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the lower jaw, approach the Cats, and in my opinion should therefore 
be placed at the opposite extremity of the Viverride, the Herpestes 
group being apparently most nearly related to the Dogs. Galidia 
and Galidictis also approach the Cats in having the muzzle propor- 
tionately shorter than the other Viverride, and in having the true 
molars smaller. The genus Galidia appears to be scarcely sufficiently 
distinct from Mr. Bennett’s genus Cryptoprocta. 
In the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. 89, for May, 
1839, Mr. Evans has published his Notes on the Anatomy of the 
Arctonyz collaris, which tend to show that this animal is closely al- 
lied to the Badger, and should occupy the situation in which I have 
placed it in my classification. Arctonyx and Mydaus I can but regard 
as subgenera of Meles.—G. R. Wartrrnovuse. 
Zoological Society, Aug. 27, 1840. 
RETURN OF MR, GOULD. 
We have much pleasure in announcing the safe arrival of our sci- 
entific friend Mr. Gould, the celebrated ornithologist, from Austra- 
lia, after an absence of two years and a half, which he has devoted 
to the investigation of the habits and ceconomy of the animals of that 
portion of the globe. His collections, we understand, are very ex- 
tensive; and among other interesting materials brought home for 
the purpose of illustrating his work on the Birds of Australia, are 
the nests and eggs of a great portion of the species. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY, 1840. 
Chiswick.—July 1. Overcast: boisterous. 2. Rain, with strong wind. 3. 
Cloudy and fine. 4. Very fine. 5. Cloudy: windy. 6, 7. Fine. 8. Fine: 
heavy rain. 9—12. Very fine. 13—17. Fine. 18. Overcast. 19. Cloudy : 
rain, 20. Heavy showers. 21. Very fine: rain. 22. Fine. 23. Cloudy. 
24, Overcast and fine: rain, 25. Showery. 26. Cloudy: fine. 27. Fine. 
28. Hazy. 29. Very fine. 30. Cloudy: rain. 31. Very fine. 
Boston.—July 1,2. Rain. 3. Stormy. 4. Fine: rain early a.m.: rain a.m. 
5. Fine: rain a.m. 6. Cloudy: rainr.m. 7. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : rain 
ym. 8 Cloudy: rain rm. 9. Cloudy. 10, Cloudy: rain rm, 11—13. 
Cloudy: rain a.m.andp.M. 14,15. Fine. 16, Rain: rain early a.m. 17. 
Fine. 18, 19. Cloudy: rainr.m. 20, Fine. 21. Fine: rainp.m. 22. Fine. 
23, 24. Cloudy. 25. Rain: thunder and lightning with rain p.m. 26. Cloudy. 
27. Fine. 28. Cloudy: raina.m. 29. Fine. 30, Cloudy. 31. Fine. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire.—July 1. Heavy rain a.m.: cleared up r.m. 
2. Drizzling all day. 3. Heavy rain allday. 4. Fair till 4 p.m. then wet. 5. 
Showery: fair evening. 6. Rainy. 7,8. Showery: thunder. 9. Fair all day. 
10. Showery. 11. Warm: asingle shower: thunder. 12, Very wet. 13. Fine 
dry day. 14. Wet afternoon. 15. Very wet allday. 16, 17. Occasional showers, 
18. Fair till afternoon, then wet. 19. Rainearly a.m. : cleared up. 20. Fair all 
day. 21. Heavy showers all day: thunder. 22. Fair allday. 23. Fair till 
evening, then rain. 24. Showery allday. 25. Showery afternoon. 26—90. 
Fair all day. $1. The same: a few drops p.m. 
Sun shone out 29 days. Rain fell 22 days. Thunder 3 days, 
Wind north $ day. North-north-east $ day. East-north-east 1 day. East 
I day. South-east 4 day. South4 days. South-west 8 days, West-south-west 
3 days. West 7 days. North-west 25 days. North-north-west 3 days. 
Calm 11 days. Moderate 12 days. Brisk 4 days. Strong breeze 2 days. 
Boisterous 1 day.. Variable 1 day. 
