Meteorological Observations. 71 



Supplementary Note to Mr. R. Jones's paper on Fossil Entomostraca. 



Mr. J. Brown, of Stanway, informs me that he has lately found 

 some specimens of Candona reptans in a freshwater deposit at Ed- 

 wardstone in Suffolk. — T. R. J. 



Erratum in Mr. Oiven's Notes on the Hippopotamus. 



Vol. V. p. 515. Instead of 350 miles above Cairo, it should have 

 been 1350 miles. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MAY 1850. 



Chiswick. — May 1. Cloudy and cold. 2. Fine : clear : frosty. 3. Clear : very 

 dry air : overcast : sharp frost at night. 4. Fine : showery. 5. Cloudy : some 

 angular hail at 6 p.m. 6. Constant rain. 7, 8. Drizzly. 9. Heavy clouds : 

 fine: clear. 10. Clear: cloudy. 11. Fine. 12. Slight shower : fine. 13. Fine : 

 very dry air : rain at night. 14. Cloudy and fine. 15. Fine : cloudy : clear and 

 frosty. 16. Fine. 17. Overcast. 18. Foggy : rain : cloudy. 19. Very fine : 

 cloudy. 20. Uniformly overcast : fine; clear. 21. Fine: cloudless: overcast: 

 rain. 22. Rain : clear at night. 23. Cloudy : clear. 24. Slight fog: dry haze. 

 25. Cloudy: fine: showery. 26. Showery: overcast. 27. Cloudy : overcast. 

 28. Fine : showery : clear. 29. Cloudy and fine. 30. Foggy : dry haze : clear. 

 31. Fine : slightly clouded. 



Mean temperature of the month 51°*14 



Mean temperature of May 1849 35 '19 



Mean temperature of May for the last twenty-three years . 54 '22 

 Average amount of rain in May 1'84 inch. 



Boston. — May 1. Cloudy. 2,3. Fine. 4. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 5. Cloudy: 

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

 rain A.M. 10,11. Cloudy. 12,13. Fine. 14. Rain a.m. and p.m. 15. Rain: 

 rain a.m. 16. Fine. 17 — 19. Cloudy. 20. Rain: rain a.m. 21. Cloudy. 

 22, Cloudy ; rain A.M. 23. Fine. 24. Fine: rain p.m. 25,26. Cloudy : rain a.m. 

 27. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy : rain p.m. 30. Fine. 

 31. Cloudy. 



Apjilegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — May 1. Slight frost : very cold east wind. 

 2. Slight frost: wind changed to west p.m. 3. Frost still: slight shower p.m. 

 4. Cold and uiigenial : one sharp shower. 5. Frost : fall of snow : hills white. 

 6. Frost : clear and cold. 7. Frost hard : is this May ? 8. Cloudy a. m. : hail : 

 rain P.M. 9. Frost hard again : most unseasonable. 10. Heavy rain : cleared p.m. 

 11. Rain in the night : slight shower a.m. 12. Occasional sharp showers. 13. 

 Cold : fair and clear. 14. Fair and clear : keen and cold p.m. 15. Frost again : 

 hail : keen and cold. 16. No frost : cloudy: mild. 17. Fine: cloudy: mild. 

 18. Fine : air feels moist. 19. Shower in the night : cold east p.m. 20. Parch- 

 ing cold east wind. 21. Warm and sultry: change great. 22. Very warm: 

 thunder and heavy rain. 23. Very warm : thunder : a few drops. 24. Very 

 warm : fair and fine. 25. Soft rain all day : genial and growing. 26. Soft rain 

 all day : blessed change of weather. 27. Rain : fair p.m. 28, 29. Fair through- 

 out: fine. 30. Fine : thunder: shower. 31. Fine : thunder : a few drops. 



Mean temperature of the month , 49°*1 



Mean temperature of May 1849 50 '5 



Mean temperature of May for the last twenty-eight years ... 51 •! 

 Average rain in May for twenty years r69inch. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — May 1. Clear : fine. 2. Fine : clear. 3. Showers: 

 sleet-showers. 4. Hail: snow-showers. 5. Snow: snow-showers. 6. Clear: 

 drops. 7. Clear: showers. 8. Damp: clear. 9. Frost: clear: cloudy. 10. 

 Cloudy : drops. 11. Showers : liail-showers. 12. Showers : sleet-showers. 13. 

 Bright : rain : clear. 14. Clear : rain : clear. 15. Bright : cloudy. 16. Damp. 

 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy: fog. 19. Hazy. 20. Bright. 21. Bright: showers: 

 fog. 22. Fine : fog. 23. Cloudy. 24. Hazy ; fog. 25. Hazy : rain. 26. Hazy. 

 27. Cloudy ; fine. 28—31. Bright : fine. 



