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Contents of this issue
Contents
- PREFACEPreface.
- CONTENTSContents.
- PLATESIllustrations.
- SECTIONNew Zealand Institute,
- SECTIONProceeding
- SECTIONTransactions.
- SUBSECTIONTransactions of the New Zealand Institute. 1870.
- ARTICLEArt. I.—On the New Zealand Rat. (With Illustrations.)
- ARTICLEArt. II.—A List of the Lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with Descriptions. (With Illustrations.)
- ARTICLEArt III.—Critical Notes on the Ornithological portion of “Taylor's New Zealand and its Inhabitants.“
- ARTICLEArt. IV.—Notice of a Species of Megapode, in the Auckland Museum.
- ARTICLEArt. V. — On Zosterops lateralisin New Zealand, with an Account of its Migrations.
- ARTICLEZosterops lateralis, Latham.
- ARTICLEArt. VI.—On the Structure and Habits of the Huia (Heteralocha Gouldi).
- ARTICLEArt. VII.—On the Katipo, or Venomous Spider of New Zealand.
- ARTICLEArt. VIII.—Notes on the Genus Deinacrida in New Zealand. (With Illustrations.)
- ARTICLEArt. IX.—Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand.
- ARTICLENote to Art. II.—Buller's List of New Zealand Lizzards.
- ARTICLEArt. X.—On Latrodectus (Katipo), the Poisonous Spider of New Zealand.
- ARTICLEArt. XI.—On the Birds of New Zealand.
- ARTICLEArt. XII.—Notes on an Egg of Alca impennis, Linn., in the Collection of the writer.
- ARTICLEArt. XIII.—On the Nests and Eggs of some Species of New Zealand Birds not previously described.
- ARTICLEArt. XIV.—Notes on the Habits of Podiceps cristatus.
- ARTICLEArt. XV.—Notes upon a New Zealand Flesh-fly.
- ARTICLEArt. XVI.— On the Absence of the Eel from the Upper Waters of the Waiau-ua and its Tributaries.
- ARTICLEArt. XVII.—Notes on the Skull of Balæna marginata, described in “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,” Vol. ii....
- ARTICLEArt. XVIII.— Observations on the Ziphidæ, a Family of the Cetacea.
- ARTICLEArt. XIX.—Short Notice of a remarkable Tooth of a Cetacean.
- ARTICLEArt. XX.—Observations on Coridodax pullus.
- ARTICLEArt. XXI. — On the Salmonidæ of New Zealand.
- ARTICLEArt. XXII.—On a New Species of Fish, Coryphænoides Novæ Zelandiæ; Native name, Okarari.
- ARTICLEArt. XXIII.—On the Lepidoptera of Otago.
- ARTICLEArt. XXIV.—Notes on the Botany of Certain Places in the Waikato District, April and May, 1870.
- ARTICLEArt. XXV.—On the Occurrence of Littoral Plants in the Waikato District.
- ARTICLEArt. XXVI.—On the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the Takapuna District.
- ARTICLEArt. XXVII.—An Account of an Undescribed Pittosporum and Loranthus, in the Herbarium of the Colonial Museum, Wellington.
- ARTICLEArt. XXVIII.—Notes on Certain New Zealand Plants not included in the “Handbook of the New Zealand Flora.”
- ARTICLEArt. XXIX.— On the Botany of the Northern Part of the Province of Auckland.
- ARTICLEArt. XXX.—Descriptions of New Plants.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXI.—On the Cultivation of some Species of Native Trees and Shrubs.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXII.—On the Natural History Collections in the Otago Museum.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXIII.—On some New Species and Varieties of New Zealand Plants.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXIV.— On Recent Changes in the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Ferns.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXV.—On some Algæ from the Chatham Islands.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXVI.—On the Absorption of Sulphur by Gold, and its Effects in Retarding Amalgamation.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXVII.–On the Production of a Mono-hydrate of Chloride of Barium.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXVIII. — Researches on the Absorptivs Properties of Platinum.
- ARTICLEArt. XXXIX.—On the Capability of Certain Sulphides to form the Negative Pole of a Galvanic Circuit or Battery.
- ARTICLEArt. XL. — On the Reduction of Certain Metals from their Solutions by Metallic Sulphides, and the relation of this to...
- ARTICLEArt. XLI.—On the Electro-motive Power of Metallic Sulphides.
- ARTICLEArt. XLII.—On Certain Properties of the Tutu Plant (Coriaria ruscifolia).* See former paper on same subject, by Mr. S...
- ARTICLEArt. XLIII.—Qn the Relative Ages of the Waitemata Series and the Brown Coal Series of Drury and Waikato. (With. Illus...
- ARTICLEAst. XLIV.—On a Carbonaceous Mineral from Whangarei Harbour.
- ARTICLEArt. XLV.— On the Artesian Wells near Napier. (With Illustration.)
- ARTICLEArt. XLVI.—On the Occurrence of Native Mercury near Pakaraka, Bay of Islands. (With Illustration.)
- ARTICLEArt. XLVII.—On the Physical Geography of the Lake Districts of Otago.
- ARTICLEArt. XLVIII.—On the Sand Hills, or Dunes, in the neighbourhood of Dunedin.
- ARTICLEArt. XLIX.—On the Disposition of Alluvial Deposits on the Otago Gold Fields.
- ARTICLEArt. L.—Notes on the Geology of White Island. With Observations on the Crystalline forms of the Specimens of Sulphur ...
- ARTICLEArt. LI.—On the Nomenclature of Rocks.
- ARTICLEArt. LII.—On a New Form of Iron Pyrites. (With Illustrations.)
- ARTICLEArt. LIII.—Remarks on the Resemblance of the Country in the neighbourhood of the Dun Mountain, and Wairoa Gorge, to t...
- ARTICLEArt. LIV.—Notes on the Thermal Springs, in the Hanmer Plains, Province of Nelson.
- ARTICLEArt. LV.—On Changes in the Hokitika River. (With Illustrations.)
- ARTICLEArt. LVI.—On the Gyration of the Wind in New Zealand, with its Characteristics in the Various Quarters. (Author's Abs...
- ARTICLEArt. LVII.—On Periodic Vertical Oscillations in the Earth's Atmosphere, and the Connection existing between the Fluct...
- ARTICLEArt. LVIII.—Notes on the Chatham Islands and their Inhabitants.
- ARTICLEArt. LIX.—On the Analogy between the Maori and Indo-European Languages.
- ARTICLEArt. LX.—On an Adaptation of Water Power.
- ARTICLEArt. LXI.—On the Use of the Semicircular Protractor, with a Description of an Improved Form of that Instrument.
- ARTICLEAst. LXII.—On the Use of Salt Water in the Field Boiler.
- ARTICLEArk. LXIII.—On a Self-acting Clamp Mountain Wire Tramuay.
- ARTICLEArt. LXIV.—On the Currents, Temperature, and Saltness of the Ocean.
- ARTICLEArt. LXV.—Notes on the Conduction of Electricity.
- ARTICLEArt. LXVI.—Notes on a Paper “On Sinking Funds,” read by Captain Hutton before the Auckland Institute, September 7, 18...
- ARTICLEArt. LXVII.—On the Changes effected in the Natural Features of a New Country by the Introduction of Civilized Races.
- ARTICLEArt. LXVIII.—On the Political Economy of Railways.
- SECTIONAppendix.
- SECTIONErrata.
- SECTIONCorrected List of New Zealand Ferns,