and other Animals. 
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Porpoise. — -In Lat.'N. 8° 23', on the 11th of March, air 72°, 
sea 74°.?5, the temperature of a porpoise was 100°. The ani- 
mal was drawn into the ship alive. The instant it was killed 
I tried its temperature, by introducing a thermometer into the 
substance of its liver. 
2d, Of the Temperature of Birds. 
Falcon (Falco milvus f ). — At Colombo, on the 24th of Au- 
gust, air 77°.5, the temperature of this bird was 99°. I should 
remark it had been shot a few hours, and its legs were broken. 
Screech Owl. — In London, in the autumn, air 60°, the tem- 
perature of this bird was 104°. 
Parrot ( Psittacus pidlanius ). — At Kandy, on the 27th of 
May, air 76°, the temperature of this bird was 106°. 
Jackdaw. — At Attapittia, in the Kandian country, on the 
2d of June, air 85°, the temperature of this bird the instant it 
was shot was 107°.75. 
Common Thrush. — In London, in the autumn, air 60°, the 
temperature of this bird was 109°. 
Common Sparrow. — At Gompala, in the Kandian country, 
on the 3d of June, air 80°, the temperature of this bird the in- 
stant it was shot was 108°. 
Common Pigeon. — In London, in the autumn, air 60°, the 
temperature of this bird, confined in a cage, was 108°. At 
Mount Livinia, on the 27th of December, air 78°, the tempe- 
rature of two young pigeons, two weeks old, was 109°. 5 ; and 
of two three weeks old 109°. 
Jungle Fowl. — In Ceylon, near Tangalle, on the 20th of 
July, air 78°, the temperature of one jungle hen, the instant 
it was shot, was 107°. 5 ; and in the afternoon of the same 
day, air 83°, the temperature of another was 108°.5. The 
jungle fowl of Ceylon, I may remark, more resembles the 
English pheasant than the barn-door fowl. 
Common Fowl. — At Edinburgh, in the winter of 1813, air 
40°, the temperature of a full grown hen was 108°.5. At 
Mount Livinia, in December, air 78°, the temperature of two 
hens was 110°, (one half, the other full grown) ; that of a hen 
that had been sitting on her eggs three weeks, 108°; that of an 
