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to separate this joint from the rest of the body, and at last could 

 not do it without breaking part of its edge and some of the other 

 pieces. I have no doubt, after examining the specimens of Dr. Gold- 

 fuss's genera Goniotremites in the Museum at the University of Bonn, 

 that they also equal the basal part of the body of some fossil Ecri- 

 mites as M. Agassiz has already suspected, the five holes round the 

 mouth being similar to the five rays sometimes found in the stem of 

 some species of Crinoidea. — J. E. Gray. 4V 



THE EPIPHRAGMA OF ACHAT1NA. 



The Epiphragma of the larger species of Achatina (as A. Mauri- 

 tiana) is thin, hard and calcareous, and marked with a long linear 

 impression near the outer hinder angle of the aperture over the re- 

 spiratory hole of the animal. — J. E. Gray. 



the HOOPOE. 



A fine specimen of the Hoopoe (Upupa epops, Linn.) was shot on 

 Skeicoat Moor, near this town, on the 3rd instant, and is now in 

 my possession. — R. Leyland. 



Halifax, Sept. 16, 1840. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUG. 1840. 



Chiswick. — Aug. 1, 2. Very fine. 3 — 9. Hot and dry. 10. Very fine. 11. 

 Showery. ]2. Cloudy: rain. 13. Cloudy. 14. Rain. 15. Very fine : show- 

 ery. 16. Fine. 17. Boisterous with heavy rain. 18. Cloudy. 19. Heavy 

 rain: cloudy and fine. 20. Fine. 21. Foggy: very fine. 22. Foggy. 23 — 

 26. Very fine. 27. Foggy: fine. 28. Slight fog : rain. 29. Foggy. 30,31. 

 Cloudy and fine. The mean temperature of the month was nearly 2° above the 

 average. 



Boston. — Aug. 1 — 3. Fine. 4. Cloudy. 5 — 10. Fine. 11. Rain. 12, 13. 

 Fine. 14. Cloudy. 15. Stormy : rain p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Stormy : rain early 

 a.m.: rain with thunder and lightning p.m. 18. Stormy. 19, 20. Cloudy. 

 21. Fine: quarter past three p.m. thermometer 80°. 22. Cloudy: rain p.m.: 

 lightning at night. 23,24. Fine. 25. Fine: rain p.m. 26,27. Cloudy. 28. 

 Fine. 29. Cloudy. 30. Fine: rain p.m. 31. Cloudy: rain a.m. 



N.B. The warmest August since 1826. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Aug. 1,2. Very fine. 3. Mild: show- 

 ery a.m. 4. Fine. 5. Sultry. 6. Sultry : heat oppressive. 7 — 9. Sultry. 10. 

 Wet and boisterous p.m. 11. Showery. 12 — 14. Occasional showers. 15. Fair 

 throughout. 16. Much rain p.m. 17. Heavy rain : thunder: high flood. 18. 

 Fine drying day. 19. Fine, with one slight shower. 20. Drizzling all day. 

 21. Fine: rain p.m. 22, 23. Fine and fair all day. 24, 25. Showery. 26. Fair 

 all day and clear sky. 27. Wet p.m. 28. Fair all day. 29. Drizzling all day. 

 30. Fine and fair all day. 31. Remarkably fine harvest day. 



Sun shone out 27 days. Rain fell 15 days. Thunder 1 day. 



Wind north-west 5 days. East-south-east 1 day. South-east 4 \ days. South 

 7 days. South- south-west 4 days. South-west 8§ days. Variable 1 day. 



Calm 12 days. Moderate 11 days. Brisk 5 days. Boisterous 3 days. 



Mean temperature of the month 57 o, 60 



Mean temperature of August, 1 839 55*70 



Mean temperature of spring water 52*33 



