INDEX 



" Abdominal Ribs " in Lacertilia, l-'rank. E. Bedtlard, 



F.R.S., (1 

 Abney (Sir W. de W.. K.C.B., F.R.S.), Colour Photographs 



shown by Spectrum Colours, 6S 

 Aboriginal American Basketry, Report of the Smithsonian 



Institution, Otis Tufton Mason, 199 

 Abriss der Biologie der Tiere, Prof. H. Simroth, 70 

 Absorption, Variation of Atmospheric, Prof. S. P. Ijangley, 



For.M.R.S., iqS 

 Academies, the International Association of, 10(1, 127 

 Ackroyd (William), Radium and Milk, ,S5 ; Action of Radium 

 Rays on the Halides of the .\lkali Metals, and Analogous 

 Effects produced by Heat, 95 ; British Association and 

 Referees, 627 

 Acoustics : Method of Mechanically Reinforcing Sounds, 

 T. C. Porter, 6q ; Experiment Illustrating Harmonic 

 Undertones, H. Knapman, 202 

 Acquired Characters, Inheritance of, D. E. Hutchins, 6 

 Action of Metals on Photographic Plates, Prof. J. Jolv, 



F.R.S.. 395 

 Adams (Mr.), Radial Velocity of the Orion Nebula, 2S5 

 Adams (W. S.), Radial Velocities of the Pleiades, 230 

 Adaptation, Evolution and, Thomas Hunt Morgan, 313 

 Adaptive Colours of Eyes. A. Vincent Napier, 424 

 Adie (R. H.), Atomic Weight of Bismuth, 142 

 Aeronautics : International .-Veronautical Balloon and Kite 

 Ascents during January to March, 37 ; Scientific Balloon 

 Ascents, 445 ; a New Aeroplane Flying Machine, Senor 

 .Alvares, 510; .\tmospheric Friction, A. F. Zahni, 558 

 Africa : Annual Meeting of the South African Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, 41 ; the Education of 

 Examiners, E. B. Sargant at the South African Associ- 

 ation for Advancement of Science, 63 ; the Essential Kalir, 

 Dudley Kidd, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., 55; the 

 Forest-pig of Central Africa, Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., 

 577; Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., 601; Dr. P. L. 

 Sclater, F.R.S., 626; Transactions of the South African 

 Philosophical Society, vol. xiii.. Descriptive Catalogue of 

 the Coleoptera of South Africa, P. P^ringuey, 625 ; the 

 Engineer in South Africa, Stafford Ransome, Supp. to 

 May 5, xiv 

 Agriculture : the Fat of the Land, the Story of an American 

 Farm, J. \V. .Streeter, 4 ; Trade in Indigo between India 

 and Aleppo, 12 ; the Available Energy of Timothy Hay, 

 Messrs. .Armsby and Fries, 132 ; the Practice of Soft 

 Cheese-making, C. W. Walker-Tisdale and T. R. Robin- 

 son, 137 ; Influence of Potash Salts on the Agricultural 

 Production of Prussia, Dr. Carl Ochsenius, 160 : Recent 

 Publications in Agricultural .Science, 162 ; Field Oper- 

 ations of the Division of Soils, 1902, Milton Whitney, 

 162 ; Monographie Agricole du Pas-de-Calais, M. Tribor- 

 deau, 162 ; the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of England, 162 ; the Depopulation of Rural Districts in 

 France in the Canton of Donnemarie-en-Montois, Dr. 

 A. F. Plicque, 201 ; the Effect of the Long-continued L'se 

 -' Sodium Nitrate on the Constitution of the Soil, A. D. 

 Hall, 238 ; Method for the Mechanical Analysis of Soils, 

 T. Crook, 263 ; the Present State of Agricultural Educa- 



tion in England, 297 ; the .Agricultural Education Con- 

 ference at Gloucester, 016; Eftlcacy of Artificial Clouds in 

 Preventing Late Frosts, M. Bignon, 304 ; Agricultural 

 Notes, 310; Development of Black Rot, P. Viala and 

 P. Pacottet, 312 ; Dictionnaire des Engrais et des Pro- 

 duits chimiques agricoles, E. S. Bellenoux, 305 ; Milk 

 Investigation at Garforth, Dr. C. Crowther, 446 ; Argen- 

 tine Shows and Live Stock, Prof. Robert Wallace, 504 ; 

 Ant Discovered which Preys on Cotton Boll-Weevil, 511 ; 

 Sheep Dipping, 534 ; Inoculating the Ground, Gilbert 

 Grosvenor, 581 ; Disease-proof Potatoes, (106 ; the Com- 

 position of Transvaal Soils, H. Ingle, 632 ; sae also British 

 Association 



.\ir : Radio-activity of Russian Muds and Electrification of 

 Air by Metals, Prof. I. Borgmann, So 



-Aitken (Mr.), New Elements and Ephemeris for Comet 

 1904 a, 256 



.\laska, vol. iii.. Glaciers and Glaciation, G. K. Gilbert ; 

 vol. iv.. Geology and Pala:;ontology, B. K. Emerson, 

 C. Palache, W. H. Dall, E. O. 'Ulrich, and F. H. 

 Knowlton, 217 



Alaska Expedition, Harriman, vol. v., Cryptogamic Botany; 

 vols. viii. and ix., Insects; vol. .x. Crustaceans, 314 



.\lbrecht (Prof.), Provisional Results of the International 

 Latitude Service, 87 



.\lgebra. Elementary, W. M. Baker, 47S 



Alippi (Tito), Possible Relationship of Boniiiti and Bombiti 

 to Seismic Movements, 309 



Alkaloids, the Vegetable, with Particular Reference to their 

 Chemical Constitution, Dr. Ami Pictet, 526 



Allbutt (Prof. Clifford, F.R.S.), the Prevention of Disease, 

 60 ; the Relation of Oxidation to Functional Activity, 593 



.'Mien (G. M.), Heredity of the Colour of the Coat in 

 Domesticated Breeds of the Common Mouse, 352 



Allman (Prof. G. J., F.R.S.), Death of, 59 ; Obituary Notice 

 of, 83 



Alternating Current Transformer, F. G. Baum, 122 



Aluminium in Vegetable Products, &c.. Occurrence of, C. F. 

 Langworthy and P. T. Austen, 505 



Alvares (Senor), a New .Aeroplane Flying Machine, 510 



.\mati (.Amato), Death of, 107 



Ameghino (F.), Recherches de Morphologie phylog^n^tique 

 sur les Molaires superieures des Ongul^s, 301 



America : Reports of the Mosely Educational Commission 

 to the United States of .America, 10 ; Origin of Plants 

 Common to Europe and .America, .\. T. Drummond, 55 ; 

 an American Treatise on Naval Architecture, Sir W. H. 

 White, K.C.B., F.R.S., 121; .Aboriginal American 

 Basketry, Report of the Smithsonian Institution, Otis 

 Tufton Mason, 199 ; Education of the .American Engineer, 

 231; Geological Surveys of the United States, 256; 

 American Big Game, 266 ; .Morth America (the Regions 

 of the World Series), Prof. Israel C. Russell, 289 : Fossil 

 Vertebrates in the .American Museum of Natural History, 

 Department of Vertebrate Pala;ontology, 320 ; American 

 Vachting, W. P. Stephens, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 421 



.Among the Garden People, Clara D. Pierson, 29 



