Short Notes axd Quepjes. 75 





Height 



OI 



gauge 

 above 

 sea 

 level. 



Eain- 

 fall. 



Zso. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 FaU. 







1879. 



1878. 



Fan. 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1'56 



13 



24-81 



* 27-06 



3—19 



O'Sl 



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



183 



070 



16 







14 



0-18 



H A LIT AX.. .(F. G. S. Eawson) 



360 



2-42 



13 



36-47 



39-08 







Baenslet ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



0-93 



15 



25-06 



22-27 



14 



0-26 





853 



2-07 



19 



32-54 



34-72 



3 



2-07 



We^-twokth Castle (do.)... 



520 



1'28 



11 



28-21 



23-60 



14 



0-26 



GOOLE ... 



25 



076 



10 



21-24 



19'S5 



24 



0-20 



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



Additiox-s to List or Scap.croft Bieds. — Garden warbler {Carruca 

 hoi-tensis) breeds and is well distributed over the tovmsiiip. The tree 

 sparrow (Passer rnoydanus) also breeds freely in the district. It is often 

 confounded with the house sparrow, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the chestnut-coloured cruwn of head. In my previous list I remarked 

 that the grey wagtail follows the plough ; that is a clerical error. The 

 remark about the grey wagtail ought to be tacked on the preceding bird. 

 I should have corrected the error before 'Mr. Vai'ley pointed it out, but 

 in the pressure of business it was overlooked. — W. H. Hay, Elmwood 

 Place, Leeds, Isov. 17th. 



GEEE^-LA2sD Falcox OX THE Noeth-West OF Irela>d. — A friend of 

 mine gave me the other day a magnificent specimen of a light-coloui^ed 

 Greenland falcon {Falco candican.s). shot at Eagle Island, north-west 

 coast of Donegal by Mr. "Williams : and also two white specimens of 

 the common rat from the same island. — Affeed Beaumoxt, Parkton 

 Grove, Honley, iSTov. 18th. 



IVIax'x Sheaewatee, &c., at Huddeesfield. — On Oct. 18th last some 

 boys caught a Manx sheairwater (Pv.ffinus anglorum) , in an exhausted 

 state, at Long-lane, Dalton, Huddersfield. The same day my son called 

 my attention to a flock of gulls passing over ; and whilst we wxre v>-atching 

 them, a flock of I should say fifty wagtails passed over. — James Yaeley, 

 Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, Xov. 18th. 



