VOL. LII.] PHILOSOPHICAL TllANSACTIONS. 54,h, 



west; since it appears, that it did not reach our island till the 7th century; when 

 it was brought hither from France, either by Benedict abbot of Winal, or Wil- 

 frid archbishop of York; as lanterns of horn were introduced by King Alfred 

 about the same time, viz. 680. 



XXIF. A Description of the Cepphus* By D. Lysons, M. D. p. 135. 



This bird is the cepphus of Aldrovandus, though it does not agree in all 

 points: perhaps that which he saw might be a male, this a female. In his the 

 sides of the mandibles were of a dusky red, in this not. The eyes of his were 

 partly red, which was not observed in this. Round the eyes in his was a whitish 

 circle, in this a variegated semicircle. The legs and shanks in his greenish, in 

 this of a dilute blue. The feet, and membranes connecting the toes, in his 

 were dusky, in this partly black. 



XXV. Extract from the Register of the Parish of Holy Cross in Salop, from 

 Michaelmas 1/50 to Michaelmas 1760. Communicated by Robert More, Esq., 

 F. R.S. p. 140. 



Baptized, males 168; females l03; in all 331. Buried, males 137; females 

 153; in all 29O. 



XXVI. An Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, March 31, 1761 .• in a Letter 



from thence, dated April 1, 1761. p. 141. 



This earthquake happened the 31st, precisely at 12 o'clock, and lasted full 5 

 minutes, with a smart and equal vibration. It exceeded all the others, except 

 that of Nov. I, 1755. It was attended with no other consequences but that of 

 alarming the inhabitants, throwing down some ruins, and rending some houses. 

 About an hour and a quarter afterwards, the sea began to flow and ebb, about 8 

 feet perpendicular, every 6 minutes, and continued till night. Some small 

 shocks were felt before and after, but of no moment. 



XXVIT. Another Account of the same Earthquake; i?i a Letter from Mr. 

 Molloy, dated there April 3, 1761. p. 142. 

 In this letter there are but few additional circumstances. The shock seemed to 

 Mr. M. to spring from the bowels of the earth, and the motion to be directly up 

 and down. It is the general opinion that if it had run from west to east, or from 

 any quarter of the globe to the other, as the great one the 1st of November 

 1755 did, there would not have been a house left standing in this unfortunate 



* This species is the lartts crepidatus of the Gmelinian edition of the Systema Naturae, and the 

 black-toed gull of Pennant and l^tham. Its specific character is thus given by Latham. Lants luteo 

 fuscoque varius subtus pallidior, macula alarum alba. 



