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NOTES AND NEWS : RAINFALL. 



The science of Biology and the theory of Evolution have through the labours 

 of Mr. W, H. Caldwell, the first Balfour scholar, lately become possessed of what 

 may be termed some highly important truths so far as the former is concerned, while 

 a link of the greatest value has been added to the chain supporting the latter. 

 Mr. Caldwell, who is stationed in Australia for the purpose of studying the em- 

 bryology of the monotremes, has had the good fortune to prove what was long suspected 

 to be the case by the venerable Owen, namely, that these lowest of the lowly 

 mammals are oviparous, laying eggs with a strong, white, and flexible shell ! 

 Ornithoj'hynchtis lays two such eggs in a nest at the end of its burrow ; while 

 Echidna lays a single egg, which is carried in its ventral pouch. Thus the Mam- 

 malia may now be said to merge with more easy gradations into the Reptilia than 

 was formerly supposed to be the case. 



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We have before us the ' Records and Observations ' of the Rotherham 

 Naturalists' Society, No. i (July 1884), which includes several papers of interest, 

 most of M^hich will be duly noted in our Bibliographical Review for 1884, dealing, 

 as they do, with the natural history of the North of England. The pamphlet is 

 well and neatly printed, and does much credit to the Society. 



RAINFALL FOR DECEMBER 1884. 



STATION & OBSERVER. 



Gauge 

 vel. 



v2 



No. of Days on which 

 Rain fell. 



Total Fall to 



Date. 



Heaviest 

 Single Day's 

 Fall. 



Height of Rain- 

 above Sea-le 



j Total Ralnfal 

 1 Month. 



CO 



CO 



Average of 

 Past Years. 



No. of Years. 



Years of 

 Average. 



j Amount. 



Q 







Derringham, Hull. | 

 Wm. Lawton j 



Feet. 



Inches 



Days 





Inches. 



No. 



Years. 



Inches 





10 



2-51 



18 



iS'ii 



23-13 



34 



1850-83 



0-37 



19th. 



GoOLE. — John Harrison... 



25 



I '45 



13 



18-24 



26-98 



9 



1875-83 



0*29 



19th. 



WpTWAT^rr; TheWoiDS ) 



V V Cj i~ VV rilN vTj X11V_ 1 



T?/iir ATtiiilp (""nip 1 

 X\.eV. H/. iVidUic v^uic ) 



235 



278 



.8 



23-24 









0-47 



1 8th. 



Scarborough. — \ 

 Allan Rowntree j 



130 



2-05 



19 



21-36 



29-15 



18 



1866-83 



0-41 



19th. 



Baldersby, Thirsk. — [ 

 W. Gregson j 



ICQ 



1-92 



16 



25 '43 









0-33 



1 8th. 



Mash AM. — Thos. Carter. . 



269 



3-83 



23 



29-35 









0-80 



i6th. 



Shadwell, Leeds. — ) 









25-10 











7th. 



Geo. Paul j 



500 



2 '29 



20 









0-30 



Leeds. — The Museum ... 



183 



271 



23 



23-05 



24-92 



30 



f 1853-62 \ 

 1 1865-84 ] 



0-43 



19th. 



Horsforth. — James Fox 



350 



2-49 



21 



24-88 



32-39 



15 



1870-84 



0-31 



7th. 



Barnsley. — Dr. Sadler... 



350 



2 '00 



18 



21-28 



33-01 



5 



1880-84 



0-41 



4th. 



Wentworth Castle. 1 





2-68 











1877-84 



0-56 



4th. 



Wm. Fisher j 



520 



19 



23*34 



33-51 



8 



Ingbirchworth. — I 

 J. H. Taylor J 



853 



5-12 



21 



33*21 



42-58 



13 



1872-84 



0-79 



4 th, 



Dalton,Huddersfld. I 





3-64 











1866-85 





14th. 



J.W.Robson j 



350 



17 



25-91 



33*93 



18 



0-53 



Thorpe, Halifax. — ) 



365 







41-66 







1882-83 





4tli. 



F. G. S. Rawsonj" 



7 '02 



20 





2 



0-92 



TuxFORD, Notts. — ] 





















Grammar School, - 



220 



1-34 



14 



18-41 



30-45 



8 



1876-83 1 



0-37 



14th. 



T. N. Duftv. ) 

















Naturalist, 



