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the progressive motion is very small. The progressive motion more- 
over is less in Europe than in America. 
(4.) South of this zone and contiguous to it, the winds in the United 
States and on the Atlantic are on the whole easterly, though quite irreg- 
ular, with small progressive motion. 
Further south, there are the well known northeasterly trade 
winds, stronger between 10° and 25° than nearer the equator. In the 
eastern Atlantic near Africa, the winds incline towards the great Des- 
ert. In southwestern Asia, they are very irregular, and defy all at- 
tempts to reduce them to system. j 
The system of winds of the northern hemisphere are therefore re- 
garded by the author, as (1) a southerly in direction in the high north- 
ern latitudes, but veering towards the west as they approach a limit 
ranging from about latitude 56° on the western continent to about lati- 
tude 68° on the eastern, when they become irregular and disappear ; 
the area of this zone is about 11,800,000 miles; (2) a zone of west- 
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analogous to land and sea breezes, only on a grander scale. The !n- 
fluence of the northern lakes on the direction of the wind, and also of 
deserts, is discussed in this connection. ; 
These are some of the points brought out in Professor CoFFIN’S 
genus Machairodus. Of Chelonian Fossils, there are five species all of 
the genus Testudo. The following are the names of the Ungulata de- 
Poebrotherium Wilsonii, Leidy—most nearly allied to the musks. 
Agriocherus antiquus, Leidy.—In structure between the ordinary 
Ruminants and the anomalous Anoplotherium. 
Oreodon, Leidy.—Also between ordinary Ruminants and the Anoplo- 
therium. Species Oreodon Culbertsonii, about the size of the wolf of 
Pennsylvania ; O. major, larger than the Culbertsonii. 
Eucrotaphus, Leidy.—Probably related most nearly to Oreodon. 
Species, E. Jacksoni and E. auritus. 
otherium, Leidy.—A genus of Suilline Ungulates. 
