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purer yellow at the tip ; on the sides of both mandibles at the base 

 a broad Ijand, which on the upper one is yellow, and on the lower 

 white ; orbits red ; legs and feet greenish lead-colour. 



Total length, 12 j inches; bill, 2| ; wing, 4^ ; tail, 4| ; tarsi, 1^. 



Hab. Veragua. 



Remark. — Nearly aUied to Aulacorhamphvs alhicitta ; but distin- 

 guished from that species by its rich blue throat, by the band at the 

 base of the bill being much broader and yellow on the upper man- 

 dible, instead of white, and by the under surface being washed with 

 yellow, while in the other it is pure green. — From the Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Feb. 22, 1853. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1855. 



Vhiswick. — March 1. Heavy rain: very fine: halo round the moon in the 

 evening. 2. Cloudy : rain. 3. Low white clouds : heavy rain : clear and fine. 



4. Clear : cloudy and fine. 5. Slight fog : very fine. 6. Cloudy and fine : foggy. 

 7. Frosty: fine. 8. Very clear : fine : sharp frost. 9. Frosty: few snow-flakes : 

 overcast. 10. Snowing: sharp frost at night. 11. Cloudy: rain at night. 12. 

 Cloudy: rain. 1.3. Fine. 14. Fine: cloudy. 15. Cloudy: rain. 16. Densely 

 overcast : fine. 17. Fine : rain : clear. 18. Cloudy and boisterous. 19. Showery. 

 20. Foggy : very fine. 21. Cloudy and cold : hail-shower. 22. Sleet : cold rain : 

 overcast : boisterous. 23, 24. Cloudy and cold. 25. Fine : sharp frost at night. 

 26. Clear : cloudy : fine. 27. Very fine. 28. Drizzly : heavy rain. 29. Cloudy : 

 clear and fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Heavy clouds : clear and fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 37°'61 



Mean temperature of March 1854 42 "54 



Mean temperature of March for tlie last twenty-nine years... 42 "24 

 Average amount of rain in March l*33inch. 



Boston. — March 1. Fine: rain p.m. 2. Fine. 3. Fine: stormy and rain a.m. 

 4,5. Fine. 6, 7. Foggy. 8. Fine. 9. Cloudy. 10. Fine. 1 1 . Fine : snow p.m. 

 12. Cloudy : rain P.M. 13. Rain : rain a.m. 14. Cloudy. 15. Fine. 16. Fine: 

 rain a.m. 17. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 18,19. Fine. 20, 21. Cloudy. 22. 

 Cloudy : snow A.M. 23— 25. Cloudy. 26. Fine. 27, 28. Cloudy. 29— 31. Fine. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — March 1. Showers a.m. and p.m. 2. Rain a.m. and 

 P.M. 3 Rain a.m. : drizzle p.m. 4. Clear a.m. : cloudy, large solar halo p.m. 



5. Clear a.m. : cloudy p.m. 6. Bright a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 7, 8. Bright, hoar- 

 frost A.M. : clear, frost p.m. 9. Bright, hoar-frost a.m. : clear, drops p.m. 10. 

 Snow-showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 11. Cloudy a.m. : snow-showers p.m. 12. Snow- 

 showers A.M.: snow-drift p.m. 13. Snow a.m. : cloudy p.m. 14. Bright a.m. : 

 clear, aurora P.M. 15. Bright a.m.: cloudy p.m. 16. Rain a.m. : cloudy p.m. 

 17. Clear A.M. : damp p.m. 18. Rain a.m. : showers, aurora p.m. 19. Bright a.m. : 

 clear, aurora p.m. 20. Bright a.m. : clear p.m. 21. Clear a.m. : clear, aurora p.m. 

 22 — 24. Snow-showers a.m. : clear p.m. 25. Snow-showers a.m. and p.m. 26. 

 Snow A.M. : clear, frost p.m. 27. Snow, clear a.m. : cloudy p.m. 28. Cloudy 

 a.m. : clear p.m. 29, 30. Clear a.m. and p.m. 31. Bright a.m. : clear p.m. 



Mean temperature of March for twenty-eight previous years... 40°*53 



Mean temperature of this month 36 '61 



Mean temperature of March 1854 45-14 



Average quantity of rain in March for fourteen previous years 252 inches. 



The mean temperature of this month is lower than that of March during any 



of the twenty-eight years of my observations, except in 1837, when it was 36^-54, 



and in 1839, when it was 36°-33. That of March last year was the highest during 



the whole period. 



