December 13, 1906.

AGE (E.), Gesammelte Abhandlungen, 582
Aobot (C. G.), Terrestrial Temperatures and the Solar
Radiation, 112

Abel (O.), a Cetacean, Palaeophocaena andrussovi, from the Middle Miocene of the Taman Peninsula, 530; Flying Fish in the Triassic, 530

Aberdeen University Quatercentenary Celebrations, 188, 565

Abetti (Prof.), Comets 1906a and 1906c, 18

Abnormality, Inheritance of an, Prof. Herbert McLeod, F.R.S., 150

Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales and Victoria, Notes on the, R. H. Mathews, 100

Aborigines of Unexplored New Guinea, Dr. C. G. Selig-| mann, 58

Abraham (Henri), a Galvanometer with a Movable Needle for Alternating Currents, 72

Abruzzi (Duke of the), the Ascent of Ruwenzori, 528 Abyssinia, the Source of the Blue Nile, a Record of a Journey through the Sudan to Tsana in Western Abyssinia, and of the Return to Egypt by the Valley of the Atbara, with a Note on the Religion, Customs, &c., of, Arthur J. Hayes, Entomological Appendix by Prof. | E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.M.G.,

247

Academical Sciences, Interrelation of the, Dr. Shadworth H. Hodgson, 337

Arland (Dr. Theodore Dyke), on the Physiological Value of Rest, 480, 502

Aconites of India, the, Dr. Otto Stapf, 170

Acoustics: Method of Exploding Mines by Means of Acoustic Waves, 40; Mechanical and Electrical Phenomena occurring in the Telephonic Transmission of Speech, W. Duddell, 60; Resonant Properties of Fossilised Wood, E. M. Buchanan, 84; Acoustical Properties of Buildings, Wallace C. Sabine, 368; M. Marage, 368: Amplification of Sounds, M. Dussaud, 580 Adami (Prof.), Pathology and Physiology of the Cell Nucleus, 529

Adams (Prof.), the Spectra of Sun-spots and Red Stars, 418: Relation between the Spectra of Sun-spots and Stars, 595

Adamson (E.), Influence of Silicon, Phosphorus, Manganese, and Aluminium on Chill in Cast-iron, 68

Adeney (Dr. W. E.), Composition of a Nitrogen Mineral
Water at St. Edmundsbury, Lucan, 374
Adjustment of Observations by the Method of Least
Squares, with Applications to Geodetic Work, the, T. W.
Wright and J. F. Hayford, 148

Aeronautics: Balloons and Kites in the Service of Meteor-
ology, W. H. Dines. F.R.S., 35: the Wellman Balloon
Expedition, W. de Fonvielle, 181; the Meteorology of
The Free Atmosphere, L. Teisserenc de Bort at Royal
Society of Edinburgh, 255; Balloon Journey by the
Brothers Wegener, 302; the International Balloon
Ascents of April and May 3, 384; Meteorological Kites
in India. 448; the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, 570:
Milan Balloon Competition, 570: Aeronautics and
Meteorology, 647; Methods of making Balloon Ascents,
Prof. Hergesell, 648; Expedition to the Equatorial
Regions of the Atlantic, Teisserenc de Bort, 648
Vera Defects in Ostrich Feathers in South Africa, Prof.
1. E. Duerden, 55; Ascents in the Ruwenzori Range,

R. B. Woosnam, D. Carruthers, and A. F. R. Wollaston, 132; Cotton Growing at Golbanti and Malindi, 157; Plants and their Ways in South Africa, Bertha Stoneman, 221; the South African Medal of the British Association, Sir G. H. Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., 225; Round Perforated Stones (Tiko) alleged to have been made by Bushmen for the Purpose of giving Weight to the Kibi" or Digging Stick, L. Peringuey, 288; the Magnesite Mines of South Africa, 573; Geological Studies in South Africa, Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 646; Country between Pretoria and Pietersburg, Mr. Kynaston, 646; the Gneisses of the Limpopo Flats, Dr. F. W. Voit, 647 Agriculture: Agriculture générale, le Sol et les Labours, Paul Diffloth, 4; Process for the Direct Utilisation of the Nitrogen of the Atmosphere for the Production of Artificial Manure and other Chemical Products, Dr. Adolf Frank, 65; Experiments on Well Irrigation at Metrosapuram in 1902-5, Prof. A. Chatterton, 86; Question of Rabbit Destruction, T. Steel, 95; the Book of the Rothamsted Experiments, A. D. Hall, Prof. T. H. Middleton, 121; Opening of a New Laboratory at the Rothamsted Experimental Station, 307; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. William Fream, 132; Cotton Growing at Golbanti and Malindi, 157; a Monograph of the Insect Injuries to Indian Corn, S. A. Forbes, Fred. V. Theobald, 160; the Transition in Agriculture, Edwin A. Pratt, 193; an Introduction to the Study of Agricultural Economics, Henry C. Taylor, 193; the Development of Agriculture in Denmark, R. J. Thompson, 193; Cassava Trials at the Hope Experiment Station, Jamaica, H. H. Cousins, 208; Cultures du Midi de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie, C. Rivière and H. Lecq, 269; United States Dry-farming," J. L. Cowan, 304; the Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Potato-beetle, 304; Composition of Indian Rain and Dew, Dr. J. W. Leather, 337; Spread of St. John's Wort in Australia, 337; Behaviour of Manures in Soils, Oswald Schreiner and George H. Failyer, 339; the Progress of Agricultural Science, 474; Mendel's Laws of Inheritance, R. H. Biffen, 474: W. Bateson, F.R.S., 475; R. C. Punnett, 475; Assimilation of Nitrogen by Leguminous Plants, Dr. Hiltner, 475; John Golding, 475; Vitality of Farm Seeds, William Carruthers, F.R.S., 475; Improvement of Pastures, 475; British Forestry, 475; Nature-study in Rural Schools, 476; Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, H. Maxwell-Lefroy, Fred. V. Theobald, 481; a Larch Sawfly in Cumberland, 529; Agriculture in St. Kitts, F. R. Shepherd, 593; Ravages of Loxostega (Eurycreon) sticticalis in the Cultivation of Beet-root of the Central Plateau, Alfred Giard, 628; Damage done to Crops by the Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil, Dr. W. E. Hinds, 642: the Cotton Worm, Prodenia littoralis, F. C. Willcocks, 649; the Cotton Boll Worm, Earias insulana, F. C. Willcocks, 649; Agricultural Notes, 649; Condensed Vegetable Milk, T. Katayama, 649; Cherry Leaf Scorch, E. S. Salmon, 649; Prussic Acid in Fodder Plants. Dr. J. W. Leather, 649; Artificial Manures for India, F. G. Sly, 649; Agriculture in Egypt, 649; "Sore-shin Fungus, W. L. Balls, 650

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Aitken (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Interpretation of Meteorological
Records, 30

Aitken (Prof. R. G.), New Catalogue of Double Stars, 18;
Observations of Satellites in 1904 and 1905, 42
Albrecht (Prof. Th.), Results of the International Latitude
Service, 1902-6, 575

Alcock (N. H.), Action,of Anæsthetics on Living Tissues,
the Frog's Skin, 459

Alexander (Captain Boyd), the Haunts of the Okapi, 88
Alexander (J. H.), Elementary Electrical Engineering in
Theory and Practice, 488

Algen, Morphologie und Biologie der, Dr. Friedrich Olt-
manns, George Murray, F.R.S., 561

Algeria, Atmospheric Electricity in, Ch. Nordmann, Dr.
C. Chree, F.R.S., 505

Algérie et de la Tunisie, Cultures du Midi de l', C. Rivière
and H. Lecq, 269

Algol Variables, Discovery of, Mrs. Fleming, 210

Alien Flora of Britain, S. T. Dunn, 170

Alilaire (E.), the Composition of an Acetic Ferment, 344
Alison (John), Arithmetic for Schools and Colleges, Supp.
to May 3, viii

Allan (C.), Fermentation Changes that give the Quality to
Flavoured Rums, 184

Allen (Dr. E. J.), Fishery Problems and Marine Investi-
gations, 551

Allen (H. S.), Chemical and Electrical Changes induced
by Light, 564

Allen (W. F.), the Lymphatics of Fish, 156

Alliston (Norman), Reconnoitres in Reason and the Table-
book, 533

Alpine, Atlas Colorié de la Flore, J. Beauverie and L.
Faucheron, 561

Alward (G. L.), Fishery Problems and Marine Investi-
gations, 551

Amana Meteorite, the, Dr. G. D. Hinrichs, 575
Ambronn (Dr.), the Figure of the Sun, 210

America: Recent Publications of the Bureau of American
Ethnology, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 30: the Bicen-
tenary Celebration of the Birth of Benjamin Franklin,
Sir G. H. Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., 36; the Astro-
nomical and Astrophysical Society of America, 64; Status
of the Mesozoic Floras of the United States, Lester F.
Ward, William M. Fontaine, Arthur Bibbins, and G. R.
Wieland, A. C. Seward, F.R.S., 81; the Earthquake in
South America, 412; Transactions of the Department of
Archæology, Free Museum of Science and Art, H. R.
Hall, 468; American Chemists and the Jubilee of the
Coal-tar Colour Industry, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S.,
514; Garbage Crematories in America, W. M. Venable,
630

Americanists at Quebec, the Congress of, Dr. A. C.
Haddon, F.R.S., 595

Amman (L.), Soluble Albuminoid Materials of Milk, 192
Amabæ and their Allies, 52

.

Anatomy Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen
Anatomie der Wirbeltiere, part v., Parietal Organ, Dr.
F. K. Studnička, Part vi., Atmungsapparat, Dr. Albert
Oppel, 145 Preservation of Brains for Anatomical and
Anthropological Investigations, Ales Hrdlicka, 209; the
Lumbo-sacral-coccygeal Cord of the Macaque Monkey,
Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald, 260; Studies in Anatomy
from the Anatomical Department of the University of
Manchester, 464; Observations on the Labyrinth of
Certain Animals, Dr. Albert A. Gray, 626; the Cerebral
Localisation in the Bandicoot, H. G. Chapman, 652
Ancient Eclipses, P. H. Cowell, 11

Ancient Fire Festivals, Thereza Story-Maskelyne, So
Anderson (Dr. Tempest), Physical Geography of Volcanoes,
527

Andrews (Dr. C. W., F.R.S.), a Descriptive Catalogue of
the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayum, Egypt, based on
the Collection of the Egyptian Government in the Geo-
logical Museum, Cairo, and on the Collection in the
British Museum (Natural History), London, 175; Milk
Dentition of the Primitive Elephant, 553
Andrews (Dr. E. A.), Mode in which American Crayfish
of the Genus Cambarus lay their Eggs, 133
Andrews (E. M.), on the Webster Ruin, Rhodesia, 457

Nature

13

Angelucci (O.), Method of Isolating Radio-thorium from
Thorium Salts, 574

Animals: Destruction of Animals in Australia, T. Steel
at Linnean Society, New South Wales, 188; Darwinism
and the Problems of Life, a Study of Familiar Animal
Life, Prof. Conrad Guenther, 268; Animal Heroes, being
the Histories of a Cat, a Dog, a Pigeon, a Lynx, two
Wolves, and a Reindeer, E. T. Seton, 295: Problems in
Animal Metabolism, J. B. Leathes, 349; Flashlight Photo-
graphs of Wild Animals, 489

Annandale (Dr. N.), Tank Fauna of India, 96; the Fresh-
water Fauna of India, 472

66

Antarctica Expédition Antarctique Belge, Résultats du
Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-99, sous le Commande-
ment de A. de Gerlache de Gomery, Travaux hydro-
graphiques et Instructions nautique, G. Lecointe, 298;
Botanique-les Phanérogames des Terres Magellanique.
E. de Wildeman, 298; Zoologie-Poissons, L. Dollo, 298
Anthropology: the Egyptian Heaven and Hell, E. A. Wallis
Budge, 10; Anthropological Institute, 93, 165; Ethno-
logical Notes on the Aboriginal Tribes of New South
Wales and Victoria, R. H. Mathews, 100; Messag
Sticks, Dr. Roth, 110; the Genna "
(Tabu) among the
Tribes of Assam, T. C. Hodson, 165; a Plea for an
Expedition to Melanesia, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S..
187; the International Congress of Anthropology and
Prehistoric Archæology, 211; Craniology of Natives of
the Madras Presidency, Thugs, Veddahs, Tibetans, and
Seistanis, Sir William Turner, K.C.B., 215: Micro-
cephalic Girls from Mexico, 249; Death and Obituary
Notice of Edouard Piette, 278; Round Perforated Stones
(Tiko) alleged to have been made by Bushmen for the
Purpose of giving Weight to the Kibi" or Digging
Stick, L. Peringuey, 288; the Dead Heart of Australia,
a Journey Round Lake Eyre in the Summer of 1901-2,
with some Account of the Lake Eyre Basin and the
Flowing Wells of Central Australia, Prof. J. W. Gregory,
F.R.S., 296; the Origin and Development of the Moral
Ideas, Dr. Edward Westermarck, 377; the Negro Brain,
Dr. R. B. Bean, 524; the Congress of Americanists at
Quebec, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 595; the Maya of
Yucatan, Dr. Tozzer, 596; the Ponca Sun Dance, G. A.
Dorsey, 645; a People at School, H. Fielding Hall,
Archibald R. Colquhoun, Supp. to May 3, vii
Anti-tuberculosis Campaign, the, Dr. R. Fielding-Ould, 503
Anti-typhoid Vaccine, Captain George Lamb and Captain
W. B. C. Forster, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 91
Aplin (O. V.), the Birds of Tunisia, J. I. S. Whitaker, 51
Apollonius of Tyana, and other Essays, Thomas Whittaker
533

Apteryx, the Olfactory Sense in, Prof. W. B. Benham,

222

Aquatic-dwelling Weevils, E. E. Lowe, 541

Aquila, Spectrum of Nova, No. 2, 87; Magnitude Observ-
ations of, Dr. Guthnick, 253

Archæology: Discovery of Seven Thousand Roman Coins,
Aquila Dodgson, 20; Ancient Fire Festivals, Thereza
Story-Maskelyne, 80; Notes on some Cornish Circles,
Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 120; Irish Cave
Exploration, Dr. R. F. Scharff, 138; Illustrated Notes
on Manks Antiquities, P. M. C. Kermode and W. A.
Herdman, 152; Death of Edouard Piette, 182; Pre-
historic Remains found during Recent Years near Hasle-
mere, Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., and E. W.
Swanton, 207; the International Congress of Anthro-
pology and Prehistoric Archæology, 211; the Genuineness
of Eoliths," 211; Evolution of Art during the Rein-
deer Age, Abbé Breuil, 212; Manx Archæology and
Natural History, Prof. John Rhys, 223: Death of Dr.
Adolf Voss, 382; Astronomy in the Old Testament, Prof.
G. Schiaparelli, 410; Researches into the Origin of the
Primitive Constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians, and
Babylonians, Robert Brown, jun., 410; Old Sinhalese
Embroidery, Ethel M. Coomaraswamy, 450; Sinhalese
Earthenware, A. K. Coomaraswamy, 498; Transactions
of the Department of Archæology, Free Museum of
Science and Art, H. R. Hall, 468; American Ex-
plorations in Crete, H. A. Boyd, Edith Hall, R. B.
Seager, 469; the Archæological Congress at Vannes, 577: