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^larch 30 



]?. Blackcap. 



Chiflbhaff. 



"VVillow-Waibler. 



Sand-Maitin. 

 D. Wr^-iieck. 



March 31 



B. Blackcap. 



Sand-Martin. 

 D. Wryneck. 



April ] 



B. Ijlackcap. 

 Swallow. 

 Sand-Martin. 



C. Yellow Wao-tail. 



April 2 



B. Blackcap. 

 Swallow. 

 Sand-Martin. 



C, Yellow Wao-tail. 



Misty over the English Channel and Bay of Bis- 

 cay ; calm or very light southerly airs ; general 

 conditions very line. 



Aprils 



A. White Wagtail. 



B. Wheatear. 

 Blackcap. 

 Willow- Warbler. 

 Swallow. 



C. Yellow AVajrtaiK 



Less mist over the Bay of Biscay, still some over 

 the English Channel ; air calm, very fine and 

 bright generally. 



Note. — The weather though often foggy was 

 singularly bright, tine, and warm for the time 

 of vear, and, as will be seen below, in marked 

 contrast to that experienced during April and 

 May. 



Foggy or misty in the English Channel. Light 

 airs mostly from the south or south-east over 

 our area. 



Conditions as for the preceding fortnight during 

 the early hours of the morning, but with 

 the approach of a deep depression in the North 

 Atlantic ; a general change took place during 

 the day, with rain on the west coast of Ireland 

 and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, Fog in 

 the English Channel and along the east coast of 

 J^ngland, which disappeared as the southerly 

 winds f,'aiucd force. 



Rapid fall of the barometer. 



Rain ; cloudy and colder over the greater part of 

 the Bay of Biscay and iMiglish Channel, with 

 winds increasing in force and becoming more 

 westerly as the cyclonic depression continued its 

 passage eastwards over our islands. 



