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NATURE 



[February 3, 19 16 



Challenger Society, January 26.— Prof. E. W. 

 McBride in the chair. — C. Tate Regan : Larval fishes 

 from the Antarctic. The development of Myctophum 

 antarcticum was contrasted with that of the northern 

 M. glaciale, and larval and post-larval stages of species 

 of Nototheniidae and related families were described. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



A History of the Family as a Social and Educational 

 Institution. By Prof. W. Goodsell. Pp. xiv + 588. 

 (New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : 

 Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) 8s. 6d. net. 



Anuario del Observatorio de Madrid para 19 16. 

 Pp. 645. (Madrid : Bailly-Balliere.) 



Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

 Vol. li. Part i (No. 4). The Temperatures, Specific 

 Gravities, and Salinities of the Weddell Sea and of the 

 North and South Atlantic Ocean. By Dr. W. S. 

 Bruce, A. King, and D. W. Wilton. Pp. 169. (Edin- 

 burgh : R. Grant and Son ; London : Williams and 

 Norgate.) 85. 3d. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

 Session 1914-15. Part iii., vol. xxxv. Pp. 225-402. 

 (Edinburgh : R. Grant and Son ; London : Williams 

 and Norgate.) 



East Lothian. By T. S. Muir. Pp. viii+117. 

 (Cambridge : At the University Press.) 15. 6d. net. 



The Observer's Handbook for 1916. Pp. 76. 

 (Toronto : Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.) 



Termodynamik. By P. B. Freuchen. Pp. 144. 

 (Kobenhavn : Lehmann and Stages Forlag.) 



Calendario del Santuario di Pompei Basilica Ponti- 

 ficia del SS. Rosario in Valle de Pompei, 1916. 

 (Valle di Pompei.) 



Senescence and Rejuvenescence. By C. M. Child. 

 Pp. xi + 481. (Chicago : University of Chicago Press : 

 London : Cambridge University Press.) 4 dollars net. 



Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action. 

 By Prof. L. Spiegel. Translated, with additions, by 

 Dr. C. Luedeking and A. C. Boylston. Pp. v+155. 

 (London : Constable and Co., Ltd.) 55. net. 



Forging of Iron and Steel. By W. A. Richards. 

 Pp. viii + 219. (London : Constable and Co., Ltd.) 

 6s. 6d. net. 



The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scot- 

 land. Fourteenth Annual Report (for the year 1914- 

 15). Pp. 81. (Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable.) 



Annuaire Astronomique et Mdt^orologique, 1916. 

 By C. Flammarion. Pp. 431. (Paris : E. Flam- 

 marion.) 



Flora of the Presidency of Madras. By J. S. 

 Gamble. Part i. Pp. 200. (London : West, New- 

 man and Co., and Adlard and Son.) 8s. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, February 3. 



RovAL ."^ocTETV, at 4.30. — Note on an Orderly Dissimilarity in Inheritance 

 from Different Parti of a Plant : Prof W. Bateson and C. Pellew.— 

 Observations on Coprozoic Flagellatrs, toeeth»r with a Suggestion as to 

 the Significance of the Kineto' ucleusin the Pinucleata : H. M. Woodcock. 

 — Investigaions dealing with the Phenomrna of Clot Formations. 

 III. Further Investigations of the Chelate Gel: S. 15. Schryver.— The 

 Mechanism of Chemical Temperature Regulation : J. M. O'C'nnor. 



Royal Institution, at 3. —Industrial Applications of Gaseous Fuels 

 derived from Coal : Prof. W. A. Bone. 



FRIDAY, February 4. 

 Royal Institution, at 5,30.— Fifteen Yecrs of Mendelism : Prof. W. 



Bateson. 

 Geologists' Association, at 8.— Presidential Address : The Geological 



History of Flying Invertebrates : G. W. Young. 



MONDAY, Februarv 7. 

 Society of Engineers, at 5.^0. — President al Address : P. Griffith. 

 Aristotelian Society, at 8. — The Relation between the Theoretic snd 



Practical \cti«fities, with some re'erence to the views of Croce : Miss 



Hilda D. Oake'ey. 

 Society of Chemical Industry, at 8. 



NO. 2414, VOL. 96] 



RovAi Geographical Society, at 8.30.— Communications in the Balkans : 

 H. C. Woods. 



Royal Society of Arts, at 4.30.- National and Historic Buildings ir» 

 the War Zone : Rev. Dr. G. H. West. 



TUESDAY, February 8. 



Royal Institution, at 3.— Nerve Tone and Posture : Prof. C. S. Sher- 

 rington. 



Zoological Society, at 5.30.— A Collection of Moths made in Somaliland 

 by Mr. W. Feather, • with descriptions of new speries by Sir G. Y. 

 Hampson and others: Prof. E. B. Poulton —Report on the Deaths which 

 occurred in the Zoological Gardens during 1915, together with a list of 

 the Bl od parasites found during the year: Prof. H. G. Plimmsr. 



Institution of Civil Enginekks, at 5.30.— Notes on the working of a 

 Rack Railway : W. T. Lucy. 



WEDNESDAY, February 9. 



Royal Society of Arts, at 4.30.— The Organisation of Scientific Research : 

 Prof. J. A. Fleming. 



THURSDAY, February 10. 



Royal Society, at 4.30. — Probable Papets: The I'heory of the Helmholtz 

 Resonator : Lord Rayl^igh.— The OxhyHrogen Klame Spectrum of 

 Iron : Sir N. Lockyer and H. K. Goodson.— The Consumption of Carbon 

 in the Electric Arc. II. The Anode Loss: W. G. D Afield and M. D. 

 Wall- r. — Surface Friction. Experiments with Steam and Water in Pipes : 

 C. H. Lander.— The Structure of broadened Spectrum Lines: T. R. 

 Merton. 



Royal Institution, at 3.— Measurement of the Brightness of Stars ; 

 Visual and Photographic Magnif des : Sir F. W. I )yson. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 8.— The Testing of Under- 

 ground Cables wiih Continuous Current ; O. L. Record. 



Optical Society, at 8.— Optical or Visual Signalling: Dr. W. J. Ettles. 

 FRIDAY, February ii. 



Royal Institution, at 5.30.— Egyptian Jewelry : Prof. W. M. Flinders. 

 Petrie. 



Royal Astronomical Society, at 5.— Annual General Meeting. 



CONTENTS. PAGB 



Indian Local Floras 615 



British Warblers. By Dr. W. Warde Fowler . . 616 



Edinburgh Mathematical Tracts. By G. B. M. . . 617 



Our Bookshelf . 618 



Letters to the Editor:— 



Colourless Crystals of Haemoglobin— Prof. D. Eraser 



Hanis 619 



Asteroids Feeding upon Living Sea- Anemones. — 



H. N. Milligan , . ..... 619 



William Smith's Maps.— T. Shrppard . . 620 



Optical Sights for Rifles. {Illustrated.) By W, S. 620 



Prehistoric Art. {Illustrated.) .... ... 624 



The Organisation of Embryological Research in 



America. By A. K 625 



Science and Colonial Agriculture 626 



The Proposed Closing of Museums 626 



Sir Clements Kobert Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. By 



Sir T. H. Holdich, K.C.M.Q 627 



Notes 62$ 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



The Solar Eclipse of February 3, 1916 633 



Comet I9IS£ (Taylor) .... 633 

 Colours of Stars in the Clusters N.G.C. 1647 and M. 67 633 

 The Columbus Meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science . ... 634. 

 Paris Academy of Sciences : Proposed Prizes and 



Grants . . 634 



British Meteorology 636 



The Nature of Explosives. By A. Marshall .... 637 



University and Educational Intelligence 639 



Societies and Academies 640 



Books Received 642 



Diary of Societies 642 



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