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Pyranga roseo-gularis, a new species from Yucatan. By Dr. Cabot. 



Male : — top of head, outer edge of primaries and secondaries, and 

 surface of greater and lesser wing-coverts, the tail and its upper 

 coverts, bright brownish red. Under side of tail and its under co- 

 verts, throat and flexures of wings, bright rose-colour. Back and 

 posterior part of cheeks dark brownish ash-colour ; anterior part of 

 cheeks, breast and belly bright ash-coloured. Twelve tail-feathers. 

 Bill strongly toothed, horn-colour at top, lighter beneath. Legs and 

 feet horn-coloured. Total length 6J inches ; of bill -§- inch ; along 

 the ridge f ; along the gape ^ inch ; across at base § through 

 from above down. Tooth situated at £ inch from point of bill. 

 Tarsus rather more than J inch in length. Tail 2-f- inches long. 

 Wings from flexure 3J inches. — Ibid. p. 436. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1847* 



Chiswick. — June 1 — 3. Clear and very fine. 4. Light clouds and fine. 5. 

 Cloudy. 6. Light clouds : clear. 7. Clear : cloudy. 8. Rain : thunder-showers. 

 9. Clear and fine. 10. Rain: cloudy: clear. 11, 12. Clear and very fine. 

 13. Rain : cloudy. 14. Densely clouded : showery. 15. Rain: thunder and 

 heavy showers. 16. Cloudy : rain. 17,18. Rain 19. Cloudy and fine. 20. 

 Cloudy : slight showers. 21. Cloudy : fine. 22. Very fine. 23. Very fine : 

 heavy showers, with thunder. 24. Cloudy and fine. 25. Rain : cloudy and 

 fine. 26. Very fine. 27. Drizzly : cloudy and fine. 28. Fine. 29. Very fine. 

 30. Light clouds : very fine : overcast. 



Mean temperature of the month 58°*46 



Mean temperature of June 1846 66*63 



Mean temperature of June for the last twenty years 66 '90 



Average amount of rain in June l*88inch. 



Boston. — June 1 — 4. Fine. 5,6. Cloudy. 7. Fine. 8. Fine : rain early a.m. 

 9. Fine. 10. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : showery all day. 11,12. Fine. IS. 

 Cloudy: rain early a.m. 14. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 15. Fine : 

 rain p.m. 16. Fine: rain a.m. and p.m. 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy: rain early 

 am.: heavy rain p.m. 19. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 20. Cloudy : rain a.m. and 

 p.m. 21. Cloudy: rain p.m. 22,23. Fine: rain p.m. 24. Rain: rain p.m. 

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

 This month has been the coldest since 1843, and the wettest since June 1841. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — June 1, 2. Clear: fine. 3. Cloudy; fog. 4. Bright: 

 cloudy. 5. Showers: cloudy. 6. Bright: cloudy. 7. Showers. 8. Bright: 

 drops. 9. Cloudy: rain. 10. Showers: sleet-showers. 11. Bright: cloudy. 

 12. Cloudy. 13. Cloudy : rain. 14. Rain : damp. 15. Cloudy : rain : cloudy. 

 16. Cloudy: fine. 17,18. Bright: fine. 19. Clear : fine. 20. Bright : rain. 

 21. Showers: clear. 22. Bright : showers : fine. 23. Bright: showers. 24. 

 Bright : thunder : drops. 25. Bright : thunder. 26. Clear : fine. 27. Damp. 

 28. Cloudy. 29. Fog : cloudy. 30. Damp : fog. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries -shire. — June 1 — 3. Very fine. 4. Warm, but 

 overcast. 5. Fair a.m. : showers p.m. 6. Fair a.m. 7. Threatening : rain p.m. 

 8. Slight shower. 9. Fair : thunder : rain. 10. Fair : clear. 1 1 . Fair, but cool. 

 12. Cloudy: rain p.m. 13. Rain. 14. Fine: thunder: rain. 15. Drizzly: 

 thunder. 16. Bright a.m. : rain. 17. Drizzly. 18. Fair and fine. 19. Fine: 

 a few drops. 20. Rain p.m. 21. Wet a.m. : cleared. 22. Showery. 23. Fine, 

 very : slight shower. 24. Showery : thunder. 25. Showers a. m. : thunder. 26. 

 Slight shower p.m. 27. Shower a.m. : fair. 28—30. Very fine.: 



Mean temperature of the month 55°*2 



Mean temperature of June 1846 63*2 



Mean temperature of June for 25 years 56 *10 



Mean rain in June for 20 years 2'32 inches. 



