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Index 
Nature, 
March 26, 1914 
Auckland Harbour and Teredo, 410 
Auditory Ossicles, Mammalian, R. W. Palmer, 
Auditory Organ in Cetacea, Sir W. Turner, 520 
Aural Illusion, N. Alliston, 61; T. B. Blathwayt, 293 
Aurora, 458; Influence of Diameter on Potential at Elec- 
trodes of Neon Tubes, G. Claude, 731 
Australia: Gum Trees, G. H. Maiden, Dr. W. Botting 
Hemsley, F.R.S., 12; Fungus Diseases of Potato, D. 
McAlpine, 27; Abrolhos Isles, 379; Cabinet Timbers, 
R. T. Baker, 552; Australian Federal Territory in 
N.S.W., G. Taylor, 561; Australian Meeting of the 
British Association, 587; Discovery of Australia, W. B. 
Alexander, 715 
Azolla in Norfolk, W. E. Palmer, 233 
Aviation: L’Aviation, Prof. Painlevé, Prof. Borel, and 
C. Maurain, 28; Langley Laboratory, 107; la Théorie 
de l’Aviation, R. Gaston, 130; Resistance of the Air 
and Aviation, G. Eiffel, J. C. Hunsaker, 342; Flight 
of Birds, F. W. Headley, 368; Mechanics of the 
Aéroplane, Capt. Duchéne, J. H. Ledeboer and T. O’B. 
Hubbard, 368; Holes:in the Air, Prof. W. J. Hum- 
phreys, 493; Automatic Aéroplane Controls, Prof. 
G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 609; Prof. S. P. Langley and 
Aviation, 718; see Aéroplanes 
204 j 
Bacteriology : Household Bacteriology, Estelle D. Buchanan 
and Prof. R. E. Buchanan, 28; Alcohol Formation by 
Bacillus coli, E. C. Grey, 107; Soil Mycology, Prof. 
Kossowicz, 131; Practical Bacteriology, Microbiology, 
and Serum Therapy, Dr. A. Besson, Prof. H. J. 
Hutchens, D.S.O., 193; Elements of Water Bacterio- 
logy, S. C. Prescott and C, E. A. Winslow, 197; 
Bacteriology of Diphtheria, Drs. Loeffler and others, 
379 
Barometric Variability at Kimberley, J. R. Sutton, 391; 
Two-hourly Period in Diurnal Variation, M. M’C. 
Fairgrieve, 722 
Bees’ Homing Instinct, H. Fabre, 237 
Beit Memorial Fellowships, 492 
Bereozovsk Gold Deposit, C. W. Purington, 678 
Berlin Urania, 99; Berlin Meeting of Electrotechnical 
Commission, 109 
Bernina Plant-geography, Dr. Riibel, 162 
Biblical Criticism, Dr. M. G. Kyle, 658 
Biochemistry, 107 
Biography: Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz, 
G. R. Agassiz, Sir E, Ray Lankester, K.C.B., F.R.S., 
601; Works of John Caius, M.D., with Memoir by 
Dr. J. Venn, vi 
Biology : Essais de Synthése Scientifique, E. Rignano, 263 ; 
Contre la Métaphysique, F. Le Dantec, 263; the 
Microtomist’s Vade-Mecum, A. B. Lee, 290; Darwinism 
100 Years Ago, Dr. H. Gadow, F.R.S., 320; Prof. A. 
Dendy, F.R.S., 372; Remarkable Anticipation of 
Darwin, G. W. Sleeper, Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., 
588; Death of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., 
F.R.S., 322, 347; Alfred Russel Wallace Memorials, 
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., Prof. E. B. Poulton, 
F.R.S., and Rev. J. Marchant, 425; Gruppenweise 
Artbildung, Prof. H. de Vries, 395; Science of Human 
Behaviour, Dr. M. Parmelee, A. E. Crawley, 396; 
Growth of Spongilla lacustris, Prof. W. N. Parker, 
416; Problems of Genetics, W. Bateson, F.R.S., 497; 
Zonal Structure in Plants and Animals, Prof. E. 
Kiister, 532; Association of Economic Biologists, 541 ; 
Spontaneous Generation, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, F.R.S., 
579; Dr. H. Charlton Bastian, F.R.S., 579, 685; 
Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S., and Prof. V. H. Black- 
man, F.R.S., 660; Liquid Air as a Fixative, Prof. 
H. H. Dixon, 609; Instinct and Experience, Prof. 
C. Ll. Morgan, F.R.S., 627; Messmates, E. Step, viii 
Biology, Aquatic: Coloured Organisms on Sea-sand, Prof. 
Herdman, F.R.S., 5; the Substratum and Growth of 
Elodea, Dr. W. H. Brown, 54; Red-water due to 
Euglena, H. A. Wager, 96; Distribution of Phreatoicus, 
Dr. C. Chilton, 98; New Aquatic Annelid, Rev. H. 
Friend, 132; Plankton Distribution, C. O. Esterly, 241; 
Amcebze in Sponges, &c., J. H. Orton, 371, 606; Prof. 
A. Dendy, F.R.S., 399, 479; G.'P. Bidder, 479; 
Biology of Lake of Tiberias, Prof. T. Barrois, Dr. N. 
Annandale, Rev. T. R. R, Stebbing, F.R.S., 480 
Bird-migration, 171; Rings placed on Wild Birds, H, F. 
Witherby, 326; Routes, Horace Darwin, F.R.S., 370; 
Migratory Movements in 1911-12, 635 ; 
Birds: Scottish Ornithology, 1912, Leonora J, Rintoul and 
Evelyn V. Baxter, 171; Jahresbericht (1911) der Vogel- 
warte Rossitten, Prof. J. Thienemann, 228; Food of 
some British Wild Birds, W. E. Collinge, 228; Bodley — 
Head Natural History, E. D. Cuming, J. A. Shepherd, 
228; Home-life of the Terns, W. Bickerton, 294; the 
Charm of the Hills, S. Gordon, 294; Wild-life and the 
Camera, A. R. Dugmore, 294; Notes, 303, 726; Flight, 
F. W. Headley, 368; Protection Committee, 378; 
Peroneal Muscles, Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, 441; 
Protection in Egypt, 455; British Birds’ Nests, R. 
Kearton, C. Kearton, 504; Our Vanishing Wild Life, 
Dr. W. T. Hornaday, 504; Our Common Sea-birds, 
Percy R. Lowe, 688; Bird Life throughout the Year, 
Dr. J. H. Salter, 688; Wild Life on the Wing, M. D. 
Haviland, 688; Willow-titmouse, T. A. Coward, 704 
Birds’ Plumage for Wear: Prohibition in United States, © 
48, 105; the Plumage Bill, Sir H. H. Johnston, 
G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 428, 501; Dr. H. O. Forbes, 476; 
L. Joseph, 501; a Woman’s Protest, 685; Plumage for 
Artificial Flies, Sir H. Maxwell, 562; Importation and 
French Trade, 617 
Birmingham: Handbook for Birmingham and Neighbour- 
hood, 48; Meeting of the British Association, 31, 65; 
Honorary Degrees at the University, 67 
Birth-rate Commission, 298 
Bismarck Archipelago and Melanesia, Dr. G, Friederici, 
S. H. Ray, 471 
Bison, an Extinct, Dr. O. P. Hay, 563 
Bleaching Agents, Action on Various Colouring Matters, 
R. L. Taylor, 546 
Blennius gattorugine, Tentacles of, H. A. Baylis, 624 
Blood, Laws of Absorption of Carbon Monoxide by, M. 
Nicloux, 521 
Blue, Egyptian, Dr. A. P. Laurie and others, 440 
Bodley Head Natural History: British Birds, 
Cuming, J. A. Shepherd, 228 
Books: Forthcoming Books of Science, 180; Cambridge 
University Press, 353 
Boric Acid in Food, Estimation, G. Bertrand, 625 
Botany : 
General: Fresh-water Flora of Germany, Austria, and 
Switzerland, Prof. A. Pascher, 60; Renascence Flora 
on Killiney Hill, N. Colgan, 84; Manual Flora of 
Egypt, Dr. R. Muschler, 162; Bush Days, Amy E, 
Mack, 162; Flora of Bristol, J. W. White, 162; 
Pflanzengeographische Monographie des 
gebietes, Dr, E. Riibel, 162; das Pflanzenreich, A. 
Engler, 162; Lime Chlorosis of Green Plants, P. Mazé 
and others, 192; International Congress in London in 
1914, 203; Plant Life, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 397,; Wild 
Flower Preservation, May Coley, 397; Transpiration, 
Sir F. Darwin, 440; Travels of Sir J. Hooker in 
Sikkim Himalaya, 440; Trees in Winter, Dr. M. F. 
Blakeslee and Dr. C. D. Jarvis, 504; Death of Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 506; Algerian Sahara, Dr. 
~W. A. Cannon, 509; Vegetation for Reclaiming Tidal 
Lands, G. O. Case, 578; Cultivation of Sea-weeds in 
Japan, Prof. K. Yendo, 598; School Gardening, A. 
‘Logan; G. W. S. Brewer, 604; Botanical Congress in 
London, 1915, 667; Messmates, E. Step, viii 
Special : Eucalyptus, J. H. Maiden, W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., 
’ 12; Water-lilies, Sir F. W. Moore, 17 ; Natural Hybridism 
in Genus Grevillea, J. J. Fletcher, 157; Geraniacez, 
R. Knuth, 162; Goodeniaceze and Brunoniacee, K. 
Krause, 162; Azolla in Norfolk, W. E. Palmer, 233; 
Acclimatisation of Novius cardinalis in France, P. 
Marchal, 258; Pollination of the Kaffir Bread Tree, 
R. Marloth, 259; Juvenile Flowering in Eucalyptus 
globulus, Prof. F. E. Weiss, 335; Development of the 
Natural Order Myrtaceze, E. C. Andrews, 336; New 
Mimicry Plant, R. Marloth, 391; Toadstools and Mush- 
rooms, E. Step, 397; Sterility in Daphne odora, 
Osawa, 484: Hybericum desetangsii in Britain, C. E. 
Salmon, 546; Bothrodendron kiltorkense, Prof. T. 
Johnson, 599 
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