Short Notes and Queries. 



139 



Calf Rocks," above Ilkley, in Febraary. This moss, says Dr. Wesley, 

 seems to have been overlooked by Mr. J. G. Baker, F.L. S., as it is not 

 named in his description of this spot in his Flora of North Yorkshire," 

 p. 79. There can be no question of this moss being quite distinct from 11. 

 cordifolium (and not a variety of it, as has been suggested by a cor- 

 respondent to Dr. Wesley), the former being dioicous, and the latter 

 monoicous — C. P. H. 



Rhynchostegium murale var. fS complanatum. — Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., 

 Yicar of Liversedge, sends us a Moss which appears to be the above. It 

 was found by him in January, on an old wall at Hightown, and bears 

 several ripe capsules. It dilFers from the type in having a long creeping 

 stem, less densely branched, with spreading branches, leaves sub- 

 complanate smaller and very concave. We believe this is the first record 

 for the county. — C. P. H. 



liamMI f0r JfAntarj, 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 



of 



heaviest 

 FaM. 





Days 







Fall. 





sea 

 level. 







1878. 



1877. 





HUDDEESFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 0-99 



11 



4-09 



*2-63 



14 



0-33 



Wakefield ... {F. Hill)... .. 



120 



0-87 



10 



3-21 





14 



0-34 



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



183 



1-80 



8 



4-30 





15 



0-30 



Halifax... (F. Gr. S. Rawson) 



360 



2-00 



11 



7-40 



13.49 







Bradford... (J. A. Douglas, 

 [F.M.S. 



415 



114 





5-79 



7-25 



13 



0-40 



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



350 



1-08 



8 



3-28 



6-18 



14 



0-38 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



1-51 



14 



5-05 



9-16 



12 



0-32 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



600 



1-31 



9 



3-79 



7-14 



14 



0-54 



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



25 



0-89 



11 



1-93 



3-92 



14 



0-32 



* This is the average to date for 12 years, 1866-77. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Annual Meeting, Feb. 12th.— The 

 officers were elected, and the balance-sheet, showing a favourable state of 

 the finances was passed. The dates of flowers observed were — Tussilago 

 Farfara, Feb. 16 ; Cardamine hirsuta, Feb. 27 ; Thlasjji Bursa-pasioris ; 

 Corylus avellana (female flower), March 3 ; Ranunculus Jicaria, Anemone 

 nemorosa, March 9 ; Viola odorata, March 11. The observations of 

 resident songsters and rare birds were varied and interesting : — Feb. 7, 

 gold-crested wren, bramblings yet numerous, bullfinches, chaffinches (both 



