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The Naturalist. 



"The British Moss Flora: by R Braithwaite, M.D., F.L.S."— We 

 gladly call the attention of our bryological readers to the advertisement 

 sheet issued with this number, announcing the above work. The well- 

 known painstaking investigations of its author are sufficient to recommend 

 it, but we may be allowed to add, having personally seen the drawings 

 illustrating the first monograph, that they are all that can possibly be 

 desired. 



Rainfall fax gtarrlj. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 



No. 



of 

 Days 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





faU. 



1880. § 



1879. § 



Fall. 



HUDDEESFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. ^V. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



Ib. 



2-85 



10 



6-05 



* 7-86 



2 



1-47 



Leeds ... (H. Crowtlier) ... 



183 



t 













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



360 



3-64 



9 



8-78 



8-79 







Bakxslet ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



2-25 



7 



4-52 



4-70 



2 



0-72 



IXGBIRCHWORTH (do.) 



853 



3.98 



11 



8-83 



6-42 



2 



1-80 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



2-70 



8 



5-35 



5-18 



2 



1-32 



GooLE ... (J. Harrison) ... 



25 



2-54 



8 



4-17 



3-38 



31 



0-86 



§ We regret that by an oversight the heading of these two columns has not been 

 changed in our March and April issues. 

 * This is the average to date for 13 years, 1866-78. f No returns. 



Bahnsley Nattjealists' Society. — Meeting, March 30th. — The last 

 paper of the session was given by Mr. Mitchell : subject, ^' Some 

 Thoughts on Botany." The report of the ornithological section to date 

 gives very early notices of spring migrants. Mar. 14, the chiff-chaflf ; 19, 

 willow warbler ; 27, wheatear, on N. Yorkshire moors : April 1, Mr. 

 Hailstone notes a pair of swallows over Walton lake ; 3rd, a pair of sand 

 martins seen by W. and C. Hutchinson at Old Mill, Barnsley, not 

 seen since then ; 4th, wheatear, near Barnsley ; 6th, Ray's wagtail, 

 Gawber fields ; 8th, cuckoo, seen by Mr. T, Dymond at Burntwood Hall ; 

 9th, whinchat, Silkstone Common ; 11th, ring-ouzel, first noted by Mr. 

 Reginald Bury on N W. Yorkshire moors ; 16th, swallows in Dearne 

 valley ; 17th, Mr. Hailstone writes that swallows reappeared after their 

 passing visit on April 1st ; on same date, the tree pipit near Barnsley ; 

 W. Barraclough reports the goatsucker near JS'ew Park, where it some- 

 times breeds, 20th, the corncrake heard on Cockerham Road. Of 

 migrants going north, the last flock of fieldfares seen was at Ferry Moor 

 on Good Friday ; April 9th, last redwings observed near Barnsley ; 

 20th^ Mr. Hailstone reports a pair of terns on Wintersett reservoir. 



