396 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS: ST. MARY’S, C.W. 
Genus Uria.—GuILtrmor. 
1. U. grylle—Black Guillemot. Accidental, after easterly storms. 
2, U. Troile—Foolish Guillemot. Accidental, after stormy weather. 
Genus Colymbus —Diver. 
1. C. glacialis—Zoon. Often seen in the Bay. 
2. C. septentrionalis—Red throated Diver. Immature specimens frequent; the 
adult not ubserved. 
Genus Podiceps.— Gree. 
. P. rubricollis—Red necked Grebe. Rather rare. Seen only in spring. 
P. cornutus— Horned Grebe. Common during sum ner. 
. P. Carolinensis—Pied-lill Dabchick. Not so numerous as the preceding. 
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 1859, ST. MARY'S, C. W. 
To the President of the Canadian Institute. 
Sir, —I have herewith forwarded a continnation of the Meteorological Observa- 
tions made by mein St. Mary’s, Canada West, which you received last year. They 
are in Reduced Tabular form for reference, and I hope may be useful as to 
our climate, in this the highest portion of the Province, which is about 1090 feet 
above the level of the ocean, and in Latitude North 43° 17’ 57" and West 
Longitude about 81° 18’ 20", as detailed in my last communication. I*have 
prepared the paper in tabular form. Each month exhibits barometric fluctuations, 
similar to those in the corresponding months of 1858, indicating I presume some 
general law, and the mean height of the whole year did not differ more than 745 
of an inch from that of 1859. March was again the lowest last year, and had also 
the greatest number of rainy days. 
The amount of rainfall was considerably greater this year, 1859, than in 1858, 
being 42°71 ins. instead of 3542 last year; the increase mainly having fallen in 
the summer and autumnal months. 
The direction of the air currents asin last year was mainly from the West, being 
186 days in 1859, and 139 days in 1858, and the Easterly winds which invariably 
bring rain or snow, in this part of the Province, prevailed 85 days in 1859, to 75 
days in 1858 ; which may account for the greater rainfall this year, especially as 
the increased rate is noticeable in the summer and autumnal months in both cases. 
The bright, clear, sunshiny days were as before greatly in excess of the dull 
cloudy and rainy days, being 217 in 1859, fine &., to 148 dull and rainy days. 
Tn order to analyse the phenomena of the two years observations 1858 and 1859 
more easily, I have divided the tables into seasons, and placed the direetions of air 
currents, and the atmospheric appearance in the form of a percentage on the year 
