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The Naturalist. 



so worn or imperfect as to be unrecognisable. What could possibly 

 be learnt from such a collection as this ? To the geologist it could 

 teach nothing, and a person ignorant of geology could only learn that 

 stones of curious shapes were sometimes foand, from the shape of 

 some of which he might perhaps infer that they were the remains of 

 animals or plants. How different if the specimens were all system- 

 atically arranged and labelled ! 



(To he continued.) 



amfall for #x:tofor. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



"NTrk 

 XN O. 



of 

 Days 



Total 



TO E 



1877. 



Fall. 



ATE. 



1876. 



uate oi 

 heaviest 

 Fall. 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 fall. 





Ft. 



In. 









23rd 





Huddersfield (Dalton) 



350 



3-91 



20 



34-27 



*26-63 



0-78 



(J. W. Eobson.) 

















Wakefield 



120 



3-00 



17 







23rd 



0-67 



Leeds ...(H. Crowther.) ... 



183 



3-16 



18 



29-51 



21-97 



28th 



0-60 





360 



6-95 



18 



48-85 



37-43 



21st 





Bamsley (T. Lister.) ... 



350 



2-53 



18 



30-90 





23rd 



0-80 





853 



3-92 



17 







23rd 



0-70 



Wentworth Castle (Do.) 



600 



3-22 



13 







23rd 



0-82 



Goole... (H. r. Parsons.) ... 



25 



1-49 



16 



23-19 



18-77 



27th 



0-18 + 



* This is the average to date for 11 years, 1866-76. f Same fall on 29th. 



The Laughing Gull. — I thank Mr. S. L. Mosley for calling my 

 attention to the above having been observed at Riccall Common. It was 

 Larus ridihundus, which in this district is called the laughing gull, and 

 not L. atricilla as was incorrectly reported. — W. N. Cheesman, Selby. 



Late Stay op the Swallow. — I noticed a swallow, evidently enjoying 

 a fly hunt over the canal here, on the 29th and 30th October. The main 

 body I think departed some time before. — Geo. T. Porritt, Hudders- 

 field, Nov. 8th. 



