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May 22 



B. Sand-Martin. 



May 23 



B. Blackcap. 

 Sand-Martin. 



May 24 



B. Wheatear. 

 "Whitethroat. 

 Sedge- Warbler. 



C. Garden-Warbler. 

 Spotted Fly- 

 catcher. 



May 25 



B. Sedge-Warbler. 

 Swallow. 



C. Whinchat. 

 Spotted Fly- 

 catcher. 



Red-backed 



Shrike. 

 Turtle-Dove. 



May 26 



A. House-Martin. 



B. Whitethroat. 



Barometric pressures very irregular : anticyclonic 

 over North-west Spain, 30-2 in. ; cyclonic, 

 under 29-9 in., over the English Channel and 

 our Islands. Temperature about 50° F. from 

 the north of Spain to the south of our Islands 

 and East Anglia, but under 50° F. over the rest 

 of our Islands as well as in Belgium. Winds 

 west, strong. Weather unsettled. 



Barometer rising slightly, generally about 30 in. 

 over our Islands. Temperature generally above 

 60° F., but cold in Central France. Winds 

 moderate, moving anticyclonically over the Bay 

 of Biscay and the English Channel. Weather 

 fine over the Spanish Peninsula and along our 

 southern shores, but overcast and rainy, gene- 

 rally with mist, in Brittany. 



Barometer mainly anticyclonic over the greater 

 part of our area, but unsteady and falling, due 

 to a depression in the Icelandic area. Tem- 

 perature about 50° F. generally, but under 40° F. 

 in Central France. Winds slight, west or 

 south-west. Fine on the north coast of Spain, 

 but misty and foggy in the English Channel 

 and on the adjacent coasts. 



Barometer : the Icelandic depression had influenced 

 the pressure over the whole of our Islands and 

 the neighbouring part of the Continent. The 

 Iberian Peninsula under an anticyclonic system 

 of small intensity. Temperature generally be- 

 tween 50° F. and 60° F. Light westerly winds. 

 Overcast and rainy over our area 

 with fog on the north coast of Spain. 



Barometer risen, anticyclonic over Bay, 304 in. 

 Warmer temperature geuerally, above 55° F. 

 Winds light, westerly, anticyclonic. Overcast 

 generally, with mist along the southern shores 

 of the English Channel. 



