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“ doubtless occur. The number of scarce birds already on the 
“ ‘ list of killed’ by wires in our county is considerable, and the 
“ last which has come to my knowledge is among the scarcest. 
“An adult male, Baillon’s Crake (Porzana Baitloni) was picked 
“up under a wire between Pocklington and Wilberfoss last 
“ Whitsuntide, and was sent to Mr. Allen, Bird-stuffer of 
“York, to preserve, who, notwithstanding the fact that the 
“bird had a great wound in the breast, has made a respectable 
“ specimen, and very shortly it will appear (where all scarce 
“ Yorkshire Birds should) in the new British Bird Collection 
“in York Museum. Previously some half dozen specimens 
“ only of Baillon’s Crake appear to have been recorded from 
“ Yorkshire.” 
Another case contains a fine adult male Merlin, shot at 
Easington in Holderness, with an old female caught upon the 
Durham Moors near to the head waters of the River Tees. 
A third case contains a pair of Hawfinches, obtained at 
Terrington near York, last winter. 
Meteorology. —1892 was chiefly notable for its coldness, 
the temperature being below the average in every month, 
except May and November. In July, October, and December, 
the deficiency exceeded 3°. The year’s mean, 45*8°, is P5° 
below the 50 years’ mean. The entire absence of warm 
intervals in the early months was very marked. This and 
associated peculiarities, especially in April, are discussed in the 
short paper appended to this Report. The extreme range, 
71'5°, is a fraction greater than in the previous year. The 
maximum, 78‘2° on June 9th, was remarkably early and 
bespeaks the absence of genial summer weather during the 
summer months. Frosts were again very numerous. So far as 
possible all cases of frost upon the ground are here included. 
An additional table to show the variation of the present year 
from the 50 years’ mean, will materially assist in appreciating 
the matters here dealt with. 
Mean pressure varied little from the average, and the extreme 
range was only 1’816 inches. Depressions were infrequent and 
on no occasion were they associated witli violent gales. 
The abundance of bright sunshine, 1350 hours or 166 more 
