Meteorological Observations. 359 



OBITUARY. — H. N. TURNER, JUN. 



Our readers will be grieved to hear of the death of Mr. H. X. Tur- 

 ner, jun., a young and ardent worker in osteology, and one, who, 

 while his amiability endeared him to all his acquaintance, was re- 

 garded, by those best qualified to form an opinion, as one of the 

 most promising comparative anatomists of the day. Most of his 

 papers were read before the Zoological Society, and appeared in the 

 Proceedings of that Society and in this Journal ; they were chiefly 

 directed to demonstrating the importance which he considered should 

 be attached to the position of the cranial foramina in the classification 

 of the Mammalia. 



In August last, he had the misfortune to prick his finger whilst 

 dissecting, and after being confined to his room for more than five 

 months, be was carried off by an attack of rheumatic fever, with 

 which his debilitated constitution had no strength to contend. Thus, 

 while his much-lamented death affords a lesson of caution in the use 

 of dissecting instruments to every anatomist, his short life gives an 

 ample illustration of what may be done for science by well-directed 

 zeal and unremitting perseverance. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1852. 



Chiswick. — February 1. Rain : clear and fine. 2. Rain : cloudy and mild : 

 densely overcast. 3. Clear : exceedingly fine : clear at night. 4. Uniformly over- 

 cast : rain. 5. Densely clouded : rain. 6. Clear : slight shower : clear : frosty. 



7. Clear : very fine : overcast. 8. Boisterous, with rain : overcast : rain. 9. Cloudy 

 and fine: showery: clear. 10. A few snow-flakes: cloudy and cold: clear at 

 night. 11. Clear and frosty : fine: sharp frost at night. 12. Frosty and foggy : 

 very fine : clear : slight frost. 13. Densely overcast : fine : overcast. 14. Hazy : 

 uniformly overcast: clear. 15. Overcast. 16. Fine: densely overcast. 17. 

 Cloudy: fine. 18. Low white clouds : clear. 19. Clear and cold. 20. Clear 

 and frosty: very sharp frost at night. 21. Severe frost: fine. 22. Cloudy and 

 cold. 23. Fine, but cold. 24,25. Clear and cold. 26. Slight rain: uniformly 

 overcast. 27. Cloudy: rain. 28. Slight rain: clear at night. 29. Clear: over- 

 cast and cold. 



Mean temperature of the month 38 0, 72 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1851 38 -44 



Mean temperature of Feb. for the last twenty-six years ... 40 *06 



Average amount of rain in Feb 1-62 inch. 



Boston. — Feb. 1. Fine. 2. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 3. Fine. 4, 5. Rain : 



rain a.m. and p.m. 6. Fine : stormy. 7. Fine. 8. Rain : rain early a.m. and p.m. 



9. Cloudy: rain with lightning a.m. and p.m. 10. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 



11, 12. Fme. 13, 14. Cloudy." 15, 16. Cloudv: rain p.m. 17. Cloudy. 18 — 



21. Fine. 22, 23. Cloudv. 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy. 26. Cloudv : rain early a.m. 



and p.m. 27. Fine. 28. Cloudy. 29. Fine. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Feb. 1. Clear : fine : aurora. 2. Cloudy. 3. Cloudy : 



sleet-showers. 4. Rain : showers. 5. Showery c clear. 6, 7. Sleet-showers. 



8. Drizzle : rain. 9. Sleet-showers. 10. Bright : clear. 11. Cloudy. 12. Cloudy: 

 clear : aurora. 13. Bright : showers : aurora. 14. Drops : drizzle. 15. Bright : 

 hail-showers : S. aurora. 16. Hail-showers : S. aurora. 17. Rain : snow-showers : 

 S. aurora. 18. Snow-showers: S. aurora. 19. Snow-drift : S. aurora. 20. Bright: 

 cloudy. 21. Thaw: cloudy: aurora. 22. Cloudy: aurora. 23. Fine: cloudy: 

 fine. 24, 25. Cloudy : fine.' 26. Cloudy : showers. 27. Showers : drizzle. 28. 

 Snow-showers : showers. 29. Snow-showers. 



