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the eye whitish ; dorsal streak narrow, brown ; legs, feet and tail 

 bright yellow ; end of tail more bushy and brown, varied ; ears red. 

 Australia ; Richmond River ? 



This species has all the markings like Petrogale lateralis, but 

 : differs in being of a much paler and yellower colour, and in the bright 

 : yellow colour of the legs and basal part of the tail. 

 "[ It is about the same size as P. penicillatus, or rather between it 

 : and P. lateralis. 



.L There are two specimens of this species (male and female) in the 



J. collection of the British Museum, procured from Mr. Strange, but 



^ unfortunately not accompanied by their precise habitat, and sent with 



"specimens from South Australia and Richmond River* s a 



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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1854. 



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~— fog : very fine. 3, 4. Very fine. 5. Fine, but windy. 6. Rain. 7. Overcast. 

 ^.8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Fine: overcast. 10. Foggy: exceedingly fine : rain at 

 ^ t' night. 11. Fine throughout. 12. Clear. 13. Foggy: very fine. 14. Foggy: 

 — hazy: slight drizzle. 15. Foggy and drizzly: cloudy: rain. 16. Very fine. 

 -^ ,. 17. Foggy : rain. 18. Rain : overcast and windy. 19. Fine : rain at night. I 

 ;;:^ 20. Showery. 21. Cloudy. 22. Densely clouded : fine. 23. Fine: clear. 24^1 



Very fine : heavy rain, 25. Constant rain. 26. Clear and very fine. 27. Frosty 

 n ^. and foggy : very fine. 28, 29. Very fine. 30. Foggy : very fine : cloudless. 31. 

 Exceedingly fine. ^ „ 



"S/Xrvr^ Mean temperature of the month 48°-20« | G 



" Meantemperatureof Oct. 1853 ..49*99^ ' 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-eight years ... 50*06 

 *! H - -■ Average amount of rain in Oct 2"68inches. 



o -c Boston. — Oct. 1, 2. Foggy. 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Fine : rain p.m. 6. Cloudy . 

 '^ ' 7,8. Fine. 9. Cloudy: rain a.m. 10. Fine. 11. Cloudy: rain a.m. 12,13. 



Fine. 14. Cloudy. \h. Cloudy: rain p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy: rain p.m. 



18. Rain A.M. and P.M. 19- Cloudy. 20. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 21. Fine. 

 o r^- 22. Cloudy: rain a.m. 23, 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 26, 27. 

 2 2 Fine. 28.* Cloudy. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Cloudy : rain p.m. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Cloudy a.m. : clear p.m. 2. Rain a.m. and 

 P.M. 3. Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 4. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 5. Showers a.m. : 



clear P.M. 6. Hail-showers a.m. : clear p.m. 7. Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 8. 

 " r Clear, fine a.m. : fog p.m. 9. Rain a.m. : cloudy p.m. 10. Clear, fine a.m. : 

 '^"^ showers p.m. 11. Showers a.m.: sleet, showers p.m. 12. Clear, fine a.m.: 

 '■^ clear p.m. 13, Drizzle a.m. : clear p,m, 14, Clear, fine a.m.: cloudy p.m. 15 — 

 17. Showers A.M, and P.M. 18, Hail-showers a,m. : cloudy p.m. 19 — 22. Showers 



A,M. and P.M. 23, Bright a.m. : showers p.m. 24. Clear, frost a.m. : clear, frost, 

 r^ c aurora p,m. 25. Cloudy, frost a.m. : sleet-showers, aurora p.m. 26. Sleet-showers 

 °. \- a.m. and p.m. 27. Bright a.m.: cloudy p.m. 28. Rain a.m, : cloudy p.m. 29. 

 ^ ^^ Cloudy A.M. : clear p.m. 30, 31. Clear a.m. and p.m. 



Mean temperature of Oct, for twenty-seven previous years ... 47^*68 



^ Mean temperature of this month 46*39 



% ii'o/^St Mean temperature of Oct. 1853 48 "66 



o" c' o' c' Average quantity of rain in Oct. for fourteen previous years . 507 inches. 



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