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Nature, 

 .'euibey 24, 1910 



Nicolle (Charles), Properties of the Serum of Convalescents 

 and Animals Cured of Exanthematic Typhus, 456 



Niedere I'fianzen, Dr. R. Timm, 326 



Nijland (Prof.), the Maximum of Mira in 1909, 273 



Nikaido (Y.), Beet Sugar Making and its Chemical Control, 

 424 



Niles (Prof. William H.), Death of, 370, 468 



Nomenclature of Radio-activity, the, Norman R. Campbell, 

 203 



Nordenskjold (Dr. O.), die Polarwelt und ihre Nachbar- 

 lander, 236 ; Glacial Erosion, 442 



Nordmann (M.), Halley's Comet, 19 



Norfolk Broads, Life and Sport on the, in the Golden Days, 

 Oliver G. Ready, 466 



Norwegian and Other Fish Tales, Bradnock Hall, 69 



Nottinghamshire, Dr. H. H. Swinnerton, 527 



Novvikoff (Dr. M.), Structure, Development, and Signific- 

 ance of the Parietal Eye of Saurians, 469 



Nubia, the Archfeological Survey of, Prof. G. Elliot Smith 

 and Dr. D. E. Derry, 406 



Observatories : Harvard College Observatory, Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 86 ; Reports of Meteorological Observatories, 

 123 ; the United States Naval Observatory, 152 ; Mars in 

 1909 as Seen at the Lowell Observatory, Prof. Percival 

 Lowell, 172 ; the Paris Observatory, M. BaiUaud, 272 ; 

 the Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington, 404 ; 

 Transactions of the Astronomical Observatory of Yale 

 University, Parallax Investigations on Thirty-five Selected 

 Stars by Frederick L. Chase, Mason F. Smith, and 

 William L. Elkin, 433 ; Liste des Observatoires Magn^- 

 tiques et des Observatoires S^ismologiques, E. Merlin and 

 O. .Somville, 460 ; the Cambridge Observatory, Sir Robert 

 Ball, 472 ; Prof. Newall, 472 ; Bremen " Meteorological 

 Year-book," 1909, 546; Liverpool Observatory (1909), 

 546: Royal Albert Observatory, Mauritius (1909), 546; 

 Transvaal Meteorological Department (1908-9), 546; 

 Deutsche iiberseeische meteorologische Beobachtungen, 

 546 



Oceanography : Report of the Danish Oceanographic Ex- 

 pedition, 116; Deep-sea Observations in the North 

 Atlantic made by the Michael Sars Expedition, 149 : 

 Expedition Antarctique Beige, R^sultats du Voyage du 

 S.Y. Belgica en 1897-8-9, sous le Commandement de A. 

 de Gerlache de Gomery, Rapports scientifiques, Oceano- 

 graphic — les Glaces — Glace de Mer et Banquises, H. 

 -Arctowski, 205 



Occultation, an Interesting, Arthur Burnet, 73 



Odontology : Our Teeth, R. Denison Pedley and Frank 

 Harrison, 237 



Okada (Dr. T.), Application of the Method of Correlation 

 to Investigations of the Connection between Meteoro- 

 logical Elements at Different Places, 470 



Oldham (C), the Mammals and Birds of Cheshire, 175 ; 

 the Reptiles and Amphibians of Cheshire, 175 



Oliver (R. B.), Flora and Plant Formations of the 

 Kermadec, 543 



Olivier (Dr. Louis), Death of, 245 ; Obituary Notice of, 269 



Onnes (H. Kamerlingh), Rectilinear Diameter of Oxvgcn, 

 131, 262 



Ooze and Irrigation, Rev. Hilderic Friend, 39, 70; .'\. R. 

 Horwood, 40 



Ophthalmology : Experimental Ocular Action of the Dust 

 on Tarred Roads, H. True and C. Fleig, 456 



Optics : Relation of Light-perception to Colour Perception, 

 Dr. F. W. Edridge-Green, 62 ; Instruments optiques 

 d'Observation et de Mesure, Jules Raibaud, 68 ; the 

 Pressure of Light against the Source, the Recoil from 

 flight, Baknrian Lecture at Royal Society, Prof. J. H. 

 Poynting, F.R.S., and Dr. Guy Barlow, 139; Curious 

 \'isual Phenomenon Resulting from Stimulation of the 

 Alacular Region of the Retina, Dr. J. C. Hubbard, 148 ; 

 Colour Vision at the Ends of the Spectrum, Rt. Hon. 

 Lord Rayleigh, CM., F.R.S., 204; Tests for Colour 

 Vision, 208 ; Commander D. Wilson-Barker, 363 ; Colour- 

 blindness and Colour-perception, Dr. F. W. Edridge- 

 Green, 263; Colour-vision, R. M. Deeley, 267; Tests for 

 Colour-blindness Dr. F. W. Edridge-Green, 495 ; the 

 Reviewer, 495 ; .Sight Tests in the Mercantile Slarine, 

 537 ; Influence of Uniformity and Contrast on the Amount 



of Light Required, H. Bohle, 422 ; the Thomas Young 

 Oration at the Optical Society, Prof. R. \V. Wood, 443 



Orangia, Geological and Archaeological Notes on, J. P. 

 Johnson, 465 



Orationes et Epistote Cantabrigicnses (1876-1909), Dr. 

 John Edwin Sandys, Dr. R. Y. Tyrrell, 35 



Orchid, a New Italian, W. Herbert Cox, 104 



Ore Deposits, the Geology of, H. H. Thomas and D. A. 

 MacAlister, 293 



Ore Deposits of South Africa, the, J. P. Johnson, 293 



Ore Deposits, Structure and Distribution of, 198 



Ornithology : the Fifth International Congress of Ornith- 

 ologists, 53 ; Polyglot List of Birds in Turki, Manchu, 

 and Chinese, Dr. E. D. Ross, 186 ; Playing-grounds and 

 Nests of the Yellow-spotted Bower-bird {Chlamydodera 

 giittala), F. L. Whitlock, 186; a History of the Birds of 

 Kent, Norman F. Ticehurst, 241 ; an Undescribed 

 Feather Element, Fredk. J. Stubbs, 329 ; W. P. Pycraft, 

 436; Prof. R. V. Lendenfeld, 436; Death of William 

 liarl Dodge Scott, 340 ; a History of Birds, W. P. 

 Pycraft, 367 ; Bird Notes, 378 ; Nature and Meaning of 

 the Colours of Birds, Dr. H. Gadow, 378 ; Feeding 

 Habits of the Razor-bill, W. Frohawk, 378 ; Instinct and 

 Intelligence in Birds, Prof. F. H. Herrick, 378; Catalogo 

 Sistematico y Descriptive de las Aves de la Republica 

 Argentina, Roberto Dabbene, 427 ; Report of Migration 

 Committee for 1908-g, 469 ; Nomenclature of Some 

 British Birds, Dr. Hartert, 504 



"Orocoma," a Singular Mammal called, Kumagusu 

 Minokata, 40 



Orthoptera of Western Europe, a Synopsis of the, Dr. 

 Malcolm Burr, 39 



Ortmann (Dr. A. E.), on a Theory that a Connection 

 between Africa and South America Persisted into the 

 Tertiary, 89 



Orton (Dr. H.), Rontgen-rav Diagnosis, 153 



Osaka (Y.), Solubility of Ether in Water, 248 



Oscroft (P. W.), a Manual of Elementary Practical 

 Chemistry for Use in the Laboratory, 266 



Oswald (Dr. Felix), Trans-Himalaya, 180 ; Tectonic De- 

 velopment of the Armenian Highlands, 437 



Ouachita Valley, Antiquities of the, Clarence B. Moore, 

 Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 129 



Oxford University, the Reform of, 331 



Oxley (A. E.), Apparatus for a Production of Circularly 

 Polarised Light, 5:5 



Packer (Dr. E.), the Perseid Meteoric Shower, 24S 



Page (L. W.), Systems of Road Administration, 162 



Paget (Cecil W.), Running-shed Practice, 155 



Pahlen (Herr v. d.), Halley's Comet, 86 



Painlev6 (Prof. Paul), 1 'Aviation, 229 



Paint, Luminous, R. G. Durrant, 530 



Painting, Greek and Roman Methods of. Some Comments 

 on the Statements Made by Pliny and Vitruvius about 

 Wall and Panel Painting, Dr. A. P. Laurie, 265 



Palaiobotany : Plant-remains from the Cretaceous of Mesa 

 Verde, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 89 ; Studies on the 

 Structure and Affinities of Cretaceous Plants, Dr. Marie C. 

 Stopes and Prof. K. Fujii, 129; Expedition Antarctique 

 Beige, R^sultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897— 8-g 

 sous le Commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery, 

 Rapports scientifiques, Quelques Plantes Fossiles des 

 Magellaniques, Prof. A. Gilkinet, 205 ; Plant Remains in 

 the Scottish Peat Mosses, Francis J. Lewis, 227; 

 Remains of a Triassic Forest in Arizona, Dr. E. C. 

 Jeffrey, 247 ; Fossil Remains of a Conifer, Dr. E. C. 

 Jeffrey, 247 ; Some Recent Studies of Fossil Plants, 473 ; 

 Fossil Plants, a Text-book for Students of Botany and 

 Geology, Prof. A. C. Seward, F.R.S., 490; the Relation 

 of PalEeobotany to Plant-phylogeny, Prof. Penhallow, 

 505 ; Ancient Plants, being a Simple Account of the Past 

 Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important 

 Discoveries made in this Realm of Nature Study, Dr. 

 Marie C. Stopes, 523 ; an Irish Pteridosperm, Prof. T. 

 Johnson, 531 



PaIa>ontographical Society, loi 



PnliEontology : Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the 

 Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural His- 

 tory), Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 8; Fossil Vertebrates 



