Rainfall for October. 



73 



PSYLLID^. 



Psylla Forsteri, Flor. Manchester, Soutliport, Hazelgrove. 



P. alni, L. Manchester, Hazelgrove. 



P. salicicola, Forst. Bowdon. 



P. fumipennis, Forst. Bowdon. 



P. cratsegicola, Forst., Manchester. 



P. mali, Forst. Bowdon. 



P. fraxinicola, Forst. Manchester, Rivington, Sonthport. 

 Trioza urticse, L. Bowdon, Hazelgrove. 



Ilainfall for @ttober. 





Height 



of 

 gange 

 above 



sea 

 leveL 



Rain- 

 falL 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 



of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 



1882. 



1881. 



Fall. 



HUDDEESFIELD (Daltoil) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



3-69 



» 



28-37 



* 27-19 



24 



0-70 



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



365 



4-50 



19 



40-44 



37-40 







Leeds ... (Alfred Denny) .. . 



183 



3-640 



30 



23-080 



t20-615 



19 



0-785 



HoRSFORTH ... (James Fox) 



350 



4-040 



24 



28-660 



J27-170 



24 



0-710 



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



350 



4-77 



24 



26-78 



21-56 



24 



1-15 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



4-94 



27 



35-91 



34-61 



24 



1-00 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



4-41 



21 



27-81 



25-83 



24 



1-18 



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



25 



4-21 



25 



26-77 



21-27 



24 



1-50 



Hull (Derringham) (Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



5-64 



26 



18-292 



25-36 



24 



1-72 



* Average to date for 16 years, 1866-81. f Average of 28 years, 1853-62 & 1865-82. 

 J Average of 13 years, 1870-82. 



Sljort flotes aui) tftiurtes. 



Badger, Otter, and Polecat. — Can any zoologist give particulars, 

 through the columns of the Natnralist, of the occurrence in Yorkshire of 

 the three above-named animals for the last ten or twelve years ? As these 

 interesting quadrupeds are now rare, I have no doubt many naturalists 

 would be glad to see a comprehensive account of recent occurrences. — 

 Geo. Roberts, Lofthouse, Wakefield, Oct, 31st. 



The Golden-eye Duck and White Sparrow at Elland. — On the 5th 

 Nov. , two males and one female of the above duck, in nearly mature 

 plumage, were shot on the garden pond, Marshall Hall, the residence of 

 Mr. John Smithies. A few weeks ago a beautiful white sparrow was 

 shot at Elland Hall. Evolution has no chance here ; as soon as a variety 

 appears, it is either shot or captured. — C. C. Hanson, Greetland. 



Fieldfares near Hudderspield. — From a report at page 56 of last 

 month's Naturalist, I perceive that fieldfares were observed near Hud- 



