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dactyloptera), which is an interesting addition to the fishes of the 
East Coast of England. Two very large common Breams ( Abramis 
brama ) from the river Wen sum above the New Mills, have also 
been presented by Mr. S. Gurney Buxton ; and three very good 
specimens of the Flying Fish ( Exocetons volitans), caught near 
St. Helena, by Mr. F. J. Brown. 
Considerable additions have been made to the Natural History 
books in the Library of the Museum by the Trustees of the 
British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United 
States Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries. Very many contri- 
butions have also been received in various other departments 
(Antiquities, Ethnology, Fine Arts, &c.), which do not strictly 
come within our province; and the Museum is to be congratulated) 
not only upon its removal to its present splendid home, but also 
on its rapid extension and increased capacity for usefulness. 
XI. 
METEOBOLOGICAL NOTES, 1894. 
(From observations taken at Bradestone House, Brundall, Norfolk.) 
By Arthur W. Preston, F. B. Met. Soc. 
Read 28th January, 1895. 
January. 
The meteorological conditions of this month wore very remarkable. 
Following a December of average temperature, with no indications 
of the approach of any abnormal cold, at the advent of the New 
Year the country was suddenly plunged into the severity of an 
Arctic winter, with an intensity of frost seldom equalled in our 
