Nature, "] 

 March 30, 1916 



Index 



XXlll 



Sun : 



The Solar Eclipse of April 17, 1912, P. Carrasco, 16; 

 Anomalous Dispersion in the Sun, S. Albrecht, 17 ; 

 A remarkable Group of Solar Spots, C. Flammarion, 

 17; The Total Solar Eclipse, August 21, 1914, C. 

 Benedicks and others, 51 ; The Plane of the Solar Motion, 

 209; The Solar Eclipse, August 21, 1914, Prof. Stormer, 

 209 ; Sun-Spots and Temperatures, Dr. G. T. Walker, 

 271 ; The Solar Constant, Abbott, Fowle, and Aldrich, 

 296; The Solar Eclipse of 1916, December 24, Rev. 

 W. F. Rigge, 323 ; The Solar Rotation, J. B. Hubrecht, 

 408; The Structure of the Spectrum of the Solar 

 Corona, P. Carrasco, 439 ; Areas of Absorption Mark- 

 ings on Spectroheliograms, 439 ; Sun-Spots and Pres- 

 sure, Dr. G. S. Walker, 490 ; Some possibly connected 

 Solar and Planetary Phenomena, T. Kohl, 521 ; 

 Anomalous Dispersion in the Sun, J. Evershed ; Dr. 

 Royds, 686 



Miscellaneous : 



Volcanic Dust Veils and Climatic Variations, H. Arctow- 

 ski, 80 ; Aurora Borealis, Prof. C. Stormer, 80 ; Raies 

 Ultimes, Comte A. de Gramont, 95 ; Early Nautical 

 Astronomy, Sir C. R. Markham, 95 ; Variation of 

 Latitude, ' Dr. E. Przybyllok ; von B. Wanach, 123 ; 

 Atmospheric Effects of Kathode Rays, J. Maurer, 237 ; 

 A New Astronomical Publication, 380 ; Vol. ii. of the 

 Publications of the Astronomical and Astrophysical 

 Society of America, 490 ; The Constants of the Terres- 

 trial Spheroid, S. Wellisch, 547 ; Astronomical Occur- 

 rences, 659 ; Shifts of Wave-Lengths, Bilham, 659 ; 

 Furnace Spectra of Cobalt and Nickel, 659 ; The Varia- 

 tion of Latitude, Prof. K. Sotome, 715 



Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, Pub- 

 lications of the, 490 ; Books, Early, Exhibition of, at 

 the London Library, 629 ; Observations made in 

 France, G. Bigourdan, 136, 277 ; Occurrences, 659 ; 

 Photometry, J. K. E. Halm, 28 



Asymmetry as developed in the Genera and Families of 

 recent Crinoids, A. H. Clarke, 177 



Athen'fum, Change of Publication of the, 521 



Atlantic Oceanic Currents, Dr. M. C. Grabham, 6 



Atmospheric Nitrogen, Direct Assimilation of, by Plants, 

 Dr. E. Mameli and Prof. G. Pollacci, 353 ; Pollution, 

 Prof. W. P. Wynne, 442 ; Pressure, Death from Static 

 Changes in. Dr. J. S. Haldane, 173 



Atomic Weights and Radio-active Constants, A Relation 

 between, F. G. Carruthers, 1565 ; A. van den Broek, 

 677 



Atterberg Plasticity Method, A Study of the, C. S. Kin- 



nison, 512 

 \ iiora Australis of June 17, 1915, The, Rev. A. L. Cortie, 

 1 14 ; Borealis, Prof. C. Stormer, 80 ; The, of Novem- 

 ber 5, Scriven Bolton, 314; J., 342; Rev. A. L. Cortie, 

 342 



Auroras, Report of, G. A. Clarke, 464 



Australia : and New Zealand, Fungi Collected by W. N. 

 Cheeseman, Miss E. M. Wakefield, 270 ; Explorations 

 in, H. Yule Oldham, 275 ; Map showing the Distribu- 

 tion of V<>getation in, O. J. R. Howarth, 275 ; The 

 Commonwealth of, and an Institution for Scientific and 

 Industrial Research, 484 ; The Rainfall in, in 1914, 

 153 ; The Underground Waters of, T. Parker, 378 

 ' ustralian : Cattle affected by Nematode Worms, Dr. G. 

 Sweet, 350 ; Coleoptera, New Species of, A M. Lea, 

 333 ; Lepidoptera, New, O. B. Lower, 193 ; Neuroptera, 

 R. J. Tillyard, 557 ; Photographs, Prof. T. Johnson, 

 262; StrongyHinae, etc., H. J. Carter, 333; Tabanidae, 

 F. H. Taylor, 557 ; Zygopteris, An, Mrs. E. M. 

 Osborn, 356 



Australites, C. G. Thorpe, 14 



Austria, The Southern Frontier of, D. Freshfield, 488 



Automorphic Functions, An Introduction to the Theory of, 

 L. R. Ford, 617 



" Auximones," Growth-stimulating, Prof. W. B. Bottomley, 

 357 

 wzzano Earthquake of February 24, 1904, Dr. A. Cava- 

 sino, 78 



Ayrshire Cattle, "Notched" Ears in, J. Yamare, 151 



Aztec Moon-cult. The, and its Relation to the Chank-cult 

 of India, J. W. Jackson, 612 



I B. subtilis. Resistance of Certain Races of, B. Portier, 

 I 166 



1 Babylon, A History of, Prof. L. W. King, 539 

 B.A.C. 5890, The Orbit of, F. H. Parker, 271 

 Bacon's Sixpenny Contour Atlas : North England, Southern 

 I Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58 ; Northern Wales, 



East Anglia, South-west England editions, 702 

 I Bacterial Infection, Protection against, C. G. Bull, 362 

 Bacterised Peat : as a Fertiliser, Prof. F. Keeble, 399 ; 



Investigation of, 570 

 Balance, A New, Prof. K. Honda, 79 

 Balkans, Racial Distribution in the. Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 



Sir A. Evans, 299 ; Hon. P. Reeves, 300 

 Ballistics, External, A Diagram to Facilitate the Study of, 



Prof. W. E. Dalby, 304 

 Bantu : Books, Two More, Sir H. H. Johnston, 336 ; The 

 Northern, Sir H. H. Johnston, 507 ; Rev. J. Roscoe, 



507 

 Barnard College, Gift to, by J. Talcott, 666 

 Barnsley Seam of Coal, Underground Contours of the. 



Prof. W. G. Fearnsides, 157 

 Barometers, Mounting and Illumination of, J. S. Dines, 



361 

 Basaltic and Dioritic Magmas, Crystallisation of, N. L. 



Bowen, 15 

 Bashahr, The Forests of. Glover, 631 

 Batrachia in the New York Zoological Gardens, R. 



Deckert, 544 

 Battersea Polytechnic, Calendar of the, 81 ; Conversazione 



of the, 723 

 Beauty and Design in Nature, 167 



Bedouin and His Surroundings, The, Dr. J. R. Smith, 632 

 Bees, Colour Sense in, C. B. Moffat, 120 

 Beeswax, The Hydrocarbons of. Prof. H. Ryan and T. 



Dillon, 668 

 Beetle, a Buprestid, and Bees Taken on Eucalyptus, Prof. 



E. B. Poulton, 326 



Beit Fellowships for Scientific Research, Forthcoming 



Election to, 666 

 Belfast Technical Institute, Prospectus of the, 80 

 Belgian : Soldiers in Holland, Profs. W. Somerville and 



F. Keeble, 649 ; Wounded, Books for, 304 

 Benares Hindu University, Bill Passed, 276 

 Beothucks, The, or Red Indians, J. P. Howley, 282 

 Bilaterallty in Vertebrates, Origin of. Prof. A. C. 



Eycleshymer, 49 



Bilharzia : The Metamorphosis of, Lt.-Col. R. T. Leiper, 

 326; Disease, The Transmission of, by Snails, 551; 

 Mission in Egypt, 1915, Report on the Results of the, 

 Lt.-Col. R. T. Leiper, 551 



Bio-Chemistry, Practical, Dr. A. Harden, 532 



Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Hetero- 

 cera. Vol. IV. Lord Walsingham, 533 ; Zoology, 

 Botany, and Archaeology, Edited by F. D. Godman 

 and O. Salvin, 448 



Biological : Research, The Fruits, Prospects, and Lessons of 

 Recent, Dr. C. W. Eliot, 605 ; Survey of Blacksod 

 Bay, Mayo, Lieut. G. P. Farren, 487 



Bird Books, British, 263 



Birdlover's Year, A, Hon. G. G. Murray, 263 



Bird : Marking Scheme, The Aberdeen University, A. L. 

 Thomson, 464 ; Migration, W. W. Cooke, 604 ; in 

 America, 604 ; Inquiry, Interim Report on the Aber- 

 deen University, A. L. Thomson, 319 



Birds : and Man, W. H. Hudson, New Edition, 342 ; 

 Ancestry of, A Tetrapteryx Stage in the, C. W. Beebe, 

 544; British, A. Thorburn, Vol. I., 263; Destruction 

 of, by Floatmg Oil, Lady Erskine ; Misses Rintoul and 

 Baxter, 120; Distribution of Secondary Sexual Char- 

 acters Amongst, Dr. J. C. Mottram, 360 ; in Relation 

 to the Farmer and Gardener, 177 ; Moulting of. Misses 

 L. J. Rintoul and E. W. Baxter, 712 ; New to the 

 British List, 601 ; The Attacks of, upon Fruit, W. E. 

 Collinge, 89 



Bird-life in France and Flanders, Effect of the War on, 

 207 



Birkbeck College, Calendar of, 136 



Birmingham University, A Portrait of Prof. Lapworth pre- 

 sented to, 192 ; .Appointments in, 192 



Birth-time of the World, etc.. Prof. J. Joly, 342 



Blackwood, Dhauri, and Sundri Timbers, 350 



