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to Yorkshire, but I believe new to England." So, then, Mr. Whitehead 

 was, last July, unaware of any Castleton locality, and if he had found the 

 moss before, it is inconceivable that he should have forgotten so rare a 

 fact in regard to so characteristic a moss. Prof. Schimper may have 

 detected S. tristicJia amongst some other moss sent, unknowingly, from 

 Castleton by Mr. Whitehead, but it is curious that his name should be 

 quoted when he, the quoted one, knows nothing of it. — F. Arnold 

 Lees, F.L.S. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS, &c. 

 " Transactions of the Watford Natural History Society and Hert- 

 fordshire Field Club." — Vol. ii., Pt. 1. — This part contains, amongst 

 others, an interesting paper on the Birds of the District, by J. E. 

 Littleboy, with some further notes; on the Birds of Hitchin, by 

 James H, Luke ; and a Report on Phenological Observations 

 in the County, by Jno. Hopkinson, F.L.S. The list of the times of 

 flowering observed includes 45 plants, and there are a few records of the 

 appearance of some insects and birds. 



" The Natural History Journal (York)," Vol. ii., No. 7 : Dr. H. F. 

 Parsons, F.G.S., contributes Part iv. of Flowerless Plants ; Mosses — 

 with an outline plate ; J. H. Salter, a paper on the Birds of the York- 

 shire Coast ; and F. A. Knight on Bird Stuffing. There are also 

 meteorological, botanical^, zoological, &c., notes from various parts of the 

 country. 



Iiatnfall f0r S-epfemfor. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



Eain- 

 faU. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 







Fall. 





sea 

 level. 







1878. 



1877. 





HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



3-02 



16 



25-48 



* 23-52 



15 



0-77 



Wakefield ... (F, HUl) 



120 



t 













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



183 



3-79 



9 







14 



1-15 



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



360 



5-20 



15 



33-78 



41-90 







Bradford... (Jv A. Douglas, 

 [F.M.S. 



415 



t 













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



350 



2-21 



13 



20-18 



27-37 



29 



0-66 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853' 



3-73 



16 



30-10' 



36-72 



15 



0-70 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



2-07 



13 



20-84 



30-28 



30 



0-89 



€oole ,„ (H. F. Parsons) ... 



25 



2-44 



15 



17-40 



21-70 



30 



0-45 



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



