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sects, which are found in such profusion in moist places as to cause 

 the birds to resort there at feeding time, — the larvae of the ephemera 

 and dragon-fly being especial favourite objects of their research. I 

 have on several occasions shot snipes with the larvae of the Libellula 

 still remaining in the gullet, so that I have no doubt whatever of the 

 fact of the birds eating them. 



I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, 



1 Paul Street, Kingsdown, Bristol, Thomas Austin. 



October 21, 1844. 



BATARREA PHALLOIDES. 



Mr. Frost gathered two specimens of this rare fungus in the be- 

 ginning of October, in an old pollard ash- tree in Lady Grenville's 

 park at Dropmore. One he sent to Sir W. J. Hooker, the other to 

 the Botanic Society in the Regent's Park, where it is preserved, and 

 an attempt made to propagate it by its sporules. 



J. D. C. Sowerby. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR SEPT. 1844. 



Chiswick. — September ]. Slight fog: exceedingly clear, hot and dry. 2. Foggy: 

 clear, hot and dry. 3. Fine : overcast. 4. Densely overcast and fine. 5. Cloudy 

 and fine. 6. Rain : cloudy. 7. Slight rain: cloudy: clear and fine. 8. Very 

 fine. 9. Densely overcast. 10. Overcast and fine. 11. Slight fog : very fine. 

 12. Overcast and fine. 13,14. Very fine. 15. Cloudy : rain. 16. Very fine. 

 17. Showery: heavy rain at night. 18. Rain. 19. Clear and very fine. 20. 

 Drizzly: hazy. 21. Very fine. 22, 23. Cloudy: very fine. 24. Very fine. 

 25. Slight fog: very fine. 26, 27. Mornings foggy : clear and fine. 28. Dense 

 fog: heavy dew: clear and exceedingly fine. 29. Drizzly : cloudy and fine : clear: 

 slight frost. 30. Slightly overcast : clear and fine. — Mean temperature of the 

 month 1°*8 above the average. 



Boston. — Sept. 1, 2. Fine. 3. Cloudy. 4. Windy. 5. Windy: lightning 

 at night. 6. Cloudy : rain, with thunder and lightning from noon to 5 p.m. 

 7. Cloudy. 8. Fine. 9. Rain. 10,11. Fine. 12—14. Cloudy. 15. Stormy: 

 rain early a.m. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 18. Cloudy. 

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



23. Windy: rain a.m. and p.m. 24. Fine : rain p.m. 25 — 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. 30. Cloudy. 



Sandiuick Manse, Orkney. — Sept. 1. Clear. 2. Clear: hot. 3. Clear: 

 drizzle. 4. Fog: fine: fog. 5. Bright: clear. 6. Cloudy: fine: fog. 7. Damp: 

 cloudy. 8. Cloudy. 9. Cloudy : showers. 10. Bright : clear. 11, 12. Bright: 

 showers. 13. Bright : clear. 14. Frost : clear. 15. Damp: drizzle. 16. Damp: 

 drizzle : showers. 17. Drops : drizzle : showers. 18. Frost : clear : cold. 19. 

 Clear : aurora. 20. Frost: clear: aurora. 21. Frost : clear. 22,23. Clear. 



24. Clear : cloudy. 25. Drizzle : cloudy. 26. Showers : drizzle. 27. Damp : 

 drizzle. 28. Cloudy: clear. 29. Showers: clear. 30. Rain. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Sept. 1 — 4. Fair and fine. 5. Fair and 

 fine, but cloudy. 6. Showery : lightning. 7. Shower : thunder. 8. Shower. 

 9. Pair and fine. 10. Fair and fine, but cloudy. 11. Fair and fine : one slight 

 shower p.m. 12. Rain p.m. 13. Rain all day. 14. Rain very heavy. 15. Fair. 

 16. Shower. 17. Showery. 18 — 22. Fair: fine harvest day. 23. Fair, but 

 cloudy. 24. Fair : clear. 25. Fair : cloudy. 26. Fair. 27. Fair : cloudy. 

 28. Rain all day. 29, 30. Fair and clear. 



Mean temperature of the month 54 0, 07 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1843 56 "30 



Mean temperature of Sept. for twenty years 52 *5 



Mean temperature of spring water 50 *3 



Mean temperature of ditto Sept. 1843... 62 -0 



