THE

INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER:

REVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY,

MICROSCOPIC RESEARCH,

AND

RECREATIVE SCIENCE.

VOLUME III.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS, AND NUMEROUS
ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

CONTENTS.

ENGLISH BEETLES AND THEIR RELATIVES IN THE TROPICS. By H.

NOEL HUMPHREYS. With a Coloured Plate

OBJECTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ROMAN PROFESSIONS AND TRADES, DISCO-

EXCAVATIONS AT WROXETER.

VERED IN THE

WRIGHT, F.S.A.

PROTEAN ANIMALCULES. BY HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.

EXCAVATIONS AT ROME..

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BY THOMAS

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THE MERLIN. BY ROBERT GRAY...................................................................

QUETELET ON SHOOTING-STARS

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31

STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. BY GEORGE S. BRADY, M.R.C.S.

Tinted Plate

With a

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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. BY CHARLES CHAMBERS....

URANUS.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB,

F.R.A.S.

THE LOAN MUSEUM OF ART OF 1862 AT SOUTH KENSINGTON.

THOMAS WRIGHT, F.S.A. With a Coloured Plate

A SABELLA BUILDING ITS TUBE. BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S.

DE CANDOLLE ON DARWIN'S THEORY

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Br

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PARASITE LARVE. BY T. SPENCER COBBOLD, M.D., F.L.S.

URANUS.-SILVERED GLASS SPECULA.-OCCULTATIONS.

H. M. MINT. With Illustrations

T. W. WEBB, F.R.A.S.

THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN..

THE NEW BRITISH SNAKE (CORONELLA LEVIS), SMALL CROWNED

SMOOTH SNAKE. BY A. D. BARTLETT.

FLOWER SPOTS OF THE DESERT.

OBSERVATION OF BOLIDES.

THE FEET OF ARACHNIDE.

VARIATIONS IN PLUMAGE.

With a Coloured Plate

BY WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S.

BY ALEXANDER S. HERSCHEL, B.A.

BY L. LANE CLARKE. With a Tinted Plate.

BY W. B. TEGETMEIER. With an Illustration

VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES. BY J. W. M'GAULEY..

FORAMINIFERA. BY T. RYMER JONES, F.R.S.

PUMPING SOVEREIGNS AT THE MINT...

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THE DISSOCIATION OF WATER...

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JAMAICA SEA-SIDE NOTES. BY THE HON. RICHARD HILL

MAN'S PLACE IN ZOOLOGY

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TRADE MARKS-ANCIENT AND MODERN. By H. NOEL HUMPHREYS.

With Illustrations

206

THE EXAMINATION OF TADPOLES

210

VARIABLE STAR OBSERVATIONS. BY GEORGE KNOTT, LL.B., F.R.A.S.. 212

SPECULA FOR TELESCOPES.-DOUBLE STARS.-OCCULTATIONS.-TRANSITS

OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB, F.R.A.S.... 213

ANALYSIS OF MIXED FABRICS

FLAME-COLOURS.....

THE PRE-INCARIAL RUINS OF TIA HUANACO, IN BOLIVIA, FORMERLY

UPPER PERU. BY WILLIAM BOLLAERT, F.R.G.S. With a Tinted

Plate

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AN ENTOMOLOGICAL RAMBLE. BY W. E. SHUCKARD

MARINE AQUARIUM, WITH TIDAL ARRANGEMENTS

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FURTHER RESEARCHES ON THE DISSOCIATION OF WATER BY H. ST.

CLAIRE DEVILLE

265

MOSSES FOR THE MICROSCOPE.

BY M. G. CAMPBELL..

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PASTEUR ON INFUSORIA AND FERMENTATION

270

M.D. With a Tinted Plate.......

CONSTRUCTION AND SILVERING OF GLASS SPECULA. BY FREDERICK BIRD

THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF GASTROPODS. BY HENRY LAWSON,

SMOKE-RINGS. BY W. B. TEGETMEIER

RESPIRATORY ORGANS OF THE TADPOLE

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. BY CHARLES CHAMBERS.

ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. BY THE REV. T. W. WEBB, M.A., F.R.A.S. 296, 449

THE BUCEROTIDE, OR HORNBILLS. BY ALFRED R. WALLACE, F.Z.S.,

F.R.G.S. With a Coloured Plate

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DARTMOOR AND THE DART. BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S...

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE STARS; OR, THE STARS, WHAT

THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES, AND APPARATUS FOR ITS IMITA-

TION. BY THOMAS W. BURR, F.R.A.S.

THE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. BY L. LANE CLARKE. With a Coloured Plate

ON FOSSIL OTOLITHS, AND NOTES ON THE AUDITORY ORGANS OF THE

LOWER ANIMALS. BY W. W. STODDART, BRISTOL

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A NATURALIST'S VISIT TO WALTON HALL. BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD,

M.A., F.L.S.

407

THE BRISTLE-MOSSES. BY M. G. CAMPBELL. Illustrated.....

THE PYCNOGONOIDEA (SEA SPIDERS). BY GEORGE HODGE.

Tinted Plate

412

With a

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THE CAVE OF BELLAMAR. BY GEORGE E. ROBERTS

BEACH PEBBLES. BY S. M. SAXBY, R.N.

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424.

DR. WALLICH'S AMOEBA VILLOSA. BY HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.

lustrated.......