Eepoets of Societies. 



107 



NOTICES OF BOOKS, &c.— ''London Catalogue of British Mosses 

 and Hepatics. 2nd ed., Lond., David Bogue." — We have received copies 

 of the 2nd edition of the above Catalogue , which is issued under the 

 direction of the Botanical Record Club. This is a great improvement on 

 the first edition, and has clearly been carefully revised and edited ; whilst 

 the addition of the Hepatics is a much-needed and welcome feature. The 

 census numbers shewing the distribution of each species through the 18 

 Watsonian provinces of Great Britain are a further addition to the 

 original catalogue. These will be found very useful to the student of 

 distribution, as although confessedly to a certain extent imperfect — as 

 indeed at present they must be — they will at least indicate what are 

 the desiderata for completing the census, and will also enable collectors 

 to ascertain when they have discovered an unrecorded species. The 

 number of species given is exactly the same as in the first edition, but 

 they are not altogether the same, as several additions have been made, 

 which are, however, exactly balanced by the elision of doubtful or 

 erroneous records. These are indicated in a separate list at the end of 

 the Catalogue. Altogether, we must congratulate the Club on the neat 

 manner in which the list has appeared, as well as upon the contents. 

 Copies printed on one side only can be obtained at a slightly advanced 

 price. We regret that the space at our disposal this month will not permit 

 our entering upon the details of the alterations in the moss-list, but this 

 is of httle importance, as every moss-collector must have a copy or two, 

 and can thus see for liimself. 



^ainfeH fox ^mwLbn\ 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 aboYe 



Rain- 

 faU. 



ISO. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



Heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 







Fall. 





sea 

 level. 







1880. 



1879. 





HUDDEESFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. ^y. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



4.06 





38-92 



* 33.17 



22 



•90 



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



360 



6-67 



19 



48-77 



42-10 







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



350 



3-45 



21 



38-64 



28-05 



29 



•97 



Ingbiechwokth (do.) , ... 



853 



5-08 



26 



48-94 



37-83 



22 



1.06 



Wextwoeth Castle (do.)... 



520 



3-64 



17 



38-60 



30-86 



29 



1.10 



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



25 



2-53 



16 



32-17 



23-29 



29 



•63 



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



§l^goris of Srtriclus. 



Barnsley Natuealists' Society. — Annual meeting, 4th January. — 

 The accounts prepared by Mr. W. Barraclough, financial sec, were read, 

 showing a satisfactory balance. Mr. W. E. Brady, sec. of the entomo- 

 logical section, read a brief report of the season's labours in excursions 



