SainfaE for P^ajj. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 

 Fall. 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 FalL 





above 

 sea 

 level. 



Dayt, 



1884. 



1883. 



HuDDERSP'iELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Robson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1-69 



11 



12-43 



n2-i4 



3 



0-67 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



1-12 



11 



10-36 



8-41 1 



3 



0-32 



HoRSFOETH ... (James Fox) 



350 



1-01 



12 



11-08 



ll-!8t 



12 



0-25 



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



365 



2-50 



13 



17-34 



17-33 



1 



0-85 



Barnslet ... (Dr Sadler)... 



350 



0-86 



10 



10.22 



9-66 



8 



0-27 



I]sr GBIRCHWOETH (Mr. Taylor) 



853 



2-52 



12 



16-82 



14-30 



3 



0-50 



■Wentworth Castle (Mr. 



Fisher) 



520 



1'27 



11 



11-39 



11-76 



3 



0-32 



GooLE (J, Harrison).. 



25 



0-72 



9 



8-24 



9-67 



6 



-15 



Hull (Derringham) {Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



0.64 



11 



8-19 



7-27 § 



6 



"12 



Scarboro' (A. Rowntree)... 



130 



0-71 



14 



9-44 



9-21 II 



12 



•15 



Thirsk (Baldersby) 



100 



109 



9 



11-38 





19 



0-21 



(W. Gregson) 









Shad WELL (Geo. Paul) 



500 



1-15 



11 











* Average to date for 18 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, || Average fall for April (18 years). 



geporis of Societies. 



Barnslby Naturalists' Society. — Meeting June lOth, Mr. T. Lister 

 in the chair. — A box of coleoptera found at Bishop's Wood on the Sher- 

 burn Excursion was exhibited. The local Excursion for this month was 

 fixed to Ryhli and Hiendley Dam on the 26th. The bird report is brief 

 — all the warblers were reported as arrived by May 9th — the last were, 

 Apr, 21st grasshopper warbler, 24th sedge-warbler, 25th whinchat, 27th 

 spotted fly-catcher, 30th sedge-warbler, black-cap, May 1st wood-warbler, 

 2nd night-jar, 4th swift, 5th nightingale, singing until first week of June 

 to the delight of many, six miles from Barnsley ; a second, two miles 

 from the town, which being disturbed, disappeared ; a third is also 

 reported ; 7th land-rail, 9th garden warbler, lesser whitethroat. Most 

 of these came near the average time, those reported in March and first 

 week in April were very early — as the wheat ear and willow-warbler 22nd, 

 chiff-chaff Mar. 2nd, sand-martin Apr. 11. Nineteen gulls (L. canus) 

 were seen flying over Langsett, May 26th. Mr. Hailstone writes of eight 

 black -headed gulls, and a tern at Walton Lake, June 1st, staying only 

 one hour, and on the 13th June, a pair of terns. — T. Lister. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting, June 4th, 1884. Mr. 

 J. W. Carter presided. Mr. lUingworth reported a visit to Grange, 

 where he found L, Argiolns, A. Enphrosyne, and N. Liicina ; he also 



