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Index 



XXXV 



Muret (E.), les Variations p^riodiques des Glaciers des 

 Alpes Suisses, 574 



Murray (Margartt A.), the Mummy of Khnumu Nekht in 

 the Manchester Museum, 262 



Muscular Work, a Calorimeter for determining the Relation 

 between Heat-production and, 209 



Museums : a Guide to the Exhibited Series of Insects in 

 the Zoological Department (Insect Section), British 

 Museum (Natural History), London, 82 ; Proceed- 

 mgs of the American Association of Museums, 

 E. Howarth, 286 ; a Guide to the Domesticated Animals 

 (other than Horses) exhibited in the Central and North 

 Halls of the British Museum (Natural History), R. 

 Lydeliker, F.R.S., 293 ; the Natural History Museum, 

 302, 319; Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der 

 Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Bennett H. Brough, 477 ; 

 Oxford University Museum, 605 ; Guide to the Gallery 

 of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British 

 Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, 

 S.W., 659 



Mutations, V'ariations and Relationships of the CEnotheras, 

 D. T. MacDougal, A. M. Vail, and G. H. ShuU, 10 



Mycology : Fungi as Pests in Different Countries, T. Petch, 



349 

 Myers (Prof. C. S.), the Perception of the Direction of 



Sound, 116 

 Myres (Prof. J. L.), the Value of Geographical Study 



.Applied in a Special Connection, 617 



Natal Observatory, the, 66 



Natural History : Three \'oyages of a Naturalist, being 

 an Account of Many Little Islands in Three Oceans 

 visited by the Valhalla, R.Y.S., M. J. Nicoll, 32 ; Pro- 

 tective Colouring in South African Birds, A. Haagner, 

 35; Linnean Society, 94, 191, 261; Chicago "Sym- 

 posium " on the Species-Question, Prof. J. M. Coulter, 

 133 ; From a Hertfordshire Cottage, W. Beach Thomas, 

 197 ■ the Open .Air, Richard Jefferies, 197 ; Mimicry in 

 a Caterpillar, Prof. Angel Gallardo, 204 ; New South 

 Wales Linnean Society, 216, 240, 264, 360, 596; African 

 Nature Notes and Reminiscences, F. C. Selous, Sir H. H. 

 Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 217 ; Linna^us's .Authorities, 

 Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., 247; B. Daydon Jackson, 

 272 ; How the " Oystercatcher " opens the Shells of 

 Alussels, J. M. Dewar, 252 ; Cyaniris chcnucUti of de 

 Niceville, Dr. T. .A. Chapman, 261 ; Natur-Urkunden, 

 Georg E. F. Schulz, 270 ; a Guide to the Domesticated 

 Animals (Other than Horses) exhibited in the Central and 

 North Halls of the British Museum (Natural History), 

 R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 293; Wild-life Photography in 

 America, Hon. E. Shiras, 296 ; the Natural History 

 Museum, 302, 319; Lamarck's Systeme des Animaux 

 sans Vert^bres, Dr. F. .A. Bather, 476 ; Death of John 

 T. Taylor, 483 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Lieut. - 

 Colonel Charles Thomas Bingham, 041 ; Guide to the 

 Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the 

 British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, 

 London, S.W., 659; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. 

 Cuthbert Collingwood, 673 



Natural Science, English Influence on French System of, 

 Yves Guyot, loS 



Natural Selection, Aristotle and. Dr. F. .A. Dixey, 106 



Nature, the Ethics of, .M. Deshumbert, 197 



Naturwissenschaften, Jahrbuch der, 1907-8, 174 



Naval Architecture : Resistance of Ships and Screw Pro- 

 pulsion, D. W. Taylor, Sir W. H. White, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., 385 ; Death and Obituary Notice of F. Kynaston 

 Barnes, 431 ; Hydraulics, vol. ii., the Resistance and 

 Propulsion of Ships, Prof. Dunkerlcy, 659 



Navigation : Method of representing by Diagrams the 

 Characters of the Lights of Lighthouses, and of Fog 

 Signals, F. Howard Collins, 15 ; Altitude Tables, 

 Frederick Ball, Count de Miremont, 29 ; Self-instruction 

 in the Practice and Theory of Navigation, Earl of Dun- 

 raven, 173 ; Meteorological .Atlas of the Indian Seas and 

 the North Indian Ocean, \V. L. Dallas, 169 



NaviUe (Eduard), the Eleventh Dynasty Temple at Deir- 

 el-Bahari, 121 



Neal (Dr. H. V.), Opportunities for American Young Men 

 in Science, 182 



NebuljE, the Paralla.\es of. Prof. Wilsing, 207 ; Einar Huss, 

 207 



Nebulous Field in Taurus, a, Prof. Barnard, 550 



Negretti and Zambra's New Prisinatic Binocular, 254 



Neisser (Prof.), the Experimental Inoculation and Treat- 

 ment of Syphilis, 333 



Nephilim, William J. H. Bohannan, 53 



New South Wales: Linnean Society, 216, 240, 264, 360^ 

 596; Royal Society, 472, 536, 596; a Monograph of the 

 .Silurian and Devonian Corals of New South Wales, R. 

 Etheridge, 569 ; Geology and Mineral Resources of the 

 Western Coal-field, J. E. Carne, 603 



New Zealand, Plants of, R. M. Laing and E. W. Black- 

 well, 149 



Newman (J. E.), Electricity in .Agriculture, 331 



Newstead (Dr.), Portion of Roman Wall recently found 

 at Chester, 682 



Newton, la Philosophic de. Dr. Lten Bloch, 99 



Newton (E. T.), E.\ploration of the Cave of Castlepook, near 

 Doneraile, 591 



Nicholson (Sir Frederick), Private and Communal Forests 

 in Japan, 63 



Nicholson (George), Death of, 513 ; Obituary Notice of, 



54b 

 Nicholson (Dr. J. W.), the Inductance of Two Parallel 



W'ires, 215 

 Nicoll (M. J.), Three Voyages of a Naturalist, being ar> 



Account of Many Little Islands in Three Oceans visited 



by the Valhalla', R.Y.S., 32 

 Nierenslein (Dr.), Atoxyl Combines with Proteins, 593 

 Night-glows, the Recent, Prof. Weber, 306; Herr Kohl, 306; 



N. Donitsch, 306 

 Night-glows at the Beginning of July, the. Prof. Max 



Wolf, 377 

 Nijland (Dr. A. A.), the Maximum of Mira in October, 



1907. 158 

 Nipher (Prof. F. E.), Effect of an .Angle in a Wire Con- 

 ductor on Spark Discharge, 188 

 Nitrogen, the Fixation of .Atmospheric, as Cyanamide, 273 

 N'olke (Dr. Friedrich), das Problem der Entwicklung 

 unseres Planetensystems, .Aufstellung einer neuen Theorie, 



474 

 Noll (Dr. Fritz), a Text-book of Botany, 441 

 Nomenclature, the Preservation of Well-established Names 



in Zoological, 394 

 Noon (L.), Reports on Plague Investigations in India, 564 

 Nordmcvcr (Dr. P.), the .Mean Specific Heats of Pure 



Substances between — i8S° C. and 18° C, 17 

 Norge, Dcemringen i. Prof. H. Mohn, 5C8 

 North-West Passage, the, Roald Amundsen and Lieut. 



Hansen, 478 

 Norwegian Herring Investigations, Some Results of the, 



Hjalmar Broch, 378 

 Noyes (Prof. W. A.), Opportunities for American A'oung 



Men in Science, 182 

 Noyes (Mr.), Variations in the Mobility of Hydrogen, 401 

 Nutrition, Parsimony in, Sir James Crichton-Browne, 308 



Oberholzer (H. C), Synopsis of the Known Species of 

 Swans, 514-5 



Observatories : the New Tower Telescope of the Mount 

 Wilson Solar Observatory, Prof. Hale, 38 ; Variable Star 

 Work at the Laws Observatory, Missouri, 65 ; the Natal 

 Observatory, 66 ; the United States Naval Observatory, 

 III; the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 136; Photo- 

 graphs of Comet c 1908 at the Roval Observatory, Green- 

 wich, Sir W. H. M. Christie, K.C.B., F.R.S., 539; the 

 Forty-inch Objective of the Yerkes Observatory, Philip 

 Fox, 182 ; Catalogue of 1680 Stars for the Equinox 

 19000 from Observations made at the Royal Observa- 

 tory, Cape of Good Hope, during the Years 1905-6, Sir 

 David Gill, K.C.B., F.R.S., 258; the Lick Observatory 

 Eclipse Expedition, January, 1908, Dr. Sebastian 

 .Albrecht, 281 ; the Paris Observatory, M. Baillaud, 471 ; 

 Cambridge University Observatory, 517; the Manora 

 Observatory, 550 ; the Rio de Janeiro Observatory, 644 



