Index 



t Nature, 



December 7, 1 



Astronom) (i ontinued) : 



Polaris, Variability of, Dr. E. Hertzsprung, 373 ; 

 Spectrum of P Cygni, P. Merrill, 563 ; Tabli of 

 Maxima and Minima, Harvard Annals, Miss Cannon, 



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Sun: Sim Dial found at lemple of Basa in the Sudan, 

 J. I. Craig, 392; Calcium Vapour in the Solar Atmo- 

 sphere, C. E. St. John, 460 



Sun, Eclipses : Early Babylonian Eclipses of the Sun, E. 

 Nevill, 136; Photographs of the 1898 Total Solar 

 Eclipse, H. Terao, Prof. S. Hiroyama, 529 ; Total 

 Solar Eclipse, Tasmania, May, 1910, F. K. McClean 

 and others, C. P. Butler, 24 ; Solar Eclipse of April 

 28, 1911 : Expedition to Tau Island, Dr. L. A. Bauer, 

 90; Solar Eclipse of April 17, 1912, 529 



Sun, Prominences : Movements of the Solar Prominences, 

 H. Deslandres, 169 ; Prominences in 1909, Prof. Ricco, 

 193; Prominences Observed on April 28, 191 1 (Day of 

 Eclipse), Prof. Ricco, 258 



Sun-spots and Planets, Possible Relations between, S. 

 Stratton, 499 



Sun, Spectrum : Absorption Markings in " K " Spectro- 

 heliograms, Albert Alfred Buss, no; J. Evershed, 

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Sun, Theory : Experiments, with a Magnetic Globe as 

 Kathode in a Discharging Vessel, bearing on Solar 

 Theory, Prof. Kr. Birkeland, 306 ; Electrical Constitu- 

 tion of the Sun, Kr. Birkeland, 408 ; Theory of Pro- 

 duction of Solar Phenomena by Solar Emission of /3 

 and 7 Rays, Dr. A. Brester, jun., 228; Velocities of 

 Rotation of the Black Filaments (Flocculi) in the 

 Upper Layer of the Solar Atmosphere, H. Deslandres, 

 L. d'Azambuja, 306 



Sun, Velocity, Radial, of the, and Doppler's Principle, A. 

 Cotton, 12S 



Zodiacal Light : Zodiacal Light Observation, A. R. 

 Hinks, 497 ; Zodiacal Light Observation in Steiermark, 

 Josef Sedhicek. 337 

 Aurora . a Pseudo-aurora, Sir Lauder Brunton, Bart., 



F.R.S., 27S, J. S. Grey, 347; Photography of Aurora for 



Altitude, Prof. Carl Stbrmer, 91 ; the a-Ray Theory of 



Aurora Borealis, L. Vegard, 213 

 Australia, Eastern, Structure of, E. C. Andrews, 88 



Bacillus coli : as Cause of Bud-rot, a Disease of the Coco- 

 nut Plant, J. R. Johnston, 414; Artificial Production of a 

 Permanent Variety of, Cecil Revis, 494 

 Bacteriology : Fixation of Nitrogen by the Bacteria Azoto- 

 bacter and Pseudomonas, Prof. Bottomley, 536 ; Hand- 

 buch der landwirthschaftlichen Bakteriologie, Dr. F. 

 Lohnis, 480; Landwirthschaftlich-bakteriologisches Prak- 

 tikum, Dr. F. Lohnis, 480; Bacterial Diseases of 

 Plants, Prof. Potter, 535 ; Bacterial Disease of Plantains 

 and Bananas in Trinidad, J. B. Rorer, 151 

 Beagle, the End of the, Capt. H. C. Shoosmith, 45 

 Beans, Ignatius, of Commerce, A. W. Hill, 527 

 Bees : the Bees of the Solomon Islands, Prof. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, 204 ; the Lore of the Honey-bee, Tickner 

 Edwardes, 76 

 Biblical Natural History Exhibition, 263 

 Biochemical Significance of Phosphorus, Miss Caird, 393 

 Biology : New Annelids in the Royal Gardens at Kew, 

 Rev. Hilderic Friend, 558; die Konstitution der Pro- 

 tistenkerne und ihre Bedeutung fur die Zellenlehre, Prof. 

 Max Hartmann, C. Clifford Dobell, 343 ; Survival and 

 Reproduction : a New Biological Outlook, H. Kein- 

 heimer, Prof. J. S. Macdonald, F.R.S., 206; Peri- 

 diniopsis asymctrica and Peridinium Paulseni, L. 

 Mangin, 575 ; History of Biology, Dr. L. C. Miall, 

 F.R.S., 8; Influence of Electricity on Growth of Micro- 

 organism-, prof. Priestley, Mis- Lee, 535; Paramaecium 

 aurelia and P. caudatum, I.. Woodruff, 303 

 Biology. Marine : Plankton Net for Vertical Hauls in 

 Rough Sea, H. J. Buchanan-Wollaston, 260; Seasonal 

 Variations of Marine Organisms, Dr. Wm. J. Dakin, 

 18S; the Oban Pennatulida again, Prof. W. A. Herd- 

 man, F.R.S., 77; Plankton Studies on the West Coast 

 of Scotland and in the Irish Sea, Prof. Herdman and 

 Wm. Riddell, 262 ; Correlation of Plankton Distribution 

 with Bacterial Activity, B. Issatschenko, 371 ; Valuation 

 of the Sea: Animal Lit. ol the Sea-bottom, its Food and 



Quantity, C. G. J. Petersen, P. Boysen Jensen, 530; 

 Invertebrate Marine Fauna of the South Sandwich Isles, 

 Various, 560 

 Biology, Plant : Plant-life on Land considered in some of 

 its Biological Aspects, Prof. F. O. Bower, F.R.S., 43 ; 

 Prinzipien der Physikalisch-Kausalen Bliitenbiologie : in 

 ihrer Anwendung auf Bau und Entstehung des Bliiten- 

 apparates der Cruciferen, Dr. A. Giinthart, 378; Influ- 

 ence of Electricity on Respiration of Germinating Seeds, 

 Prof. Priestley, Mr. Knight, 535 

 Biometrical Ideas in Biology, Prof. R. Pearl, 226 

 Birds : Bittern Breeding in* Norfolk, Miss E. L. Turner, 

 390 ; the British Bird Book, 350 ; Coccidiosis in Game- 

 birds and Poultry, 256 ; Colinus virginianus (Virginian 

 Quail), 97; Corn-crake, Scarcity, J. H. Gurney, 97; 

 the Drought and the Birds, Charlie Woods, 247 ; 

 Extermination for Millinery in Australia, 191 ; Fulmar 

 Petrels, Breeding Colony in Caithness, A. H. Meikle- 

 john, 199, in Mayo, R. J. Ussher, 391 ; Hen's 

 Comb, Increase of, Prior to Egg-laying, Geoffrey Smith, 

 335 ; Humming-bird, New, from an Altitude of 3000 feet 

 in Panama, 302 ; Jack-snipe, Colouring, F. J. Stubbs, 

 199; New Zealand Bush Birds, J. C. McLean, 302; 

 Nightingale Distribution in Great Britain, Mr. Tice- 

 hurst, Mr. Jourdain, 97 ; Owls, Lights attributed to 

 Luminous, Miss Dobbs, C. B. Moffat, 200; Ravens of 

 India, Dr. P. T. L. Dodsworth, 474 ; Rufous Scrub- 

 bird (Atrichornis rufescens), Nesting Haunts, S. W. 

 Jackson, 96; Starling's Deception, Basil T. Rowswell, 

 550; Woodpeckers, Food of American, F. E. L. Beal, 

 199. Bird Migration : Migration of Godwits from Siberia 

 to New Zealand, 18; Migration of Storks, A. L. Thomp- 

 son, 96; Migration Rush in Ireland, R. M. Barrington, 

 97; Collection of Information by Placing Rings on Birds' 

 Feet, Aberdeen University Inquiry, Prof. J. A. Thomson, 

 335 



Bird Notes, 96, 199 

 Blind : Feeling at a Distance as a Factor in the Power of 

 Orientation possessed by the Blind, 272 ; Blind Beetle 

 from Queensland, A. M. Lea, 507 

 Blood : Chemistry of Blood, E. C. Grey, 204 ; Value of 



Meyer's Reagent, A. Sartory, 102 

 Books : Forthcoming Books of Science, 461, 537 

 Botany : 



General : the Senior Botany, Prof. F. Cavers, 513; Obso- 

 lete Botanical and Zoological Systems, L. C. M., 144, 

 M. Niblett, 315; Plant Protection Scheme, the Selborne 

 Society, 559 ; Links with the Past in the Plant World : 

 British Association Evening Discourse, Prof. A. C. 

 Seward, F.R.S., 502; das Pflanzenreich : Regni 

 vegetabilis conspectus, W. Wangerin, F. Pax, 

 H. Wolff, L. Diels, 276 ; Handbuch der systematischen 

 Botanik, Prof. R. R. v. Wettstein, 308 ; a (Polyglot) 

 Dictionary of Plant Names, H. L. Gerth van Wijk, 

 W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 205 ; Studies of Trees 

 and Flowers, M. Wrigley, Annie L. Smith, 380 

 Special: Conifera?, Distribution in Past Epochs, &c, 

 Dr. A. W. Gothan, 88; (1) Dioscorca bulbifera, Linn., 

 Polarity of the Bulbils of, (2) Further Spreading of 

 Croton sparsiflorus, I. H. Burkill, 474; Eucalyptus, a 

 Critical Revision of the Genus, J. H. Maiden, W. 

 Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 244; Jute, a New Variety of 

 the Common, I. H. Burkill, R. S. Finlow, 474; Peach 

 Tree, Case of Variation by Budding in the, Ed. 

 Griffon, 408; Pittosporum undulatum, Andr., Fertilisa- 

 tion of, T. Steel, 204 ; Pterohelaeus and Saragus, 

 Revision of, with Descriptions of New Species of 

 Australian Tenebrionidaj, H. J. Carter, 204; Solatium 

 Maglia, Cultural Bud Mutations of, E. Heckel, 272 ; 

 Spachaea perforata Tree: only known Specimen h St. 

 Vincent, 88 

 '•'' ■■■■ ' ■i/'lm .1/ : S. Urican Proteaceae, Works and Publi- 

 cations dealing with, E. P. Phillips, 170; New 

 S Vfl Can Succulents and other Plants, R, Mar- 

 loth, 136 ; N. American Species of Panicum, Dr. 

 A. S. Hitchcock, Miss A. Chase, iS ; At 

 Plants Suitable for Gardens, Parks, Timln 1 K- 

 serves, &C, W. R. Guilfoyle, 37; Australian Im 

 tricina, Revision of, E. Meyrick, 204; Carolina, V. 

 Plant Life in Shallow Lakes in. W. II. Brown, 303; 

 Ceylon, Revised Catalogue of the Indigenous Flower- 

 ing Plants and Ferns of, Dr. J. C. Willis, 549 ; Java : 



