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The Naturalist. 



the road, in winter, when covered with snow, there being no trees near 

 Moy. A lichen-covered stone is as good as any tree to sugar. Some 

 things one would expect to find common on the Scotch moors are not 

 so, Davus, Quercus^ Rubi, and Carpini being met with only sparingly. 

 The larvae of Qmrcus are very large towards September, and the 

 Carpini small compared with ours ; this you may observe is the case 

 with the specimens of the perfect insects in my box. The little 

 collection of types which the box contains, will, I trust, prove of more 

 interest than what I have read on the subject. I will only add that I 

 believe any entomologist visiting the Highlands will wish to go again, 

 and the probability is that if some of our young men would try some 

 of the fresh localities I have named they would add species to our 

 list. Er. White, by going to new ground, has added two very 

 conspicuous species, Zygcena exulans and Sciaphila argentana, 

 Gorsey Hey, Lisoard, Feb. 19th, 1881. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Days 



Total 



TOl 



1881. 



Fall 



ATE. 



1880. 



Date of 

 heaviest 

 Fall. 



Amount 



of 

 neaviest 

 Fall. 





Ft. 



In. 













HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



350 



4-59 



16 



8-96 



* 7-74 



5 



0-85 



(J. W. Robson) 

















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



360 



6-53 



15 



12-98 



8-78 







Wakefield (E. B. Wriggles- 



100 



3 39 



18 



7-07 





5 



1-03 



worth) 



















250 



3-11 



17 



6-61 





5 



1-02 



Thoenes (do.) ...... 



90 



3-49 



16 







5 



1-17 



Barnsley ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



3-41 



15 



6-86 



5-40 



5 



113 



INGBIRCHWOETH (do.) 



853 



4-41 



19 



9-45 



9-36 



5 



•92 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



4-14 



16 



8-43 



6-56 



5 



118 



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



25 



210 



13 



5-99 



4-17 



5 



•86 



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



Cuckoo in March. — With reference to the paragraph about the 

 cuckoo in your last number, I may state that a report was made to me by 

 a resident at Goole that he had heard the bird (but had not seen it) about 

 the 18th ult. I paid but little attention to it till I read your statement. 

 —Thomas Bunker, 18th April, 1881. 



