INDEX. 



Sciencf, The South African [oitrtial of, 22S. 



Scientific Notes, 243. 



Scotland, First occurrence of the Nightingale 



in, 322. 

 , New memoirs of the geological survey of, 



318. 



, The geological survey of, 149 



Scottish Highlands, The problem of the, 31S. 



Scourfield, D.J., 321. 



Scutigera. Habits of, 450. 



Sea, The origin and peopling of the deep, 107. 



cucumbers, Cambrian, 359. 



'i\eeds. Arsenic in, 279. 



Sediment, An inexpensive apparatus for the 



systematic separation of. by means of 



heavy solutions, 217. 

 Seismography at a London exliibition, .A, 324. 

 Seismology, 197^ 324. 

 Stlagint-lla, Spore dispersal in, 550 

 Selenium 448. 



photometer, The, 270. 



Sense org.an. A new kind of, 78. 

 Seychelles Islands, Alga from the. ill. 

 Sh'ackleton.W., 37, 65. ico, 14;, 180, 223, 274, 



294, 360, 396, 469. 

 Sheppard, A. W., 29, 73, 10c, 151, 190, 234, 



280, 320, 353, +06, 480. 

 Shrimp, The Brine, 227. 



, The Fairy, 240. 



Sight or hearing, Which is the fastest, 104. 

 Silver-fish, Brain of a 115. 

 Simulacra vitae^ 116. 



Skeletons of vertebrates, Hints on the pre- 

 paration of, 175. 

 Sky, The Face of the. 37, 65. 100, 145, 180, 



223. 274. 294, 300, 396, 469 473. 

 Smith, F. P , 30 



-, T. F., 13, 144, 289, 331, 335. 



Snail, The hibernating, 450. 



Snails ( /V(?»[>;'/^.'^ ("(Vn^'wi). Waler. 472. 



Snow in Johannesburg. 29. 



Soar, Charles D., 73, 320. 



Soil Bacteria, Crop production, 123. 



. Protozoa of the. 28 1. 



"Soil wax" and soil fertility, 186. 

 Solar Disturbances. 6, 50, 102, 130, 



273, 312, 346- 395. 4^4- 



179. 

 ;o6. 



projection. Discs for, 198, 206. 



spectrum, 472. 



.Sounds, Inaudible, 409. 



Space infinite, Is. 141, 243. 



Sparke, Lieut. -Colonel. J. G. , 3y. 



Sparrow Hawk, The. 97. 



Sparrows and poultry, 157. 



Specificity. 240. 



Spectrograph, .^ new spectroscope and. S7, 



Spectroscope and spectrograph, .A new, 87. 



Spectroscopic double stars, 47. 



Spectrum, Colours of the. 2S5, 433. 



Spermaceti organ, 34. 



" Spheroidal state," 357. 



Spider, A .Myrmecophilous. 29. 



Spiders and mosquitoes, 240. 



Sponge, A remarkaljle, 359. 



Spore dispersal in Selagiiiella, 350. 



Slalagmitic growth in sea water, .\., 479, 



Star Clusters and Nebulae, 413. 



work. The present state of variable, 23, 



68. 

 St.arch in a leaf, Demonstration of the presence 



of, 59. 

 Starling as a mimic. The, 482. 

 Stars by amateur observers. On the study of 



double, 16. 



, Diameters of, 147. 



, Double and wonder, 379. 



, Notes upon the fundamental system of, 



94. Iji- 370- 



. On the proper motions of the fixed, 173. 



, Practical hints on observing double, 16. 



-, Preliminary general catalogue of 6188, 



67. 



, Spectroscopic double, 47. 



, Spring and Summer shooting. 256. 



, Strange. 412. 



, Variable, 403. 



Ste.im upon carbon and lime. Action of, 232. 



Stellar motion and spectral type 478. 

 Stereoscope, .-V scientific use for the, 205. 

 Sterilisation of water by means of ultra-violet 



rays, 70. 

 Stigni.as, Sensitive. 34S. 

 Stonyhurst College Observatory, 222. 

 Stopford.'F. G., 471. 

 Stork breeding in the " Zoo." White, 237. 

 Structure of flower in Cruciferae, 478. 

 Stuart, .■\. H., 205. 

 Styan, K. E., 163. 247, 42S. 467. 

 Sugar in the beet root. Distribution of, 404. 

 Summer of 191 1, The, 443. 

 Sun, Figure of the, 436 



spot groups of 1906. The, 43. 



the Distance of the, 49. 



Sundial. .\ unique, 30;, 372. 



, .\ simple method of constructing :i 



horizontal, 117. 

 Sun's distance detei mined from Eros. Tlie, 



276 



Revolution, The, 141. 



Suns, .Artificial mock, 102. 



Surface brightness. The Measurement of 



Survey, Clare Island, 44;. 



" Sweepings." 400. 



Swift (Cypscliis a/iis). Abundance of 



Common, 323. 



104- 



the 



TAAL VOLCANO IN THE PHILLIPINE 

 ISLANDS, THE RECENT ERUP- 

 TION OF, 197. 



Talianidae. 444. 



Tachinidae, Oviposition of. 425, 



Tail, H. Sinclair, 339. 



Taylor. E. W.. 301. 



, Fred B., 426. 



Telegraphy, Wireless, 225. 



and the weather. Wireless, 103. 



for time signals. Wireless, 478. 



Telephone cables, On lo.ided, 266. 



Telescopes and work, William Herschel, 244. 



Termites, Rhythuis of activity among 2S3. 



Tetraspora (Link), 444 



Tetrodon poison, 107. 



Thomson, F. Ross, 49. 



, Professor J. Arthur, 34, 77, 115, 157, 



198, 240, 285, 359, 410, 450, 483, 



Thunderstorm in Garessio, 424. 



Tides, 39, 104. 



Time at night. The finding of the, 39, 103, 

 104. 



by day. Finding the, 1S2. 



the heavenly bodies. Finding the. 



103, 135 

 in France, Adoption of Western 



European (Greenwich), 147. 

 Portuguese Territories, Standard. 



425. 



, To find approximate sidereal, 426. 



Titanium, Properties of metallic, 3;t. 



Titmouse. Coal, 355. 



Train, The effect of rigid rails on the speed 



of a, 225. 

 Trees, Wounds in, 140. 

 Tribe in the arctic North West, Scandinavian, 



464, 

 Turbellarian, A new Commensal, 78. 

 Turner, Henry, 43. 

 Tutt, .lames William, 43. 

 Tweed birds, 446. 

 Tyrrell, G. W., 318, 351. 404, 479- 



ULTR.A-MICROSCOPIC VISION. DARK 

 GROUND ILLU.MINATION AND, 



425. 

 Underwood, JLieut.-Col., 14. 

 United Kingdom. The coal resources of the, 



472. 



Uranium, 358. 



ores. Radium in, 351. 



Uranus and .Mars, Observation of, 313 

 — Vesta, Observation of, 33;, 



VACUU.M, HEAT AND A. 2S5, 412, 433. 



tubes, .Afteiglow in, itj. 



Vapours, Optical properties of, 238, 



Vases, The glazing of ancient Greek, 25. 



Vatican Observatory of to-day. The, 56. 



Venus antl the inference to be drawn from the 

 probable atmospheric condition of ihe 

 planet. The problem of the rotation of, 1(10. 



, Rotation of, 471. 



Vertebrates, Hints on the preparation of 

 skeletons of, 17 5. 



Vesta, Observation of Uranus and, 335. 



N'esuvius. Helium in the air of, 149 



Vinegar Industry, The. 219. 



\'iviparous. Oviparous and. 115- 



Vulcanism, New theories of, 351. 



254. 



236. 2S2, 



280, 



WARNER, Irene E. Ttiye 



Wasps. A book on, 39. 



Water and its own level, 39, 49, 103, 1S2. 



finding, 182, 225. 



fowl in the Zoiilogical Gardens, London 



mite new to Britain, [Neumania hiangit 



laris Piersig) Note on a, 234. 



The cooling of hot, 330 



, Wind and, 27. 



Watt. Hugh Boyd, 76, 112, 154, 193 



332, 355, 408, 445. 4S2. 

 Waves versus rays, 77- 

 Weather, The, 28, 72, loS, 151, 1S9. 233, 



319, 352, 405, 443, 480. 

 , Wireless Telegraphy and the. 103. 



Insurance, 190. 



, The Moon and the, 47, 142. 



Webb, Geoff'rey Ker, 225. 



, Wilfred Mark. 240. 3S4. 



White, The home of Gilbert, 330 



Wilson, Humphrey. 339. 



Wind and \^'ater, 27. 



Winkel (Gottingen). E. Leilz (London) 



1 1 1. 

 Wire, Movement of a taut, 181. 

 Wombat, Habilsof the, 34. 

 Woodpecker. New names for the Green, 445 

 Woodpigeon. .A novel bait for, 193. 



pest. The, 154. 



Wounds in trees. 140. 



X-R.\VS. 81. 



. Nature of the. 114. 



and 



V.\WNING IN FISHES, 78. 

 Veasts of Insects. 451. 

 Verward-James, W. E.. 103. 



ZANARDINIA. LIFE HISTORV OF, 230, 

 Zoological Gaiden, An antediluvian, 257. 

 Gardens, Birds breeding in the London, 



323. 



, Waterfowl in the, 154. 



side of commerce. Horsehair, The, 3S4. 



Zoology notes, 34, 77, 115, 157, 198, 240, 



2S5, 324, 359, 410, 4S0i 483- 



