Short Notes and Queries. 



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The Rainfall of March. — The rain during March has reached 4*11 

 inches in 26 days, on 12 of which snow fell. The heaviest fall (0 '53 in. ) 

 occurred on the 13th. The deficient rainfall of January has now been 

 made up, the total during January, February, and March having been 

 8*11 inches against an average for ten years (1866-1875) of 8 "05 in. From 

 Feb. 17 to March 19 (32 days) no day was free from rain, and the fall 

 during this period was 4*80 in. Only on the last of these 32 days was the 

 wind easterly, and east and north-east winds have only prevailed for 

 seven days during the month. In spite of this, however, the weather 

 has been unusually disagreeable, even for March. The grumbling from 

 the correspondents of the Meteorological Magazine is general, and uniform 

 from all parts of the kingdom. We notice that at Seathwaite, in 

 Borrowdale, the total fall (12 "80 in. ) was rather below the average. 



Dalton, 18th April, 1876. J. W. Robson. 



Curious Spot for a Nest. — Alderman W. H. Aston, J. P., reports 

 that on his farm at Bradley, near Huddersfield a song thrush (Turdus 

 musicus) has built its nest in an old tea-kettle, which had been hung on 

 a tree by one of the keepers, to be out of the way. Mr. Aston first 

 noticed this a week or two ago, when he gave strict orders that the 

 birds should not be disturbed ; and when he last saw it there were 

 three eggs in the nest, and the hen-bird was sitting. 



^ej^ort^ of Soxte&s. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. 

 —Meeting March 21st, Mr. E. 

 Margerison (president) in the chair. 

 After the usual business of the 

 meeting had been transacted there 

 was an exhibition of specimens. 

 Amongst lepidoptera were the fol- 

 lowing species, most of which had 

 been taken in the neighbourhood 

 during the past fortnight : — Cyma- 

 tophora flavicornis, Hybernia leuco- 

 pheaHa, Anisopteryx oiscularia, 

 Fhigalia pilosaria, captured and 

 exhibited by Messrs. H. Andrews, 

 W. Lambert, and J. W. W. Brook. 



Meeting April 4th, Mr. J. Firth 

 (vice-president) in the chair. — Mr, 

 R, Spencer read a paper, which 



gave account of his experience in 

 the bush during a two years' stay 

 in Australia. The following speci- 

 mens were exhibited at the meet- 

 ing : — common gull by R. Spencer, 

 Amphydasis betularia and Ctjmato- 

 phora flavicornis by H. Andrews 

 and W. Airy. — J. W. W. Brook, 

 Hon. Sec. 



GooLE Scientific Society, — 

 Annual Meeting April 12th. — The 

 report of the committee shows the 

 Society to be in a flourishing state, 

 the number of members having 

 increased during the year by 24, 

 and the balance-sheet showing a 

 small balance in hand after pay- 

 ment of several items not originally 

 contemplated. The great want of 

 this Society is a larger number of 



