Meteorological Observations. 71 



Supplementary Note to Mr. R. Jones' s paper on Fossil Entomostraca. 



Mr. J. Brown, of Stanway, informs me that he has lately found 

 some specimens of Candona reptans in a freshwater deposit at Ed- 

 wardstone in Suffolk. — T. R. J. 



Erratum in Mr. Owen's Notes on the Hippopotamus. 



Vol. V. p. 515. Instead of 350 miles above Cairo, it shovdd have 

 been 1350 miles. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MAY 1850. 



Chisvnck. — May 1. Cloudy and cold. 2. Fine : clear : frosty. 3. Clear: very 

 dry air : overcast : sharp frost at night. 4. Fine : showery. 5. Cloudy : some 

 angular hail at 6 p.m. 6. Constant rain. 7, 8. Drizzly. 9. Heavy clouds : 

 fine: clear. 10. Clear : cloudy. II. Fine. 1 2. Slight shower : fine. IS. Fine: 

 very dry air : rain at night. 14. Cloudy and fine. 15. Fine : cloudy : clear and 

 frosty. 16. Fine. 17. Overcast. 18. Foggy: rain: cloudy. 19. Very fine : 

 cloudy. 20. Uniformly overcast : fine; clear. 21. Fine: cloudless: overcast: 

 rain. 22. Rain : clear at night. 23. Cloudy : clear. 24. Slight fog: dry haze. 

 25. Cloudy : fine : showery. 26. Showery : overcast, 27. Cloudy : overcast. 

 28. Fine : showery : clear. 29. Cloudy and fine. 30. Foggy : dry haze : clear. 

 81. Fine : slightly clouded. 



Mean temperature of the month 51°*14 



Mean temperature of May 1849 55*19 



Mean temperature of May for the last twenty-three years . 54 "22 



Average amount of rain in May 1*84 inch. 



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

 rain P.M. 6. Cloudy: rain a.m. 7,8. Rain: rain a.m. and p.m. 9. Rain: 

 rain A.M. 10,11. Cloudy. 12,13. Fine. 14. Rain a.m. and p.m. 15. Rain : 

 rain A.M. 16. Fine. 17 — 19. Cloudy. 20. Rain: rain a.m. 21. Cloudy. 

 22. Cloudy : rain A.M. 23. Fine. 24. Fine: rain p.m. 25,26. Cloudy : rain a.m. 

 27. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy : rain p.m. 30. Fine. 

 31. Cloudy. 



Ap])legarlh Mnnse, Dumfries-shire. — May 1. Slight frost : very cold east wind. 

 2. Slight frost : wind changed to west p.m. 3. Frost still : slight shower p.m. 

 4. Cold and ungenial : one sharp shower. 5. Frost : fall of snow : hills white. 

 6. Frost: clear and cold. 7. Frost hard : is this May? 8. Cloudy a.m. : hail : 

 rain p.m. 9. Frost hard again : most unseasonable. 10. Heavy rain : cleared p.m. 

 11. Rain in the night : slight shower a.m. 12. Occasional sharp showers. 13. 

 Cold : fair and clear. 14. Fair and clear : keen and cold p.m. 15. Frost again : 

 hail : keen and cold. 16. No frost : cloudy: mild. 17. Fine: cloudy: mild. 

 18. Fine : air feels moist. 19. Shower in the night : cold east p.m. 20. Parch- 

 ing cold east wind. 21. Warm and sultry: change great, 22. Very warm: 

 thunder and heavy rain. 23. Very warm : thunder : a few drops. 24. Very 

 warm : fair and fine. 25. Soft rain all day : genial and growing. 26. Soft rain 

 all day : blessed change of weather. 27. Rain : fair p.m. 28, 29. Fair through- 

 out: fine. SO. Fine : thunder: shower. 31. Fine : thunder: a few drops. 



Mean temperature of the month 49°'l 



Mean temperature of May 1849 50 '5 



Mean temperature of May for the last twenty-eight years ... 51 "1 



Average rain in May for twenty years l*69inch. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — May 1. Clear: fine. 2. Fine : clear. 3. Showers : 

 sleet-showers. 4. Hail : snow-showers. 5. Snow : snow-showers. 6. Clear : 

 drops. 7. Clear: showers. 8. Damp: clear. 9. Frost: clear: cloudy. 10. 

 Cloudy : drops. 11. Showers : hail-showers. 12. Showers : sleet-showers. 13. 

 Bright : rain : clear. 14. Clear : rain : clear. 15. Bright : cloudy. 16. Damp. 

 17. Fine 18, Cloudy: fog. 19. Hazy, 20, Bright. 21. Bright: showers: 

 fog. 22. Fine : fog. 23. Cloudy. 24. Hazy : fog, 25. Hazy : rain. 26. Hazy. 

 27. Cloudy: fine. 28—31. Bright : fine. 



