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The NA.TURALIST. 



When in 1872 the British Association visited Brighton, Mr. Wonfor 

 took a very active part in their proceedings, and acted as secretary to one 

 of the committees. Mr. Wonfor was appointed Curator of the Brighton 

 Free Library and Museum in 1875 ; he was elected a Fellow of the 

 Linnean Society in June, 1877, and a Member of the Entomological 

 Society of London in February last. He was '^also an Honorary or 

 Corresponding Member of severalj. Natural History and Microscopical 

 Societies in various parts of the United Kingdom. — H. Goss. 



amfall iox ®dohx. 





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. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



3-07 



17 



28-55 



* 26-98 



10-21 



0-59 



Wakefield ... (F. HiU) 



120 



t 













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



183 



t 













Halifax... (F. G. S. Eawson) 



360 



5-30 



13 



39-80 



48-85 







Bradfokd... (J. A. Douglas, 

 [F.M.S. 



415 



t 













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



350 



1-99 



18 



22-17 



29-90 



24 



0-44 



Ingbiechworth (do.) 



853 



3-55 



18 



33-65 



40-64 



21 



0-65 



Wentworth Castle (do,)... 



520 



2-46 



18 



23-30 



33-50 



24 



0-65 



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



25 



2-45 



18 



19-85 



23-19 



24 



0-43 



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



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting November 13th, T. Lister, 

 president, in the chair. — Mr. A. Kell, C.E., exhibited a fine case of eggs of 

 British birds, commencing with birds of prey from the griffin vulture to 

 the buzzards ; he accompanied this with a description of each egg, and a 

 brief account of each bird, intending to continue the series throughout 

 the British birds, of which he has nearly a complete collection of eggs. 

 Some observations on birds were made by the president, of which a 

 summary is given. The summer warblers were, with some exceptions, 

 silent or not visible in the early part of autumn ; the main body appeared 

 to have winged their flight to southern countries ; the returning milder 

 weather caused some to stay beyond their usual time ; of these not 



