^atnMI f0r f^thnxm^. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 faU. 



No 

 of" 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Uti\jC OI 



heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 



1881. 



1880. 



FalL 



HuDDEKSFiELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



4-09 



14 



4-37 



* 5 -.59 



14 



1-06 



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



360 



6-10 



18 



6-45 



5-14 







■^^AKEFIELD (E. B. "^Vriggles- 

 worth) 



100 



3 34 



18 



3-68 





14 



•81 



Stanley (do.) 



250 

 90 



350 



3-18 

 3-20 

 3-07 



17 

 17 



19 



3-50 

 3-61 

 3-45 





14 

 14 

 9 



•91 

 •85 

 •56 



Thornes... (do.) 





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



3-25 



IXGBIECHWOETH (do.) 



853 



4-61 



25 



5-04 



5-83 



9 



•90 



Wextworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



3-92 



19 



4-29 



3-86 



14 



•72 



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



25 



3-03 



20 



3-89 



1-63 



14 



•68 



* This is the average to date for 15 years, 1866-80. 



H^prts of Societies. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting March 1st, the president, 

 Mr. R. Kell, in the chair. — A paper on " Walton Hall — past and 

 present," was read by Mr. Lister. 



Meeting March 15th, Mr. Thos. Lister in the chair. - A paper on 

 geology, illustrated by specimens (many from the Barnsley coal-beds), 

 was given by Mr. Geo. Milner. The entomological section reported, 

 through Mr. W, Brady. Several mammalia and bird occurrences were 

 reported ; the most remarkable was a female otter taken in the Dearne 

 at Broomhill, Feb. 22nd. Most of our resident songsters have been 

 noted in song. Feb. 18th, two flocks of wild geese, of above thirty in 

 each, flying over Swithen north ; 21st, chaffinch heard in song ; 26th, 

 lapwings return in great numbers into the Dearne valley, also a golden 

 plover at Swithen ; 27th, the keeper at Walton Hall reports a peregrine 

 falcon striking a ring-dove ; he has again noted the rough-legged buzzard 

 and merlin. March 4th, Mr. Griffiths heard the yellow bunting sing, 

 also the great tit ; 8th, many goldfinches noted by Mr. G. H. Teasdale, 

 of Silkstone ; 12th, Mr. J. H. Salter, of Ackworth School, reports 

 wigeons about Nostell and Walton, and two snow buntings, one of which 

 was obtained by a gunner. Redwings frequent, but no fieldfares. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Mar. 1st, Mr. B. Spencer 

 in the chair. — Messrs. Firth and Hodgson exhibited several local insects, 

 amongst which were F. inlosaria, H. rupicapraria, H. p)rogemmaria, and 

 A. (Escularia (the two latter bredj. Mr. H, T. Soppitt laid on the 

 table a number of species of parasitic leaf-fungi, chiefly coniomycetes. 

 The greater part of the evening was devoted to the exhibition of micro- 



