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beneath almost white. Fore-feet with four toes and the rudiment 

 of a fifth. Hind-feet with five toes. Tail nearly 5 inches in length, 

 pretty thickly covered with short rigid hairs. Head acutely conical ; 

 ears large, rounded, thin, sparsely hairy, 1 inch in length and -f-ths 

 in breadth. Length of the body 4f inches. Old male : bristles of 

 the nose 2^ inches. 



I captured but a single specimen of this species in a field near 

 Monterey, Upper California, which, with those of the former, I had 

 the misfortune to lose. — Ibid. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1849. 



Chiswick. — February 1. Frosty: foggy: rain. 2. Drizzly: hazy : rain. 3. Hazy 

 and damp : densely overcast. 4. Overcast. 5. Very fine : overcast. 6. Hazy : 

 densely overcast. 7. Overcast. 8. Very fine : clear. 9. Fine : overcast. 10. 

 Overcast : clear at night. 1 1. Clear : very fine : barometer unusually high : clear 

 and frosty at night. 12. Frosty and foggy : fine: clear and frosty. 13. Dense 

 fog : fine at noon : foggy. 14. Foggy : fine. 15. Very fine. 16. Foggy : clear 

 at night. 17. Frosty: exceedingly fine. 18. Overcast. 19. Overcast: fine. 

 20. Slightly overcast : cloudy : rain. 21. Cloudy and fine : rain. 22, 23. Fine. 

 24. Drizzly : rain : lightning in the evening : densely overcast. 25. Hazy : 

 boisterous, with rain and thunder : constant heavy rain at night. 26. Cloudy 

 and fine : frosty. 27. Frosty : cloudy and fine : clear. 28. Boisterous, with 

 heavy rain. — On the 1 1th the barometer was higher than it has ever been observed 

 in this locality. 



Mean temperature of the month 41°'35 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1848 43 '06 



Mean temperature of Feb. for the last twenty years 40 '36 



Average amount of rain in Feb 1*61 inch. 



Boston. — Feb. 1. Fine. 2,3. Foggy. 4,5. Fine. 6,7. Cloudy. 8. Fine: 

 rain P.M. 9 — 12. Fine. 13. Foggy. 14 — 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy. 19. Cloudy: 

 rain P.M. 20. Fine: rain p.m. 21. Cloudy. 22,23. Fine. 24,25. Cloudy. 



26, 27. Fine. 28. Rain : snow a.m. and p.m. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Feb. 1. Frost and snow: looking moist p.m. 

 2. Fog and drizzling all day. 3. Fog and drizzling. 4. Dull a.m. : drizzling 

 rain p.m. 5. Still dull, but fair : cloudy and moist p.m. 6. Mild : cloudy: high 

 wind P.M. 7. Rain during night : fair and clear. 8. Fair, but dull a.m. : rain p.m. 

 9. Fair early a.m. : rain at noon : rain p.m. 10. Fine morning : one shower : 

 clear P.M. 11. Frost: fog: cleared p.m. 12. Fair: slight shower: cleared. 

 13. Frost A.M.: clear: rain p.m. 14. Fine spring day : dry throughout. 15. 

 Fine : drying wind. 16. Frost : clear and fine : high wind p.m. 17. Fair and 

 clear: storm of wind. 18, 19. Rain and wind. 20. Dull and moist. 21. Frost: 

 rain and wind p.m. 22. Dull a.m. : came on storm, wind and rain. 23. Fair : 

 slight frost : snow on hills. 24. Frost and snow : clear : freezing. 25. Hard 

 frost : fine. 26. Very hard frost : hail-shower. 27. Hard frost. 28. Rain heavy : 

 wind high. 



Mean temperature of the month 41°*2 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1848 40 '1 



Mean temperature of Feb. for the last twenty-five years . 37 '3 



Rain in Feb. 1848 5"53inches. 



Average amount of rain in Feb. for the last twenty years 2*04 „ 

 Sandmck Manse, Orkney. — Feb. J. Clear: frost: cloudy. 2. Cloudy. 3. Bright: 

 drizzle. 4. Bright : clear : hoar-frost. 5. Drizzle: rain. 6. Clear : cloudy, 

 7. Drizzle : cloudy. 8. Bright : hail, thunder and lightning. 9. Cloudy : 

 damp. 10. Thunder and lightning: sleet-showers. 11. Bright : cloudy. 12. 

 Fine: clear : aurora. 13. Showers. 14. Rain. 15. Rain: drizzle. 16. Hazy: 

 showers. 17. Cloudy: showers. 18. Showers. 19. Showers : aurora. 20. Snow- 

 showers. 21. Frost : snow-showers. 22,23. Snow : frost : aurora. 24. Snow- 

 showers. 25. Snow-showers : clear : frost. 26. Snow-showers : clear : aurora. 



27. Snow : fine : clear : aurora. 28. Rain : sleet-showers. 



