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ferior side of the shell, and was emitted, but without any force, at 

 the opening on the middle of the hinder end of the shell. — J. E. 

 Gray. 



vespertilio le1sleri. 



Since the account of the Vespertilio Leisleri appeared in the 

 * Annals of Natural History,' the bat has been examined by the Rev. 

 L. Jenyns, who is of opinion that it is not a specimen of V. Leisleri, 

 but is at present undecided whether it is the young of the Noctule 

 or a distinct species. — Thomas Paine, Jun., Great Yarmouth. 



We have to state, that with regard to our note at page 349 in Mr. 

 Babington's Paper ' On the Botany of the Channel Islands/ that it 

 was founded on a misapprehension originating from a misprint. On 

 referring to Mr. Babington's manuscript, we find that the word " con- 

 firmed", rather hastily and indistinctly written, was mistaken by the 

 compositor for " conferred" ; and that Dr. Boott had merely pro- 

 nounced it to be Car ex punctata, Gaud., and not that he gave a 

 name to it already applied to another species, an oversight very un- 

 likely to have been made by one so thoroughly acquainted with the 

 genus, and whose monograph is anxiously looked for. — Edit. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DECEMBER 1838. 



Chiswick. — Dec. 1 • Clear : rain. 2. Fine : heavy showers, with strong wind 

 and thunder and lightning at night. 3, 4. Fine. 5. Drizzly. 6. Fine. 7. 

 Rain. 8. Clear: frosty. 9. Frosty and foggy. 10. Frosty: fine. 11 — 13. 

 Hazy. 14,15. Foggy in the mornings : fine. 16 — J 9. Hazy and cold. 20. 

 Frosty : fine. 21. Hazy. 22—24. Rain. 25. Very clear. 26. Frosty : 

 heavy rain at night. 27. Clear. 28. Frosty. 29. Overcast : rain. 30. Rain. 

 31. Clear and fine. 



Boston. — Dec. 1. Fine: rain p.m. 2. Fine: rain early a.m. 3. Fine. 4. 

 Fine: rain early a.m. 5. Cloudy. 6. Fine. 7. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 

 8 — 10. Fine. 11— 13. Cloudy. 14— 16. Fine. 17, 18. Cloudy. 19. Cloudy: 

 rain p.m. 20,21. Cloudy. 22 — 24. Rain. 25. Fine: snow early a.m. : snow 

 p.m. 26. Fine: rain p.m. 27,28. Fine. 29,30. Cloudy. 31. Fine. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Dec. 1. Dull and cloudy : wet p.m. 2. 

 Frequent showers. 3. Dull and cloudy : temperate. 4. Cleared up : very mild. 

 5. Clear sunshine. 6. Dull and cloudy : shower p.m. 7. Generally clear : 

 shower p.m. 8. Fine day : frosty p.m. 9. Dry, but cloudy. 10. Cloudy and 

 moist. 11. Clear and frosty. 12. Thick fog a.m. : cleared : moist. 13. Cloudy 

 and raw. 14. Clear and sharp. 15. Dull and threatening. 16. Fog: cleared 

 up p.m. 17. Dull and cloudy. 18. Cloudy a.m., but cleared up. 19. Cloudy 

 and threatening : rain. 20. Raw after rain preceding evening. 21. Cleared 

 and cold: wet p.m. 22. Dry and cold, but threatening rain. 23. Dry: still 

 looking dull. 24. Dry a.m. : moist p.m. 25. Dry and clear : freezing p.m. 

 26. Wet and stormy till evening. 27. Frosty : ground very slippery. 28. 

 Frost a.m.: thawed p.m. 29. Clear, but still soft. 30. Wet and stormy all day. 

 31. Showery and unsettled. 



