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ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

VOLUME XXVII.

NOVEMBER 1882 to APRIL 1883

"To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye."—WORDSWORTH

London and New York:
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1883

Sever Purid,

Sci. 90.40

LONDON:

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C.

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"Another Book of Scraps," C. M. Adamson, 480
Antarctic Expedition, New Italian, 230

Adamson (Chas. Murray), " Another Book of Scraps principally Annonay Montgolfier Celebration, 517
relating to Natural History," 480
Aerolite near Alfianello, 496
Aeronautics, see Balloons

Africa: Joseph Thomson's Expedition, 21; H. M. Stanley's
Report of his Expedition, 21; Milan Society's Expedition,
230; Lieut. Wissmann's Expedition, 348; Wissmann and
Pogge's Expedition, 401: Central and West, H. Capello and
R. Ivens, 391; Ethnology of North, Prof. A. H. Keane,
408; Afrika's Ströme und Flüsse," Dr. J. Chavanne, 447;
Africana," Rev. D. Macdonald, 526; Dr. Emil Holub's
New Expedition, 542

Agram, Earthquakes at, 348

Agricultural Students' Gazette, 230

Agriculture in Madras, 607

Anthropology, an Urgent Need in, W. L. Distant, 101; of the
Jews, B. Blechmann, 113; Anthropological Institute, 119,
191, 215, 307, 332, 426, 475; Anthropo-Geographie, Dr. F.
Ratzel, 125; Notes in the Solomon Islands, H. B. Guppy, 607
Antinori (Marchese O.), Death of, 132
Apatite, on a Fine Specimen of, from Tyrol, lately in the pos-
session of Mr. Samuel Henson, 608
Arabians, Nautical Matters among Medieval, 42
Aradas (Prof. Andrea), Death of, 160
Arc Lamp, Lever's, 274

Archegosaurus, Indian, R. Lydekker, 411
Archene, Earthquake at, 277

Aino Ethnology, Dr. J. J. Rein, 365; Prof. A. H. Keane, 389 Archibald (E. Douglas): Shadows after Sunset, 77; Increase in
Ainos, Bear Festival among the, 19

Air, Elasticity of, M. Kraevitch, 183

Air, on the Movements of, in Fissures and the Barometer, A.
Straban, 375, 461

Air-pump, Double-action Mercury, Serrawalle, 324

Airy (Sir G. B., F.R.S.), on the proposed Forth Bridge, 131;
C. S. Smith, 99; B. Baker, 222

Airy (Dr. Hubert), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86; Hover-
ing of Birds, 294, 336, 388, 412; Soaring of Birds, 590
Albuminous Bodies, on the Isomerism of, Shigetaké Sagiura,
103

Aldis (Prof. W. Steadman), "Introductory Treatise on Rigid
Dynamics," 265; the Sea Serpent, 338

Avetia xylina in United States, Hibernation of, Dr. C. V. Riley,

214

Aleutian Islands, Fauna and Flora of, 520

Alfianello, Aerolite near, 496

Algæ in Paleozoic Strata, Invertebrate Casts versus, 46
Alge, Fossil, Marquis de Saporta, 514

Algeria, Projet de Mer Intérieure dans l', 133; an Algerian
Winter Resort for Gout and Rheumatic Patients, 113; Heavy
Rains in, 229

Allen (Grant), Prof. Owen on Primitive Man, 31; the Shapes
of Leaves, 439, 464, 492, 511, 552; F. O. Bower, 552;
Leaves and their Environment, 604

Almanac, the Churchman's, for Eight Centuries, 386
Altai Exploration Expedition, 161

Altitude and Weather, Dr. Woeikoff, 223
Aluminium, New Method of Producing, Morris, 183
Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, W. F. Denning, 434
America: American Naturalist, 24, 189, 450; American Jour-
nal of Science, 71, 450, 521; American Journal of Forestry,
89; Mathematics in, J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., 193; Ame.
rican Researches on Water Analysis, 211; American Antiqui-
ties, Prof. F. W. Putnam, 277; Ensilage in, Prof. James E.
T. Rogers, Prof. J. Wrightson, 479; Proceedings of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Prof.
T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 501; Evolution of the American Trot-
ting Horse, W. H. Brewer, 609; see also United States, &c.
Amsterdam, Earthquake at, 517

Arcient Scottish Lake Dwellings," by Dr. Munro, Sir John
Lubbock, M. P., F.R.S., 145

Arcient Monuments, Worthington G. Smith, 182

Andernach, Discovery of Remains of Prehistoric Animals at,
445

derson (Dr. J., F.R.S.), Catalogue of Mammalia in Calcutta
Museum, 172

nemometric Observations on the Djighit, Domojiroff, 445

al Intelligence, Dr. Fritz Müller, 240; J. G. Grenfell,
292; J. Birmingham, 337; Dr. J. Rae, F.R.S., 366; D.
Figeon, 366

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Velocity of Wind with Altitude, 243; Diurnal Variations in
the Velocity of the Wind, 461; Stevenson's Observations on
Increase of Velocity of the Wind with the Altitude, 506
Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, 93, 143, 306,
473

Arctic Expedition, New Swedish, 400

Arctic Voyaging, Season of 1882 exceptionally adverse to, 372
Argentine, Description Physique, de la République, d'après des
Observations Personnelles et Étrangères, Dr. H. Burmeister,

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Argyll (Duke of): Mimicry in Moths, 125; Transit of Venus,
156; Hovering of Birds, 312, 387; Metamorphic Origin of
Granite Prehistoric " Giants," 578

Arithmetic, Elementary Chemical, Sidney Lupton, 76
Armour-plate Experiments, Recent, 405
Asia (Central), Dr. Regel's Explorations in, 446
Asphyxiation in Rapid Falling, 62

Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 246,
299, 580

Astronomy: Astronomical Column, 20, 43, 161, 210, 248, 300,
324, 348, 374, 400, 424, 445, 497, 517, 540, 567, 589, 617;
Methods employed in Astronomical Physics, M. Wolf, 372;
Amateurs and Astronomical Observation, W. F. Denning,
434; Astronomical Photography, Edward C. Pickering, 556
Athens, Dr. Schliemann's proposed Excavations at, 276
"Atlantis,' a Search for, with the Microscope, Dr. Arch.
Geikie, F.R.S., 25

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Atmosphere, Pollution of the, J. J. Murphy, 241; H. A.
Phillips, 127, 266

Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, 354
Auden (A. W.), "The Vampire Bat," 411
Auerbach, Sound-Vibrations of Solid Bodies (glass cylinders) in
Contact with Liquid, 325

Aurora Borealis : Prof. Lemström's Experiments with, 322;
Sophos Tromholt, 394; in Sweden, 496
Aurora: C. L. Wragge, 54; Prof. Herbert McLeod, Rev. C.
J. Taylor, Rev. S. H. Saxby, 99; A. Batson, 99; J. Rand
Capron, 149, 413; J. J. Murphy, 434; at Gastemünde, 374 ;
Swan Lamp Spectrum and the, J. Kand Capron, 149; Swan
Lamp Spectrum and, J. Munro, 173; Aurora of November
17, Admiral Ommanney, F.R.S., Prof. Tacchini, J. R.
Capron, W. M. F. Petrie, H. D. Taylor, E. Pollock, J. F.
Cole, A. Batson, F. R. Clapham, T. W. Backhouse, Prof.
L. G. Carpenter, 138 to 142; T. W. Backhouse, W. M. F.
Petrie, Dr. H. Muirhead, 315; Auroræ in Sweden, 113; in
Belgium, 160; Aurora and its Spectrum, Hon. R. Aber-
cromby, 173; J. R. Capron, 198; the Heights of Auroras,
T. W. Backhouse, 198; Auroral Meteoric Phenomena of
November 17, 1882, Dr. Groneman, 388; T. W. Backhouse,
412; A. Batson, 412; Auroral Experiments in Finland, S.
Lemström, 389; Rowell's Experiments on Auroræ, 443

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Avalanche in Western Switzerland, 181
Ayrton (Prof. W. E.), Electric Railways, 255

Bacillus of Tuberculo-is (Koch), Preliminary Note on the, J.
W. Clark, 492; Watson Cheyne's Report on, 563
Backhouse (Thos. W.), Comet 1882 b, 52, 338; Aurora of
November 17, 1882, 141, 315, 418; the Heights of Auroras,
198
Baillie-Grohman (W. A.), "Camps in the Rockies," 551
Baird's Hare and its Habits, 241; T. Martyr, 266
Baker (B.), Sir Geo. Airy on the Forth Bridge, 222
Balkan Peninsula, Earthquake in the Northern Part of, 19
Ball (Dr. R. S.), Transit of Venus, 157; Great Tides, 201
Balloons Centenary of the Discovery of, 277; Tissandier's
Electromagnetic Engine for directing, 323; Extraordinary
Run of a small Hydrogen, 400; Electricity as a Motive
Power for, Napoli, 517

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Baltic, Seals in the, 133

Baluchistan, Wanderings in, Major-General Sir C. M. Mac-
Gregor, Prof. A. H. Keane, 359

Barfoot (W.), the Sea-Serpent, 338

Barkas (T. P.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 87; an Extra-
ordinary Lunar Halo, 103

Baro-manometrical Experiments, Kraevit-ch, 324

Barometer, on the Movements of Air in Fissures and the,
A. Strahan, 375, 461

Batson (A.), Auroral "Meteoric Phenomena" of November 17,
1882, 100, 141, 412

Bavaria, Lower, Discoveries of Gold and Silver in, 399
Baxter College in Dundee, 247

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,
F.R.S., 607

Ben Nevis, Meteorological Observatory on, 18, 39, 175, 399,
411, 487

Bennett (A. W.), Nesting Habits of the Emu, 530

Berlin: Physical Society of, 95, 143, 216, 236, 284, 380, 403,
476, 571, 620; Physiological Society of, 120, 191, 216, 355,
379, 403, 452, 524, 595; Berlin Agricultural Museum, 180
Bernard (Claude), Prof. J. de Bellesme on, 317
Berson (M.), Magnetisation of Metals, 183

Bertillon (Dr.), Death of, 444

Bhamo, Colquhoun's Journey to, 63

Bidwell (Shelford), "Electrical Resistance of Carbon Contact:,"
376

Binary Star, Cancri, 424
Binary Star, Eridani, 589
Binary Stars, 518

Biology in Italy, 46; Biological Notes, 91, 230; New Lantern
Slides for Illustrating Biology, 276; Deductive Biology,
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 554

Bird of Paradise, New Species of, 276
Bird-track by Sea-shore, apparent, 91

Birds, a History of British, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98
Birmingham (John), Transit of Venus, 1882, British Expeditions,
180; Intelligence in Animals, 337

Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, 587
Bischoff (Dr. T. L. W. von), Death of, 180
Blackheath, "Denehole" at, 324

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Bowditch (Dr. H. P.), Optical Illusions of Motion, 183
Bower (F. O.), Mr. Grant Allen's Articles on The Shapes
Leaves," 552

Braces or Waistband? 531, 553, 580

Branfill (B. R.), an Extraordinary Meteor, 149

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Brassey (Sir Thomas), "The British Navy; its Strength, Re
sources, and Administration," W. H. White, 549
Brault on Isanemones, 20

Brewer, Distiller, and Wine Manufacturer, 311

Brewer (W. H.), Evolution of the American Trotting Horse
609

British Association, Proposed Visit to Canada, 41, 88, 299, 398
538, 546, 587; Protest against Meeting in Canada, 209; an
Local Societies, 132

British Birds, a History of, Part xv., Wm. Yarrell, 98
British Circumpolar Expedition, Capt. Dawson, R.A., 484
"British Navy; its Strength, Resources, and Administration,
Sir Thomas Brassey, W. H. White, 549

Britten (F. J.), Watch and Clockmaker's Handbook, H. De
Gardner, 76

Brocklehurst (T. U.), “Mexico To-day,” 503

Bronze Hatchets Discovered at Salez, 540

Brown (E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 86; Meteor, 50
the Zodiacal Light (?), 605

Brown (J. Campbell), Practical Chemistry, 75

Brunton (Dr. T. Lauder, F.R.S.): on Inhibition (of Structu
Functions) and Action of Drugs thereon, 419, 436, 467, 48
Action of Calcium, &c., on Muscle, 450

Brussels Observatory, 445.

Buchan (A.), Diurnal Variation of Wind on Open Sea and no
and on Land, 413

Buckley (Arabella), Winners in Life's Race, 51
Buenos Ayres, the Comet 1882 b at, 62

Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique,
281, 473

Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Péte
bourg, 94

Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 214
Bulletin de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalistes de Moscou, 47, 189
Burmah, Colquhoun's Journey to, 92

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'Burman, The," Shway Yoe, 5; Dr. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S.,
Burmeister (Dr. H.), Description Physique de la Républi
Argentine d'après des Observations Personnelles et
gères," 28

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Burton (Richard F.) and Verney Cameron, "To the Gold C
for Gold," 335

Burton (F. M.), Sap-flow, 530

Butterflies, Natural Enemies of, Henry Higgins, 338

Butterflies of India, Burmah, and Ceylon, Marshall and N
ville's, H. J. Elwes, 50

Cacao: How to Grow and How to Cure it, D. Morris, 566
Cacciatore (Prof.), Transit of Venus, 180

Calcium, Lockyer's Dissociation Theory of, Hermann
Vogel, 233

Calcium, Barium, and Potassium, Action of, on Muscle, Do
Brunton and Cash, 450

Calcutta: Report of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 114; Catal
of Mammalia in the Museum, Dr. Anderson, F.R.S.,
Proposed Exhibition in, 209

Callard (T. K.), Paleolithic River Gravels, 54

Cambridge: New Professorships at, 469; Philosophical Soc
62, 119, 143, 403

Cameron (Verney), Richard Burton and, "To the Gold
for Gold," 335

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Campbell (Lewis, LL.D.), the Life of James Clerk Maxwe
Camps in the Rockies," W. A. Baillie-Grohman, 551
Canada, Proposed Visit of the British Association to, 41
299, 398, 538, 546, 587; Protest agai st, 209
Candolle (A. de), Origine des Plantes Cultivées," 429
Cape Horn, French Mission to, 344

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Cape Sea Lion, 415

Capello (H.) and Ivens (R.), Central and West Africa, 39
Caprifig and Fig, Relations of the, W. B. Hemsley, 584

Capron (J. Rand) : a Lunar Halo, 78; the Magnetic Storm and
Aurora, 83; Shadows after Sunset, 102; Aurora of Novem-
ber 17, 139, 149; Swan Lamp Spectrum and the Aurora,
149, 198; the Weather, 198; Foam-balls, 531
Carbo-hydrates in the Animal System, Physiology of, Dr. F. W.
Pavy, F.R.S., 618

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
Carlisle (Bishop of), Weather Forecasts, 4, 51
Carlsruhe, Meteor at, 540

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Carnivora, Siwalik, Richard Lydekker, 293
Carpathian Club, 162

Carpenter (Prof. L. G.), Aurora of November 17, 141
Cascia, Earthquake at, 63

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

Cassine, Earthquake at, 299

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,
470; Administration of Public Instruction of, 497; Geogra-
phical Society of, 424; Bulletin of Society for History and
Archæology, 497

Cecil (Henry): Comet 1882 6, 52; the Transit of Venus, 159;
Hovering of Birds, 388; Meteors, 483

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.
A. H. Keane, 359

Ceraski's Variable Star, U Cephei, 424

Cesati (Baron V.), his Botanical Collection, 20
"Ceylon, Lepidoptera of," L. Reeve and Co., 150

Challenger Expedition, Botany of the, W. Botting Hemsley,
462

Challenger Reports (Zoology, ii., iii., and iv.), 73

Challis (Prof. James, F.R.S.), Death of, 132
Chambery, Phylloxera in, 133

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
bavanne (Dr. J.), "Afrika's Ströme und Flüsse," 447
Chemistry: the Chemical Society, 47, 118, 191, 234, 306, 402,
* 426, 522, 570, 595; Recent Chemical Synthesis, 49; Prac-
tical Chemistry, J. Campbell Brown, 75; Elementary Che-
mical Arithmetic, Sidney Lupton, 76; Principles of Che-
mistry, Prof. Mendeléeff, 113; Chemical Notes, 301;
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
Flanté and Faure Accumulators, Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F. R.S.,
ari Dr. A. Tribe, F.R.S., 583

Chevreul (M.): nominated President of the French Société
Nationale d'Agriculture, 277; his long Scientific Career, 422
Cheyne (Watson), the Bacillus of Tubercle, 563
Kina: Foreign Education in, 90; Chinese Definition of Death,
150; the Electric Light in, 209; R. K. Douglas on, 221;
Comets as Portents in, 229; "Chinarinden in Pharmakognos-
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
Dorophyll Corpuscles of Hydra, Prof. E. Ray Lankester,
F.R.S., 87

Christie (W. H. M., F.R.S ), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora,
$2

Cinchona Culture, Handbook of, Karel Wessel van Gorkom,
157

Circle, Medioscribed, 607

Lampolar Expedition: Notes from Capt. Dawson's Letters,
103 242, 484; Dr. Rae, F.R.S., on, 508

Service Examinations, Natural Science in, 321
Lasham (F. R.), Aurora of November 17, 141
Lark (J. E.), the Magnetic Storm and Aurora, 84
Larke (C. B.), Equal Temperament of the Scale, 240

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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
Colquhoun (A. R.): Journey through Yunnan to Burmah, 92;
Journey to Bhamo, 63

Colt-foot, Early, R. McLachlan, F.R.S., 266

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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,
4; Spectroscopic Observations of, 24, 42; C. J. B. Williams,
29; W. J. Millar, 29; W. Higginson and B. Manning, 29;
seen at the Paris Obervatory, 42; J. P. McEwen, 52; T.
W. Backhouse, 52, 338; G. M. Seabroke, 52; H. Cecil,
52; B. J. Hopkins, 62, 78; at Buenos Ayres, 62;
J. K. Rees, Prof. Chandler, 81; "Anomalous
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. Ä.
Gould, 267; E. Ristori, 314; Orbit of, E. Ristori, 388;
Ephemeris of, Prof. Frisby, 415; Prof. Schiaparelli on the,
Francis Porro, 533; Comet 1882 c, 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,
445, 517; Comet of 1812, 498
Common (A. Ainslie), the Comet, 150
Complementary Colours, 78; J. J. Murphy, 8; C. R. Cross,
150; at Niagara Falls, H. G. Madan, 174; a Natural
Experiment in, E. J. Bles, 241; Chas. T. Whitmell, 266:
Novel Experiment in, John Gorham, 294
Condensation of Liquid Films on Wetted Solids, J. W. Clark,
370

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Congo (Upper), Departure of Belgian Expedition for, 182
Coniferæ, Female Flowers in, 231

Conte (Dr. Le), on Darwinism, 275

Cooke (Conrad), &c., "Electric Illumination," 264
"Cookery, the Rudiments of," A. C. M., 323

Cooley (W. Desborough), Death of, 469

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Copernicus, Darwin and, Prof. E. du Bois Reymond, 557
Coral-eating Habits of Holothurians, Surgeon-Majër H. B.
Guppy, 7; Saville Kent, 433; J. G. Grenfell, 508
Cordiner (R.), Age of Dogs, 79

Corona, Photographing the, Dr. W. Huggins, F.R.S., 199
Coroners' Science in China, Robert K. Douglas, 612
Corpuscles, Red Blood, Prof. Quincke on, 355

Cosmical Dust collected by M. Marx, Prof. Lenz, 422
Cothenius Medal, 540

Cowan (Mr. D.), Explorations in Madagascar, 372
Crombie (J. M.), Function of Membrana Flaccida of Tympanic
Membrane, 129

Cross (C. R.), Complementary Colours, 150
Crystal Palace Electricity and Gas Exhibition, 180

Cryptogamic Flora of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Mary
P. Merrifield, 385

Cryptophyceae, a New Genus of, 230

Cumming (Miss Gordon), "Fire Fountains," 525
Cunningham (David), Hovering of Birds, 336

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