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Index 



XXI 



Display of, August 27, W. F. Denning, 551 ; The Great, 

 of June 17, 1915, H. A. Hunt, 421 



Aurorae, Altitudes ot, Prof. C. Stormer, 5 



Australia, Agricultural Possibilities of, G. Taylor, 505 ; 

 National Institute of Science and Institute in, Rt. Hon. 

 A. Fisher, 263 ; Rainfall Maps of, 1915, H. A. Hunt, 

 471 ; Revision of the Stratiomyidse of, A. White, 375 



Australian Aborigines, Tracings of Crania of. Prof. R. A. J. 

 Berry and Dr. A. W. D. Robertson, 167 ; Animals, 

 Blood of certain, G. Buchanan, 407 ; Mistletoe-bird, 

 Nesting Habits of the, S. A. Lawrence and R. T. 

 Littlejohn, 44; Neuroptera, R. J. Tillyard, 375 



Autocollimating Telescope, The Use of the, in the Measure- 

 ment of Angles, J. Guild, 334 



Automobile Tyre Fabric Testing, 288 



Avezzano Earthquake, The, January 13, 1915, Prof. E. 

 Oddone, 187 



Avogadro Medal, The, awarded to Prof. H. N. Morse, 144 



Babylon's Sacred Way, H. Kidner, 340 



Bagananoa, The, or Ma-laboch, Rev. N. Roberts, 366 



Bakerian Lecture, The, to be Delivered by Prof. C. G. 



Barkla, 246 

 Baldwin, Prof. J. Mark, Safety of, 105 

 Balkans, Linking up the, with the West, Sir A. Evans, 206 

 Balloons, Registering, Records of, Patterson, 370 

 Bamboos, Infestation of, E. P. Stebbing, 25 

 Banded Glacial Slates of Permo-Carboniferous Age, R. W. 



Sayles, 215 

 Barium Carbonate in Vulcanised-rubber Articles, Deter- 

 mination of, 249 

 Barley, Proteid Substances of. Dr. H. Schjerning, 290 

 Bartram, John, the American Botanist, Miss C. Heming- 



Browne, 25 

 Basalt Outcrop, The Discovery of a, in the Sierra de 



Guadarrama, F. Navarro, 27 

 Bees, isle of Wight Disease in. Dr. J. Ritchie, 160; 



F., 161 ; The Recent Mortality among, 7 

 Beesia cordata. Prof. Bayley Balfour and W. W. Smith, 15 

 Beit Fellowships for Scientific Research, Elections to, 434 

 Belgian Government Arboretums, D. E. Hutchins, 107 

 Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, Fishery Department of, T. 



Southwell, 65 

 Bennettitean Cones, New, from the British Cretaceous, Dr. 



Marie C. Stopes, 455 

 Benzene, Melting and Solidifying Points of, R. Meldrunl, 368 

 Benzoate of Soda, Warning against the Use of, 503 

 Berlin Zoological Gardens, Food of Animals in the, 345 

 Binary Stars, Translational Motion of, C. Luplau-Janssen, 



Bingley Training College, a Vacation Course for Teachers, 



73' 



Binks Vaporiser and Carburettor, The, 427 



Biology. Experimental, 322 



Bird Calendar for Northern India, D. Dewar, 239 



Birds, Captive, and their Choice of Insect-food, C. F. M. 

 Swynnerton, 347 ; of Britain, The, their Distribution 

 and Habits, A. H. Evans, 540 ; Royal Society for the 

 Protection of, Annual Meeting, 41 ; Some Rarer British, 

 Miss E. L. Turner, 349 ; Songs and the Diatonic Scale, 

 Dr. W. Warde Fowler, 364: C. O. Bartrum, 381 



Birmingham University. Appeal for Funds for the Founda- 

 tion of a Chair of Russian, 153 ; and the War, 24 ; The 

 Teaching of Russian, 24 ; New Members of the Council, 

 24 ; Degree conferred upon the Rt. Hon. W. M. 

 / Hughes, 295 : Huxley Lecture, Lord Bryce, 49 ; Award 



(/ of Degrees ; Resignation of Dr. O. F. Hudson, 413 



/ Birthday, King's, Honours, 307 



Birth-rate, Conditions which Influence the .Average Monthly 

 Deviation of the, C. Richet, 555 ; The Declining, Prof. 

 R. T. Hewlett, 498 ; its Causes and Effects, 498 



Bismuth, .Atomic Weight of, CE. de Coninck and M. Gerard, 



« 27 

 ! Blackheath Pebble-beds at Tandridge Hill, An Outlier of, 

 ! ^ W. Whitaker, 473 



Blizzard. A Severe, in the British Isles, 129 ; Meteorological 

 Conditions of a, A. E. Bostwick, 261 : W. H. Dines. 

 280 ; L. C. W. Bonacina, 301 ; M. Christy, 341 ; Blood 

 Fluids, The Rdle of the, in the Intraleucocytic Diges- 

 tion. Capt. S. R. Douglas, 455; -pressure. Studies in. 



Physiological, and Clinical, Dr. G. Oliver, Third 

 Edition, tdited by Dr. W. D. Halliburton, 519 



Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fishery Investigations, 

 series ii.. Sea Fisheries, vol. ii., Nos. 1-5; vol. iii., 

 Nos. 1-2, 342; Education, The Marquess of Crewe 

 appointed President of the, 535 ; Trade, Committees on 

 Petrol, Textile Industries, and Electrical Trades, 185 



Body-louse, Structure of the Mouth-parts in the, L. 

 Harrison, 51 



Bone-fragility in Man, Heredity of, Profs. H. S. Coward 

 and C. B. Davenport, 233 



Borneo, British North, Expeditions to Mount Kinabalu, 

 J. C. Moulton, 187 



" Boskop " Remains in the Transvaal, Dr. L. P^ringuey, 326 



Botal's Cleft in some Domestic Animals, Persistence of, 

 P. Chauss6, 155 



Boundary Marking, Geographical Problems in. Sir T. H. 

 Holdich, 368 



Brachychiton populneo'acerif alius, J. H. Maiden, 415 



Brains of Identical Twins, Convolutional Pattern of the, 

 F. Sano, 94 



Brazilian Geographical Congress, The Fifth, 486 



Bread, Method of Preserving, E. Fleurent, 515 



Brewing Industry, Science and the, 390 ; Practice, The 

 Application of Scientific Methods to. Dr. H. T. Brown, 

 390 



Bridge, Railway, A New Large, 368 



British .Association : and Problems of National and Imperial 

 Importance, 13 ; Provisional Programme of the, 285 ; 

 The Newcastle Meeting of the, 481, 541 



British : Birds, Lt.-Col. C. Stonham's, presented to King's 

 School, Canterbury, 105 ; Chemical Industries, The 

 Organisation of, 423 ; Cotton-growing .Association, Work 

 of the, J. A. Hutton, 129; Dyes, Ltd., Dr. M. O. 

 Forster and J. Turner appointed to Seats on the Board 

 of ; Dr. J. C. Cain appointed Chief Chemist of the 

 Works at Dalton, 127; Fresh-water Rhizopods, 178; 

 Geological Societies, 349 ; Industries after the War, 

 Committees on, 106 ; Journal Photographic Almanac, 

 1916, Edited by G. E. Brown, 4 ; Laboratory Glass- 

 ware, III ; Medical Association, Postponement of the 

 Annual Meeting at Cambridge ; .Annual Representative 

 and General Meeting to be held in London ; Sir T. 

 Clifford Allbutt recommended as President, 226 ; 

 Meteorological and Magnetic Year-book, 1913, part iv., 

 section ii.. 289; Palaeozoic Plants, part i./ Dr. R. 

 Kidston, 435 ; Passeres, Moulting and Sequences of 

 Plumage in the, H. F. Witherby, 267 ; Pharmaceutical 

 Conference, Dr. D. Hooper elected President of the, 

 144 ; Prisoners of War, Educational Books for, 334, 304 : 

 Science Guild, Arrangements for the Annual Meeting of 

 the, 226. 263 : Resolutions of the Medical Committee of 

 the, 406 : A Memorandum on a National Statutory 

 Board of Science and Industry. 463 : Swallows in 

 South .Africa, H. F. Witherby, 187 ; Trade. Policy, Sir 

 .A. Firth, 127 



Broadened Spectrum Lines, Distribution of Intensity in. 

 Prof. J. W. Nicholson and T. R. Merton. 73 



Bronze, Cast, Microstructural Changes accompanying the 

 Annealing of, H. S. Rawdon, 189 



Brooding Pigeons, "Milk" in Crops of. S. Yoschida. 206 



Brownian Movement of Particles of Oil, etc., .A. Schidlof 

 and A. Targonski, 315 



Bruce Gold Medal of the Astronomical Society of the 

 Pacific awarded to Dr. G. E. Hale, 12 



Bryonia dioica. Breeding Experiments with, W. N. Jones 

 and Dr. M. C. Rayner, 291 



Buffalo University. Gifts to, by Mrs. S. H. Knox, General 

 E. Hayes, and others. 94 



Bulkheads, Tests on Large. J. F. King, 170 



Bunsen and Luminous Flames, Prof. W. W. H. Gee, 74 



Bute Museum and Laboratory. L. P. W. Renouf, 13 



Buxus sempervirens. Distribution of. Dr. O. Stapf, 74 



Cabbage-root Maggot, The, A. Gibson and R. C. Treherne, 



489 

 Cactus Deserts of South America, Recent Explorations in 



the, J. N. Rose, 75 

 Calcium Carbonate, J. Johnston. H. E. Merwin, and E. D. 



Williamson. 1^26 



