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Monday, May 17 



B. Swallow. 



IIoiise-Martio. 



Swift. 

 0. Niylitjar. 



Tuesday, May 18 . . 



B. Spotted Fly- 

 catcher. 

 Pied Flycatcher. 

 House-Martin. 

 0. Lesser White- 

 throat. 

 D. Turtle-Dove. 



Wednesday, May 19. 



B. Spotted Fly- 

 catcher. 

 House-31artin. 

 D. Turtle-Dove. 



— Common Tern. 



— Little Tern. 



Thursday, May 20 



B. Spotted Fly- 

 catcher. 



House-Martin. 



Swift. 

 D. Turtle-Dove. 



Barometer : the depression had travelled north- 

 eastwards and its centre was over north-eastern 

 France, Belgium and Holland. Winds : mode- 

 rate in force, circulating- cyclonically round the 

 centre from some northerly point over north 

 Spain, the Bay of Biscay, the English Channel 

 and adjacent shores. Weather: fine over the 

 Iberian Peninsula, south-west and west of 

 France as hif^h as the Channel Islands ; overcast 

 elsewhere. Temperature : relatively high, about 

 55° F. over the Bay of Biscay, north Spain and 

 south-west of France : under 50° F. over the 

 English Channel, north-west of France and the 

 British Islands ; and as low as 40° F. along the 

 eastern shores of the North Sea. 



Barometer 30 in. The depression had passed 

 away north-eastwards, with its centre over 

 Scandinavia. Winds : moderate from the north 

 at Cape Finisterre, from some westerly or 

 southerly point over the English Channel, the 

 North Sea and adjacent coasts. Weather: 

 foggy along the north coast of Spain, fine 

 generally. Temperature remaining about the 

 same. 



Barometer 30"3 in., anticj'clonic, with an elongated 

 centre reaching from the south-east of England 

 across France and Germany to Poland. Winds 

 moderate, circulating anticyclonically round 

 this centre. Weather fine. Temperature rising 

 decidedly in the south, over 50° F. along our 

 southern shores, but under 50° F. over the 

 greater part of England. Moon : new. 



Barometer 30*3 in., anticyclonic, with its centre 

 over the North Sea. Winds moderate from 

 some southerly or easterly point over our area. 

 Weather : foggy at Cape Finisterre, fine else- 

 where. Temperature risen to over 50° F. 

 over England, but stiU below 50° F. in Scot- 

 land. 



