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packing, will be 2/." Subscribers are requested to give in their 

 names as early as possible ; and we may add, that the good condition 

 and drying of former parcels of plants are borne testimony to by 

 Professor Balfour of Glasgow, J. G. Children, Esq., E. Doubleday, 

 Esq., &c. 



THE COLLECTION OF BIRD-SKINS BELONGING TO THE LATE 

 DR. "WILLIAM HOOKER. 



This collection of bird-skins is to be disposed of; it consists of 

 from between 800 and 1000 specimens from various countries ; but it 

 is chiefly valuable for the number of Peruvian and ChUian species 

 which served Mr. Swainson for his descriptions in his " Two cente- 

 naries and a quarter " and other works, and which would be valuable 

 for consultation in a public museum. Information regarding them 

 will be given by G. Wails, Esq., Newcastle. 



PROFESSOR trail's MINERALOGICAL COLLECTION. 



The ^Nlineralogical and Geological collection of Professor Trail of 

 Edinburgh is to be disposed of, containing above 5000 specimens. 

 The mineralogical series contains about 3000 of these. The geo- 

 logical series is particularly illustrative of Scotland, Spain, Brazil, 

 Greenland and the Arctic regions, and among the fossil remains are 

 a set of the fossil fishes of the Orkney Islands, named by Agassiz. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DECEMBER 1842. 



Chiswick. — Dec.]. Slight rain : overcast. 2. Densely clouded : clear and fine. 

 .'3. Fopgy. 4. Foggy : overcast. 5. Light liaze : very fine : foggy. 6— 9. Foggy. 

 10. Overcast. 11. Foggy: clearandfine. 12. Rain: overcast and mild. 13. 

 Very fine : overcast. 14,15. Exceedingly fine. 16. Very fine : densely over- 

 cast. 17. Very fine. 18, 19. Foggy: clear and fine. 20, 21. Hazy. 22. Very 

 fine. 23. Kain. 24. Very fine. 25. Clear : overcast and fine : stormy at night. 

 26. Cloudy and windy. 27. Rain : cloudy and damp : frosty. 28. Frosty : 

 clearandfine. 29. Densely clouded. 30. Cloudy and very mild. 31. Very 

 fine.— IMean temperature of the month 4^-12 above the average. 



Bo-^lon. — Tiec. 1—3. Cloudy. 4. Foggy. 5. Cloudy. 6. Foggy, 7. Cloudy. 

 8,9. Foggy. 10. Foggy: rain early a.m. 11. Cloudy. 12. Rain: rain early 

 A.M. 13. Cloudy. 14,15. Fine. 16. Cloudy : rain p.m. 17 — 19. Fine. 20. 

 Cloudy. 21,22. Fine. 23. Cloudy. 24. Fine. 25. Fine: rain r.M. 26. 

 Windy : rain P.M. 27. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 28. Fine. 29. AVindy. 30. Fine. 

 31. Windy : stormy p.m. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkncij. — Dec. 1. Rain: cloudy. 2. Showers: cloudy. 

 3. Clear : showers. 4. Cloudy : drizzle. 5, 6. Bright : cloudy. 7. Cloudy. 

 8. Drizzle. 9. Fog. 10. Fog : cloudy. 11. Cloudy. 12. Haia : cloudy. 13, 

 14. Cloudy. 15. Bright : cloudy. 16. Bright. 17,18. Showers. 19. Showers: 

 clear. 20. Showers : cloudy. 21. Cloudy : drizzle. 22. Showers. 23. Showers : 

 snow. 24. Showers. 25. Rain. 26, 27. Hail-showers. 28, 29. Cloudy. 

 80. Rain: drizzle. 31. Showers : frost. 



Apjilegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Dec. 1, 2. Rain and wind. S. Fine and 

 fair. 4. Rain a.m.: cleared. 5,6. Rain p.m. 7. Fair and fine. 8. Fair a.m. : 

 drizzly p.m. 9. Fair but cloudy. 10. Drizzly. 11. Fair : overcast p.m. 12. Wet 

 all day. 13. Storm : wind : rain : flood. 14. Rain p.m. 15, 16. Storm : wind : 

 rain p.m. 17. Fair. 18—23. Showers p.m. 24. Hoar-frost a.m. 25. Very 

 wet all day. 26. Very wet a.m. 27. Slight shower : frost p.m. 28. Frost a.m. : 

 rain p.m. 29. Rain, but mild. 30 Rain and high wind. 31. Rain : cleared p.m. 



The high temperature of December is remarkable, being nearly 10° higher 

 than the mean of the last twenty years, and 7° higher than Dec. 1841. 



