Eaixfall for October. 



75 



logically, and shall hope, on a future occasion, to meet with several 

 insects usually found in Scotland — e. g., Cassiope, ericetata, and occulta^ 

 besides many common species that were not obtained. 



Leeds, October, 1880. 



Rainfall for (Dctober. 





Hei<3-lit 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



Xo. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 







1880. 



1879. 



Fall. 



HuDDERsriELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 6-33 



17 



31-64 



* 26-90 



27 



2-24 



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



360 



5-84 



13 



36-11 



36-92 







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



350 



6-70 



18 



33-30 



25-06 



27 



2-29 





853 



7-13 



18 



39-40 



32-51 



27 



1-70 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



7-01 



16 



32-75 



27-24 



27 



2-18 



GooLE ... (J. Harrisox) ... 



25 



4-98 



13 



27-89 



21-24 



27 



1-58 



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



^hoxt Botes anb ^ncrus. 



Correction. — The hepatic recorded in the Naturalist for last month as 

 Porella pinnata, is not that species, but P. rivnlaris. I first doubtfully 

 named it Phragmicoma MacJ::uii (as I had not seen either that species or 

 P. rivnlaris), and sent it to Mr. Lees as such, who shortly afterwards 

 replied — Your Phragmicoma Mackaiiis Porella pinnata Ldg., in which 

 name I am positively confirmed by Dr. Carrington." Of course I bowed 

 to this decision, though I could not make it agree with Cooke's description 

 and figure. The figure in the same work of P. rivnlaris, with serrate 

 leaves, is apt to mislead, as all the above specimens had entire leaves. 

 Another more experienced person than myself said '^my Phragmicoma 

 appeared to be right. " Mr. Pearson has made a thorough examination, 

 of the specimen, with the above result. On page 54, line 10, read 

 " which IJirst named Timmia " for ''which I find named Timmia.'" On 

 the same page, line 22, omit "hacV On page 60, line 11, insert " Douk 

 Ghyll " after lacunosum. — Wm. West. 



The ''Miller's Thuzje. "— On the 16th of February, 1876, a green 

 sandpiper was sent into Is orwich to be stuff'ed, which had choked itself 

 with a small " Miller's Thumb." I saw both the bird and the fish. This 

 is not an uncommon event with Dabchicks. It has happened in the case 



