l4'4 Mr AiKluboii''s Birds of America. 



be those who might produce technical descriptions more accurate, 

 vet there are none who could afFoi'd the information given in his 

 biographies : or if there be, let them produce them, and we will 

 read them with not less pleasure. Like all remarkable men, 

 Mr Audubon has had his share of vituperation ; but the time 

 will be, although it cannot benefit him, when his works will be 

 referred to as among the most perfect productions of our times. 

 He will then sleep with the illustrious of bygone ages, and the 

 glory of his name will not awaken a thrill of delight in his heart, 

 which will have long ceased to be agitated by the feelings and 

 passions that man must experience in his pilgrimage through 

 life. 



Meteorological Observations made at Castle Toward, in Argyll- 

 shire. 



We are happy to be able to communicate to our readers an 

 interesting series of meteorological tables. Having learned that 

 Kirkman Finlay, Esq. of Castle Toward, in the county of 

 Argyll, has been in the habit, for a series of years, of making 

 regular daily observations on the state of the weather at that 

 place, we expressed to him our regret that such records should 

 be confined to his private circle, convinced that a regular com- 

 munication of them to the public would be considered a valuable 

 contribution to science. Castle Toward is situated on the west- 

 ern shore of the Frith of Clyde, opposite to Rothsay, in the 

 Island of Bute, a strait of about two miles breadth lying between 

 them, and, from the mildness of the climate, Rothsay has been 

 long recommended by medical men as a safe winter residence for 

 invalids ; we doubt not, therefore, that these very accurate tables 

 will be peculiarly acceptable to medical men. Mr Finlay most 

 obligingly acceded to our request, and has given the General 

 Monthly Results for the last five years, together with the Daily 

 Observations for the whole of the year ending the 30th Sep- 

 tember 1834. In future Mr Finlay is to communicate a quar- 

 terly report of the daily observations. 



