1032 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Work in zoology in 1896 (Zoologist, 4. srr., 2 (1S98), No. 13, p. 39).— According 

 to the enumeration of the Zoological Record, in 1896 there appeared 291 papers deal- 

 ing with mammals, 639 with birds, 307 with reptiles and hatrachia, 240 with fishes, 

 30 with tunicates, 391 with mollusks, 20 with hrachiopods, 21 with hryozoa, 206 

 with crustacea, 114 with arachnids, 56 with myriapods and prototracheates. 1,264 

 with insects, 251 with vermes, 122 with cndenterates, 57 with sponges, and 190 with 

 protozoa. According to Dr. Sharp no less than 8,907 distinct species and 1,040 

 genera and subgenera were described as new. 



METEOROLOGY. 



Special meteorological features of the year 1895, F. Houdaille 

 (Ann. Eeole Nat. Ayr. Montpellier, 9 (1*95-90), pp. 17-25, charts 21).— 

 The special meteorological features (temperature, pressure, precipita- 

 tion, humidity, evaporation, cloudiness, wind movement, etc.) of each 

 month of the period from December, 1894, to ^November, 1890, inclusive, 

 are charted and discussed and their influence on the growth of the vine 

 during the season of 1895 briefly noted. The most marked features of 

 the season were a prolonged period of rainfall during the summer and 

 a maximum temperature in September, instead of July or August as 

 usual. As a result of these conditions there was an unprecedented 

 invasion of mildew, due to the high temperature and great humidity, 

 but a very superior quality of grapes, due to the prolonged high tem- 

 perature during the period of ripening. 



The daily measurement of dew in 1895, F. Houdaille (Ann. 

 Ecole Nat. Agr. Montpellier, 9 (1895- , 96), pp. 26-32).— Measurements 

 during the period from December, 1891, to November, 1895, inclusive, 

 of the dew deposited upon a glass plate with an area of 25 sq. cm., are 

 tabulated and discussed and compared with similar observations in 

 previous years. A summary of the monthly dew measurements during 

 1893, 1891, and 1895 is given in the following table: 



Depth of dew during each month of 1893-95. 



1893. 



Mm. 



January 0. 448 



February I . 072 



March .". .834 



rch 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August ... 

 September 

 < Ictober . .. 



.690 

 .284 

 .648 

 .140 

 .968 

 .076 

 1.602 



November 310 



December 1. 026 



1894. 



2I)n. 

 ii. 559 



1.114 

 .854 

 .608 

 .247 

 .874 

 . 464 

 .952 

 .660 



1. 096 

 .912 



1.400 



1895. 



21 in. 



0.038 

 .104 

 .436 

 .536 



1.168 

 .398 

 .562 

 .675 



1.078 

 .580 

 .557 

 .368 



Average, 

 1893-'95. 



Mm. 



0. 348 

 .430 

 .70S 

 .013 

 .564 

 .640 

 . 389 

 .865 

 .805 



1.098 

 .593 

 .953 



Causes of the maximum rates of evaporation in the climate of 

 Montpellier, F. Houdaille (Ann. Eeole Nat. Agr. Montpellier, 9 

 (ls95-'96), pp. 286-295, Jigs. 2).— Observations during each month of 

 1896 on velocity of evaporation, temperature, hygrometric condition 



