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to separate this joint from the rest of the body, and at last could 
not do it without breaking part of its edge and some of the other 
pieces. I have no doubt, after examining the specimens of Dr. Gold- 
fuss’s genera Goniotremites in the Museum at the University of Bonn, 
that they also equal the basal part of the body of some fossil Ecri- 
mites as M. Agassiz has already suspected, the five holes round the 
mouth being similar to the five rays sometimes found in the stem of 
some species of Crinoidea.—J. E. Gray. 
THE EPIPHRAGMA OF ACHATINA, 
The Epiphragma of the larger species of Achatina (as A. Mauri- 
tiana) is thin, hard and calcareous, and marked with a long linear 
impression near the outer hinder angle of the aperture over the re- 
spiratory hole of the animal.—J. E. Gray. 
THE HOOPOE. 
A fine specimen of the Hoopoe (Upupa epops, Linn.) was shot on 
Skeicoat Moor, near this town, on the 3rd instant, and is now in 
my possession.—R. Ley.anp. 
Halifax, Sept. 16, 1840. — 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUG. 1840. 
Chiswick.— Aug. 1, 2. Very fine. 2—9. Hotanddry. 10. Very fine. 11. 
Showery. 12. Cloudy: rain. 13. Cloudy. 14. Rain. 15. Very fine : show- 
ery. 16. Fine. 17. Boisterous with heavy rain. 18. Cloudy. 19. Heavy 
rain: cloudy and fine. 20. Fine. 21. Foggy: very fine. 22. Foggy. 23— 
26. Very fine. 27. Foggy: fine. 28. Slight fog: rain. 29, Foggy. 30, 31. 
Cloudy and fine. The mean temperature of the month was nearly 2° above the 
average. ; 
Boston.— Aug. 1—3. Fine. 4. Cloudy. 5—10. Fine. 11. Rain, 12, 13, 
Fine. 14. Cloudy. 15. Stormy: rain p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Stormy: rain early 
A.M.: rain with thunder and lightning p.m. 18. Stormy. 19, 20. Cloudy. 
21. Fine: quarter past three p.m. thermometer 80°. 22. Cloudy: rain p.m. : 
lightning at night. 23,24. Fine. 25. Fine: rain p.m. 26,27. Cloudy. 28. 
Fine. 29. Cloudy. 30. Fine: rain p.m. 31. Cloudy: rain a.m. 
N.B. The warmest August since 1826. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire—Aug. 1, 2. Very fine. 3. Mild: show- 
-erya.M. 4. Fine. 5. Sultry. 6. Sultry: heat oppressive. 7—9. Sultry. 10. 
Wet and boisterous p.m. 11. Showery. 12—14. Occasional showers. 15. Fair 
‘throughout. 16. Much rain r.m. 17. Heavy rain: thunder: high flood. 18. 
Fine drying day. 19. Fine, with one slight shower. 20. Drizzling all day, 
21. Fine: rainr.m. 22, 23. Fine and fair allday. 24,25. Showery. 26. Fair 
all day andclear sky. 27. Wetr.m. 28. Fair all day. 29. Drizzling all day. 
30. Fine and fair all day. 31. Remarkably fine harvest day. 
Sun shone out 27 days. Rain fell 15 days. Thunder 1 day. 
Wind north-west 5 days. East-south-east 1 day. South-east 4 days. South 
7 days. South-south-west 4 days. South-west 8§ days. Variable 1 day. 
Calm 12 days. Moderate 11 days. Brisk 5 days. Boisterous 3 days. 
Mean temperature of the month.........++. 57°60 
Mean temperature of August, 1839 ...... 55 ‘70 
Mean temperature of spring water ...... 52°93 
