METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS. 115 



Farley, at 1 foot, was 38-6 ; at 2 feet, 39-0. At Scarborough, the mean 

 sea temperature was 401, or 1-7° cooler than the average of the 

 previous four years. Ozone generally very plentiful, excepting on 16th, 

 throughout the month. A solar corona was observed at Cheltenham 

 on the 16th, and an aurora at Buxton on the 17th. During the third 

 week seven regions of disturbance were noted in the solar photosphere. 

 Several lunar halos were observed. 



Notes by Observers. — More Rectory. — Curlews here by the 16th. 

 Wrottesley. — Scarlet fever very prevalent in this and adjoining parishes. 

 Alstonfield. — Missel Thrush began to sing on 7th ; Plovers returning on 

 9th, and Frogs croaking; first Wheatear seen on 29th. Buxton. — 

 Flowering Currants bursting bud on 12th ; Lilacs budding, 15th; Svca- 

 more on 19th. WaltJiam-le-Wold. — Not a bud or leaf to be seen on the 

 last of the month. Uppingham. — Viola odorata seen March 4th ; Mer- 

 curialis perennis, 20th ; Ranunculus Ficaria, 19th ; Veronica agrestis, 

 19th ; Lamium purpureum, 19th ; (Tussilago Farfara plentiful 20th';) Apis 

 mellifica, 9th ; Musca domestica, 11th ; Tortoiseshell Butterfly, 13th ; 

 Jackdaws building, loth ; Frog Spawn, 11th. 



Carrcsponbentc. 



Early Flowers. — During January and February two of our boys 

 brought me the following specimens, all except those marked with an 

 asterisk being still discoverable : — 

 *Brassica Raj>a. 



Capsella Bursa-pastoris. 

 Viola arvensis. 

 Cerastium triviale. 

 Stellaria media. 

 Arenaria serpyllifolia. 

 Ulex Europasus. 

 Alchemilla arvensis. 

 Sherardia arvensis. 

 Matricaria inodora. 

 Senecio vulgaris. 

 Bellis perennis. 

 Taraxacum Dens-leonis. 



Veronica polita. 



,, Buxbaumii. 



,, arvensis. 



,, serpyllifolia. 

 Lamium amplexicatile. 



,, purpureum. 

 * „ album. 

 Primula vulgaris. 

 Euphorbia Peplus. 

 Poa annua. 

 "Ranunculus repens. 

 Scandix Pecten. 



These have all survived from last year. Of this year's plants they 

 have found — 



Chaerophyllum sylvestre, Feb. 1st, (only two plants.) 



Galanthus nivalis, Feb. 3rd. 



Ranunculus Ficaria, Feb. 3rd, 10th, 25th. 



Daphne Laureola, Feb. 5th. 



Cardamine hirsuta, Feb. 5th, (only one plant.) 



Corylus Avellana, Feb. 5th, (fertile.) 

 Feb. 6th, (barren.) 



Mercurialis perennis, Feb. 10th. 



Valerianella olitoria, Feb. 19th. 



Petasites vulgaris, Feb. 24th. 



Tussilago Farfara, Feb. 26th. 



T. A. Preston, Marlborough, March 3rd, 1881. 



Scilla nutans in flower, April 18th; Hirundo rustica, first seen April 

 loth. — Chas. F. Thornewill, Burton-on-Trent. 



