108 The Natuealist. 



birds feed tlieir young ones. On our way back we visited Jennet's 

 Cave, where is a splendid waterfall, under which the dipper and grey 

 wagtail breed in security. 



At Beck Foot on May 9th I saw the following spring migrants : — 

 {jurruca sylviella^ C. atricapilla^ Sylvia sylvicola, and Muscicaj)a grisola. 

 During a walk to Keighley I saw Salicaria phragmitis, S. locustellaj 

 Emberiza schoeniclus, and Rallus aquaticus^ the latter breeding in the 

 old water course where the river has been turned. On Rombolds 

 Moor I noted the red grouse, Lagopus S€oticus, and curlew, Numenius 

 arquata ; also a pair of wild ducks, Anas Boschas, Cypselus apus^ and 

 stonechat, Saxicola rubicola. 



Almondbury Bank, August 10th, 1877. 



ainfall for fflmmfer. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 

 sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall. 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 fall. 





Days 



1877. 



1876. 



Fall. 



Huddersfield (Dalton) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 3-44 



19 



41-39 



*32-95 



30th 



0-69 



(J. W. Robson.) 







Wakefield ...(F. Hill) 



120 



2-37 



17 



33-19 



+23-40 



30th 



0-81 



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



183 



2-61 



14 



34-91 





30th 



0-73 



Halifax ...(F. G- S. Rawson) 



360 



5-40 



19 



61-73 



51-14 





• • • 



Barnsley , , (T. Lister.) . . . 



350 



2-29 



19 



34-17 



32-28 



30th 



0-7'i 





853 



4-05 



24 



50-84 



45-79 



30th 



0-93 



Wentworth Castle (Do.) 



600 



3-42 



16 



40-48 





30th 



0-81 



-Goole... (H. F. Parsons.) ... 



25 



130 



15 



26-00 



25-69 



30th 



0-42 



* This is the average to date for 11 years, 1866-76. f Greneral average. 



Huddersfield. — Mr. Robson remarks the number of rainy days in 1877 

 was 212, the average for 11 previous years being 187. 



Wakefield.— Mr. Hill : Wet days, 203 ; excess of 9-79. 



Halifax. — Mr. Rawson says, 191 rainy days were registered at Leeds, 

 and 188 at Halifax, a very close comparison ; and the rain- 

 fall at Bolton (Lane.) was nearly the same as at Halifax, viz.j 

 ^0*33« 



