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The Naturalist. 



error originated through my neglect, it is only just for me to explain 

 that I find the beetle named Blaps semilis ought to have been CycTvrus 

 rostratns, Linn. C:rostratus, though said by some writers to be common, 

 does not appear to be so in Yorkshire ; it has never been taken in the 

 rambles of the Yorkshire Union before ; and in only one other place— viz., 

 Middlestown — have I discovered the species. — E. B. Wrigglesworth. 

 Wakefield. 





Height 

 of • 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 



1878. 



1877. 



Fall. 



HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. ^Y. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 2-67 



10 



14-60 



* 14-57 



4 



0-67 



WAEnEFIELD ... (F. Hill) 



120 



t 













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



183 



t 













HALirAX...(F. G. S. Rawson) 



360 



3-25 



9 



20-88 



27-60 







Bradeoed... (J. A. Douglas, 

 [F.M.S. 



415 



2-09 



9 



13-80 



16-18 



11 



0-67 



Barnslet ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



2-13 



12 



10-82 



17-59 



11 



0 50 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



4-23 



14 



17-14 



22-20 



10 



0-85 



"Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



2-72 



13 



11-35 



19-37 







■Goole ... (H. F. Parsons) ... 



25 



2-78 



13 



9-02 



11-45 



11 



0-65 



* This is the average to date for 12 years, 1866-77. t No Returns. 



Baknsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting June 18th. — The presi- 

 dent, Mr. T. Lister, gave a paper on birds at this season. The song- 

 birds which at the end of last month reached their full perfection of 

 melody, continued to enhven our woods and fields in the midst of June. 

 Chief among these we have enjoyed the song of the prince of our wood- 

 land minstrels, the nightingale. We had the pleasure of hearing him 

 in broad day, amongst twenty of our spring and resident songsters. They 

 will now be much engaged in breeding and caring for their young. If we 

 go to the quiet valley streams and sedgy pools, we may see the bright 

 kingfisher, the moor-hen and coot, and sometimes catch a glance at their 

 young on the margin of the pool or sedgy stream on the hills ; westward by 

 Ingbirchworth reservoir, we may see the wild duck and young, the sand- 

 piper, the mountain linnet, brambling, siskin, and higher still, the 

 screaming curlew, t^'c. 



