Index 



r Nature, 



,OctoUr <), 1919 



Some, Miss M. Henry, 520 ; Megaloptera or Alder-flies, 

 Dr. R. J. Tillyard, 59 ; Neuroptera, Studies in, No. 

 6: The Family Psychopsidae, Dr. R. J. Tillyard, 58; 

 No. 7 : Life History of Psychopsis elegans, Gu6rin, 

 Dr. R. J. Tillyard, 59 ; Rainfall, 447 ; A Remarkable, 

 51 ; Sawflies (Fenthredinidae), W. W. Froggatt, 19 ; 

 Tabanidae, No. iv., F. H. Taylor, 420 

 Aviation : and Weather, 212 ; Developments in, in the War 

 Period, L. Bairstow, 414 ; Essays Relating to, The 

 Shephard Prizes for, 510; in the War Period, The 

 Progress of, L. Bairstow, 327 ; Prof. S. P. Lang- 

 ley's Experiments in, H. Leffmann, 134 ; The A.B.C. 

 of, Capt. V. W. Page, 243 



Bacon, Roger (1214-94), Dr. C. Singer, 35 



Bacterial Infection, A New Factor in the Mechanism of, 



W. E. Bullock and W. Cramer, 17 

 Bakerian Lecture : A Stiudy of the Line-Spectrum of 



Sodium as Excited by Fluorescence, Hon. R. J. 



Strutt, 359 

 Balkan Review^ The, No. i, 9 



Balloons, Pilot, Ascensional Velocity of, J. Rouch, 459 

 Balmer Series, The Intensity Decrement in the, Dr. T. R. 



Merton and Prof. J. W. Nicholson, 118 

 Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians, The, 



Awarded to Dr. L. Hill, 450 

 Banjara Tribe, A Remarkable Head-Dress of Women 



of the. Dr. W. Crooke, 310 

 Barbados, The Extraneous Minerals in the Coral-Lime- 

 stones of, J. B. Harrison and C. B. W. Anderson, 



399 



Bee-Eaters, Feeding Habits of Nestling, E. R. Waite, 4 



Behaviour, The Study of, S. O. Most, 71 



Being, the Nature of. An Essay in Ontology, H. W. 

 Slesser, 342 



Beit Fellowship for Scientific Research, Election of J. 

 A. Hey to a, 439 



Belfast, the Queen's University of. Dr. A. W. Stewart 

 Appointed Professor of Chemistry in, 479 



Belgium, Excursion to the Forests of, 513 



Benedick Galvanometer, Tests on a, to Determine the 

 Cause of Variations in its Zero Reading, 391 



Bennettitales, Two Papers on the, Dr. M. C. Slopes, 116 



Benzylidene-Acetone, A New Synthesis of, G. Langlois, 

 320 



Bessemer Medal of the Iron and Steel Institute Awarded 

 to Prof. F. Giolitti, 489 



Beverages : C. S'immonds, 482 ; and Their Adulteration, Dr. 

 H. W. Wiley, 482 



Bhavanagar (Kathiawar), A Mammalian Fossil from, H. 

 C. Das-Gupta, 400 



Binary Stars : The Masses of, Prof. Aitken, 392 ; Systems, 

 The Evolution of, J. H. Jeans, 115 



Biochemical : Catalysts in Life and Industry, Proteolytic 

 Enzymes, Prof. J. Efifront, assisted by C. S. Venable, 

 403 ; Method to the Study of Several Species of Indi- 

 genous Orchids, Application of the, E. Bourquelot 

 and M. Bridel, 160 



Biological Method, Experiments in, 202 ; Problems, 21 



Biology : A Text Book of, for Students in General, 

 Medical, and Technical Courses, Prof. W. M. Small- 

 wood, Third edition, 202 ; The Quantitative Method in, 

 Prof. J. MacLeod, 202 



Biotite, Transparency .of, to Infra-red Radiations, L. C. 

 Martin, 97 



Bird-Life in Colombia, The Distribution of, Dr. F. M. 

 Chapman, 462 



Birdland's Little People, Capt. O. G. Pike, 505 



Bird's Brain, The, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 118 



Birds : British, A Practical Handbook of. Edited 

 by H. F. Witherby. Part I., 323; Food of 

 Australian, S. Jackson, S. A. White and A. 

 M. Morgan, 150 ; Migratory, Convention for the 

 Protection of, Between the United States and 

 Canada, 133 ; Seen in the North-Eastern Atlantic, 

 etc., from August to October, 1917, D. G. Garneft, 

 113; The Game, of California, J. Grinnell, H. C. 

 Bryant, and T. I. Storer, 281 ; Wild, and Distasteful 

 Insect Larvae, Dr. W. E. ColHnge, 404; Wild, The 

 Food of, Dr. W. E. ColHnge, 133 



Birkbeck College, Acceptance by Lord Haldane of the 

 Presidency of, 117 



Birmingham : University, Impending Resignation of Sir 

 Oliver Lodge, 16 ; Dr. S. W. J. Smith Elected to the 

 Poynting Chair of Physics in, 198; Provisional Scheme 

 for Celebrating the Centenary of the Death of James 

 Watt, 217; Representation of the Non-Professorial 

 Members of the Teaching Staff on the faculties ; Im- 

 pending Resignation of Prof. G. Kapp, 257 ; Award of 

 Degrees, 378 ; Dr. J. Robertson Appointed Professor of 

 Hygiene and Public Health; Dr. J. S. Dunn, Professor 

 of Pathology ; L. Gamgee, Professor of Surgery ; Prof. 

 Haslam, Lecturer in Applied Anatomy ; Resignation of 

 Prof. P. Thompson as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine ; 

 Prof. Haslam Appointed Dean of the Faculty of 

 Medicine, 379 ; W. Haywipod Appointed Lecturer in 

 Town-Planning ; B. T. Rose, Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy ; Miss H. Walker, Lecturer in Physiology, 

 379 ; H. F. Humphreys Appointed Lecturer on Dental 

 Anatomy and Physiology, and Curator of the Odonto- 

 logical Museum ; The Ingleby Lecture to be Delivered 

 by B. Whitehouse ; Miss B. M. Bristol Awarded an 

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship; Grant to Dr. N. Carter; 

 Gifts of Lichens, etc., 397; Municipal Technical 

 School, J. W. Thomas appointed Lecturer in the 

 Electrical Engineering Department of the', 458 



Birthday Honours, The King's, 470 



Bismuth, Applicability of the Formaldehyde- Process for 

 Estimating, S. B. Tattentyre, 455 



Black, Joseph, The Life and Letters of, M.D., Sir W. 

 Riamsay, 181 



Black Lake Area, Quebec, Mineralogy of, Poitevin and 

 Graham, 372 



Blesses de Guerre, Prothfese Fonctionnelle des, Troubles 

 Physiologiques et Appareillage, Dr. Ducroquet, 383 



Blink Microscope, The, 194 



Board : of Agriculture and Fisheries : Guides to Small- 

 holders, Nos. I, 5, 6, 7, 9, 283 ; of Trade, Resignation 

 of Sir A. Stanley of the Presidency of the ; Sir A. 

 • Geddes Appointed President of the, 250 



Body Temperatures, Electrical Methods of Measuring, R. 

 S. Whipple, 133 



Bonn, 2nd Army Agricultural College at. The Work of 

 the, 138 



Boron in some Natural Basic Silico-Aluminates, Presence 

 of, A. Lacroix and A. de Gramont, 259 



Botanical Science, Some Responsibilities of, Prof. B. E. 

 Livingston, 154 



Botanique, Elements de. Prof. Ph. Van Tieghem, Tomes I. 

 and II., Cina. Edition, Prof. J. Costantin, 301 



Botany : Lowson's Text-book of (Indian edition), revised 

 and adapted by Birbal Sahni and M. Willis, new and 

 revised edition, 301 ; D. Thoday, Second edition, 301 ; 

 Text-books of, 301 



Botrytis cinerea, Pers., An Albino Mutant of, W. B. 

 Brierley, 139 



Bowed Instruments, Theory of, 207 



Brachiopoda Collected by th6 Australian Antarctic Ex- 

 pedition, Dr. J. A. Thomson, 54 



Bracken Rhizomes as Food for Stock, 71 



Bradford Municipal Technical College : Resignation by 

 Prof. W. M. Gardner of the Principalship of, 295, 439 ; 

 W. H. N. James Appointed Head of the Electrical 

 Engineering Department of the, 498 



Brain-Power in the Army, Measurement and Utilisation 

 of. 173 



Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary, The, W. M. Webb, 426 



Brighton : Municipal College, Dr. W. M. Varley Appointed 

 Principal of the, 378 ; The Boulders in the Rubble- 

 Drift of, E. A. Martin, 269 



Bristol, Merchant Venturers' Secondary School, Transfer 

 to the Bristol Education Committee, 379 



Bristol University : Business Training at, 96 ; Major A, 

 Robertson Appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineer- 

 ing, 3i;8; Prof. J. Munro Granted the Title of 

 Emeritus Professor in Mechanical Engineering, 358 ; 

 Dr. O. V. Darbishire Appointed Professor of Botany; 

 Dr. H. M. Wodehouse, Professor of Education ; Dr. 

 H. R. Hass^, Professor of Mathematics ; Major A. 

 Robertson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering ; Dr. 

 A. M. Tyndall, Professor of Physics ; Dr. G. A. Buck- 



