Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Were Ni! He is a Madman . Filmed in 1962 by F rancis S peed with R aymond P rince as consultant. 16 mm., color, optical sound, running time 32 minutes. Purchase price £40., from Francis Speed, University of Ibadan.
Benin Kingship Rituals . Filmed in 1959–1961 by F rancis S peed with R. E. B radbury as consultant. 16 mm., color, optical sound, running time 25 minutes. Purchase price £40., from Francis Speed, University of Ibadan.     

REVIEWS

Review in this article:
Drawings of British Plants. Part XIV. Adoxaceae-Dipsacaceae . By S tella R oss -C raig .
Darwin's Biological Work: Some Aspects Reconsidered . Edited by P. R. B ell .
Flora of the British Isles, Illustrations, Part II, Rosaceae-Polemoniaceae . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles .
Protoplasmic Streaming. Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Edited by L. V. H eilbrunn and F. W eber .
The Ecology of Soil Fungi. An International Symposium . Edited by D. P arkinson and J. S. W aid .
Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas . By W illiam R andolph T aylor .
Introduction to Plant Geography . By N icholas P olunin .
Frost, Drought and Heat Resistance . By J. L evitt .     

Reviews

Principles of General Physiology. Vol. 11: General Physiology. By L. E. B ayliss
Hackfruchtkrankheiten und Nematodenforschung. Editor H. G offart.
Advances in Applied Microbiology. Vol. 1. Editor W. W. U mbreit
Advances in Applied Microbiology. Vol. 11. Editor W. W. U mbreit
Der Vielfrass (Gulo gulo L. 1758). Zur Kenntnis seiner Naturgeschichte und seiner Bedeutung für den Menschen. By P. K rott
Control of Rats in Sewers. By E. W. B entley
Introduction to Probability and Statistics. By H. L. A lder and E. B. R oessler
Methods of Testing Chemicals on Insects. Vol. 11. Edited by H. H. S hepard
The Biology of Marine Animals. By J. A. C olin N icol
The Effects of Pollution on Living Material. Edited by W. B. Y app
Taxonomy of Flowering Plants. By C. L. P orter
Bananas. By N. W. S immonds
Atlas of Bacterial Flagellation. By E inar L eifson
Diagnostik der Bakterien und Actinomyceten. By N. A. K rassilnikov , M oscow , translated into German by R. W. W ittwer and R. D ickscheit
A Review of the Biological Control of Insects and Weeds in Australia and Australian New Guinea. By F rank W ilson
The Ecology of Soil Fungi. Edited by D. P arkinson and J. S. W aid . (An International Symposium)
Introduction to Plant Geography and Some Related Sciences. By N icholas P olunin     

REVIEWS

The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. By J. M. D alziel .
Overseas Plant Products. By J. H. H olland .
Les Plantes Alimentaires. IV. Les Plantes à Boissons. By D. Bois.
General and Economic Botany. By E. E. S tanford .
British Grasses and their Employment in Agriculture. By S. F. A rmstrong .
Leguminous Forage Plants. By D. H. R obinson .
The Potato. By W illiam S tuart .
Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. By Sir E. J ohn R ussell .
The Biochemistry of Cellulose, the Polyuronides, Lignin, etc. By A. G. N orman .
An Outline of Cytological Technique for Plant Breeders. Special Bulletin of the Imperial Bureau of Plant Genetics, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.
A Manual of Entomological Equipment and Methods, Part II. By A lvah P eterson .
Insects of the British Woodlands. By R. N eil C hrystal .
The Dragonflies of the British Isles. By C ynthia L ongfield .
Oyster Biology and Oyster-culture, being the Buckland Lectures for 1935. By J. H. O rton , D. S c , F.L.S.     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Plant Physiology. By H. MOHR and P. SCHOPFER. (Translated by G. and D.W. Lawlor).
Environment and Plant Metabolism. Ed. by N. SMIRNOFF.
Scarce Plants in Britain. By A. STEWART, D. A. PEARMAN and C. D. PRESTON.
Early Evolution of Flowers, Ed. by P. K. ENDRESS and E, M. FRIIS. Plant Systematic and Evolution Supplement 8.
Phyllotaxis: a Systematic Study in Plant Morphogenesis. By R oger V. JEAN.
Myxomycetes: a Handbook of Slime Molds. By S teven L. STEPHENSON and H enry STEMPEN.     

REVIEWS

Endosymbiose der Tiere mit pflanzlichen Mikroorganismen. By P aul B uchner.
Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. VII. Evolution. Ed. by R. B rown and J. F. D anielli. Pp. xix + 448. Cambridge University Press. 1953. 45s.
Tea Pests and Diseases and their Control: with Special Reference to North East India. By E rnest hainsworth.
Wine Growing in England. By G eorge O rdish.
Bibliographie der Pflanzenschutz-Litteratur 1940–1945. Edited by J. B ärner.
How Animals Move. By J ames G ray.
Nature and Structure of Collagen. Papers presented for a discussion convened by the Colloid and Biophysics Committee of the Faraday Society. Edited by J. T. R andall , F.R.S., assisted by S. F itton J ackson .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: People Without Government. An Anthropology of Anarchism. By Harold Barclay The Anarchists of Casas Viejas. By Jerome R. Mintz Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences. Essays on Language, Action and Interpretation. By Paul Ricoeur. Edited, translated and introduced by John B. Thompson The Anthropological Circle. Symbol, Function, History. By Marc Auge Sciences and Cultures. Anthropological and Historical Studies of the Sciences. Edited by Everett Mendelsohn and Yehuda Elkana Australian Sociologies. By Diane J. Austin. George Allen & Unwin Social Inequality in Australian Society. By John S. Western Which Way Is Up? Essays on Class, Sex and Culture. By R. W. Connell. George Allen and Unwin The Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, Volume 1, January 1983. Edited by Graham E. Connah Pacific Cultural Material in New Zealand Museums. By Roger Neich A Prehistory of Australia, New Guinea and Sahul. By Peter White with James F. Connell The Alligator Rivers: Prehistory and Ecology in Western Arnhem Land. By Carmel Schrire Reward and Punishment in Arnhemland 1962–1963. By Edgar Wells Daughters of the Dreaming. By Diane Bell We Are Bosses Ourselves. The Status and Role of Aboriginal Women Today. Edited by Fay Gale Sorcerers and Healing Spirits. Continuity and Change in an Aboriginal Medical System. By Janice Reid Languages of Kinship in Aboriginal Australia. Edited by Jeffrey Heath, Francesca Merlan and Alan Rumsey Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker. By Bob Dixon Vanuatu: Politics, Economics and Ritual in Island Melanesia. Edited by Michael Allen Gifts and Commodities. By C. A. Gregory The Political Economy of the South Pacific. By Michael C. Howard To Find the Baruya Story. A film by Allison and Marek Jablonko and Stephen Olsson. Her Name Came on Arrows. A film by Allison and Marek Jablonko and Stephen Olsson.     

REVIEWS

Environmental Control of Plant Growth . Edited by L. T. E vans .
Flora of the British Isles, Illustrations. Part 3. Boraginaceae to Compositae . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles .
The Germination of Seeds . By A. M. M ayer and A. P oljakoff -M ayber .
Chromosome Botany and the Origins of Cultivated Plants . By C. D. D arlington .
Recherches Physiologiques sur le Repos Vegetatif de la Vigne (Vitis vinifera L .): La Dor-mance des Bourgeons et le Mecanisme de sa Disparition . By R. Pouget.
Radiation Induced Chromosome Aberrations . Edited by S heldon W olff .
John Clayton, Pioneer of American Botany . By E dmund and D orothy S mith B erkeley .
The Absorption of Solutes by Plant Cells . By D. H. J ennings .
Woody Flora of Taiwan . By HUI-LIN LI.
The Annual Species of Medicago. By C haia C lara H eyn .
The Flowering Process . By F rank B. S alisbury .
General Microbiology . By R oger J. S tanier , M ichael D udoroff and E dward A. A delberg .
The Biochemical Approach to Life . By F. R. J evons .     

BOOK REVIEW

Book reviewed in this article:
An Historical Legend of the Zapotecs. P aul R adin .
Aboriginal Population of Northwestern Mexico. C arl S auer .     

Reviews

Advances in Botanical Research . Vol. 14. Ed. by J. A. C allow .
Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism . Ed. by W. R. U llrich , P. J. A paricio , P. J. S yrett and F. C astillo .
A Centry od Nitrogen Fixation Research . Ed. by F. J. B ergersen and J. R. P ostgate .
Horizons in Lichenology . Ed. by D. H. D alby , D. L. H awksworth and S. L. J ury .
Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry , By J. B. H arborne .
Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, Ed. by A lan W ild .
Disease and Plant Population Biology . By J. J. B urdon.
Molecular Determinants of Plant Diseases . Ed. by S. N ishimura , C. P. V ance and N. D oke.
British Fungus Flora, Agrics and Boleti 5. Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae P.P.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus, By R W atling and M. N. G regory .
Mechanisms of Woody Plant Defenses Against Insects . Ed. by W. J. M attson , J. L evieux and C. B ernard -D agan .
Air Pollution and Acid Rain. The Biological Impact . By A. W ellburn .
The Australian Paniceae (Paniceae) . By R. D. W erster .
Kew Index for 1986 . Compiled by R.A. D avies and K.M. L loyd .
Kew Index for 1987 . Compiled by R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd .
Index Kewensis Supplement XVII . Compiled by J. L. M. P inner , T. A. B ence , R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd .
Index Kewensis Supplement XVIII . Compiled by J. L. M. P inner , T. A. B ence , R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd . Edited by R. A. D avies .
The Botany of Mangroves . By P. B. T omlinson .
Floweroing Plants in West Africa . By M argaret S teentoft .
Plants in Danger . By S. D. D avies     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
An Outline of Developmental Physiology. By C hr. P. R aven , translated by L. D e R uiter. Pp. viii +216 with 10 plates and 64 text-figures
Recent Developments in Cell Physiology. Ed. J. A. K itching. Pp. x + 206
Conservation par le Froid des Denreés d'Origine végétale. By R oger U lrich. Pp. 328     

The last of the Nomads. the last of the Ethnographies or “All Anthropologists are Liars”

Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self; Sentiment, Place, and Politics Among Western Desert Aborigines. By Fred R. Myers. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington and Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1986. Pp. 7+334; black and white diagrams. $32.95 (hard cover). ISBN 0–85575–171–1 hard cover — AIAS); ISBN 0–87474–690–0 (hard cover —Smithsonian).     

Book Reviews

Zoophysiology. Coordinating Editor: F arner , D. S. Editors: H einrich , B.; H oar , W. S.; J ohansen , K.; L anger , H.; N euweiler , G.; R andall , D. J. Vol. 17: S mith , R. J. F.: The Control of Fish Migration. .
Systematische Zoologie. Begründet von A dolf R emane , V olker S torch und U lrich W elsch . Fortgeführt von Prof. Dr. V olker S torch , Zoologisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, und Prof. Dr. Dr. U lrich W elsch , Anatomische Anstalt der Universität München.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Peoples of South Asia. By Clarence Maloney Biosocial Anthropology. Edited by Robin Fox Studies in African Social Anthropology. Edited by Meyer Fortes and Sheila Patterson Big-Men and Business: Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in the New Guinea Highlands. By Ben R. Finney Polynesian Peasants and Proletarians. By Ben R. Finney Church and State in Tonga: The Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Political Development Te Ao Hurihuri: The World Moves On. Edited by Michael King Walbiri Iconography: Graphic Representation and Cultural Symbolism in a Central Australian Society. By Nancy D. Munn Vote Ferguson for Aboriginal Freedom. By Jack Hurner Look Forward, Not Back: Aborigines in Metropolitan Brisbane 1965–1966. By H. M. Smith and E. Biddle Aboriginal Prehistory in New England: An Archaeological Survey of Northeastern New South Wales. By Isabel McBryde Fort Jesus: a Portuguese Fortress on the East African Coast. By James Kirkman Archaeozoological Studies: Papers of the Archeozoological Conference 1974, held at the Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut of the State University of Groningen. Edited by A. T. Clason Men of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory. By Brian M. Fagan     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Phytochemical Methods. By J. B. H arborne .
Annual Review of Phytopathology , Vol. 11. Ed. by K. F. B aker .
Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants in the Tropics. By G. F. W eber .
Yeast Mould and Plant Protoplasts. Ed. by J. R. V illanueva , I. G arcía -A cha , S. G ascon and F. U ruburu .
Identification of the Larger Fungi. By R oy W atling .
An Atlas of Plant Structure. Vol. 2. By B. B racegirdle and P. H. M iles .
Taxonomy and Ecology. The Systematics Association: Special Volume No. 5. Ed. by V. H. H eywood .
Quantitative and Dynamic Plant Ecology. By K. A. K ershaw .
Models in Ecology. By J. M aynard S mith .
Vegetation of the Earth in Relation to Climate and the Eco-Physiological Conditions. By H. W alter .
A New Ecophysiological Approach to Forest Water Relationships in Arid Climates. By I. G indel .
Flore de France. Vol. 1. By M arcel G uinochet and R oger de V ilmorin .     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Progress in Phytochemistry , Vol. 2. By L. R einhold and Y. L iwschitz .
Investigation by Experiment. The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology No. 23. By O. V. S. H eath .
Phytosociology and Ecology of Cryptogamic Epiphytes. By J. J. B arkman .
Les Lichens. By P. O zenda and G. C lausade .
The Lichens of Israel. By M. G alun .
World Pollen Flora. Ed. by G. ERDTMAN. 4. Globulariaceae. By J. P raglowski and K. G yllander .     

MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS

A dolph , E. F. 1967. Ontogeny of volume regulation in embryonic extracellular fluids.
A nderson , K. S., R andall , E. J., M ain , A. J. & T onn , R. J. 1966. Netting at High Pines.
D avis , F. W. 1965. Robins and D.D.T.
G ans , C. & B ock , W. J. 1965. The functional significance of muscle architecture—a theoretical analysis.
G rant , P. R. 1966. Retarded or arrested cranial development in a Mexican passerine, Myiopagis viridicata (Vieillot)
H udson , G. E., P arker , R. A., V an den B erge , J. & L anzillotti , P. J. 1966. A numerical analysis of the modifications of the appendicular muscles in various genera of gallinaceous birds.
KING, J. R. Adipose tissue composition in experimentally induced fat deposition in the 1967.
P eiponen , V. A. & B osley , A. 1964. Torpidity in a captive Nightjar ( Caprimulgus europaeus L.).
P owell , J. R. & B urke , J. D. 1966. Avian blood oxygen capacity.
R ijke , A. M. 1967. The water repellency and feather structure of cormorants, Phalacrocoracidae.
S iegfried , W. R. 1966. Growth, plumage development and moult in the Crowned Guineafowl Numida meleagris coronata Gurney.
S laden , W. J. L., B oyd , J. C. & P ederson , J. M. 1966. Biotelemetry studies on Penguin body temperatures.
S now , D. W. & S now , B. K. 1963. Meights and wing-lengths of some Trinidad birds.
Z wckel , F. C. 1966. Sex and age ratios and weights of Caprrcaillie from the 1965–66 shooting season in Scotland.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Prehistory of Australia. By D. J. Mulvaney Aboriginal Habitat and Economy. By Roger Lawrence The Aborigines of Tasmania. By H. Ling Roth. F. King and Sons The Dreamtime. Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings. By Ainslie Roberts with text by Charles P. Mountford The Aboriginal Languages of the Southwest of Australia. By Wilfred H. Douglas The Languages of Victoria: A Late Survey. By Luise A. Hercus A Survey of New Guinea Languages. By A. Capell Korwars and Korwar Style: Art and Ancestor Worship in North-West New Guinea. By Th. P. van Baaren Pigs for the Ancestors. By Roy A. Rappaport Capitalism, Primitive and Modern. By T. Scarlett Epstein Eskimos of the Nushagak River. By James W. Van Stone Under the Bo Tree: Studies in Caste, Kinship and Marriage in the Interior of Ceylon. By Nur Yalman The Indians in Uganda, Caste and Sect in a Plural Society. By H. S. Morris Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method. By John Collier Culture and Ageing. By Margaret Clarke and Barbara G. Anderson. Charles C. Thomas, Illinois Culture in Process. By Alan R. Beals Selected Studies in Marriage and the Family. Edited by Robert F. Winch and Louis Wolf Goodman New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter. Background to Evolution in Africa. Edited by Walter W. Bishop and J. Desmond Clark The History of Man. By Carleton S. Coon The Human Species. By Frederick S. Hulse The Birth of Indian Civilization.