Supplement to Nature, "^ 

 December %, 189^ J 



Index 



xvii 



Individual Wing-Variation in Lepidoptera, 



Faby (C. ), Method of Determining Order of Interference Fringe 

 of High Order, 143 



Fairbanks (Arthur), the First Philosophers of Greece, 386 



Falconry, Hints on the Management of Hawks, J. E. Harting, 

 122 



Farmer (Prof. J. B.) : the Present Position of some Cell 

 Problems, 63 ; Action of Anaesthetics on Protoplasm, 93 ; 

 on the Use of Methylene Blue as a Means of Investigating 

 Respiration in Plants, 185, 215 ; Obituary Notice of Ferdi- 

 nand Cohn, 275 



Farquhar (H. ), the Echinoderm Fauna of New Zealand, 636 



Fat Transformation by Direct Oxidation, M. Hanriot, 635 



Fauna of British India, the, W. T. Blanford, 195 



Fauna of British India, the Flora and, 250 



Fauna and Flora of the Pamir, the, A. W. Alcock, 493 



Fauna, the Marine, in Lake Tanganyika, and the Advisability 

 of Further Exploration in the Great African Lakes, J. E. S. 

 Moore, 404 



Fellowships for Research, Prof. A. Gray, F.R.S., 600 



Fenton (H. J. H.): Action of Hydrogen Bromide on Carbo- 

 hydrates, 189 ; on the Oxidation of Polyhydric Alcohols, 557 



Ferguson (Mr.), Record broken for High Kite Flight, 513 



Fergusson (R. Menzies), a Student of Nature, 543 



Ferns : Alternation of Generations in Thallophyta, Prof. Klebs, 

 632 ; Malayan Fern Matonia, A. C. Seward, 633 



Fery (C. ), New Method of Determining Mechanical Equivalent 

 of Heat, 119 ; a New Standard of Light, 23 



Fessenden (Prof. Reginald A.), the Movement of Encke's 

 Comet, 520 



Fever, Malarial, the Etiology and- Prevention of, Dr. E, Klein, 

 F.R.S., 175 



Fewkes (Dr. J. Walter) : Sun Worship by Tusayan Indians, 

 III; Tusayan Katcinas, 126; Tusayan Snake Ceremonies, 

 127 ; Human Effigy Vase from Arizona, 30 



Field (W. L. W.), Individual Wine-Variatior 

 .524 



Fieron (A.), Methode pour Abreger les Traversees en Utilisant 

 les Perturbations de 1' Atmosphere, 197 



Fiji Rubber, 302 



Finn (F. ), Mimicry and Warning Colours, 88, 279 ; the Habits 

 of Indian Birds, 208 



Fischer (Dr. Alfred), Vorlesungen iiber Bacterien, 76 



Fisher (W. Clark), the Potentiometer and its Adjuncts, 313 



Fishes: the Transport of Live Fish, D. O'Connor, 125; the 

 Fisheries of Jamaica, J. E. Duerden, 158; the Mammals, 

 Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex, H. Laver, 242 ; the Life- 

 history of the Salmon, 280 ; the Memory of Fishes, Prof. W. 

 C. Mcintosh, 422 ; International Sea Fisheries Congress at 

 Dieppe, 461, 511 



FitzGerald (Prof. Geo. Fras , F.R S.), Chance or Vitalism, 545 



Fitzgerald (W. W. A.), Travels in the Coastlands of British 

 East Africa and the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, 6 



Fizeau Interference Dilatometer, a Compensated, A. E. Tutton, 

 118 



Flammarion (M. Camille), Sunspot Periods and Natural Pheno- 

 mena, 134 



Flatau (].), New Method of Separating Geraniol and Citron- 

 nellol, 191 ; Acids of Essential Oils of Geranium, 240 



Fleming (Dr. George), the Wanton Mutilation of Animals, 605 



Fleming (Prof. J. A.), on the Magnetic and Electrolytic Actions 

 of Electric Railways, 533 ; Magnets and Electric Currents, 614 



Fleming (Mrs.), Stars having Peculiar Spectra, 258 



Fletcher (W. M.), on the Methods employed in his Investi- 

 gation on the CO., Discharge of Excised Tissues, 481 



" Flicker," T. C. Porter, 188 



Flint Implements, Henry Lewis, W. J. L. Abbott, 16 



Flora of the Amboy Clays, the, John Strong Newberry, 81 



Flora of County Donegal, H. C. Hart, 615 



Flora and Fauna of British India, the, 250 



Flora of Perthshire, the. Dr. F. Buchanan White, 124 



Flow of Water, Prof. H. Hele-Shaw, 34, 520 



Flow of Water shown by Colour Bands, Prof. Osborne 

 Reynolds, F.R.S., 467 ; Prof. H. Hele-Shaw, 467 



Flower (Sir William Henry, K.C.B.), Essays on Museums and 

 other Subjects connected with Natural History, 217 



Flower Favourites, their Legends, Symbolism, and Significance, 

 Lizzie Deas, 8 



Flowers, Distant Thunderstorms affecting, Rosemary Craw-. 

 shay, 390 ^ 



Flowing Wells, Ebbing and, H. G. Madan, 45 ; W. F. 

 Sinclair, 52 ; F. R. Mallet, 104 



Fluorescent Screens, a Property of, P. Villard, 96 



Flusin (G.), Osmosis of Liquids through Vulcanised Rubber, 



120 

 Folk-Lore : Flower Favourites, their Legends, Symbolism, and 



Significance, Lizzie Deas, 8 ; Notes on the Bugonia Super- 

 stitions, the Occurrence of Eristalis tetiax in India, 



Kumagasu Minakata, loi 

 Folk Medicine in Ancient India, Dr. M. Winternitz, 233 

 Food, Artificial, Dr. Sidney Williamson, 368 

 Food Supply, Robert Bruce, 245 

 Forcrand (M. de), the Oxides of Sodium, 432 

 Forel (F. A.), Water-circulation in Rhone Glacier, 635 

 Forestry, Proposed Model State Forest in Scotland, 277 ; 



Forestry in Cape Colony, D. E. Hutchins, 605 ; Anti-Tidal 



Protective Coast Plantation in Japan, Dr. Seiroku Honda, 627 

 Forster (M. O.), Isomeric Bornylamine, 23 

 Foriey (E. C. ), Hexamethylene and its Derivatives, 23 

 Fossils : Prof. O. C Marsh on the Comparative Value of Dif- 

 ferent Kinds of Fossils in Determining Geological Age, 558 ; 



Anatomy of Coal-Measure Plants, Dr. Scott, 633 ; Malayan 



Fern Matonia, A. C. Seward, 633 

 Foster (Dr. Le Neve, F.R.S,), the Causes of the Snaefell Lead 



Mine Accident, 178 ; Mining Accidents in 1897, 4^1 

 Foster (Dr. Michael, Sec. R.S.), University Education, 283; 



the Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley, 613 

 Fourier's Series, Prof. Albert A. Michelson, 544 ; A. E. H. 



Love, F.R.S., 569 

 Fourth-Type Stars, a Catalogue of, Rev. T. E. Espin, 401 

 Fowler (James Kingston), the Diseases of the Lungs, 291 

 France : France and International Time, 60 ; Destruction of 



the French Observatory in Madagascar, E. Colin, 259 ; 



French Match Manufactories, Dr. T. Oliver, 327 ; the French 



Astronomical Society, 356 

 Francesco (D. de), the Dynamics of Impact, 582 

 Franchimont (Prof.), Action of Sulphuric Acid of 35-40 % on 



Acid Aliphatic and Neutral Nitramines and their Isomers, 47 

 Frankland (Prof. Percy, F.R.S.), a Life of Pasteur, 290; an 



Additional Photographic Action, that of Bacteria, 557 

 Frankland (Mrs. Percy), the Bacterial Character of Calf Lymph, 



44 ; a Life of Pasteur, 290 ; the Toxicity of Eel-serum and 



Further Studies on Immunity, 369 

 Franks (G. F. ), Globigeriua-^zx\% of Barbados, 190 

 Eraser (Prof. F. R.), Bile of Venomous Serpents a most 



Powerful Antidote against Snake Venom, 461 

 Fredericq(Leon), the Physiological Value of Salt, 462 

 Freston (H. W.), Asagena phalerata, 635 

 Frey (Prof. V.), on the Adequate Stimulation of Touch Nerves, 



485 

 Frog taken out of a Snake, Live, Rose Haig Thomas, 367 ; H. 



Ling Roth, 368 

 Frogs: Climbing Habit in, III ; Air and Water as Factors in 



Food of Frogs, S. Jourdain, 612 

 Fromme (C), Magnetic After-Effect, 187 

 Fron (George), Anatomical Structure of Beetroot Stem, 492 ; 



Cause of Spiral Structure of Chenopodiacea: Roots. 635 

 Frost (Rev. Percival, F.R.S), Death of, 131 

 Funafuti, the Atoll of, Ellice Group : its Zoology, Botany, 



Ethnology, and General Structure, based on Collections 



made by Mr. Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, 



Sydney, N.S.W., 221 

 Future Rainfall, 30 



Gaedicke (J.), Der Gummidruck, 343 



Gait (Dr. A.), on the Heat of Combination of Metals in the 



Formation of Alloys, 532 

 Galton (Francis, F.R.S.), the Distribution of Prepotency, 246 ; 



on Photographic Records of Pedigree Stock, 584 

 Galvanometers, Prof. W. E. Ayrton and T. Mather, 93 

 Gannett (Henry), the Geography of the United States, 497 

 Garbett (E. L.), the Moon's Course, 571 

 Garden- Making (L. H. Bailey), 290 

 Gardiner (Stanley), the Building of Atolls, 425 

 Gardner (Edmond G.), Dante's Ten Heavens, 362 

 Gardner (J. A.), Halogen Derivatives of Fenchene, 238; 



Oxidation of Fenchone, 238 

 Garstang (W.), on the Races and Migrations of the Mackerel, 



584 ; Organic Variations and their Interpretation, 619 

 Gas Engines, Experiments on the Working of, Prof. Frederick 



W. Burstall, 21 

 Gas, Water ; Opinion of Public Control Committee of London 



County Council, 276 



