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of time has broken and destroyed. Prof. Owen also stated that a 
large collection of bones of the Dinornis had been obtained from a 
new locality by Mr. Perey Earle. This collection contains four of 
the species of Dinornis already described, including the three most 
remarkable for gigantic stature. One of these, with a stature nearly 
equalling the ostrich, presents in all the bones of its leg double the 
thickness in proportion to their length, and must have been the 
strongest and most robust bird in proportion to its size that ever 
existed. Of the gigantic species, vertebre, ribs, and an almost en- 
tire sternum, most resembling that of the Apteryx, have been ob- 
tained. ‘The Rev. Mr. Williams has also transmitted the cranial 
portion of a skull related in size to the Dinornis struthoides, mani- 
festing many peculiarities and a striking resemblance to the same 
part in the Dodo and Apteryx.—Proc. Brit. Assoc. Cambridge. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1845. 
Chiswick.—June 1. Overcast and fine. 2. Very fine: sultry. 3. Sultry: rain 
atnight. 4, Showery. 5. Slight rain: cloudy: boisterous at night. 6. Cloudy 
and windy. 7. Very fine: showery, and boisterous at night. 8. Boisterous: 
clear and fine. 9. Very fine. 10—12. Very fine: sultry: clear and fine at nights. 
13. Foggy: sultry. 14,15. Very hotand sultry. 16. Overcast. 17. Sultry. 
18. Rain: clear at night. 19. Hazy: very fine. 20. Cloudless: very fine. 
21—23. Very fine. 24. Uniformly overcast: heavy rain: clear. 25. Cold and 
dry: cloudy: rain. 26. Cloudy: fine. 27. Rain. 28. Overcast: heavy showers: 
clear. 29. Very fine. 30. Slight rain: very fine.— Mean temperature of the 
month 13° above the average. 
Boston.—June 1. Rain: rain early a.m.: rain a.m, 2. Fine. 93. Fine: 
2 o’clock p.m. thermometer 72°: rain e.m. 4. Fine: thunder and lightning, with 
raine.m. 5. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 6, Windy. 7. Fine: raine.m. 8. Cloudy, 
9. Fine. 10. Fine: 3 o’clock p.m. thermometer 74°. 11. Fine: 1 o’clock p.m. 
thermometer 75°. 12. Fine: 4 o’clock p.m. thermometer 76°. 13. Fine: 
1 o’clock p.m. thermometer 78°. 14, Fine: 12 o’clock nooa thermometer 78°. 
15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy: 1 o’clock p.m, thermometer 78°. 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy: 
rain early A.m.: rain a.M.and p.m. 19. Fine. 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 29. 
Cloudy. 23. Fine. 24. Fine: rain, with thunder and lightning p.m. 25. Cloudy. 
26, Fine. 27. Cloudy: rain a.m.andv.m. 28. Cloudy: rain a.m.: thunder 
and lightningle.m. 29. Fine. 30, Fine: rain early a.m.—N.B. The warmest 
June since June 1826. 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—June 1. Cloudy. 2. Cloudy: clear. 3. Bright: 
cloudy. 4. Showers. 5. Bright: showers. 6. Bright: drops. 7. Clear: 
fine. 8. Drops: rain: clear. 9. Drops: cloudy. 10, Bright: damp. 11, 
(12, Bright: cloudy. 13. Bright: clear, 14. Damp: cloudy: fine. 15. Cloudy: 
rain. 16. Fog. 17. Bright: damp. 18. Rain: damp. 19. Bright: clear. 
20. Bright: damp. 21. Cloudy. 22. Showers: cloudy. 23. Bright: cloudy. 
24. Damp: fine. 25. Bright: showers: cloudy. 26. Rain: damp. 27. Showers. 
28, Cloudy: showers. 29. Showers: clear. $O. Cloudy : clear. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire.—June 1. Fine soft rain. 2. Very fine: 
fair. 3. Finerain. 4. Showers all day. 5. Rain continued. 6. Kain. 7. Soft 
showers, 8, Heavy rain a.m.: fair e.m. 9. Showers. 10. Fair and growing. 
11—14. Very fine summer day. 15. Very fine summer day: thunder: a few 
drops of rain. 16. Showery all day. 17. Slight showers. 18. Slight showers 
pM. 19, 20. Fair and fine. 21. Fairand fine: a few drops: rain. 22. Fair 
and fine: very dry. 23. Fine: one slight shower. 24. Rain, very heavy. 25. 
Showers. 26. Fairand fine. 27. Rain: wind: thunder. 28. Fair and clear. 
29. Fair a.m. : shower p.m. 30. Showers. 
Mean temperature of the month ............ceeseeceeseeees 56°°55 
Mean temperature of June 1844 —........cseccesecreseces 55710 
