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Ornithology. —Examples of the following birds have been 
cased and added to the collection : Coot, Common Gull, Little 
Grebe, Shag, Golden Eye, Crane, White-tailed Eagle, Kestrel, 
Garden Warbler, Black Tern, Goldfinch, Spotted Flycatcher, 
Reed Bunting, Wheatear, Rook, Linnet, Greenfinch, Woodcock, 
Corn Bunting, and Levantine Shearwater (Puffinus Yelkonan). 
The latter is a specially interesting addition, it may he best 
referred to in the words of the following quotation : “ Through¬ 
out the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea, Puffinus anglorum 
is represented by P. Yelkonan of Acerbi (the ‘ ame damnee ’ of 
the Bosphorus) which is characterized by a larger amount of 
brown striation on the under tail-coverts and exhibits a more 
dusky tint on the upper parts.” 
Library. —The number of books added to the Library shews 
an increase on that of last year, indeed each year shews an 
advance in this respect on the one preceding it. The space 
difficulty will again confront us at no distant date. The shelves 
set apart for a ten year’s expansion (calculated on the basis of 
additions in the past) are already overflowing in the case of the 
publications of the United States’ Government, and in several 
other instances are not far from being filled. 
There are several gaps in our series of Annual Reports. 
Members who have copies of the Annual Report for any of the 
following years 1—1823, ’24, ’25, ’26, ’31, ’43, ’56, ’58, ’70, ’82, 
would confer a favour by handing them back to the Librarian. 
Meteorology. —Statistics of Station: Longitude i° 5' W.; 
Latitude 53 0 57' N.; height above mean sea level, 56 feet. 
Temperature during 1901 has had a smaller range by 6°, the 
mean annual temperature rising by *i° F., 487 as against 
48'6. The lowest temperature was recorded on March 26th, 
when the absolute minimum thermometer read 19*0 F., and 
the highest reading was observed on July 18th and 19th, and 
August 10th, when a reading of 88*o° F. was taken. February 
and June were colder than the average, and an intensely cold 
period occurred during the anticyclone in November, in which 
month the actual reading was 6° less than in 1900. 
A Mean Pressure of 29735 inches has been recorded as 
against 29 885 inches for 1900, March and December being- 
lowest with 29764, 29*555 inches respectively, and May and 
November highest with 30*120 inches. 
