844 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



discusses the various diseases due to unknown causes, climatic conditions, parasitic 

 fungi, and animals as observed during his excursions about Hamburg. The animal 

 pests are classified into Mammals, birds, mollusks, insects, mites, and worms, and 

 'insects are further subdivided into families and smaller groups. A brief general 

 account is presented of the means of combating these pests. 



Zoolog-ical record, D. Sharp {ZooI. Rec, S8 {1901), pp. 1144)- — As usual, the 

 jjresent volume of this pul>lication contains a list of titles published on zoological 

 subjects during the year covered by the report. The nnmljer of i)eriodicals from 

 .which these titles were taken is more than 1,000. A list of these periodicals is given 

 and the general bibliographical matter is arranged as previously, under the follow- 

 ing heads: General subjects, mammalia, aves, reptilia, batrachia, pisces, tunicata, 

 mollusca, brachiopoda, bryozoa, Crustacea, arachnida, myriopoda, prototracheata, 

 insecta, echinoderma, vermes, coelenterata, spongire, and protozoa. 



Index zoologicus, C. O. Waterhouse {London: Zool. Soc. of London, 1003, pp. 

 XLI + 421). — This index is prepared for the purpose of including an alphabetical 

 list of the names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology, as recorded in 

 Zoological Record, 1880-1900, and other zoological generic names not included in the 

 Nomenclator Zoologicus of S. H. Scudder. The number of new names indexed in 

 the Zoological Record are tabulated for each year from 1880 to 1900. It is estimated 

 that the total number of names included in this index is about 40,000, and that the 

 total number of zoological generic names, exclusive of synonyms, is thus brought up 

 to about 80,000. 



Index-catalogue of medical and veterinary zoolog-y, C. W. Stiles and A. 

 Hassall ( U. ,S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bui. 39, pt. 2, pp. 47-198).— 

 In this ])art of the bulletin the author index of veterinary and medical zoology is 

 continued and includes all names beginning with B. 



Guide for collecting-, preserving-, and packing animals for the zoological 

 museum in Berlin, jNIobius {Anleitung zum Sammdn, Konservieren und Verpacken 

 ton. TUrenfur das zoologlsche Museum. Berlin: Zoological Museum, 1902, pp. 1 IS, figs. 

 25). — Notes are given on the approved methods of collecting, preserving, and pack- 

 ing animals of all kinds for shipment to the museum. These notes are prepared as 

 a guide to travelers or colonial officials of the German Government who may wish to 

 collect specimens for the museum. 



Game laws for 1902, T. S. Palmer and 11. W. Olds ( TL S. Depf. Agr., Farmers^ 

 Bui. 160, pp. 56). — This is a revised and condensed form of Bulletin 16, Division of 

 Biological Survey (E. S. R., 1:5, p. 532). 



METEOROLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review {Mo. Weather Rev., 30 {1902), Nos. 10, 2W- 473-510, 

 figs. 2, rharts S; 11, pj). 511-552, figs. 4, charts 10; 12, pp. 553-602, figs. 37, charts 10).— 

 In addition to the usual reports on forecasts, warnings, weather and crop conditions, 

 meteorological tables and charts for the months of October, November, and Decem- 

 ber, 1902, recent papers bearing on meteorology, etc., these nmnbers contain the 

 following articles and notes: 



No. 10. — Special c(jntributions on Cloudbursts, by A. D. Elmer; Does the Light" 

 ning Ever Strike the Ocean? by J. Trowbridge; The Climate of Baguio, Philippine 

 Islands, by F. O. Stetson; Some Peculiarities in Frost Formation over the Coast 

 Region of South Carolina, by L. N. Jesunofsky (p. 845) ; Cycles of Precipitation (illus. ), 

 by L. H. Murdoch (p. 845), and The Circumhorizontal Arc, by L. Besson; and notes 

 on Weather Bureau men as instructors in meteorology, waterspout at Cape May, N. J., 

 severe hailstorm at St. Louis, Mo., volcanic and atmospheric phenomena (illus.), 

 and Robert Rul)ens(jn. 



No. 11. — Special contributions on Noveni])cr (iales from the Great Lakes to the 



