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neck, buff ; breast and side covered with large patches of black, buff, 

 and Hght blue or french-grey ; all the back and other parts french- 

 grey ; the quills are light buff. 



This magnificent bird we found afterwards in pairs, betraying the 

 same habits as the two species of Francolin in India, the male often 

 standing and crowing on some small eminence. These birds are fully 

 as large as the gallina, which is not quite so large as the domesticated 

 species, but as large as a good-sized fowl. 



I propose for this bird the name of Francolinus yemensis. — Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1853. 



Chiswick. — March 1. Snowing : sleet : clear and frosty. 2. Uniformly over- 

 cast : fine : overcast : slight frost. 3. Clear : fine : cloudy : clear and frosty. 4. 

 fine : slight rain. 5. Rain, 6. Cloudy : slight rain. 7. Rain : foggy. 8. Uni- 

 formly overcast : rain : foggy at night. 9. Foggy : fine. 10. Overcast : fine : 

 clear. 11. Foggy : fine : shght fog. 1 2. Dense fog : fine : fogg)'. 13. Slight fog : 

 very fine : rain at night. 14. Rain : heavy rain : clear and frosty. 15. Hoar- 

 frost : large masses of snow-like clouds : very fine : overcast. 16. Uniform haze: 

 cloudy, 17. Densely overcast : clear and frosty at night. 18. Overcast : frosty. 

 19. Clear : dry air : frosty. 20. Fine : cloudy : frosty. 21. SMght snow : overcast : 

 clear and frosty. 22. Cloudy and cold : clear and frosty. 23. Snow-showers 

 occasionally. 24. Clear. 25. Clear : cloudy : clear and frosty. 26. Quite clear: 

 fine : hazy. 27. Overcast. 28. Cloudy. 29. Foggy : dry cold haze. 30. Dry 

 haze : very fine. 31. Very fine : rain. 



Mean temperature of the month 37°'41 



Mean temperature of March 1852 39*62 



Mean temperature of March for the last twenty-seven years 42 -52 

 Average amount of rain in March l"40inch. 



Boston. — March 1. Cloudy: snow a.m. 2 — 5. Cloudy. 6. Cloudy : rain p.m. 

 7, 8. Cloudy. 9. Fine. 10. Cloudy. 11. Fine. 12. Cloudy. 13. Fine. 14. 

 Cloudy: rain A.M., and rain and snow p.m. 15. Fine. 16. Cloudy: rain a.m. 

 and snow P.M. 17. Cloudy : snow p.m. 18. Fine. 19. Fine: snow a.m. 20. 

 Fine. 21. Cloudy. 22. Cloudy : snow a.m. and p.m. 23. Cloudy. 24. Fine. 

 25. Cloudy : snow a.m. and p.m. 26. Fine. 27. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 

 28—31. Fine. 



Sandwiek Manse, Orkney. — March 1. Cloudy a.m. : showers, thaw p.m. 2. 

 Showers a.m. : showers, thaw p.m. 3. Fine, frost a.m. : clear, aurora p.m. 4. 

 Fine, thaw a.m. : damp p.m. 5. Fine, clear a.m. : cloudy p.m. 6. Rain a.m. : 

 clear, aurora p.m. 7. Bright a.m. : clear, S. aurora p.m. 8. Cloudy a.m. : clear, 

 aurora p.m. 9. Cloudy a.m. : cloudy, aurora p.m. 10. Cloudy a.m. : clear, 

 aurora P.M. 11. Bright a.m. : clear, aurora p.m. 12. Hazy a.m. : clear, aurora 

 P.M. 13. Bright a.m. : hazy p.m. 14. Hazy a.m. and p.m. 15. Snow-showers 

 A.M.: sleet-showers p.m. 16. Snow-showers a.m.: cloudy p.m. 17. Clear, 

 frost a.m. : clear, aurora p.m. 18. Clear, frost a.m. : snow-showers p.m. 19. Snow- 

 showers A.M. : clear, frost p.m. 20, 21. Snow-showers a.m. and p.m. 22, 23. 

 Clear, frost a.m. and p.m. 24. Clear, snow a.m. : clear p.m. 25. Snow-showers 

 A.M.: clear, frost P.M. 26. Drops a.m. : rain p.m. 27. Bright a.m. : fine p.m. 

 28. Bright A.M. : fine, aurora p.m. 29. Clear a.m. : fine p.m. 30. Bright a.m. : 

 clear p.m. 31. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 



Mean temperature of March for twenty-six previous years . . . 40°'46 



Mean temperature of this month 38 "24 



Average quantity of rain in March for seven previous years . 2-30 inches. 

 •83 of that marked as rain is melted snow. 



