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The natural size is about one-fourth of an inch in length and one- 

 fifth of an inch in breadth. 



Two specimens were sent to the British Museum by the Rev. R. 

 Taylor of Waimati, New Zealand, along with a collection of marine 

 and freshwater shells, but without any history attached to them. — 

 From the Proceedinys of the Zoological Society for May 28, 1850. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1851. 



Chiswick. — March 1. Clear : cloudy. 2. Clear : dark clouds : clear and frosty. 

 3. Overcast : sharp frost at night. 4. Cloudy and fine. 5. Densely overcast : 

 rain. 6. Clear : cloudy and cold. 7. Overcast. 8. Foggy : overcast. 9. Fine : 

 drizzly. 10. Cold rain. II. Clear : cloudy ; clear and frosty. 12. Rain. 13. 

 Fine. 14. Frosty, with slight fog : fine : hazy. 15. Constant rain. 16. Clear 

 and fine. 17. Foggy: rain. 18. Hazy and damp : rain. 19. Overcast: rain, 

 20, 21. Fine. 22. Heavy rain. 23. Densely clouded : rain. 24. Cloudy. 

 25. Overcast : rain. 26. Rain. 27. Slight shovpers. 28. Fine. 29. Boisterous, 

 with heavy showers. 30. Fine. 31. Cloudy and fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 41°'72 



Mean temperature of March 1850 37-71 



Mean temperature of March for the last twenty-five years... 42 '55 

 Average amount of rain in March ,,.., 1*36 inch. 



Boston. — March 1. Fine : snow and sleet early a.m. 2,3. Cloudy. 4. Fine: 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 5. Rain. 6, 7. Cloudy. 8. Cloudy : rain p.m. 9. Cloudy : 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 10. Rain. 11. Fine. 12, 13. Cloudy: rain p.m. 14. Fine: 

 rain p.m. 15. Foggy: rain a.m. and p.m. 16. Foggy. 17 — 20. Cloudy: 

 rain p.m. 21. Fine: rain p.m. 22. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 23. Rain: 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 24. Fine, 25. Cloudy ; rain p.m. 26. Rain : rain a.m. 

 27. Cloudy: rain p.m. 28. Fine. 29, 30. Cloudy: rain p.m. 31. Fine: rain p.m. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — March 1. Gray morning: cleared p.m. 

 2. Gray morning : dull and cloudy p.m. 3. Gray morning : chill. 4. Gray 

 morning A.M. : slight drizzle P.M. 5. Fine : rain preceding night. 6. Clear and 

 cold ; bright sun : frosty p.m. 7. Frost hard : threatening change p.m. 8. No 

 frost : rain : moist all day. 9. Rain all day. 10. Keen and cold : snow on hills. 

 1 1 , Frost hard : clear : cloudy p.m. 1 2. Rain a.m. : cleared : rain and hail p.m. 

 13, F^ir a.m. : shower at noon and p.m. 14. Fair a.m. : shower: wind rising. 

 15. Showers heavy during night. 16. Frosty : fine day : mild p.m. 17. Frosty 

 and keen : fair all day. 18. Cloudy a.m. : rain. 19. Fair till six p.m. : rain and 

 wind. 20. Fair till seven p.m. : rain and wind. ■ 21. Variable : showers frequent 

 and heavy, 22. Fair a.m. : slight drizzle p.m. 23. Rainy morning : cleared and 

 fine. 24. Fine : clear : drying. 25. Gray and cold : shower p.m. 26. Very 

 heavy rain : flood. 27. Dry a.m. : shower p.m. : snow on hills. 28. Heavy rain : 

 hail. 29. Fine : a few drops rain p.m. 30. Clear and fair ; a few drops p.m. 

 31. Rain p.m. 



Mean temperature of the month , 40''"9 



Mean temperature of March 1850 ,.,, 40 'S 



Mean temperature of March for twenty-nine years 89 '6 



Average rain in March for twenty-four years 2*22 inches. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — March 1, Cloudy: aurora. 2. Cloudy. 3. Cloudy: 

 fine. 4. Rain : fine. 5. Snow-showers. 6. Snow-showers : cloudy. 7. Cloudy : 

 clear. 8. Fine : clear : drops, 9. Cloudy : drops. 10, Clear : showers. 11. 

 Clear: drops. 12. Rain: clear. 13. Bright: cloudy. 14. Fine. 15, 16. Fine: 

 hoarfrost: fine. 17. Fine: hoarfrost. 18. Fine: hoarfrost: sleet-showers. 

 19. Bright: fine. 20. Cloudy : clear. 21. Rain. 22. Damp: clear: aurora. 

 2,1. Rain. 24. Damp : cloudy. 25, 26. Cloudy. 27. Drizzle : showers. 28. 

 Showers. 29. Showers : rain : aurora. 30. Bright: showers. 31. Showers: 

 clear. 



