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the lower jaw, approach the Cats, and in my opinion should therefore 

 be placed at the opposite extremity of the Viverridce, the Herpestes 

 group being apparently most nearly related to the Dogs. Galidia 

 and Galidictis also approach the Cats in having the muzzle propor- 

 tionately shorter than the other Viverridce, and in having the true 

 molars smaller. The genus Galidia appears to be scarcely sufficiently 

 distinct from Mr. Bennett's genus Cryptoprocta. 



In the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. 89, for May, 

 1839, Mr. Evans has published his Notes on the Anatomy of the 

 Arctonyx collaris, which tend to show that this animal is closely al- 

 lied to the Badger, and should occupy the situation in which I have 

 placed it in my classification. Arctonyx and Mydaus I can but regard 

 as subgenera of Meles. — G. R. Waterhouse. 



Zoological Society, Aug. 27, 1840. 



RETURN OF MR. GOULD. 



We have much pleasure in announcing the safe arrival of our sci- 

 entific friend Mr. Gould, the celebrated ornithologist, from Austra- 

 lia, after an absence of two years and a half, which he has devoted 

 to the investigation of the habits and ceconomy of the animals of that 

 portion of the globe. His collections, we understand, are very ex- 

 tensive ; and among other interesting materials brought home for 

 the purpose of illustrating his work on the Birds of Australia, are 

 the nests and eggs of a great portion of the species. 



METEOROLOGICAL, OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY, 1840. 



Chiswick. — July 1. Overcast : boisterous. 2. Rain, with strong wind. 3. 

 Cloudy and fine. 4. Very fine. 5. Cloudy: windy. 6, 7. Fine. 8. Fine: 

 heavy rain. 9 — 12. Very fine. 13 — 17. Fine. 18. Overcast. 19. Cloudy: 

 rain. 20. Heavy showers. 21. Very fine : rain. 22. Fine. 23. Cloudy. 

 24. Overcast and fine : rain. 25. Showery. 26. Cloudy : fine. 27. Fine. 

 28. Hazy. 29. Very fine. 30. Cloudy : rain. 31. Very fine. 



Boston.— July 1 , 2. Rain. 3. Stormy. 4. Fine : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 

 5. Fine: rain a.m. 6. Cloudy: rain p.m. 7. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : rain 

 i\m. 8. Cloudy: rain p.m. 9. Cloudy. 10. Cloudy: rain p.m. 11 — 13. 

 Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 14, 15. Fine. 16. Rain : rain early a.m. 17. 

 Fine. 18,19. Cloudy: rain p.m. 20. Fine. 21. Fine: rain p.m. 22. Fine. 

 23,24. Cloudy. 25. Rain : thunder and lightning with rain p.m. 26. Cloudy. 

 27. Fine. 28. Cloudy: rain a.m. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Fine. 



dpplegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — July 1. Heavy rain a.m. : cleared up p.m. 

 2. Drizzling all day. 3. Heavy rain all day. 4. Fair till 4 p.m. then wet. 5. 

 Showery : fair evening. 6. Rainy. 7, 8. Showery : thunder. 9. Fair all day. 

 10. Showery. 1 1 . Warm : a single shower : thunder. 12. Very wet. 13. Fine 

 dry day. 14. Wet afternoon. 15. Very wet all day. 16, 17. Occasional showers. 

 18. Fair till afternoon, then wet. 19. Rain early a.m. : cleared up. 20. Fair all 

 day. 21. Heavy showers all day : thunder. 22. Fair all day. 23. Fair till 

 evening, then rain. 24. Showery all day. 25. Showery afternoon. 26 — 30. 

 Fair all day. 31. The same : a few drops p.m. 



Sun shone out 29 days. Rain fell 22 days. Thunder 3 days. 



Wind north § day. North-north-east § day. East- north-east 1 day. East 

 1 day. South-east % day. South 4 days. South-west 8 days. West-south-west 

 3 days. West 7 days. North-west 2§ days. North-north-west 3 days. 



Calm 11 days. Moderate 12 days. Brisk 4 days. Strong breeze 2 days. 

 Boisterous 1 day. Variable 1 day. 



