Rainfall for April. 



171 



edge of disc, at top of proediscoral areola and irregular triangular spot 

 of grey. First humeral clearly defined, pale smoky. Hind wings 

 smoky, deeper than in fore, converging from radial to anal margin. 

 Probrachial areola pale smoky, very distinct, long ^in. 



(To he continued.) 



Jiainfall for %^xx\. 





Height 



OI 



gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 tall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



Fall. 





Days 



1883. 



1882. 



Fall. 



HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Kobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 3-04 



10 



11-64 



*10-05 



28 



0-98 



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



365 



2-96 



11 



16-16 



19-84 



28 



0-88 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



2-85 



13 



9-11 



t6-69 



28 



0-99 



HORSFORTH ... (James Fox) 



350 



3-46 



11 



10-65 



J9-77 



28 



1-05 



Pateley Bridge... (E. War- 

 burton, M.R.C.S.. L.S A.) 



436 



3-23 



10 



13-61 



§9-98 



28 



1-06 



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



350 



3-29 



10 



10-48 



9-35 



28 



1-13 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



3-34 



10 



15-20 



14-41 



28 



0-90 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



3-29 



10 



12-21 



10-52 



28 



1-00 



Gogle-... (J. Harrison) ... 



25 



2-15 



10 



7-80 



8-68 



29 



0-50 



Hull (Derringham) (Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



1.60 



14 



7.01 



5-75 



19 



0-39 



* Average to date for 17 years, 1866-82. f Average of 29 years, 1853-62 & 1865-83. 

 t Average of 14 years, 1870-83. § For 4 years, 1880-83. 



Natural History Notes from Wharfedale. — The following 

 observations were made in Wharfedale during , a three days' walk, on 

 May 14th, 15th, and 16th, from Ilkley to Grassington and back, taking 

 both sides of the river. Birds. — Pied flycatcher : three pairs at Bolton 

 Abbey, one pair at Grassington Bridge, one pair at Grass Wood — all in 

 song. Goldcrest : one pair in the Lythe, near Grassington, and one pair 

 in Grass Wood, in song. Bullfinch : one pair at Grass Wood. Swift : 

 numerous at Ilkley on the 14th. Grasshopper warbler : one heard at 

 Nessfield. Sandmartin : nests at Ilkley, Burnsall, and other places up 

 the river. Lesser whitethroat : one heard at Appletreewick. Nightjar : 

 one seen at Grass Wood. Blackcap and garden warbler : in Bolton 

 Woods only. Corncrake and chifFchafF not heard. Shells. — Vitrina 

 pellucida, Zonites cellariua, Z. alliariif^s (Ilkley), Z. nitiduhi.s, Z. cristal- 

 linus (Burnsall), Helix arhustorum, (type and flavescens), H. nemo)-cdis 



