26 On the Nestixg of the Nightjar. 



June, once in August, and once in November. And thunder 

 without lightning twice. A very marked .solar halo was seen on 

 the 22d October, and lunar halos pretty frequently. Hail showers 

 were noted in January, February, IMarch, April, and May. 



With regard to the wind directions, the south-westerly was as 

 usual the most prevalent. It blew on 95| days of the year. The 

 next in point of frecjuency was the westerly, with 64 days. The 

 north westerl)^ came next with 40 days ; then south-easterly with 

 39| ; easterly with 35^ ; southerly with 3H ; north-easterly with 

 30| ; nortlierly with 14 ; and calm or variable witli 14i days. 



A paper by Dr E. J. Chinnock, entitled "Ptolemy's England," 

 was read. 



9th March, 1900. 



Rev. Mr Anbson in the Chair. 



Donations and Exchanges. — Bulletin of the Geological Institute 

 of Mexico; Smithsonian Report, 1897; Report of British Associa- 

 tion ]\Ieeting at Dover. 



Communications. 



1. 071 the Nesting of the Nightjar in Glencairn. 



By Mr John Corrie, Moniaive. 



It may be of interest to record a well-authenticated instance of 

 the nesting of the Nightjar in Glencairn, Dumfries.shire. I was 

 previously aware that the bird occurred in the district, but, so 

 far as my knowledge goes, this is the tirst time that it has been 

 discovered nesting. 



My earlier records of the occurrence of the species are as 

 follows : — 



1. A single specimen seen hawking for moths in my own 

 garden towards nightfall in the summer of 1888. 



2. Bird heard uttering its distinctive churring cry during a 

 night-fishing excursion to Knockstiug, a small loch situated on 

 the border of Kirkcudbrightshire. 



3. An immature specimen, found in a gai'den on the out- 

 skirts of Moniaive, brought to me for identification, 23rd 

 September, 1896. 



These, and a reported occurrence of the bird near Craig- 

 darroch in day-time, are all the records known to me. None of 



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