Rainfall for May. 



189 



surpass. The letter-press is full and complete, the definitions ample, 

 and the synonymy under each species has been most carefully and 

 exhaustively worked up. It is a boon to every lover of mosses. — Eds Nat. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 



1880. 



1879. 



Fall. 



HuDDEESFiELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. ^Y. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



2-84 



10 



10-76 



* 12-12 



26 



1-26 



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



183 



t 













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



360 



3*20 



11 



15-20 



13-51 







Baknsley ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



2-72 



14 



9-05 



10-33 



26 



1-55 



Ingbiechworth (do.) 



853 



3-22 



14 



14-13 



12-46 



26 



1-46 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



2-66 



11 



9-96 



10-02 



26 



1-43 



GooLE ... (J. Haeeison) ... 



25 



1-79^ 



10 



7-57 



8-22 



26 



1-00 



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



Elland-cum-Greetland Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, 

 Monday, June 7th, the president in the chair. — A good table of local 

 plants was shown, among which were Silene injlata, Lysimachia nemorum, 

 Sjiergularia rubra, Spergtda arvensis, Botrychium lunaria, Ophioglossum 

 vulgatum, also Mertensia maritima, and Cotyledon umbilicus from North 

 Wales. F. Lumb shewed eggs of ringdove and lesser redpoll. B. Garside, 

 land rail. F. HoUingworth, several entomological specimens under the 

 microscope. — W. H. Stott. 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society. — Fortnightly meeting, June 12, 

 the president (Mr. J. Varley) in the chair. — The tables were well covered 

 with specimens, the naming and discussion of which occupied the whole 

 evening. In botany the specimens were very numerous, brought chiefly 

 by Mr. Varley from the neighbourhood of the Eden, in Cumberland, and 

 by Mr. Fisher, from Kirkburton. The following, among others, were 

 noticed : — Orchis Morio, Trifolium filiforme, Geum rivale, Geranium 

 molle, Hottonia palustris and Ranunculus aquatilis. Conchology was 

 represented by Helix hispida and Clausilia rugosa. In entomology Mr. 

 EUis showed a few choice moths, and Mr. Varley some fine insects from 

 Cumberland. Geo. Wilkinson, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Monthly 

 meeting May 31st, the president, Mr. S. J. Capper, in the chair.— Some 



