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  regions, 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  display 
  was 
  observed 
  at 
  Montreal. 
  

   Rev. 
  Joel 
  H. 
  Metcalf 
  reports 
  that 
  at 
  Burlington, 
  Vermont, 
  93 
  

   Leonids 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  his 
  party 
  on 
  that 
  night 
  between 
  1 
  a. 
  m. 
  and 
  

   dawn, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  successful 
  in 
  securing 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  meteor-trails 
  

   by 
  photography. 
  Our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   bodies 
  forming 
  the 
  stream 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  grow 
  very 
  slowly, 
  as, 
  if 
  the 
  

   period 
  is 
  33^ 
  years, 
  we 
  shall 
  not 
  encounter 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  

   again 
  until 
  the 
  year 
  2032. 
  

  

  Quite 
  a 
  display 
  of 
  Andromedids 
  was 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  nights 
  of 
  

   November 
  23 
  to 
  25, 
  Professor 
  Young 
  of 
  Princeton, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  

   having 
  seen, 
  according 
  to 
  press 
  reports, 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  10 
  per 
  

   minute 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  night 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  period. 
  At 
  New 
  Haven 
  it 
  

   was 
  clear 
  on 
  November 
  23 
  and 
  24 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  night 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  trails 
  were 
  photographed, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  secured 
  at 
  

   both 
  of 
  the 
  Observatory 
  stations 
  and 
  will 
  thus 
  afford 
  a 
  determi- 
  

   nation 
  of 
  its 
  position, 
  direction, 
  and 
  velocity. 
  w. 
  l. 
  e. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  Aims 
  and 
  Methods 
  of 
  Meteorological 
  Work 
  especially 
  

   as 
  conducted 
  by 
  National 
  and 
  State 
  Weather 
  Services 
  ; 
  by 
  Cleve- 
  

   land 
  Abbe. 
  — 
  This 
  interesting 
  paper 
  is 
  reprinted 
  from 
  Part 
  III 
  

   (pp. 
  219-330) 
  of 
  the 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Meteorology 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  

   prepared 
  by 
  Cleveland 
  Abbe, 
  O. 
  L. 
  Fassig, 
  and 
  F. 
  J. 
  Walz 
  by 
  

   direction 
  of 
  Willis 
  L. 
  Moore, 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Weather 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  The 
  Maryland 
  Weather 
  Service 
  is 
  under 
  the 
  directorship 
  of 
  Prof. 
  

   W. 
  B. 
  Clark, 
  whose 
  excellent 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Maryland 
  has 
  

   already 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  and 
  handsome 
  

   volumes 
  before 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  Journal. 
  The 
  present 
  paper 
  is 
  a 
  

   popular 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  subject 
  of 
  meteorological 
  work, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  its 
  application 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  The 
  prin- 
  

   ciples 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  prediction 
  of 
  storms, 
  wind, 
  frost, 
  fog 
  and 
  

   other 
  important 
  weather 
  conditions, 
  are 
  explained 
  very 
  clearly. 
  

   Then 
  the 
  various 
  elements 
  involved 
  in 
  climatology 
  are 
  explained, 
  

   and 
  finally 
  the 
  special 
  apparatus 
  and 
  methods 
  employed 
  in 
  obser- 
  

   vations 
  ot 
  temperature, 
  wind, 
  velocity, 
  atmospheric 
  pressure, 
  etc. 
  

   The 
  whole 
  forms 
  an 
  admirable 
  chapter 
  for 
  the 
  instruction 
  of 
  that 
  

   large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  which, 
  though 
  interested, 
  has 
  little 
  defi- 
  

   nite 
  inlormation 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  and 
  is 
  too 
  slow 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  

   high 
  standard 
  and 
  constantly 
  progressive 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  

   done 
  by 
  our 
  Weather 
  Bureau. 
  It 
  is 
  profusely 
  illustrated 
  with 
  

   excellent 
  plates 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  liberal 
  way 
  as 
  the 
  

   other 
  volumes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source. 
  

  

  4. 
  Our 
  Native 
  Birds: 
  How 
  to 
  protect 
  them 
  and 
  attract 
  them 
  

   to 
  our 
  Homes 
  ; 
  by 
  D. 
  Lange; 
  pp. 
  1-162, 
  12mo. 
  New 
  York, 
  1899 
  

   (The 
  Macmillan 
  Company). 
  — 
  This 
  attractive 
  little 
  book 
  is 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  designed 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  laudable 
  effort 
  to 
  protect 
  our 
  

   native 
  birds, 
  particularly 
  by 
  those 
  means 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  made 
  

   matters 
  of 
  legal 
  requirement. 
  The 
  author 
  calls 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  easy 
  to 
  pass 
  laws 
  against 
  recognized 
  evils, 
  

   it 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  provide 
  means 
  for 
  enforcing 
  their 
  pro- 
  

   visions. 
  Hence 
  the 
  suggestions 
  which 
  he 
  makes 
  here 
  are 
  most 
  

   valuable, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  desired 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  find 
  wide 
  

   adoption. 
  

  

  am. 
  Jour. 
  Sci.— 
  Fourth 
  Series, 
  Vol. 
  IX. 
  No. 
  49.— 
  January, 
  1900. 
  

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