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under a new generic title by the name of Cheiroptera ahredonensis. 

 Illustrative drawings of the fish were exhibited. This skate was 

 taken in July last, and was about eighteen inches in length. From 

 the drawings it appeared to belong to the genus Cephaloptera ; but 

 we hope the Professor will lose no time in publishing a figure and 

 description of this interesting fish. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Mr. Gray's ' Genera of Birds.' — In my review of Mr. Gray's work 

 I accidentally omitted to state that the various errors in the ortho- 

 graphy of the generic names there pointed out are not attributable 

 to Mr. Gray, but to the respective authors from whose works he 

 adopted those names. — H. E. Strickland. 



Birds of Kent. — Our correspondent Mr. Stephen Mummery, of 

 Bath road, Margate, informs us of the capture in a wood near Can- 

 terbury of a species of Cuckoo, of which he hus sent a description, 

 which we must examine more at leisure. He is engaged in pre- 

 paring a list of birds found in Kent, arranged under heads, as Resi- 

 dents, Periodical Visitants and Stragglers, with their times of arrival 

 and departure, and places where found. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1841. 



Chiswick. — Feb. 1. Snowing. 2. Snow-showers. 3. Frosty : dry and cold : 

 very severe frost at night. 4. Frosty : overcast. 5. Dry cold haze : windy at 

 night. 6. Boisterous. 7. Boisterous: hazy and cold. 8 — 11. Hazy and cold. 

 12. Dense fog : very fine : rain. 13. Overcast : rain. 14. Rain: cloudy. 15. 

 Cloudy : slight rain. 16, 17, Hazy. 18. Fine. 19. Rain: cloudy and fine. 

 20. Cloudy and fine: rain. 21. Overcast and fine. 22. Dense fog. 23. Hazy : 

 rain. 24. Hazy and cold. 25. Cloudy and cold : rain. 26. Rain. 27. Cloudy: 

 rain. 28. Very clear : cloudy and fine. 



Boston. — Feb. 1. Cloudy: snow a.m. and p.m. 2. Fine: snow early a.m. : 

 snow P.M. 3. Cloudy : snow early a.m. and p.m. 4, 5. Cloudy. 6, 7. Stormy. 

 8. Cloudy: snow p.m. 9, 10. Cloudy. 11 — 13. Cloudy : rain p.m. 14. Cloudy. 

 15. Cloudy: rain p.m. 16. Cloudy. 17. Rain. LS, 19. Cloudy. 20,21. 

 Fine. 22,23. Foggy. 24. Rain. 25. Cloudy : rain p.m. 26. Rain: rain p.m. 

 27. Rain. 28. Fine. 



Applegarth Manser Dumfries-shire. — Feb. 1, 2. Sprinkling of snow : frost p.m. 

 3. Snow-showers : frost. 4. Frost : fair but cloudy. 5. Frost : sprinkling of 

 snow. 6. Frost: occasional snow-showers. 7. Frost: severe and cold. 8, 9. 

 Frost: cold and withering. 10. Frost, but giving way. 11. Thaw and heavy 

 rain : sleet. 12. Fog: rain: fine thaw. 13. Rain all day. 14. Rain in the 

 evening ; mild. \5. Rain all day. 16,17. Fair but cloudy. 18. Wet all day. 

 19. Clear and cold. 20. Fine. 21, 22. Fine, but cloudy. 23. Rain a.m : 

 moist p.m. 24. Clear and cold. 25. Cloudy and threatening rain. 26. Cloudy 

 with high wind. 27. Frost in the morning. 28. Frost in the morning with 

 snow on the hills. 



Sun shone out 19 days. Rain fell 8 days. Frost 1 1 days. Snow 6 days. 



Wind north 1 day. North-east 8 days. East north-east 2 days. East 2 days. 

 East-south-east 1 day. South-east 4 days. South 4 days. South-west 2 days. 

 West 1 day. North-west 1 day. North-north-west 2 days. 



Calm 6 days. Moderate 11 days. Brisk 4 days. Strong breeze 4 days. 

 Boisterous 3 days. 



Mean temperature of the month 36°*50 



Mean temperature of February 1840 36 "78 



Mean temperature of spring -water 42 -60 



Mean temperature of spring- water, Feb. 1840 44 '16 



