Nature, "I 



K<n'CJJit.cr 25, igugj 



Index 



XXIX 



Epiphytic Mycorrhiza that Invests the Roots of Mono- 

 tropa Hypopitys, Dr. J. Peklo, 371 ; Examination of 

 Parasitic Kungi that Attacf; Scale Insects, 496 ; Fungus 

 Maladies of the Sugar-cane, Dr. N. A. Cobb, 496 

 Myers (Prof. C. S.), a Text-boo!-; of Experimental 



Psychology, I2j 

 Myres (Prot. John L., M.A., F.R.S.), the Influence of 

 ■Anthropology on the Course of Political Science, Opening 

 .Address in Section H at the British Association -Meeting 

 at Winnipeg, 379 

 Naber (Dr. h. A.), das Theorem des Pythagoras, 361 

 Nagaoka (Prof. H.), Dilference between Longitudinal and 



Transversal Zeeman Effects in Helium Lines, 18S 

 Natal Government Observatory, the, Mr. Nevill, 529 

 Nathan (Sir Frederic L.), Improvements in Production and 

 Application of Guncotton and Nitroglycerine, Discourse 

 at Royal Institution, 144, 178 

 National Efficiency, Continuation Schools and, 172 

 National Physical Laboratory, Researches at the, 163 

 .N'atural History : the Balance of Nature, and Modern 

 Conditions of Cultivation ; a Practical Manual of Animal 

 Foes and Friends, for the Country Gentleman, the 

 Farmer, the Forester, the Gardener, and the Sportsman, 

 George .Abbey, 5 ; Warning Coloration in Some Weasel- 

 like Carnivora, R. I. Pocock, 21 ; Cecropia peltata und 

 ihr Verhaltnis zu Aztcca Alfari, zu Atta sexdens und 

 anderen Insekten, Karl Fiebrig, 23 ; New South Wales 

 Linnean Society, 30, 60, 240, 330, 480 ; Diurnal Varia- 

 tions in the Temperatures of Camels, Dr. J. B. Cleland, 

 60 ; a Naturalist in Tasmania, G. Smith, 61 ; Behind 

 the Veil in Bird-land, Oliver G. Pike, 67 ; a Guide to 

 the Natural History of the Isle of Wight, 72 ; Linnean 

 Society, 89 : the Romance of Bird-life, John Lea, 99 ; 

 British Birds and their Eggs, with a New Method of 

 Identification, J. Maclair Boraston, 99; the Young 

 People's Birds '-nest Chart, Rev. S. N. Sedgwick, 100; 

 Birds and their Nests and Eggs, found in and near 

 Great Towns, George H. Vos, 100; British Birds in 

 their Haunts, Rev. C. A. Johns, 100 ; How to Attract 

 and Protect Wild Birds, Martin Hiesemann, 100; the. 

 Book of Nature-study, loi ; Polyphyletic Origin of Mam- 

 mals, Dr. G. Steinmannj 106 ; Success of the Brent 

 Valley Bird Sanctuary, too; Inauguration of the Statue 

 of Jean de Lamarck, Dr. Edmond Perrier, 106; a 

 Speckled Otter from Lough Sheelin, Dr. R. F. Scharff, 

 135; Osteology of Antarctic Seals, Dr. R. B. Thomson, 

 149; a New Zealand Naturalist's Calendar, Geo. M. 

 Thomson, 162 ; the Nature Book, 162 ; the Book of 

 Nature-study, 162 ; Collection of -American Egrets as 

 "Ospreys," Dr. E. Menegaux, 167; Imitation in 

 Monkeys, M. E. Haggerty, 195, 434; Feathers of Kalij 

 Pheasants, Prof. -A. Ghigi, 19b ; Reason why Certain 

 Birds Construct Covered Nests, C. B. Moffat, 225 ; Re- 

 markable Photographs of a Water-rail, E. L. Turner, 

 226; Cassell's "Nature" Copies (Wild Flowers), 24!) ; 

 Death of Dr. R. E. C. Stearns, 263 ; Attempt to 

 -Acclimatise the American Robin {Mcrula migraloria) in 

 England, 264 ; Naturwissenschaftliches Unterrichtswerk 

 fijr hohere Madchenschulen, Dr. K. Smalian and K. 

 Bernan, 273 ; the Place of Animals in Human Thought, 

 Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco, 276 ; -African 

 Big Game and Big-game Shooting, Dr. E. Trouessart, 

 311; Death of Thomas Southwell, 311; Obituary Notice 

 of, -(^i : Feeding-grounds of the Laughing Kingfisher, 

 Cat-bird, and Noisy Pitta in the Coolabunia Pine-scrubs, 

 311 ; Wild Beasts of the World, Frank Finn, 332 ; Gilbert 

 W'hite and Selborne, Henrv C. Shelley, 334 ; -Australian 

 Fauna and Flora, Dr. J. B. Cleland, t^i. ; Peale's Phila- 

 delphia Museum, 373 ; Carl von Linn^'s Bedeutung als 

 Naturforscher und Arzt, 391 ; Star-fishes of -Alaska and 

 British Columbia, Prof. A. E. Verrill, 402 ; Report of the 

 Natural History Section of the Indian Museum for 

 1908-9, 433 : the Burma Mole Rat, 462 ; Knowledge of 

 Australian Hirudinea, E. J. Goddard, 480; the Pond and 

 other .Stories, Carl Ewald, 485 ; Fauna of the Malay 

 Peninsula. H. C. Robinson, J9, ; the Mouse-deer (Chev- 

 rolains) of the Rhio-Linga Archipelago, G. S. Miller, 

 526 

 Natural Selection and Plant Evolution, James B. Johnston, 



159; Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 1S8 

 Naval Architecture : the Screw Propeller, and other Com- 



peting Instruments for Marine Propulsion, A. E. Seaton, 

 213 



Navigation : Altitude Tables, computed for Intervals of 

 Four Minutes between the Parallels of Latitude 24^ and 

 60°, and Parallels of Declination 24° and 60°, designed 

 for the Determination of the Position Lines at all Hour 

 Angles without Logarithmic Computation, Frederic Ball, 4 



Neave (S. -A.), Distribution and Habits of the Tsetse-fly, 

 Glossiria paipalis, 114 



Nebula Cluster in Cetus, a Newly-discovered, Prof. Wolf,. 

 436 



Neesen (Dr. Friedrich), Horbare, Sichtbare, Elektrische 

 und Rontgenstrahlen, 363 



Nelson (E. W.), Kohlrausch's Physical Measurements, iSg ;. 

 the Leporidae of North -America, 433 



Neogi (Panchanan), -Aurvedie Metallic Preparations, Part i.,. 

 270 



Nernst (Prof. W.), Physical Properties of Water from the 

 Thermodynamical Point of View, 464 



Neurology : Einfuhrung in die Lehre vom Bau und der> 

 Verrichtungen des Nervensystems, Prof. Ludwig Edinger, 

 219; the Central Nervous Svstem of Vertebrates, J. B, 

 Johnston, Prof. John G. -McKendrick, F.R.S., 274 



Nevill (.Mr.), the Natal Government Observatory, 529 



New South Wales Linnean Society, 30, 60, 240, '330, 480 



New South Wales Royal Society,' 330 



New York, Geology of the City of, L. P. Gratacap, 423 



New Zealand Naturalist's Calendar, a, Geo. -M. Thomson, 



102 



Ncwall (Prof.), Halley's Comet, 528 



Newcomb (Prof. Simon), Death of, 78 ; Obituarv Notice of. 

 Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., 103 



Newman (Dr.), Child Mortality, 141 



Newsholme (Dr.), Some Conditions of Social Efficiency in. 

 Relation to Local .Administration, 141 



Newton (R. B.), Cretaceous Shells from Zululand, 226 



Nichols (Prof. E. L.), Effects of Low Temperature on. 

 Fluorescence Spectra, 473 



Nicolardot (Paul), Examination of Essence of Turpentine,. 

 480 



Niere, Untersuchungen iiber Bau und Entwickelung der,. 

 Prof. Karl Peter and Michio Inouye, 94 



Nijiand (Dr.), the Maximum of Mira in October, 190S, 376 



Nisbet (Dr. J.), Our Forests and Woodlands, 63 



Nitrogen, the Fixation of, bv Soil Bacteria, -A. D. Hall, 

 F.R.S., 98 



Nitrogen, Processes for the Fixation of Atmospheric, 143 



Nitroglycerine, Improvements in Production and -Applica- 

 tion of Guncotton and, Sir Frederic L. Nathan at Royal 

 Institution, 144, 178 



Noble (Sir Andrew), History of Propellants, 203 



Noctuidab, Catalogue of the', Catalogue of the Lepidopterai 

 Phakcnce in the British Museum, Vol. viii.. Sir George 

 F. Hampson, Bart., 455 



Nogier (Th.), Slight Pe'netration of the Ultra-violet Rays 

 through Liquids containing Colloidal Substances, 210 



Nordmann (Charles), Method Permitting the -Measurement 

 of the Effective Temperature of the Stars, 480 



North Pole, the Attainment of the, 306 



North Sea Fisheries Investigations, 491 



Nutrition and Evolution, Hermann Reinheimer, 68 



Nuttall (Prof. George H. F., F.R.S.), Discovery of a Cura- 

 tive Treatment for Malignant Jaundice in the Dog and' 

 for Redwater in Cattle, with a Demonstration of the 

 Effects of Trypanblau upon the Parasites, 21 ; Successful 

 Curative Treatment of Piroplasmosis, 114 



Nutting (P. G.), Variation in Relative Intensity of Helium- 

 Lines, 189 



Nystrom (Mr.), Investigation of the Peat Bogs and Peat 

 Industry of Canada during the Season 1908-9, 490 



Observatories : the Transvaal Observatory, Johannesburg', 

 20, 356 ; Eskdalemuir Observatory, 86 ; the A'erkes 

 Observatory, Prof. E. B. Frost, 11 1 ; Reports of Observa- 

 tories, Mr. Hough, 200: M. Baillaud, 200: Results of 

 Observations made at the Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 Magnetic Observatories, Daniel L. Hazard, Dr. C. Chree. 

 F.R.S., 205 ; Annuaire astronomique de I'Observatoire 



. royal de Belgique, 1909, 219: E-xploration of the .Air with 

 HaUons-soiides at St. Louis and with Kites at Blue Hill,. 



