24 NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
I regret that the meteorological observations taken in 
recent years at Cargen, Kirkcudbrightshire, have not been 
kept up in the same detail as formerly. I have there- 
fore had recourse to the records kept at the Crichton Royal 
Institution, Dumfries, as published by the Scottish Meteoro- 
logical Society, and for which I am indebted to the Medical 
Superintendent of the Institution, Dr. C. C. Easterbrook. It 
may be noticed that Colonel R. F. Dudgeon has published a 
table? showing ‘‘ Fifty Years’ Rainfall at Cargen, near Dum- 
fries,’’ which shows that the mean of fifty years was 44.18 in. ; 
the wettest year 1872, with 63.50 in.; and the driest year 
1880, with 30.77 in. Cargen lies about a mile and three- 
quarters south-west of Crichton Royal and the rain-gauges 
at the two stations stand respectively at 80 and 140 feet above 
sea-level. There can be no doubt that the fact of Cargen 
being on the lee side of Criffel and the hills adjoining it causes 
a heavier rainfall than at Crichton Royal, but otherwise there 
can be but little difference between the observations made at 
these two stations. 
3 Journal of Scottish Meteorological Society (third series), Vol. 
XV., 1910; pp. 155-7. 
