. Astronomy. 127 
entirely complete, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution. The Muse- 
um of Yale College has recently been so fortunate as to receive from J. 
H. Sternberg, Esq., a specimen of the young animal, preserved entire in 
to have been about three months old in April. He states that its weight 
is not more than that of the head of the adult, one head that he former- 
ly examined weighing 82 pounds. ‘ 
Its entire length is 31 inches; nose to occiput 11; nose to eye 4:25; 
hose to incisor teeth 1-5; eye to ear 3:2; lower jaw 6°5; length of ear 
} tom the side, is elongated oval; from above elongated triangular, the 
sides nearly straight, the nose truncated. In advance of and above 
eyes, the sides of the nose are compressed and concave, with a slight de- 
Pression on its ridge. Beyond this the snout is enlarged, and convex 
both on the sides and above; the tip papillose and slightly decurved, 
which gives it a truncated appearance. The nostrils are large, oval, 
placed obliquely at the end of the nose, about half an inch long, the in- 
ner angles separated about a quarter inch, the margins thickened. The 
nose itself is quite flexible and, apparently, capable of extension. The 
ears are large and prominent, broad oval, rounded at the end. The hair 
. 's rather fine and soft, about an inch long on the body, and half as long 
on the head, where it is not so thick. — 
The general: color is bright reddish-brown, the head darker above. 
The lips and end of the nose, bordering the naked, black tip, are white. 
Five interrupted narrow white stripes pass along each side of the nose, 
eral larger patches of whitish, one of which is under the eye; a larger 
white spot is on the throat. The ears are dark brown, lighter at the 
vate 9 ips, and several unequal spots on the outsi 8, white. 
back and sides are marked by longitudinal rows of yellowish-white patches, 
which partially blend into continuous stripes on the sides. There are in 
a about ten of these stripes. The under side of the body is uniform 
Yellowish gray. The legs are darker brown than the body, and marked 
by numerous transverse bands and spots of white. 
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‘IV. ASTRONOMY. 7 
1. Prof. Adams upon the orbit of the November meteors.—It was 
shown some time ago (this Journal, I, xxviii, 57) that the periodic 
hme of the November meteors must be ate five mo egaed posse 
: ese five periods were 180°0 days, 185°4 days, 35 ays, 
3766 days, and 33-25 years. The longitude of the node was also shown 
1, Wetease with respect to the ecliptic 1"711 in a year, which is equiva- 
lent to a procession with respect to the fixed stars of 29’ in a cyele of 
comparing it with the observed motion pg on imple 
oe ‘deciding which of the five orbits is the trueone. 
ie the nae ole display of the meteors in November of last = 
", Prof, Adams undertook the examination of this question. Taking — 
