THE WEATHER OF NOVEMBER. 19 



November was remarkable for rapid and sudden changes, both of 

 barometric pressure and of temperature. The first five or six days 

 were cold, but from the 9th to the 14th much warmer ; then came a 

 " cold snap " from the 17th to the 21th, ice forming 2in. in thickness, 

 and skating rendered possible at Nottingham and elsewhere. Finally 

 the month wound up with warm pleasant weather. On the 16th the 

 barometer fell to 28|in., rising to 30£in. on the 21st. Snow fell rather 

 heavily on the 15th, and a little on the 18th and 21st. The heavy 

 rainfall about the 11th caused floods in the Trent Valley. There was 

 unusually little heavy fog. A very fine aurora was seen on the 3rd, at 

 8 p.m., and a large sun-spot was visible with the naked eye on the last 

 two or three days of the month. At Farley, lunar halo 8th and 19th, 

 the latter a very fine one with colours, at two v.m. Aurora on early 

 morning of 19th. Increased activity in the sun at this time, and 

 great changes in one of the spot regions observed with a 2J clear 

 aperture. 



Natural History Notes by Observers. — Stroud. — Small Bat seen 

 flying on afternoon of 5th. Shifnal. — No Fieldfares seen yet ; Throstles 

 and Wagtails all gone ; an unusual paucity of Woodcocks. Ahtonfield. — 

 Fieldfares first seen on 2nd, which is unusually late for them to appear. 

 More Rectory. — Missel Thrush singing on 15th ; Bats flying about on 

 morning of 29 th. 



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PHENOLOGICAL OBSEEVATIONS. 



We call the attention of all those who intend to favour us with 

 observations of this kind during the approaching season to the condi- 

 tions enumerated in the paper by Messrs. Grove and Bagnall, which 

 appears in this number. Every record must comply with those 

 conditions, and be accompanied, wherever possible, and in the case of 

 plants and most insects always, by one of the actual specimens 

 observed, or by a corroboration of the name from some other 

 competent naturalist in the neighbourhood of the observer. The Bev. 

 T. A. Preston, The Green, Marlborough, has undertaken the collation 

 of the results, under the auspices of the London Meteorological 

 Society. We advise beginners to contine their attention to the 

 species contained in the following list ; but we shall be glad, in 

 addition, to receive from those whose studies are more extensive, 

 accounts of the occurrence of Cryptogamic species of plants, provided 

 always that they contain certain definite information, similar in 

 character to that demanded in the higher forms, which will enable the 

 collator to appreciate the observation as completely as the observer 

 himself. The following is the list of plants and insects recommended 



