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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
Table I. — continued . 
Rectal 
Temperature. 
Temperature 
of Air. 
Temperature 
of Water. 
January 3, 1908, 1 to 3 p.m. . . . . 
° 
1 
o 
4*7 
Common guillemot 
39-5 
Kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla ) 
40*8 
33 33 ... 
41*4 
33 33 ... 
1 42-4 
55 55 * 
4P4 
33 33 ... 
41*4 
33 33 ... 
39-9 
33 33 ... 
42T 
33 33 ... 
40-8 
February 15, 1908, 1 to 4 p.m. 
5 
4-6 
Razorbill (Atoa torda) $ . 
41T 
33 33 (?■•*• 
39-9 
Common guillemot ..... 
401 
33 33 ..... 
40-8 
55 15 ..... 
40-8 
On Bass Rock. 
June 24, 1908, 12 to 1 p.m 
... 
16 
Gannet (5Wa bassana). (Taken off nest) 
40*8 
55 55 .... 
41-4 
55 55 .... 
42-0 
55 55 .... 
42-3 
55 55 .... 
41*5 
55 55 .... 
41-8 
In North Atlantic (Mid-Ocean). 
July 24, 1908, 10.30 p.m. .... 
*21 
21 
Storm Petrel (Procellaria pelagica) . 
39-8 
Cayuga Lake, N 
.Y., U.S.A. 
February 28, 1909, 2.30 p.m. . 
3 
2-8 
Whistler or American Golden-eye duck 
( Clangula clangula americana ) £ 
40-4 
March 18, 1909, 10 a.m 
- 2 
1*3 
Black duck ( Anas rubripes) 
41-5 
33 33 S 
40-9 
33 33 d 
40-7 
April 9, 1909, 10 to 11 a.m. .... 
6 
3*2 
Horned grebe in winter plumage 
( Colymbus auritus ) . 
40-7 
Wood duck ( Aix sponsa ) 
42-0 
* The temperature of the air and sea was about 70° F. 
