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deep green ; on the centre of the throat a gorget of reddish-violet ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts shining, greenish-yellow; wings 

 purplish-brown ; tail deeply forked, the feathers black, narrow and 

 rigid ; some tufts of white downy feathers across the lower part of 

 the abdomen ; thighs brown in front, white behind. 



Total length 6i inches ; bill U : wing 3^ ; tail 3. 



Female. Upper surface green ; throat, chest and abdomen greyish- 

 white spangled with green, the spangles being very minute on the 

 throat and gradually increasing in size downward to the flanks ; tail 

 blackish-brown ; tarsi white. 



Total length 5j inches; bill 1| ; wing 2| ; tail 2f. 



Hab. Ecuador.— Proc. Zool. Sac., Nov. 13, 1855. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY 1856. 



CJiiswicJc. — July 1. Cloudless, with very dry air. 2. Dry haze: very fine. 

 3. Clear and very fine. 4. Fine: overcast: slight rain. 5. Fine: overcast : very 

 fine. 6. Very fine : lightning, with rain at night. 7. Densely clouded : rain. 

 8. Very heavy rain, cold and boisterous. 9. Fine. 10. Very fine. 11. Cloudy: 

 sUght drizzle : fine. 12. Overcast. 13. Very fine : overcast : cloudy. 14. Very 

 fine: overcast. 15. Cloudy and fine : lightning, with rain at night. 16. Rain: 

 heavy clouds and showers : very fine. 17. Very fine. 18. Overcast : drizzly : very 

 fine.' 19. Fine: overcast. 20. Slight drizzle: overcast: rain. 21. Very fine. 

 22. Sultry. 23. Slight fog : very hot : cloudy : lightning. 24. Shower: very hot. 

 25,26. Exceedingly fine. 27. Overcast: rain. 28. Cloudy: very fine : hazy. 

 29. Shght fog : very fine. 30. Uniform haze : very fine. 31. Slight fog : very 

 sultry : clear and fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 61°'20 



Mean temperature of July 1855 62 -99 



Mean temperature of July for th e last thirty years , 63 •! 1 



Average amount of rain in July 2558 inches. 



Boston. — July 1 — 4. Fine. 5. Cloudy. 6. Cloudy : rain p.m. 7. Cloudy : rain 

 A.M. and P.M. 8. Fine : rain a.m. and p.m. 9. Fine: rain p.m. 10. Fine. 11. 

 Cloudy. 12. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 13. Cloudy. 14. Fine. 15. Cloudy. 

 16. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 17. Fine. 18. Rain a.m. and p.m. 19. Fine. 

 20. Cloudy. 21, 22. Fine. 23, 24. Cloudy. 25. Fine : rain p.m. 26. Cloudy. 

 27. Cloudy : rain a.m. 28—31. Fine. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — July 1. Bright a.m. : clear p.m. 2. Clear a.m. 

 and P.M. 3. Clear a.m. : showers p.m. 4. Drizzle a.m. and p.m. 5. Cloudy a.m. : 

 drizzle, showers p.m. 6. Showers a.m. : drizzle, showers p.m. 7. Rain a.m. : 

 bright P.M. 8. Drizzle, showers a.m. and p.m. 9. Drizzle, showers a.m. : 

 cloudy P.M. 10. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 11. Cloudy a.m. : rain p.m. 12. Bright 

 A.M.: bright, fine, thunder P.M. 13. Bright a.m. : cloudy, fine p.m. 14. Clear, 

 fine A.M.: cloudy, rain p.m. 15. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 16. Drizzle a.m.: 

 rain p.m. 17. Clear a.m. and p.m. 18. Rain a.m. : showers p.m. 19, 20. Drizzle 

 A.M. : damp p.m. 21. Bright, fine a.m. and p.m. 22. Clear, fine a.m. : cloudy, 

 fine p.m. 23. Rain a.m. : cloudy, fine p.m. 24, 25. Bright a.m. : bright, fine p.m. 

 26. Clear a.m. : showers p.m. 27. Bright a.m. : showers p.m. 28. Showers a.m. : 

 cloudy, fine p.m. 29. Clear, fine a.m. : rain p.m. 30. Bright a.m. : hazy p.m. 

 31. Cloudy, fine a.m. : rain P.M. WOi7ftii 



Mean temperature of July for previous twenty-nine years ... 55°-22 ^^^ ^ - 



Mean temperature of this month 54 -77 '' 



Mean temperature of July 1855 59 "19 



Average quantity of rain in July for previous sixteen years ... 2-45 inches. 



