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altogether, and betaken themselves to better quarters about Lydcl, 

 near Romney. The lesser tern I have formerly obtained pretty 

 plentifully about Sandwich flats, but this autumn I have not seen 

 one. I do not know how to account for their non-appearance. 



" The common gull, black-headed gull, Kittiwake gull and herring- 

 gull are very abundant, appearing in immense flights intermixed with 

 the great black-backed gull. This last is a beautiful and noble bird, 

 but very difficult to get a shot at. Of the herring-gull, a few pairs 

 breed every year about the high cliffs at St. Margaret's, near Dover, 

 as well as the common or foolish guillemot, the young affording fine 

 sport for the visitors about September. 



" The glaucous gull and the lestris I have noticed in your Maga- 

 zine before. Two beautiful specimens of Leach's petrel have been 

 taken : they are in our museum. One of them was found near Mar- 

 gate, the other near St. Nicholas, about seven miles from thence : 

 the first was found alive, and was secured without any difficulty. 

 These birds often visit our coast in rough windy weather, as well as 

 the stormy petrel ; the last being more plentiful. They are often 

 brought to me alive by sailor-boys, who when they find them set 

 up a-hallooing with all their might : the bird then is soon caught, 

 running anywhere for security. 



No. 8, Cecil-street, Margate. " S. Mummery." 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 1842. 



Chiswick. — September 1. Constant rain : temperature increasing towards night. 

 2. Overcast: sultry. 3. Overcast: clear. 4. Cloudy and fine. 5. Foggy: very 

 fine. 6. Very fine : clear. 7. Slight fog : fine. 7 — 10. p.m. violent thunder- 

 storm, much sheet- and sometimes forked lightning : heavy rain, with some hail : 

 clear at night. 8. Boisterous, with heavy rain. 9. Rain : cloudy. 10. Show- 

 ery. 11 — 15. Very fine. 16. Foggy : fine. 17 Cloudy: rain. 18. Fine, with 

 slight haze : rain. 19. Cloudy : showers. 20. Showery. 21. Cloudy and fine : 

 clear. 22. Foggy: cloudy and fine : slight rain. 23. Overcast: heavy rain. 

 24. Rain : overcast. 25. Slight showers : stormy, with rain at night. 26. Heavy 

 clouds and showers: clear. 27. Overcast: stormy and wet. 28. Fine. 29. 

 Clear : boisterous, with rain. 30. Clear and fine : slight rain. Mean tempera- 

 ture of the month 0*47° above the average. 



Boston. — Sspt. 1. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 2 — 5. Fine. 6. Cloudy. 7. Fine: 

 rain, with thunder and lightning at night. 8. Cloudy. 9. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : 

 rain p.m. 10. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain p.m., with thunder and lightning. 

 11. Cloudy. 12. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 13. Fine. 14—16. Cloudy. 17. 

 Fine: rain p.m. 18, 19. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 20. Fine. 21 Cloudy. 

 22. Rain. 23. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy : rain 

 early a.m. 26, 27. Cloudy. 28. Stormy : rain early a.m. 29. Rain and stormy : 

 rain early a.m. 30. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Sept. 1 — 3. Showers. 4. Showers: cloudy. 5. 

 Bright: rain. 6. Rain : clear. 7. Damp: cloudy. 8. Hain. 9. Cloudy: 

 rain. 10. Clear : aurora. 11. Bright : fog. 12. Bright : cloudy. 13. Drizzle : 

 cloudy. 14, 15. Bright: cloudy. 16. Cloudy: drops. 17. Cloudy : clear. 

 18. Bright: clear. 19. Cloudy: rain. 20. Cloudy. 21. Rain: clear. 22. 

 Rain : drizzle. 23. Damp: dri.zle. 24. Cloudy. 25. Bright: cloudy. 26. 

 Cloudy: showers. 27. Bright : cloudy. 28,29. Cloudy : clear. 30. Cloudy. 



Apjrfegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Sept. 1. Very wet morning. 2. Fair but 

 cloudy. 3. Rain p.m. 4. Fine and fair. 5. Thick : rain p.m. 6. Fair but 

 cloudy. 7. Fair and fine. 8. Heavy rain early a.m. 14. Cloudy and moist. 

 15,16. Fair but cloudy. 17. Rain a.m. 18. Fair and tine : lightning. 19. 

 Fair and fine: thunder. 20. Fair and fine. 21. Fair and fine : thunder. 22. 

 Fair and fine till p.m. : rain. 23. Rain early a.m. 24. Rain. 25 — 28. Fair 

 and cool. 29. Fair and cool : a few drops. 30. Fair arid cool. 



