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The Naturalist. 



Local Names of Fishes. — Mr. Thomas Satchell, of Downshire Hill 

 House, Hampstead, London, N.W., is compiling a glossary of fish names, 

 a provisional index to which has been printed and distributed for the 

 purpose of obtaining additions and corrections. He not only wishes to 

 record the local names of fishes, and the districts where used, but also 

 the local designations of marine animals and fishing appliances, fishing 

 terms generally, and notes on popular beliefs and superstitions connected 

 with fish and fishing. The glossary will ultimately be printed by the 

 English Dialect Society. Mr. Satchell will be glad to receive assistance 

 from any who will forward him notes from any locality. It would also be 

 useful to readers of the Naturalist to record their notes in its pages. — 

 Wm. Deihson Roebuck, Leeds, Feb. 10th. 



How TO MOUN"T Mosses. — Could any bryologist give a short account as 

 to the best mode of mounting and preserving mosses for the herbarium, 

 other than those given by Dr. Braithwaite in " Notes on Collecting and 

 Preserving Natural History Objects"? — J. R. M. — [See Naturalist, vol. 

 iv., p. 56.— Eds.] 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 

 sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 faU. 



No. 

 of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 FaU. 





Days 



1879. 



1878. 



Fall. 



HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 0-24 



5 



0-24 



* 3-08 



1 



0-13 



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



183 



0-53 



4 



0-53 



1-32 



17 



0-01 



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



360 



0-49 



2 



0-49 



1-30 







Bar^sley ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



0-20 



5 



0-20 



1-08 



16 



0-07 



Ingbirchwoeth (do.) 



853 



0-21 



9 



0-21 



1-19 



1 



0-07 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



018 



5 



0-18 



1-39 



15 



0-06 



GOOLE ... 



25 



0-20 



2 



0-20 



1-06 



15 



015 



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



1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 



t Leeds Rainfall for J an. y 



J -053 1-320 2-500 3-760 0-605 3-511 1-544 2-367 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting, 17th February. — A very 

 interesting paper on rare migrating birds was read by Mr. G. Rose . The 

 entomological and botanical sections meet regularly, and in the absence 

 of observed specimens, good papers are read by members. The ornitho- 

 logical report treats of similar movements of water-fowl and land-birds as 

 recorded in the last number of the Naturalist. Jan. 8th, Mr. H. Garland, 



