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NATURAL 
~ SCIENCE 
_A MONTHLY REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 
AUGUST 1897 
Contents 
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Co-operation among Ne turaliste—Govertiment and Provincial’ Museums—The Protec: 
tion of our Fauna and Flora—Frou-Frou and Feathers—National Geology— Microscopy 
in Manchester—The Apparent Disappearance of the British Phyllopods—tThe Biblio- 
graphy of Science—A Biological Record—Natural Science in Japan—Growth-Changes 
in the Spicules of Sea-Cucumbers—How a Brittle-Star Lives in Japan—A Botanical 
Discovery from Japan—Fungi and their Hosts—A Bacterium Living in Alecohol—John 
Jeffrey—The Camel in Europe—Steenstrup. 
The Influence of Woman in the Evolution of the Human Race. By Professor ee Hyatt, 
Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. ° rs - ‘ : < 89 
Primeval Refuse Heaps at Hastings Bpiaenaet. By W. J. Lewis Abbott, F.G.S. (With Two 
: Plates) : é : . ‘ é . . . . 94 
: Bees and the Development of Flowers. By G. W. Bulman, M.A.,; B.Sc. , 4 +. 100 
- Polymorphism in the Algae. By Professor G. Klebs. Translated, with Pefatory Note, by A. G. 
Tansley ; A : peta | « 
On the Scientific Measure of variability. By vbiéaeor Karl Pearson, F, R. Ss. : A 5 LD 
Initiation Rites of the Arunta Tribe, Central Australia ‘ 4 ; : ‘ <a 
Some New Books : . A é ‘ » 124 
Microscopic and Bystamatic study of Madreporarian Coals : ay Maria M. Ogilvie 
- (G. ©. Bourne)—Lehrbuch der Zoologie : by R. Hertwig—Through a Pocket-Lens: by 
H. Scherren (R. I. Pocock)—Faune de France: by A. Acloque—The Young Beetle-Col- 
lector’s Handbook: by E. Hofmann—Museums Association Report (R. H. Traquair) 
—Guide to Fossil Invertebrates and Plants—Relics of Primeval Life: by Sir J. W. 
Dawson—Our Naturalists—Botanical Bibliography—Scraps from Serials—New 
Serials 
_ News of Universities, Museums and Societies ; ; : : : : - | 187 
Correspondence ; ; : P ; . : . . 144 
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