds of Shetland," by H. L. Saxby, M.D., 81

Birds: Flight of, 364; Migration of, 5, 135, 149, 234; Birds of
Borneo, 407; Bird of Paradise, New, 208; Birds of Paradise
in New Guinea, 248; Birds of Utah, 136

Birmingham and Midland Institute; Address by Sir John
Lubbock, Bart., F.R. S., 21; Natural History Society, 274;
College of Science, 331

Black (Dr. J. W.), Columnar Formation in Mud Banks, 285;
Ocean Waves, 444

Blackbird, Ring, 187, 209, 228

Blake (Rev. J. F.), Sub-Wealden Exploration, 267