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6. Martin, very common ; April 13th to 20th. 



7.*Sand Martin, very common ; generally seen the end of March, never 



later than April 5th. 

 8.* The Swift, very common ; once seen in April, always by May 6th ; 



leaves in August, once seen in September. 

 9. Wryneck, not noticed in this locality. 



10. Garden Warbler, rare ; April 20th. 



11. Whitethroat, common ; end of April. 



12. Lesser Whitethroat, common ; April 14th. 



13.*Yellow Wagtad, very common ; often seen the end of March. 



14. Nightingale, occasionally visits us end of April or early May. 



15. Cuckoo, end of April. I heard one this year on August 8th at 



11 p.m. in my garden. Was it a young or old one ? 



16. Grasshopper Warbler, rare ; first week in May, often found in osier 



beds. May be seen if closely watched. 

 17 Sedge Warbler, very common ; end of April. 



18. Redstart, rare ; end of April. 



19. Tree Pipit, common ; 18th of April. 



20. Wood Wren, nowhere common, but met with in all large woods and 



parks ; first week in May. 



21. Winchat, common ; first week in May. 



22. Spotted Flycatcher, common ; last week in May. 



23. Pied Flycatcher, not found here. 



24.*Landrail, common ; always heard by May 1st in Trent meadows or 

 osier beds. 



25. Nightjar, rarely found. 



26. Red-backed Shrike, rarely found. 



27. Turtle Dove ; end of April, rather rare. 



28. White Wagtail, very rare. 



29. Reed Warbler; end of May. I have always several pairs build 



in my garden in privets and lilacs. They are late breeders, never 

 nesting till middle of June. Common in osier beds and gardens 

 near the river. The Cuckoo frequently lays in the nests of this 

 bird. 



30. Ring Ouzel, not found here. 



31. Quail, very rare. 



32. Sandpiper, rather rare ; but seen in May and June on Trent and 



Dove, u . 



METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS 

 THE WEATHER OF OCTOBER, 1881. 

 BY CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.M.S., ETC. 



October was marked by great atmospheric disturbance, and in this 

 is found the chief meteorological feature of the month. During the 

 first six days pressure continued uniformly high, but on the seventh 

 the barometer gave way, and a great and broad depression (with 

 temporary and trifling recoveries), evidently covering a wide area of 

 our zone!! spread over these latitudes. The succeeding crest was 

 not reached until the 16th. Contained as it were in the rear of this 

 main disturbance was the extraordinarily deep cyclonic trough of the 

 13th— 14th, with the resulting hurricane that did such immense 

 damage throughout the British Islands. My space entirely forbids 

 more than a very brief notice of this remarkable storm. It appears 

 to have originated " about 150 miles south of Nova Scotia on October 

 10th," and thus its centre occupied barely four days in travelling 

 across the Atlantic to the coast of Great Britain, a distance of 2,440 



