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Mr. Henry Denny, the author of the valuable work on British 

 Anoplura noticed in our last number, is desirous of being assisted in 

 his further investigation of the subject, by being furnished with spe- 

 cimens of foreign Lice. He is also anxious to obtain specimens of 

 Intestinal Worms, as he is collecting materials for a Manual of Bri- 

 tish Entozoa. In a note which we have received from him he re- 

 marks : — " If persons possessing specimens of any of these animals 

 obtained from British fishes, quadrupeds or birds, &c, would send 

 me word what they had, I should know whether it would be neces- 

 sary to forward them for drawing. They can be easily sent by 

 letter; and it is not from recent 'birds, &c. alone that they are to be 

 procured, but upon skins sent from abroad ; they may frequently be 

 obtained, sticking to the feathers either under the wings or at the 

 base of the beak : any of these, I need scarce say, would be of great 

 service to me ; each, however, must have the name of the bird, &c. 

 put upon the pill-box or scrap of paper in which they are placed." 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY 1842. 



Chiswick. — July 1 . Heavy rain : fine. 2, 3. Very fine. 4. Densely overcast. 

 5. Dry and windy: showery : clear and fine. 6. Very fine. 7. Overcast : rain. 

 8. Cloudy: heavy rain at night. 9 — 11. Fine. 12 — 14. Cloudy and fine. 

 15. Fine: dry haze. 16. Dry and clear. 17. Slight haze. 18. Sultry. 19. 

 Slight rain. 20. Fine: showery. 21. Densely overcast. 22,23. Very fine. 

 24. Cloudless and hot. 25, 26. Very fine. 27. Slight rain in the morning : 

 lightly overcast and fine. 28. Thunder-storm early in the morning, most violent 

 between five and six a.m. : sultry : cloudy and fine. 29. Densely clouded : clear 

 at night. 30. Cloudy : fine. 31. Cloudy and fine : clear at night. 



Boston. — July 1. Rain : rain early a.m. 2. Fine : stormy, with rain, thunder 

 and lightning p.m. 3. Fine : rain p. m. 4. Cloudy. 5. Stormy. 6. Windy. 

 7. Fine. 8. Fine: rain p.m. 9 — 12. Fine. 13. Cloudy: three o'clock ther- 

 mometer 76°. 14—16. Fine. 17. Cloudy. 18. Fine. 19. Cloudy. 20, 21. 

 Cloudy : rain early a.m. 22. Cloudy : rain p.m. 23. Cloudy. 24. Fine : twelve 

 o'clock thermometer 78°. 25. Cloudy. 26. Fine. 27. Fine: rain p.m. 

 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 30. Windy. 31. Cloudy. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — July 1, 2. Cloudy. 3. Cloudy: clear. 4. Cloudy: 

 rain. 5. Cloudy: showers. 6. Cloudy. 7. Clear: cloudy. 8. Rain: fine. 9. Bright: 

 drops. 10. Bright. 11* Cloudy : rain. 12. Bright and warm. 13. Damp: 

 showers. 14. Showers. 15. Cloudy : drizzle. 16. Clear. 17. Clear: cloudy. 

 18. Bright: cloudy. 19. Clear: cloudy. 20. Clear: fog. 21 — 23. Cloudy. 

 24. Cloudy : damp. 25. Cloudy. 26, 27. Bright. 28. Showers. 29. Cloudy. 

 30,31. Cloudy: damp. 



Applegartli Manse, Dumfries-shire. — July 1. Showers. 2. Wet nearly all day. 

 3,4. Showery. 5. Rain and wind. 6. Fair and fine. 7 — 11. Heavy showers. 

 12. Fair and fine. 13. Showery. 14. Fair and fine. 15. Very fine. 16. Very 

 fine: thunder. 17. Very fine, but cloudy. 18. Showers. 19 — 21. Fair and 

 fine. 22 — 24. Very fine. 25. Very fine : sultry. 26. Very fine : cloudy. 27. 

 Cool and cloudy. 28. Cool but fine. 29. Cloudy and threatening. 30,31. 

 Very fine. 



Sun shone out 30 days. Rain fell 12 days. Thunder 1. 



Wind North-north-east 1 day. North-east 2 days. East 4 days. South-east 

 1 day. South-south-east 1 day. South 4 days. South-west 1 day. West-south- 

 west 2 days. West 9 days. West- north-west 1 day. North-west 3 days. North- 

 north-west 2 days. 



Calm 15 days. Moderate 8 days. Brisk 6 days. Strong breeze 3 days. Boiste- 

 rous 1 day. 



Mean temperature of the month 56°'95 



Mean temperature of July 1841 54*35 



Mean temperature of spring-water 50 



