Short Notes and Queries. 



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geology, conchology, and indeed all branches ; and I would recommend 

 any Yorkshire naturalists who may have a day or two to spare before the 

 Union meeting at Brough, to work their way thither through the neigh- 

 bourhood I have mentioned. — H. Frai^klin Parsons. 



Arrival of Migrants during April. — Swallow April 13th, wheatear 

 8fch, willow wren 10th, cuckoo 27th, redstart 20th, sand martin 20th, 

 martin 21st, flycatcher 22nd. — F. G. S. Rawson, Halifax. 



atnfall iox %pxL 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 

 sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 ■ of 

 heaviest 

 Fall. 







1878. 



1877. 





HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1-41 





7-05 



* 10-40 



20 



0-65 



Wakefield ... (F. Hill) 



120 



1-89 



11 



5-84 





20 



1-10 



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



183 



213 



11 



6-95 





20 



1-34 



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



360 



2-00 



8 



12-53 



20-53 







Bradford... (J. A. Douglas, 

 [F.M.S. 



415 



1-14 



12 



7-90 



12-81 



20 



0-70 



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



350 



1-64 



13 



5-70 



12-43 



20 



0-78 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



1-75 



12 



7-65 



15-57 



20 



0-68 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



1-60 



11 



517 



14-15 



20 



0-76 



GOOLE ... (H. F. Parsons) ... 



25 



1-05 



11 



3-73 



8-40 



20 



0-31 



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



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting May 10th, Mr. T. Lister 

 in the chair. — Additional arrivals of migrants were recorded, the last 

 being the grasshopper warbler April 22, sedge warbler 26th, whinchat 

 and wood wren May 3rd, sandpiper 11th. Of scarce birds, goldcrests, 

 kingfishers, and a few gulls and Canada geese have been seen. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting April 30th, the president 

 in the chair. — Messrs. Carter, Saville, IlHngworth, Andrews, Bamford, 

 Soppitt, and West gave descriptive accounts of rambles they had had 

 since the last meeting. Mr. Carter exhibited some larvae of S. belgiaria 

 and Triphcena fimbria. Mr. Soppitt reported the cuckoo for April 27th. 



Meeting May 14th, Mr. Firth in the chair. — Mr. West gave a paper 

 on " Grasses," which was illustrated by above 100 species of that family. 

 He showed that it was by far the most important of all the orders of 



