Rainfall for November. 



101 



overboard, or ploughed up by the motion of the ship. Two specimens 

 were caught at Heckmondwike in South Yorkshire, in October, 1879, 

 after a heavy fall of snow. — W. GregsojST, Baldersby, Thirsk, Dec. 18th. 



Late Black-cap Warbler near Sheffield. — A female specimen of 

 the black-capped warbler (Sylvia atricapilla, Linn.) was shot Dec. 3rd, 

 at Norton Lees, near Sheffield, by Mr. Hy. Turner, of Heeley, which he 

 gave to me the same day for preservation in the museum. The upper 

 mandible was dark horn colour and the lower light slaty grey or blue ; the 

 crown of the head was brown, darker on the forehead ; the nape, back, 

 and rump greyish mixed with brown, and the outer edges of tail and 

 primaries of wing of the same colour as the back, while the inner edges 

 were of a darker shade ; the throat and belly dirty white, and the chest 

 and flanks of the same colour, more conspicuously mixed with brown. The 

 legs were dark slaty grey, with black soles to the feet. The total length of 

 the bird was 61 inches. The occurrence of this summer visitor so late in 

 the autumn is very remarkable. — E , Howarth. 



Acherontia Atropos at Hathersage. — I have received from Mr. J. C. 

 Burrell, the indefatigable secretary of the Sheffield Naturalists' Club, a 

 fine specimen of the death's head moth (Acherontia Atropos), taken at 

 Hathersage, Sep, 26th. Another specimen of this moth was taken in a 

 house at Banmoor, Sheffield, about four years ago, and is now in this 

 museum. — E. Howarth, Weston Park Museum, Sheffield. 



Rainfall iox ^obmhn\ 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 faU. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



neaviest 

 FaU. 





Days 



1881. 



1880. 



Fall. 



HuDDEESFiELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 3-35 



20 



30-16 



* 30-09 



16 



0-61 



Halifax...(F. G. S. Rawson) 



365 



6-38 



18 



43-78 



42-10 







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



350 



2-22 



17 



23-34 



36-07 



26 



0-56 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



4-29 



22 



38-90 



43-77 



26 



0-84 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



2-73 



18 



28-56 



36-85 



26 



0-57 



Goole ... (J. Harrison) ... 



25 



2-04 



14 



23-31 



29-64 



3 



0-32 



Hull (Derringham)...(Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



1-92 



15 



23-84 



20-434J 



25 



0-36 



* This is the average to date for 15 j'ears, 1866-80. 

 J On the average (to date) of 30 years, 1850-79, in 165 days. 

 Correction :— In Huddersfield return for October, "Total fall to date," shovdd read 

 26-81, not 26-18, as printed. 



