Meteorological Observations. 231 



Calcutta, June 7, 1843. 



My dear Sir, — The inclosed was to have been sent by last 

 month's express, but owing to the weight (of letters) being made up 

 about three hours before the usual time, it and numerous other let- 

 ters were returned. It will now arrive, I fear, too late to be of ser- 

 vice, but I will nevertheless send the following addenda and emenda- 

 tions, at a venture. Ninox lugubris is the Strix scutulata, Raffles, or 

 Str. hirsuta, Temminck. — To Athene Irama add Noctua Tarayensis, 

 Hodgson, as a synonym. — After Acrocephalus montanvs put No. 90 a., 

 a species nearly allied to the last, but smaller and more rufous, and 

 which has recently been also obtained by Mr. Jerdon at Nellore, 

 aljout 100 miles to the northward of Madras (Nellore, not Vellore). 

 Charadrius rufinus is, I am now tolerably sure, the Ch. Geoff royi. 

 Lesson ; and I have much reason to suspect that Ch. rufinellus is the 

 Ch. Leschenaultii of the French. — I am happy to say I continue in 

 good health, and overwhelmingly busy ; and with kind remembrances, 

 believe me to remain, my dear Sir, j'ours most truly, 



E. Blyth. 



[As these letters reached us too late for the addenda to be inserted 

 along Avith the paper, we have preferred printing them without al- 

 teration from the author's MSS. letters. — Ed.I 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY 1843. 



Cliiswick. — July 1. Overcast; clear. 2. Overcast tliroughout. 3. Fine. 4. 

 Uniform haze : very fine. 5. Sultry: very hot. 6,1. Cloudy and fine. 8. Cloudy; 

 rain : clear. 9. Foggy : very fine. 10. Cloudy and fine. 11. Thickly over- 

 cast. 12. Very fine. 15. Light haze : rain. 14. Densely overcast : very fine. 

 15 — 17. Very fine. 18. Very fine : constant heavy rain after 3 p.m. 19. Cloud- 

 less in the morning : cloudy at noon : clear. 20. Very fine : slight rain: over- 

 cast : rain at night. 21. Cloudy and fine. 22. Rain. 23. Cloudy and squally: 

 cold rain. 24. Clear : cloudy and fine : clear. 25. Overcast and fine : clear. 

 26. Overcast : slight rain. 27. Showery. 28. Cloudy and fine : rain. 29. Very 

 fine. 30. Cloudy and fine : clear. SI. Hazy : cloudy and fine : clear. — Mean 

 temperature of the month I'^-S below the average. 



Boston. — July 1. Fine. 2. Fine: rain early a.m. 3. Windy. 4. Fine. 

 5. Cloudy: heat 81'*5 4 o'clock p.m. 6. Windy: rain early a.m. 7. Fine: 

 thunder-storm 5 p.m. : rainbow 6 p.3I. 8. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 

 9. Fine. 10. Cloudy. 11. Cloudy: rain p.m. 12. Fine: rain p.m. 13, 14. 

 Cloudy : rain early A.M. \.5, 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy. 18. Windy: rain p.m. 

 19. Fine. 20. Fine : rain p. m. 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy : rain p.m. 23. Windy: 

 rain p.m. 24, 25. Fine. 26. Cloudy. 27. Windy : rain early a.m. 28. Cloudy. 



29. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 30, Cloudy: rain p.m. 31. Fine: rain, with 

 thunder and lightning p.m. 



Sandwich- Manse, Orkney. — July 1. Bright: rain. 2, Drizzle, 3. Bright: 

 cloudy. 4. Bright: shower. 5. Bright: damp. 6. Thunder: fog : cloudy. 

 7. Bright: cloudy. 8—10. Bright: clear. 11. Clear. 12. Cloudy : damp. 

 13. Damp: cloudy. 14. Cloudy. 15,16. Shower: cloudy. 17. Bright: 

 cloudy. 18, 19. Showery. 20. Rain: cloudy. 21. Bright: clear, 22. Bright: 

 cloudy. 23. Cloudy, 24. Bright : clear. 25. Bright : cloudy. 26. Cloudy : 

 showers. 27. Showers : cloudy. 28. Bright : cloudy. 29. Cloudy : rain. 



30, 31. Damp : drizzle. 



