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October 1, 1914 
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Birds: Short Cuts by Birds to Nectaries, 
Swynnerton, 77; the Gannet: a Bird with a History, 
J. H. Gurney, 113; Nesting Habits of Adélie Penguins, 
Surgeon G. M. Levick, 314, 612; Notes, 439; 
Erythrism in British Eggs, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain and 
C. Borrer, 439; Parasites of Birds, H. V. Jones, 439; 
Bird Sanctuary in Kangaroo Island, 439; King 
Penguin’s Cry, 439; South African Ground Hornbill, 
Opel os Swynnerton, 439; Crossbills, M. Christy, 
439; Rifle Birds of Paradise and Snake Skins, 440; 
Migration Routes, H. Darwin, 401; Bird Migration 
and Weather, A. Defant, 457; Perches on Light- 
houses, 513; Notes, 543; die Vogel, A. Reichenow, 
585; List of Birds of Australia, G. M. Mathews, 58s ; 
Wonders of Bird-life, W. P. Westell, 585; Peregrine 
Falcon at the Eyrie, F. Heatherley, 585; W. E. Hart, 
633; the Reviewer, 633; Song and Wings, Isa J. 
Postgate, 611; Gulis killed by Hail at Teesmouth, 669 ; 
Report on Scottish Ornithology, Evelyn V. Baxter and 
Leonora J. Rintoul, 669 
Birds’ Plumage Bill: Importation, 41; Royal Society for 
Protection of Birds, 64; the Plumage Bill, Lieut.-Col. 
J. Manners-Smith; Sir H. H. Johnston, 350; Bird 
Destruction in Nepal, C. W. Beebe, 462; Plumage Bill, 
J. Buckland, 485; 532; Bird Destruction in India, Sir 
H. H. Johnston, 559 
Black Forest, Origin, P. Kessler, 301 
Blind, Optophone for the, Dr. E. E. F. d’Albe, 394 
Blood: Amounts of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Blood 
at Paris, Chamonix, and on Mont Blanc, R. Bayeux 
and P. Chevallier, 155; Monoamino Acids in Blood, 
L. Lematte, 315 
Bloodhounds and Crime, 461 
Blue-green Algz, H. Wager, 583; their Connection with 
Fossil Flora, Dr. C. D. Walcott, 652 
Bodley Head Natural History, E. D. Cuming, 
Shepherd, 353 
Boltzmann’s Formula for Entropy, 302 
Bonaparte Fund, 572 
Bones, Ancient, from Dublin, J. R. D. Holtby, 314 
Books of Science, Forthcoming, 18, 40, 361 
Borneo Languages, S. H. Ray, 118 
Botanic Gardens, National, of South Africa, 190 
Botany : Morisonian Herbarium, Oxford, Prof. S. H. Vines 
and G. C. Druce, 4; Improvement of Medicinal Plants, 
16; British Flowering Plants with Plates, Mrs. Perrin, 
65; Short Cuts by Birds to Nectaries, C. F. M. 
Swynnerton, 77; Flora of Lake Baikal, Madame H. I. 
Poplavska, 93; Rubber and Rubber Planting, Dr. 
R. H. Lock, 132; Sargasso Seaweed, 170; Leaf Varia- 
tion in Heptapleurum venulosum, M. S. Ramaswami, 
233; Catalogue of Hardy Trees at Albury Park, 
Surrey, A. B. Jackson, 237; Lowson’s Text-book of 
Botany: Indian Edition, M. Willis,. 237; Coconut 
Cultivation and Plantation Machinery, H. L. Coghlan 
and J. W. Hinchley, 237; Genera of British Plants: 
with Characters, H. G. Carter, 237; Story of Plant 
Life in British Isles, A. R. Horwood, 237; Catalogue of 
Plants collected by Mr. and Mrs. Talbot in Oban 
District, S. Nigeria, Dr. A. B. Rendle and others, 
237; Plant Physiology, Dr. L. Jost, R. J. H. Gibson, 
237; Plant Life, T. H. Russell, 237; Trevor Lawrence 
Orchid Collection at Kew, 244; Siam Expedition, Dr. 
C. C. Hosseus, 267; Wild African Oranges, 275; Java 
Laboratory for Foreigners, 299; Cotton Fibre, W. L. 
Balls, 308; Utakwa Expedition, Dutch New Guinea, 
H. N. Ridley, 340; Pflanzenmikrochemie, Dr. O. 
Tunmann, 372; Irritability of Plants, Prof. J. C. Bose, 
g7o- Plants) and “their Uses; F. LL: Sargent, 372; 
Oekologie der Pflanzen, Dr. O. Drude, 425; Diseases 
of Tropical Plants, Prof. Cook, 425; South African 
Orchids, H. Bolus, 425; Index Kewensis: Plantarum 
Phanerogamarum, 425: Accessory Factors in Growth 
and Nutrition, Prof. W. B. Bottomley, 445; Botany, 
Prof. E. Brucker, 450; Weeds: Simple Lessons, R. LI. 
Praeger, S. Rosamond Praeger and R. J. Welch, 450; 
Plant Anatomy, Prof. G. Haberlandt, M. Drummond, 
477; Transpiration, Sir F. Darwin, 492; Sargasso Sea, 
Prof. W. G. Farlow, 493; Plant-autogranhs, Prof. J. C. 
Bose, £46; Genus Sabicea, H. F. Wernham, 529; 
Horticultural Note-book, J. C. Newsham, 557; Cam- 
j. A. 
coe. M. | 
bridge British Flora, Dr. C. E. Moss, E. W. Hunnybun, 
579; Junk’s Natur-Fiihrer : die Riviera, A. Voigt, 580; 
Blue-green Algz, H. Wager, 583; Cultivation of the 
Oil Palm, F. M. Milligan, 608; Rubber, Harold Brown, 
608; the Banana, W. Fawcett, 608; Flora of Mount 
Kinabulu, Miss Lilian S. Gibbs, 620; Recent Botanical 
Work in Denmark, 627; Blue-green Algz and Fossil 
Algz, Dr. C. D. Walcott, 652 ; Japanese Rosacez, with 
Tables, G. Koidzumi, 654; Latex-containing Tissues of 
Japanese Plants, R. Koketsu, 654; Twisted Spike of 
Spiranthes Orchids, K. Koriba, 654; see also 
Palzobotany 
Bournville Collection of Glacial Boulders, 141 
Brachiopoda, Cambrian, C. D. Walcott, 62 
Bradford Technical College, 126 
Brain-stem, Nuclear Masses in Human, L. H. Weed, 650 
Brass: Nomenclature, 95; Effect of Heat on Muntz Metal 
Brasses, Dr. J. E. Stead and Mr. Steadman, 95 
Brazil, Mr. Roosevelt in, Dr. J. W. Evans, 432 
Bricks, A. B. Searle, 265; A. Montel, 609 
Bridges : Wooden Trestle Bridges and Concrete Substitutes, 
W. C. Foster, 267; Suspension Bridges, Prof. W. H. 
Burr, 609 
Brightness of Optical Images, P. G. Nutting, 171 
Britannic, White Star Liner, 16 © 
British Animals: Vertebrates, Kate M. Hall, 450 
British Association: Australian Meeting, Inaugural Address 
by the President, Prof. William Bateson: Part i., at 
Melbourne, 635; Part ii., at Sydney, 674; Section A— 
Mathematics and Physics—Opening Address, Prof. 
F. T. Trouton, 642; Section B—Chemistry—Opening 
Address, Prof. William J. Pope, 645, 681; Havre 
Meeting with French Association, 533, 595 
British Flora, Cambridge, Dr. C. Moss, E. W. 
Hunnybun, 579 
British Journal of Photography, Diamond Jubilee, 434 
British Medical Association at Aberdeen, 595 
British Museum (Natural History): Arctic Rocks of Sir J. 
Franklin’s Expeditions received from Haslar, 168; 
Catalogue of British Pisidium, B. B. Woodward, 343; 
Revision of Ichneumonide, C. Morley, 343, 529; 
Catalogue of Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game 
bequeathed by A. O. Hume, R. Lydekker, 343; Cata- 
logue of Lepidoptera Phalenz, Sir G. F. Hampson, 
343; Additions, 436; Catalogue of Ungulate Mammals, 
Vol. ii., R. Lydekker, G. Blaine, 528; Genus Sabicea, 
H. F. Wernham, 529; Notes, 669 
British Pharmacopceia, Postponement, 650 
British Plants: Genera of British Plants, H. G. Carter, 
237; Story of Plant Life in the British Isles, A. R. 
Horwood, 237 
British Revolution, Dr. R. A. P. Hill, 427 
British Science Guild, 331, 536 
Brownian Motion, Dr. G. L. de Haas-Lorentz, 502 
Bug, Biology of the Bed-, A. A. Girault, 169 
Building Materials, Elasticity and Resistance, A. Montel, 
609 
Buildings, Vibrations due to Earth Tremors, Prof. Grun- 
mach, 627 
Bulgarians, Body Measures, E. Pittard, 657 
Burns’ Skull, Prof. Keith, 66 
Bushman Paintings, L. Péringuey, 577 
Butine, Preparation of Pure, M. Picou, 261 
Calendar, Perpetual, Dr. Doliarius, 172; Reform of the 
Calendar, A. Philip, 187 
Cambrian Brachiopoda, C. D. Walcott, 62 
Cambridge; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., 382; 
New Physiological Laboratory and School, 417, 438; 
Cambridge University Previous Examination, 440; 
Cambridge British Flora, Dr. C. E. Moss, E. W. 
Hunnybun, 579; Cambridge County Geographies : 
Merionethshire, A. Morris, 580: Northumberland, S.R. 
Haselhurst, 580; Solar Physics Observatory, 594 
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion, Col. G. Hamilton- 
Browne, 28 
Camping in Crete, A. Trevor Battye: with Description of 
Cave Deposits by Dorothea M. A. Bate, 29 
Canada: Heaton’s Annual, 30; Mineral Industry, 216; 
Canadian Entomological Service, 226; Canadian 
