42 
Dr Davy on the Temperature of Man 
old cock 110°; that of a full grown cock and of two chickens 
two months old was 111 0 . 
Guinea Fowl. — At Mount Livinia, at the same time, the 
temperature of a full grown Guinea hen was 110°. 
Turkey. — At the same time, the temperature of a full grown 
Turkey cock was 109° ; that of two more, of the same age, 
108° 5 ; that of a full grown hen, 108 ; and that of a young 
cock, two months old, was 109°. 5. 
Procellaria cequinoctialis. — In Lat. N. 2° 3', on the 8th of 
August, air 79°, sea 8D.5, the temperature of this bird was 
103°. 5, and that of another 105°. 5. 
P. capensis. — In Lat. S. 34° 1', on the 11th of May, air 59', 
sea 60°, the temperature of two birds of this kind was 105°.5. 
Common Goose. — At Mount Livinia, in December, air 78°, 
the temperature of two full grown geese was 107°. 
Common Duck. — At the same time, the temperature of a 
full grown drake, of two full grown ducks, and of four duck- 
lings from three to five weeks old, was 110°; and that of a 
young drake, full grown, 111 0 . 
3d, Of the Temperature of the Amphibia. 
Testudo Mydas. — In Lat. N. 2° 27', on the 19th of March, 
air 79°.5, the temperature of a large turtle, caught a week be- 
fore at Ascension, was 84° in recto. Again, in Lat. 8. 2° 29', 
on the 23d of March, air 80°, the temperature of the blood of 
the animal, flowing from the great vessels of the neck, was 88°. 5. 
The turtle was sickly, and probably this heat was morbid. At 
Colombo, on the 4th of May 1817, air 86°, the temperature of 
the blood of a turtle, that had been caught the day before, was 
85°. 
T. geometrica.— At Cape Town, in May, air 61°, the tem- 
perature of this animal was 62°.5. At Colombo, on the 3d of 
March, the temperature of a larger specimen was 87°, air 80°. 
Rana ventricosa.— At Kandy, on the 31st of May, air 80°, 
the temperature of two frogs of this kind, just brought from 
a damp shaded place, was 77°. 
Iguana. — At Colombo, 4th September, air 82°, the tempe- 
rature of this animal was 82°.5. 
