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of Easter Day, Dr. A. M. W. Downing, 571; The 
Pole Effect in the Iron Arc, Dr. St. John and Mr. 
Babcock, 628; Annual Review of Astronomy (1914), 
P. Puiseux, 628; Tube Arc Spectrum of Iron, Dr. 
A. S. King, 713 
Astronomical Society of France, Recent Bulletins of the, 
437 
Astronomische Nachrichten, Recent Papers in the, 
os 
Bistiolamye Annual Review of, 1914, P. Puiseux, 628; 
and the War, 242; the Photograph in, E. C. Slipher, 
548; in America, 46 
Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, 138 
Athenaeum, Subject Index to Periodicals, 527, 636 
242, 
Atlas, Bacon’s Sixpenny Contour, South-east England 
edition, 31 
Atmospheric Dispersion, Effect of, S. Chevalier, 223; 
Atmospheric Electrical Observations taken by the 
Carnegie, Dr. W. F. G. Swann, 682 
August: Meteors, W. F. Denning, 683; Perseids, 712 
Aurora, the Great, of June 16, 1915; Prof. E. E. Barnard, 
536, 703 
Australia: Birds of, G. M. Mathews, 404; Native Fauna of, 
Extermination of, W. H. Le Souef, 329; the Butterflies 
of, G. A. Waterhouse and G. Lyell, 114 
Australian : Antarctic Expedition, the, 260; Culicide, F. H. 
Taylor, 665; Neuroptera, part ii., Esben-Petersen, 553; 
Observatories, Control of, 713; Sea-urchin, Shortened 
Development of an, Dr. T. Nortensen, 665; Solar 
Observatory, Demand for, P. H. Baracchi, 301; Stone 
Implements, Miss A. C, Breton, 124 
Australasia, a Geography of, G. Taylor, 31 
Australasian: Association, Postponement of 1916 Meeting, 
649; Pharmaceutical Conference, Postponement of 1916 
Meeting, 649 
Austro-Italian Mountain Frontiers, Miss F. C. Albrecht, 402 
Autotomy, the Reflexes of, J. H. Paul, 552 
Autunite, A. F. Hallimond, sor 
Avezzano Earthquake of January 13, the, Dr. C. Davison, 
76; C. H. Beal, 439 
Babylon: the Excavations at, Dr. R. Koldewey, translated 
by A. S. Johns, 292; the Resurrection of, Rev. Dr. C. J. 
Ball, 292 
Bacillus verdunensis, Cytology of the, H. Pénau, 552 
Bacteria in Petrified Alge, Dr. C. D. Walcott, 381 
Bakerian Lecture on X-rays and Crystalline Structure, 
Prof. W. H. Bragg, 109 
Balkan Peoples, Anthropometry of the, E. Pittard, 389 
Baly Gold Medal, the, of the Royal College of Physicians 
awarded to Dr. F. Gowland Hopkins, 622 
Banana Flour from Jamaica, 652 
Band Spectrum, the, associated with Helium, Prof. J. W. 
Nicholson, 445 
Bantu Natives, Anthropological Notes on, C. D. Maynard 
and Dr. G. A. Turner, 213 
Barnard Gold Medal of Columbia University, awarded to 
Prof. W. H. Bragg and W. L. Bragg, 327 
Barnard’s, Prof., Astronomical Photographs, Dr. W. J. S. 
Lockyer, 485 
Barometric: Gradient, the, and Earthquakes, Prof. Terada, 
Dr. Hasegawa, and Dr. Nakamur, 461; Height in the 
British Isles, Correlation between Changes in, E. H. 
Chapman, 306 
Basal Silurian Formations of Eastern North America, the, 
C. Schuchert, 553 
Bases, the Simpler Natural, Prof. G. Barger, 116 
Basic Lead Acetate Solutions, R. F. Jackson, 125 
Battle Weather in Western Europe, C. Harding, 473 
B. coli in Pasteurised Millx, S. H. Ayres and W. T. John- 
son, jun., 153 
Beaufort Scale, New Scale of Velocity Equivalents, 270 
Beauly and Inverness, the Country round, Dr. J. Horne and 
Dr. B. N. Peach, 242 
Beer: Specific Gravity of, 269; the “Original” Specific 
Gravity of, C. Simmonds, 150 
Beetles, New Species of, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 490 
Behavicr, Prof. J. B. Watson, 85 
Beit Fellowships for Scientific Research, Elections to, 581 
Benares : Hindu University Bill, 278; University at, 109 
Index 

XXV 
Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa Fishery Department, Report of, 
T. Southwell, 97 
Benzofulvanol and Benzofulvene, 
Courtot, 251 
Bergeilund Botanic Garden, 
Director of the, 517 
Berlin University, Lectures in the, 248 
Bessemer Gold Medal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 327 
Beverages of the Far East, Takahashi, 571 
Biological Puzzle, a, 38 
Biology: Applied, Recent Work in, 332; Importance of a 
Knowledge of, Surgeon-Genl. W. B. Bannermann, 51; 
Inexact Analogies in, Dr. F. A. Bather, 178; the Place 
of, in Human Knowledge and Endeavour, Dr. J. S. 
Haldane, 465 
Biometrics and Man, 658 
Bird: Migration, E. Wilding, 508; Migration in 1913, 101; 
Problems, W. P. Westell, 362; Protection, 271 
Birds, British, Roll-Call of, 151 
Birmingham University: Granting of Degrees at the, 445; 
Dr. T. S. Short appointed Ingleby Lecturer, 445; Dr. 
D. Stanley appointed Honorary Examiner for the 
Russell Memorial Prize, 445 
Blackbird, Behaviour of a, T. A. Coward, 194 
Blackcock, the “Tournament” of the, H. B. Macpherson, 
V. Grignard and Ch. 
Dr. R. E. Fries appointed 
329 
Blizzard, the Home of the, Sir D. Mawson, 260 
Blood: Parasites and Fleas, Prof. E. A. Minchin and Dr. 
J. D. Thomson, 189; Sucking Mite, a, S. Hirst, 415 
Board: of Agriculture and Fisheries Committee on Horse 
Supply, 678; of Education Regulations for Technical 
Schools, etc., 1915-16, 636 ; 
Body in Health, the, Prof. M. V. O’Shea and J. H. Kellogg, 
370 
Boiler Plugs, Tin Fusible, G. Kk. Burgess and P. D. Merica, 
654 
Bolometric Method, a, Prof. W. Profs Hk. 
Callendar, H. J. Yates, 81 
Bombay and Alibag Observatories, Report on, N. A. F. 
Moos, 405 
Books of Science, Forthcoming, 17, 50, 217 
Boomerang, Specimens of the, found on the Coast of 
Espiritu Santo, Dr. W. H. P. Rivers, 569 
Botanical : Books, Three, 283 ; and Geographical Investiga- 
tions in Semipalatinsk, V. Kriger, 216; Geography of 
Saissan, V. A. Keller, 216; Tour in the Tinnevelley 
Hills, M. S. Ramaswami, 153 
Botany : Applied, 60; British, New Books on, 531; College, 
Essentials of, Profs. C. E. and E. A. Bessey, 421; 
Horticulture and, 421; in the United Kingdom, a 
History of, from the Earliest Times to the End of the 
Nineteenth Century, Dr. J. R. Green, 142; Practical 
Field, A. R. Horwood, 283 
Brachiopoda of the Girvan District, Dr. F. R. C. Reed, 27 
Brachydactyly, Inheritance of, in Human Families, Dr. H. 
Drinkwater, 657 
Bracon hylobii, Structure and Life-history of, J. W. Munro, 
66 
Peal (1913), by J. C. Oakenfull, Fifth Edition, 393; 
Through the Interior of, 148 
Brazilian Wilderness, Through the, T. Roosevelt, 148 
Bread for Prisoners of War, E. Fleurent, 610 
Bream, Long-finned, Capture of a, Dr. R. F. Scharff, 491 
Breeding of Farm Animals, Prof. M. W. Harper, 671 
Brighton’s Lost River, E. A. Martin, 466 
Bristol University, Gift by G. A. Wills and H. H. Wills, 
61 
British : Academy, Annual General Meeting of the, 514; 
Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910: Natural His- 
tory Report, Zoology, vol. i., No. 3, Cetacea, D. G. 
Lillie, 584; Natural History Report, Zoology, vol. ii., 
No. 4, Mollusca, part i., E. A. Smith, 584; Archzo- 
logical Association, Annual Congress of, 650; Associa- 
tion: Discussion of the Nature and Origin of Species, 
49; Manchester Meeting, 42, 542, 655, 678; Sectional 
Presidents, 237; Birds, Roll-Call of, 151; Carboniferous 
Producti, I. Thomas, 355; Chemical Industry, the War 
and, 119; Civilian Prisoners in Germany, request for 
books for, 680; Dyes, Ltd. : Appointments, 545; Pros- 
pectus of, 41; Fire Prevention Committee, Work of the, 
627; Fisheries, Geography of, Prof. J. Stanley Gar- 
A. Bone, 
