Rainfall for August. 



41 



S, setaceus. L. (C) Near Bishop's Mill, Bangor. 



S. Savii, S. and M. (A) Forth Pestill, Holyhead, &c. 



S. laciistris, L. Common in both counties. 



S. maritimus. (A) Under Wern Llanddona, near the beach. 



(To he continued.) 



ilainMI fox §.upsf. 





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. W. Kobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1-71 



.0 



20-93 



* 20-19 



7 



1-14 



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



360 



1-81 



9 



56-67 



29-99 







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



350 



1-89 



10 



21-77 



22-99 



7 



1-02 



Ingbiechwoeth (do.) 



853 



2-03 



13 



27-00 



28-07 



7 



1-18 



Wentwoeth Castle (do.)... 



520 



1-91 



9 



21-09 



23-89 



7 



1-23 



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



25 



1-93 



9 



18-51 



18-69 



6 



0-85 



* This is the average to date for 14 years, 1866-79. 



COEEECTION. — The amount of "heaviest fall" at Goole during the month of 

 July was -63, not 6-3, as stated in last month's Naturalist— J . Haeeison, Goole, 

 September 7th, 1880. 



The Cuelew at Lindley. — A few days ago Mr. Joseph Firth, of the 

 Red Lion, shot a pair of curlews, " in immature plumage/' at one shot, 

 in a field close to Lindley, near Huddersfield. — 0. C. Hajstson". 



Water-eail Breeding near Selby. — I have been informed by Mr. 

 Pulleyn, of Selby, that six eggs of the water-rail (Rallus aqnaticus) were 

 brought to him during the spring of 1879 ; they had been taken from a 

 nest found in a drain near Selby. Though water-rails are frequently 

 obtained in the neighbourhood, I think this is the first time it has been 

 noticed breeding. I also saw in Mr. PuUeyn's possession a pair of spotted 

 crakes that had been shot near Selby last winter, and a hawfinch that had 

 been obtained in the neighbourhood last May. — Walter Raine, Leeds, 

 Sept. 15th. 



Swallows m West Vale. — The violent storm of wind and rain on 

 Wednesday night appeared to hasten the departure of the swallow tribe. 

 About eight o'clock this morning they passed over West Vale, Greetland, 



