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of time has broken and destroyed. Prof. Owen also stated that a 

 large collection of bones of the Dinornis had been obtained from a 

 new locality by Mr. Percy Earle. This collection contains four of 

 the species of Dinornis already described, including the three most 

 remarkable for gigantic stature. One of these, with a stature nearly 

 equalling the ostrich, presents in all the bones of its leg double the 

 thickness in proportion to their length, and must have been the 

 strongest and most robust bird in proportion to its size that ever 

 existed. Of the gigantic species, vertebrae, ribs, and an almost en- 

 tire sternum, most resembling that of the Apteryx, have been ob- 

 tained. The Rev. Mr. Williams has also transmitted the cranial 

 portion of a skull related in size to the Dinornis struthoides, mani- 

 festing many peculiarities and a striking resemblance to the same 

 part in the Dodo and Apteryx. — Proc. Brit. Assoc. Cambridge. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1845. 



Chismck. — June 1. Overcast and fine. 2. Very fine : sultry. 3. Sultry: rain 

 at night. 4. Showery. 5. Slight rain : cloudy: boisterous at night. 6. Cloudy 

 and windy. 7. Very fine : showery, and boisterous at night. 8. Boisterous : 

 clear and fine. 9. Very fine. 10 — 12. Very fine : sultry : clear and fine at nights. 

 13. Foggy: sultry. 14,15. Very hot and sultry. 16. Overcast. 17. Sultry. 

 18. Rain: clear at night. 19. Hazy : very fine. 20. Cloudless: very fine. 

 21 — 23. Very fine. 24. Uniformly overcast : heavy rain : clear. 25. Cold and 

 dry: cloudy: rain. 26. Cloudy : fine. 27. Rain. 28. Overcast: heavy showers : 

 clear. 29. Very fine. 30. Slight rain : very fine. — Mean temperature of the 

 month 1 \° above the average. 



Boston. — June 1. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 2. Fine. 3. Fine : 

 2 o'clock P.M. thermometer 72° : rain p.m. 4. Fine: thunder and lightning, with 

 rain P.M. 5. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 6. Windy. 7. Fine : rain p.m. 8. Cloudy. 

 9. Fine. 10. Fine: 3 o'clock p.m. thermometer 74°. 11. Fine: I o'clock p.m. 

 thermometer 75°. 12. Fine: 4 o'clock p.m. thermometer 76°. 13. Fine: 



I o'clock P.M. thermometer 78°. 14. Fine : 12 o'clock noon thermometer 78°. 

 15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy : 1 o'clock P.M. thermometer 78". 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. : rain a,m. and p.m. 19. Fine. 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 22. 

 Cloudy. 23. Fine. 24. Fine : rain, with thunder and lightning p.m. 25. Cloudy. 

 26. Fine. 27. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 28. Cloudy : rain a.m. : thunder 

 and lightning 1 p.m. 29. F'ine. 30. Fine : rain early a.m. — N.B. The warmest 

 June since June 1826. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — June 1. Cloudy. 2. Cloudy : clear, 3. Bright : 

 cloudy. 4. Showers. 5. Bright : showers. 6. Bright : drops. 7. Clear : 

 fine. 8. Drops: rain: clear. 9. Drops: cloudy. 10. Bright: damp. 11, 

 12. Bright : cloudy. 13. Bright: clear. 14. Damp : cloudy : fine. 15. Cloudy: 

 rain. 16. Fog. 17. Bright : damp. 18. Rain : damp. 19. Bright : clear. 

 20. Bright: damp. 21. Cloudy. 22. Showers : cloudy. 23. Bright : cloudy. 

 24. Damp : fine. 25. Bright : showers : cloudy. 26. Rain : damp. 27. Showers. 



28. Cloudy: showers. 29. Showers : clear. SO. Cloudy : clear. 

 Applegarth Manse, Dumfries -shire. — June 1. Fine soft rain. 2. Very fine: 



fair. 3. Fine rain. 4. Showers all day. 5. Rain continued. 6. Kain. 7. Soft 

 showers. 8. Heavy rain a.m. : fair p.m. 9. Showers. 10. Fair and growing. 



II — 14. Very fine summer day. 15. Very fine summer day: thunder: a few 

 drops of rain. 16. Showery all day. 17. Slight showers. 18. Slight showers 

 p.m. 19, 20. Fair and fine. 21. Fair and fine: a few drops : rain. 22. Fair 

 and fine : very dry. 23. Fine : one slight shower. 24. Rain, very heavy. 25. 

 Showers. 26. Fair and fine. 27. Rain: wind : thunder. 28. Fair and clear. 



29. Fair a.m. : shower p.m. 30. Showers. 



Mean temperature of the month 56°'55 



Mean temperature of June 1844 55 '10 



