Rainfall for May. 



187 



CtTKious Freak of a Duckling. — A curious thing happened yesterday, 

 A duck built its nest near the stonework on the island, about ] Oft. above 

 the water. I saw eight young ducklings in the nest, called my keeper, 

 who took them away with three eggs (young not out), leaving a rotten 

 egg in the nest. One of my servants in the forenoon, working near the 

 place of the nest, saw the duck take the rotten egg in her beak and carry 

 it across the lake to the large willow tree, where it seemed to be burying 

 or messing it about. — E. Hailstone, Walton Hall, 28th May, 1883. 



Monograph of British Mollusca. — It is proposed to accumulate 

 materials for a new and comprehensive Monograph of the Land and 

 Fresh-water Mollusca of the British Fauna, and it is desired to enlist the 

 assistance of all persons interested in the detailed and exhaustive study 

 of the species aiid varieties of British Mollusca. Communications of all 

 kinds, letters, specimens, books, &c. , should for the present be forwarded 

 to Mr. J. W. Taylor, Office of the Journal of Conchology, Leeds. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 



Of 



lieaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 



1883. 



1882. 



Fall. 



HUDDBRSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



0-90 



13 



12-54 



*12-11 



7 



0-22 



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



365 



1-09 



17 



17-25 



21-77 



12 



0-26 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



0-91 



13 



10-02 



t8-35 



25 



0-17 



HOESrOETH . . . (James Fox) 



850 



1-20 



13 



11-85 



ni-79 



9 



0-30 



Pateley Beidge...(E. War- 

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



436 



1-37 



10 



14-98 



§12-07 



7 



0-45 



Baenbley ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



1-18 



15 



11-66 



10-44 



7 



0-27 



Ingbiechworth (do.) 



853 



1-58 



17 



16.78 



16-01 



25 



0-25 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



1-25 



15 



13-46 



11-83 



7 



0-24 



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



25 



1-86 



12 



9-66 



10-61 



10 



0-44 



Hull (Derringham) {Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



1.70 



13 



7.23 



8-71 



8 



0-41 



* Average to date for 17 years, 1866-82. f Average of 29 years, 1858-62 & 1865-83, 

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



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting, June 19th, the president^ 

 Mr. T. Lister, in the chair. Messrs. Batley and Hemingfield gave a list 

 of flowering plants taken in recent local excursions. Few insects were- 

 reported^ Hadena glauca has been taken. Mr. Lister gave a list of a few 



