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bits of lamb or any carrion that was lying- about. They had 

 always been suspicious of the gulls eating grain. He had 

 never seen them on stooks, but they were blamed for feeding- 

 on fallen grain. 



Mr Armistead said specimen stomachs which he had 

 with him shewed conclusively that the gulls do take grain. 



27th February, 1914. 



Chairman— Mr S. Arnott, F.R.H.S., V.-P. 



Weather and other Notes taken at Jardington 

 during 1913. 



By John Rutherford. 



January. 



The first two days of the year were very fine and mild ; 

 but taking the weather of the month as a whole it was very 

 changeable and stormy. Saturday, the nth, was an excep- 

 tionally stormy day, with high wind and drifting snow, quite 

 a blizzard — about 6 inches of snow fell during the 24 hours. 

 This was the heaviest snowfall of the year. The direction of 

 the wind was variable ; during the first week it was from the 

 south and west ; from the 8th till the end of the month it was 

 principally from an easterly direction. There was very little 

 sunshine. 



The mean maximum temperature was 42 deg. , which is a 

 little above the average, and exactly the same as January, 

 igi2. Highest maximum temperature in the screen (4 feet 

 above the ground), 50 deg-. , on the 6th and 7th. Lowest 

 maximum, 33 deg., on the 13th. Highest minimum, 44 deg., 

 on the 7th. Lowest minimum, 12 deg., on the 13th. Lowest 

 on the grass, 10 deg., on the 13th. There was 20 deg-. of 

 frost in the screen on the 13th and 15 deg. on the 14th. 

 There was no other frost of any consequence. Temperature 

 at or below 32 deg. in the screen on 18 days; do. do., on the 

 grass on 22 days. Range of barometer was between 29.3 

 and 30.3 inches. 



