466 Meteorological Observations. 



the eye whitish ; dorsal streak narrow, brown ; legs, feet and tail 

 bright yellow ; end of tail more bushy and brown, varied ; ears red. 



Australia ; Richmond River ? 



This species has all the markings like Petrogale lateralis, but 

 differs in being of a much paler and yellower colour, and in the bright 

 yellow colour of the legs and basal part of the tail. 



It is about the same size as P. penicillatus, or rather between it 

 and P. lateralis. 



There are two specimens of this species (male and female) in the 

 collection of the British Museum, procured from Mr. Strange, but 

 unfortunately not accompanied by their precise habitat, and sent with 

 specimens from South Australia and Richmond River. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1854. 



ChiswicJc. — October 1. Foggy: drizzly: overcast and fine : foggy. 2. Dense 

 fog: very fine. 3,4. Very fine. 5. Fine, but windy. 6. Rain. 7. Overcast. 

 8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Fine: overcast. 10. Foggy: exceedingly fine : rain at. 

 night. 11. Fine throughout. 12. Clear. 13. Foggy: very fine. 14. Foggy: 

 hazy: slight drizzle. 15. Foggy and drizzly: cloudy: rain. 16. Very fine. 



17. Foggy: rain. 18. Rain: overcast and windy. 19. Fine: rain at night. 

 20. Showery. 21. Cloudy. 22. Densely clouded : fine. 23. Fine: clear. 24. 

 Very fine : heavy rain. 25. Constant rain. 26. Clear and very fine. 27. Frosty 

 and foggy: very fine. 28,29. Very fine. 30. Foggy : very fine : cloudless. 31. 

 Exceedingly fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 48°-20 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1853 49 -99 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-eight years ... 50 "06 



Average amount of rain in Oct 2 - 68inches. 



Boston. — Oct. 1,2. Foggy. 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Fine: rain p.m. 6. Cloudy. 

 7,8. Fine. 9. Cloudy: rain a.m. 10. Fine. 11. Cloudy: rain a.m. 12, 13. 

 Fine. 14. Cloudy. 15. Cloudy: rain p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy: rain p.m. 



18. Rain a.m. and p.m. 19. Cloudy. 20. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 21. Fine. 

 22. Cloudy: rain a.m. 23, 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 26, 27. 

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



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Cloudy a.m. : clear p.m. 2. Rain a.m. and 

 p.m. 3. Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 4. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 5. Showers a.m. : 

 clear p.m. 6. Hail-showers a.m. : clear p.m. 7. Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 8. 

 Clear, fine a.m. : fog p.m. 9. Rain a.m.: cloudy p.m. 10. Clear, fine a.m.: 

 showers p.m. 11. Showers a.m.: sleet, showers p.m. 12. Clear, fine a.m.: 

 clear p.m. 13. Drizzle a.m. : clear p.m. 14. Clear, fine a.m. : cloudy p.m. 15 — 

 17. Showers a.m. and p.m. 18. Hail-showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 19 — 22. Showers 

 a.m. and p.m. 23. Bright a.m. : showers p.m. 24. Clear, frost a.m. : clear, frost, 

 aurora p.m. 1:5. Cloudy, frost a.m. : sleet-showers, aurora p.m. 26. Sleet-showers 

 a.m. and p.m. 27. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 28. Rain a.m. : cloudy p.m. 29. 

 Cloudy a.m. : clear p.m. 30, 31. Clear a.m. and p.m. 



Mean temperature of Oct. for twenty-seven previous years ... 47 =, '68 



Mean temperature of this month 46 "39 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1853 48 - 66 



Average quantity of rain in Oct. fo- fourteen previous years . 507 inches. 



