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The Naturalist. 



Oonium tranqiiill imi (Riccall), and Chroolepus aureiim, which is, according 

 to the latest German authorities, classed with the algse. It occurs on rocks, 

 walls, and in quarries, near Bolton Woods, on all our N. W. Yorkshire hills, 

 and is abundant in the quarries near Wetherby, &c. There are also 

 above 40 more W.R. species in a list now going through the press, in the 

 Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union for 1878. I may add 

 that it is very instructive to compare the zygospores of the Cosmarinm 

 with species of Pediastrum. — Wm. West, Bradford, Oct. 17th. 



Rainfall fox S^pfentte. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 

 of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall . 





Days 



1879. 



1878. 



Fall. 



HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Kobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1-57 



17 



23-25 



* 23-63 



21 



0-27 



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



183 



2-05 



16 







8 



0 36 



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



360 



3-06 



17 



34-05 



33-78 







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



350 



1-14 



15 



24-13 



20-88 



8 



0-23 



Ingbirchwoeth (do.) 



853 



2-40 



17 



30-47 



31-17 



8 



0-.51 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



2-07 



15 



26-93 



2] -14 



7 



0-68 



GOOLE ... 



25 



1-79 



12 



20-48 



17-40 



9 



0-36 



* This is the average to date for 13 years, 1866-78. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Oct. l(5th. — The first of a 

 series of paxiers arranged by the council to be delivered during the 

 session, was read by Mr. A. R. Kell, C.E., on crows, jays, flycatchers, 

 and kingfishers, with choice and varied specimens of their eggs, and 

 illustrations of the birds and their nests. The botanical section had 

 prepared a copious list of the flowers gathered during the last few weeks, 

 mostly within a five-mile radius of Barnsley, and some from a distance. 

 The entomological and geological sections also gave in their reports ; 

 some of their researches had been well rewarded. In ornithology the 

 observations are few, but not without interest. The summer migrants 

 noted are — swift Sept. 8th and 14th (a late stay) ; the willow warbler 

 Sept. 20th. (The latter bird sang a few days previously ; it is reported 

 near Wakefield Sept. 25th.) The whinchat Sept. 26th ; Ray's wagtail 

 27th. The sand and house martin were also obeerved in numbers on 

 that date over the Calder at Wakefield. Three landrails were obtained 



