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We have received from Mr. E. B. Waggett a communi- 
_eation with reference to a proposed method of graphically 
indicating the duration of the residence in the British 
Islands of the various members of the bird-fauna. On a 
sheet of ruled paper two large dots, an inch apart, are 
marked on four of the ruled lines, the dot on the left in- 
dicating New Year’s Day, and the one on the right 
December 31. In the case of permanent residents, the two 
dots are connected by a line. Winter visitors are indicated 
by drawing a line half an inch long on each side of the 
right dot, the extremities of these lines being marked above 
by arrow-heads, of which the one on the left points down- 
wards, to indicate a southern migration, while that on the 
right points in the opposite direction, and thus implies a 
northern flight. Summer visitors, on the other hand, are 
indicated by a half-inch line midway between the two dots, 
with arrows on the lower side of the extremities, the direc- 
tion of which indicates the migration. Species which merely 
rest for a short time in Great Britain during the spring and 
autumn migrations are indicated by drawing two quarter- 
inch lines some distance on each side of the right dot, with 
an arrow both above and below each to mark the direction 
of the migration. Modifications of these may be easily drawn 
to indicate residents which build twice, or even thrice, in 
a season, and also resident species building in the spring 
which are reinforced in autumn by migrants from the north 
for the winter season. 
In the January number of the Psychological Review the 
tenth anniversary of the journal will be celebrated by the 
founding of a special literary section, to be published 
monthly, in which fresh, prompt treatment will be given 
to the literature of psychology, philosophy, and cognate 
subjects. ; 
Messrs. J. AND A. CHURCHILL have now published 
separately the second part of ‘‘ Elementary Practical 
Chemistry,’’ by Dr. Frank Clowes and Mr. J. B. Coleman. 
The present publication is divided into three sections, deal- 
ing respectively with qualitative, volumetric, and gravi- 
metric analysis. 
Tue Huxley lecture for 1903, by Prof. Karl Pearson, 
F.R.S., ‘‘ On the Inheritance of the Mental and Moral 
Characters in Man, and its Comparison with the Inherit- 
ance of the Physical Characters,’’ has now been published 
separately by the Anthropological Institute. It will be 
remembered that we published an abstract of Prof. Pear- 
son’s lecture in our issue for October 22. 
Mr. W. C. Fiercuer, head master of the Liverpool Insti- 
tute, has been appointed to the newly-established post of 
chief inspector of secondary schools. Mr. C. A. Buck- 
master, acting senior chief inspector at South Kensington, 
has been appointed chief inspector of schools under the 
branch of the Board of Education which deals with evening 
schools, technology, and higher education in science and 
art. 
Tue fourth volume of the ‘‘ Knowledge Diary and Scien- 
tific Handbook ’’ has now been published, and in this 1904 
issue there is much information which will prove of use to 
men of science. Among many interesting contents may be 
noticed the numerous practical articles, which include one 
by Mr. William Marriott on practical meteorology, and one 
by Mr. Edwin Edser on the optical constants of lens com- 
binations. The tables, too, are abundant and well selected. 
WE have received a copy of Prof. Robert Wallace’s open- 
ing lecture of the session on October 13 to the students 
of the department of agriculture and rural economy at the 
University of Edinburgh. The lecture is entitled ‘‘ Agri- 
culture, Live Stock, and Dairying in Argentina,’’ and deals 
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with Prof. Wallace’s observations and inquiries during his 
recent six months’ tour in South America. The booklet is 
published by Messrs. Oliver and Boyd at ninepence. 
Tue issue of ‘‘ Who’s Who”’ for 1904 contains above one 
hundred and fifty pages more than that for 1903, and the 
increase in size indicates the large number of auuitional 
biographies now included. The notable persons whose bio- 
graphies are given are not exclusively British, for par- 
ticulars are provided also of American men and women of 
eminence. Messrs. A. and C. Black are to be congratulated 
upon the general appearance of the book, and the editor 
upon the excellence of its arrangement. The price of the 
1904 edition is 7s. 6d. net. 
Many of our readers are acquainted with those excellent 
volumes of ‘‘ Photograms’’ (Messrs. Dawbarn and Ward, 
Ltd., London) which have appeared yearly since 1895. 
The issue for the present year surpasses, if possible, the 
high standard which this publication had reached, and our 
photographic readers will find in these pages much that will 
be of interest. As a pictorial and literary record of the 
artistic photographic work of the year the compilers and 
publishers are to be congratulated, for the volume is high- 
class in every respect. 
Tue first number, that for November, of the Central, a 
magazine edited on behalf of the City and Guilds of 
London Central Technical College Old Students’ Associ- 
ation by Dr. E. F. Armstrong and Mr. Maurice Solomon, 
is an excellent performance. It is attractively produced, 
well illustrated, and interestingly written. There is an in- 
structive article on oscillographs by Mr. Solomon, a de- 
scription of the new electrical laboratories by Mr. Joseph 
Griffin, and an unusually large number of notes concerning 
the work and doings of old students; one section of these 
notes, dealing with chemical research, is conclusive evidence 
that the atmosphere of the Central Technical College is 
favourable for the development of investigators; and the 
new magazine shows that literary as well as scientific enter- 
prise is encouraged. 
In a paper read recently before the Church Society for 
the Promotion of Kindness to Animals, the Hon. Chas. S. 
Rolls remarked that at the present time those who 
were seeking to develop motors and motoring were 
experiencing exactly the same opposition from many rural 
communities as the promoters of railways met with earlier. 
Having disposed of many thoughtless and amusing objec- 
tions brought against motor vehicles by opponents, he re- 
marked that, as regards other objections, it should be 
remembered that the difficulties of noise, vibration, smell, 
and untrustworthiness must eventually be, and are rapidly 
being, overcome. This country has, said Mr. Rolls, been 
infested with a host of inferior cars, consequently these 
objections have been more apparent here than they are on 
the Continent or in America. The introduction of the motor- 
car will, undoubtedly, constitute the means of better inter- 
communication, which has always been the chief factor of 
civilisation. It will result, too, in the decrease of wear and 
tear on the roads, greater economy of space in the streets, 
and especially a greatly increased cleanliness of the latter. 
Tue additions to the Zoological Society’s Gardens during 
the past week include a Brown Capuchin (Cebus fatuellus) 
from Guiana, presented by Mr. F. J. Holmes; two Tan- 
talus Monkeys (Cercopithecus tantalus) from West Africa, 
a Globose Curassow (Crax globicera) from Central America, 
two Brazilian Tanagers (Ramphocoelus brasilius) from 
Brazil, a Tytler’s Parrakeet (Palaeornts tytleri) from the 
Andaman Islands, deposited. 
