Eainfall ^'or June. 



21. 



on the 28th June, viz., a green sandpiper, which is the fourth I have ever 

 seen, one of which I killed. Graham, the bird-stuffer, a short time ago 

 told me they were not only very scarce, but that a nest had never been 

 found." — John Emmet, Boston Spa, July, 1883. 



liainfall for ^kxm. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Eain- 

 faU. 



No. 



01 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 



of 



Heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 



1883. 



1882. 



Fall. 



HuDDERSFiELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. AV. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 3-74 



18 



16-28 



n4-57 



29 



0-92 



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



365 



.3-99 



18 



21-24 



27-02 



26 



0-94 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



3-42 



19 



13-44 



tlO-62 



29 



1-00 



HoESFOETH ... (James Fox) 



350 



3-88 



19 



15-73 



J15-03 



29 



1-02 



Patelet Bridge. .. (E. "VTar- 

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



436 



3-26 



13 



18-24 



§15-82 



25 



ISO 



Baexslet ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



3-32 



15 



14-98 



14-37 



25 



0-90 



IXGBIRCHWOKTH (do.) 



853 



5-28 



18 



22.06 



20-79 



29 



1-35 



T^'extworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



3-80 



12 



17-26 



15-04 



29 



0-98 



Goole ... (J. Harrisox) ... 



25 



1-87 



12 



11-51 



14-57 



25 



0-70 



Hull (Derringham) (AVm. 



Lawton) 



10 



3.11 



9 



9.14 



11-82 



25 



0-76 



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

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



Eainfall at Scarborough is 2-67 inches, of which 2.03 fell from the 25th to 30th 

 inclusive. 



Barnsley IS'aturalists' Society. — Meetings, July 3rd and 18th. — The 

 botanists gave account o£ various flowering plants noted in a local 

 excursion. July 17th, on Thorne Waste, all three species of Drosera, 

 Andromeda polifolia abundant, Peucedanum officinalis, Tlialictnim flavum, 

 Typha latifolia ; July 19th, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Carex pulicaris, 

 Bannnculus Lenonnandi. Mr. Lister observed on Langsett Moors 

 and Brookhouse, ring-ouzels, lapwings (both numerous), twite, stone- 

 chats, none of which were noted m our lowland tracts ; also swallow and 

 martins in Outgate, near the Derbyshire boundary. The black tern, as 

 well as water birds recorded last month, noted at Ingbirchworth. The 

 nightingale an earlier date than the one given last month (May 1), it 

 ceased singing early in June, and safely reared its brood. One was 

 heard singing as late as June 23rd, at Campsall. Kingfishsrs have bred 

 generally in safety. Swifts seen once or twice at Gawber, &c. — T. L. 



