Meteorological Observations. 79 



CYGNUS GUINEENSIS. 



At a meeting of the Cambridge Ray Club, held on the 9th of 

 February, Dr. Paget exhibited a recent specimen of the Cygnus gui- 

 neensis (Jenyns) killed upon Coldham's common, near Cambridge: 

 it is intended to be placed in the museum of the Cambridge Philoso- 

 phical Society. — Charles C. Babington. 



NORFOLK BIRDS. 



J. H. Gurney, Esq., of Norwich, informs us that the following rare 

 birds have come under his notice during the last six months ; — 



A Blue-throated Redstart, in nearly full plumage, picked up dead 

 on the beach at Yarmouth in October last. 



A specimen of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, shot near the same 

 spot a few days afterwards. 



A specimen of the Richard's Pipit, which, as far as I know, is new 

 to Norfolk, shot at Yarmouth in November. 



A specimen of the Gosshawk, shot about a week since at Colton, 

 near this place, in full adult plumage. 



• METEOROLOGICAL. OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1842. 



Chiswick. — January 1. Very fine. 2. Slightly overcast : sleet. 3. Clear. 4. 

 Overcast : clear : slight ?,noyf at night. 5. Frosty : overcast. 6. Frosty : clear 

 and fine. 7. Snow-flakes: cloudy and frosty : snovv^ at night. 8. Sharp frost: 

 overcast. 9. Frosty : snowing. 10. Frosty throughout with dry cold haze. 11. 

 Drizzly. 12. Frosty: slightly overcast. 13. Snowing. 14. Cloudy and fine. 

 15. Frosty: fine: severe frost at night. 16. Overcast. 17. Clear. 18, Hoar- 

 frost. 19.' Foggy. 20. Hazy. 21. Foggy. 22. Hazy. 23. Clear : snowing: 

 clear and frosty. 24. Frosty : very fine. 25. Drizzly : fine : clear. 26. Bois- 

 terous with rain. 27, 28. Clear and fine. 29. Sleet. 30. Overcast and fine. 

 31. Hazy : heavy rain at night. 



Boston. — Jan. 1. Cloudy. 2. P"ine. 3. Cloudy: snow early a.m. 4. Fine: 

 snow early A.M. 5. Snow: rain a.m. and p.m. 6. Cloudy. 7. Fine. 8 — 11. 

 Cloudy. 12. Snow. 13. Cloudy. 14. Snow. 15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy: 

 rain A.M. 17. Cloudy. 18. Fine. 19 — 21. Cloudy. 22. Cloudy : snow p.m. 

 23. Fine. 24. Fine: heavy snow at night. 25. Snow. 26. Cloudy: stormy 

 with rain a.m. : rain p.m.: stormy night. 27. Cloudy. 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy. 

 30. Fine. 31. Cloudy. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Jan. 1, 2. Foggy. ^ 3. Cloudy. 4. Cloudy : clear 

 and frosty. 5. Clear and frosty : aurora borealis. 6. Clear and frosty. 7. 

 Frosty. 8. Clear: rain. 9, 10. Cloudy: drizzling. 11. Clear: frost. 12. 

 Clear: cloudy. 13. Cloudy. 14. Cloudy: clear: frost. 15. Frost: aurora 

 borealis. 16. Cloudy: dropping. 17. Clear: aurora borealis. 18. Damp, 

 aurora borealis. 19. Cloudy. 20. Cloudy: clear. 21. Clear: cloudy. 22. 

 Rain. 23. Snow-showers. 24. Snow lying : sleet. 25. Clear. 26. Rain. 27, 

 28. Sleet-showers. 29. Sleet- showers : fine: frosty. 30. Rain: clear. 31. 

 Cloudy : clear. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Jan. 1, 2. Fog and rain. 3 — 5. Frost and 

 clear. 6,7. Frost but cloudy. 8 — 10. Dull and cloudy, with frost. 11. Clear 

 frost. 12. Frost, but threatening change. 13. Fall of snow : frost p.m. 14. 

 Snow continuing : frost. 15. Clear frost: snow lying. 16. Thaw: snow and 

 sleet. 17. Frost again : snow lying. 18. Frost: fog. 19. Thaw: rain: snow 

 melting. 20. Thaw, but no rain. 21. Frost, pretty severe. 22. Rain, hail and 

 sleet. 23. Snow : clear frost. 24. Snow-drift : frost. 25. Frost : clear : snow 

 lying. 26. Snow: wind: sleet : stormy. 27. Clear frost : one shower. 28, 

 Partial thaw. 29. Frost: clear. 30. Frost a.m.: thaw and rain p.m. 31. 

 Thaw with slight rain. 



Sun shone out 16 days. Rain fell 7 days. Snow 6 days. Frost 21 days. 

 Hail and sleet 2 days. Fog 3 days. 



