Rainfall hx gjiarr^. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 







Fall. 





sea 







1884. 



1883. 





HuDDERSFiELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1-67 



13 



8-99 



*7-90 



4 



0-41 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



1-45 



15 



7-42 



4-93 t 



4 



0-40 



HORSFORTH . . . (James Fox) 



350 



1-79 



14 



7-86 



6-90 t 



4 



0-67 



Halifax... (F. Gr. S. Eawson) 



365 



2-82 



16 



12-75 



13-28 



4 



0-97 



Baensley ... (Dr. Sadler)... 



350 



178 



17 



7.24 



7-09 



3&4 



0*41 



Ingbiechworth (Mr. Taylor) 



853 



2-21 



17 



12*45 



11-36 



4 



0-47 



Wentwoeth Castle (Mr. 



Fisher) 



520 



1-95 



10 



8-11 



8-92 



4 



0-49 



GoOLE ...... (J, Harrison).. 



25 



1*60 



8 



6-42 



5-66 



9 



"36 



Hull (Derringham) (Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



1.67 



16 



5-93 



4-40 § 



8 



•33 



SCAEBOEO' (A. Eowntree)... 



130 



2-16 



17 



6-90 



5-39 il 



31 



-39 



Thiesk (Baldersby) 



100 



2-44 



11 



8-38 





4 



0-76 



(W. Gregson) 







Masham (Thos. Carter^ ... 



269 



2-90 



15 



10 -.56 





4 



1.07 



Shadwell (Geo. Paul) ... 



500 



1-78 



12 







4 





* Average to date for 17 years, 1866-83. 

 t Average of 30 years, 1853-62, & 1865-84. J Average of 15 years, 1870-84. 

 § Average of 34 years, 1850-83. |1 Average fall for Mar. (18 years). 



Oenithological Notes from Barnsley. — March 22nd, a flock of 

 long-tailed tits noted in a garden near Silkstone ; the wheatear reported 

 by Mr. Richardson, of Goole, as usual, " the first spring migrant " ; the 

 gold-crested wren observed at Tankersley ; willow-warbler heard in the 

 vale of Went, very early ; 27th, starlings breeding about the Parish 

 schools and in the town ; white-sparrow at the Oaks Colliery, a pair near 

 the L. and Y. Railway, Barnsley, supposed to be breeding ; April 2nd, 

 chifi'-chaff heard in the vale of Went ; 4th, sand martins seen at 

 Stainborough, Wentworth Castle Park, by Rev. W. Elmhirst ; also at 

 Crane Moor, Thurgoland, on following day, and also a pair at the same 

 place by Rev. D. Johnson. April 11th, on our first local excursion to 

 Conisborough and Edlington Wood, whitethroat, sand-martin, chifi'-chafl, 

 willow- warbler, the only migrants ; reed bunting, magpies, jays in 

 abundance ; April 14th, the house martin reported by Mr. T. Ormerod, 

 vale of Calder ; April 18th, tree-pipit, and yellow or Ray's wagtail 

 reported by Mr. G. Roberts, near Wakefield.— T. Lister. 



