174 FOSSIL FISH REMAINS. 



In the Geological Survey memoir on the Leicestershire Coal Field 

 no mention is made of the occurrence of fish remains in South Derby- 

 shire. In his Geology of Leicestershire, Mr. Harrison mentions 

 Cochliodus and Petalodus Hastingsiae as having been found at Ticknall. 

 In the memoir on the Lower Carboniferous Kocks of North Derbyshire, 

 Mr. Etheridge gives, on the anthority of M'Coy, a list of twelve species 

 of fossil fish, of which, however, only four have their localities given, 

 viz., Cladodus basalis and Petalodus sp., from Bakewell; Petalodus 

 psittacinus, from Cromford ; and Psammodus rugosus, from Ashford ; 

 the remainder are those above referred to as having come chiefly from 

 Ticknall. 



Two Ticknall forms, Petalodus lobatus and Petalorhynchus Benniei 

 were lately described under these names as new species by Mr. R. 

 Etheridge, jun., who obtained them from Scotland, (see Geological 

 Magazine, June, 1875.) 



METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS 



THE WEATHER OF MAY, 1880. 



BY W. JEROME HARRISON, F.G.S. 



During the first three weeks of May, cold north-easterly winds 

 continued to blow, and, with the exception of that which accompanied a 

 thunderstorm on the 11th, little or no rain fell. On the 26th and 27th, 

 however, a steady downpour took place, which was the time of the 

 maximum fall for all the west and central stations, and the last few days 

 of the month were also showery ; there was a hail-storm on the 28th. 

 Vegetation generally was rather backward. A lunar halo was seen 

 at Loughboro' on 20th. 



Natural History Notes by Observers. — Shifnal. — Landrail first 

 heard on 6th ; Hawfinch seen on 11th ; Swifts arrive at the Old 

 Church on 16th. Cheltenham. — loth, Veronica chamcedrys in flower, 

 Orchis maculata in flower, Hawthorn in flower, near Southam, foot of 

 Cotteswolds, Horse Chestnut in flower, Turdus musicus young left nest ; 

 18th, Cypselns apus flying over lake in Southam Villa grounds ; 26th, 

 Melolontha vulgaris in Southam Villa garden. Bishop's Castle. — Cuckoo 

 first heard, 1st ; Swifts came, 15th. More Rectory. — Whitethroat, 7th ; 

 Swift, 15th.— Stroud. — Aquilegia vulgaris, 20th, S.E., in copse ; Lonicera 

 Caprifolium, 20th, S.E., in copse ; Alchemilla vulgaris, 22nd, W., by hillside ; 

 Sherardia arvensis, 31st, S., dry hilltop. Orleton. — Whitethroats and 

 Redstarts seen on 13th ; summer birds are few in number : Thrushes 

 rarely seen or heard, Blackbirds scarce, and even the Robin is become 

 a rare bird. Uppingham. — Potentilla anserina in flower on the 16th ; 

 Galium aparine, 20th ; Trifolium repens, 23rd ; Lychnis Flos-cuculi, 23rd ; 



