METBOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE TEAR 1902. 27 



On the 3rd of March, at the foot of the Fluella Pass, beside 

 the stream that comes down there — 



13. One Wagtail, but I could not make out the species. 

 , 14. Crested Tit. — The Crested Tit is seldom seen in Scotland, 

 so it was with special interest that I watched this one at Davos. 



On the 6th of April, two days before leaving Davos, and 

 when the snow was clearing off the lower meadows, and the 

 white and yellow Crocus was shooting up wherever the grass 

 appeared, in the fir woods above the old church at Frauenkirche, 

 1 had my first and only opportunity of watching — 



15. The Greater Spotted Woodpecker. — A single bird ; it 

 remained in sight for ten minutes or so, hunting among the 

 brushwood and along the stem of a fallen tree. 



Meteopological Notes and Remarks upon the Weather 

 during- the Year, 1902, with its General Effects 

 upon Vegetation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow. 



[Read 28th April, 1903.] 



In order to preserve the continuity of the series, these notes have 

 been compiled, as in former years, from the records kept at 

 Queen's Park, Glasgow. 



January. — For a series of years the weather conditions in the 

 earlier part of this month have been somewhat mild and moist 

 and unseasonable in character. The opening days of January, 

 1902, proved no exception, as for the first ten days the weather 

 was fairly mild, and rather wet, with S.-W. winds. The wind 

 changing to N.W. on 11th, there was a sharp change in the 

 conditions, and a spell of severe wintry weather was expei'ienced 

 from the 11th to the 15th. The frost for a few days being 

 intensely keen, and as frosts in the City are now usually accom- 

 panied by fogs, the atmospheric conditions were extremely 

 unpleasant while they lasted. Another change to mild showery 

 weather lasted until the 25th, which was followed by another 



