22 Comparison of the Climate 



and so throngli the mouth, base foremost. The extreme mus- 

 cular contraction consequent on seizing food will sometimes 

 eject young from the mouth, which are also at times carried 

 back, with the food, into the stomach, but not to be digested, 

 as the Actiniae are not cannibal in their habits. In my opinion, 

 all Actinige are normally viviparous, though Mr. Lewes men- 

 tions what he considers an example of an oviparous specimen. 



" On this point, as on niany others relating to the Actiniae, 

 much remains to be discovered, and any one possessing a few 

 living sjiecimens should note down facts, be they already known 

 or new." 



Since writing the above, I have found that many of the facts 

 mentioned have been already observed by Sir John Dalyell, 

 but he did not follow up his observations so far as I have, and 

 therefore while I confirm some of his, several of mine herein 

 noted down, are now, for the first time, published. 



Yl. — A Com,jparison of the Climate, c&c., of New York and 



Kansas. 



By Professor 0. "W. Morris, New York. 

 Read 27 th December, 1858. 



Much has been said of late about the climate of Kansas, as to 

 its similarity to that of southern New York, as well as to its 

 salubrity ; and as the Army Meteorological Journal afforded 

 the facilities, a comparison was instituted between them, taking 

 the station of Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri river, in Kan- 

 sas, and of Fort Columbus on Governor's Island, in New York 

 Harbor, as the points. Fort Columbus is in north latitude 40° 

 42', — Fort Leavenworth, in 39° 18', one degree and twenty-four 

 minutes farther south, and 20° 42' west longitude from New 

 York, and at an elevation of 873 feet above it. 



The following Table shows the Mean temperature of each 

 season, and for the year, — the Maximum and Minimum, — the 

 prevailing Winds, and the quantity of Rain for each year, for a 



