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when there were a few warm days, maximum readings of 76° or 
upwards being registered on the 11th. The sheltered thermometer 
attained a maximum of 79.5° at Loughborough, on the 23rd; on the 
29tli the highest reading was only 52.9°. Some low temperatures were 
registered on the grass—26.1° at Hodsock on the 27th ; 24.8° at 
Strelley on the 1st ; and 24.5° at Loughborough on the 21st. Rainfall 
was considerably under the average, the totals for the month being 
1.20 at Coston Rectory, 0.89 at Strelley, and 0.84 at Hodsock and 
Loughborough. The latter portion of the month—after the 15th—was 
absolutely “rainless,” and the protracted drought was injurious to the 
herbage, though heavy dew on some mornings counteracted it in some 
measure. A lunar halo was observed on the 1st, thunder was heard on 
the 5tli, and lightning was seen on the evenings of the 12th and 24th. 
Sunshine was rather deficient. Westerly breezes were prevalent till 
after the middle of the month, light north-easterly air towards its 
conclusion. Wm. Berridge, F.R.Met.Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
|kporfs of Socioties. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Biological Section, June 10th.—Mr. W. H. Wilkinson 
exhibited Equisetum sylvaticum, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Salix reticulata, 
S. herbacea, Symphytum tuberosum, and other plants from Scotland. Mr. 
Bolton, larva of a star fish in the bipinnaria stage. Mr. Levick reported 
that two old and esteemed members of the Society, Mr. Saville Kent and 
Mr. J. W. Pickering, had sailed a fortnight ago for Australia in the 
ship “ John Elder.” Mr. W. J. Harrison announced that the Darwin 
medal was adjudicated to Mr. W. B. Grove. Mr. R. W. Chase then 
read his paper “ On a visit to the Norfolk Broads.” He first described 
what a Broad is—a kind of inland lake—sometimes traversed by a 
river or supplied by underground springs, or in a few cases affected by 
tides. They are the haunts of our rarest birds, though now being 
encroached upon to a very serious extent. He gave an account of the 
birds which he saw, such as great crested grebes, swans, bearded tits, 
yellow wagtails, redshanks, lapwings, garganey teals, shovellers, water 
rails, black-headed rails, moor hens, mallards, etc. He also described 
the working of a decoy, such as that which will be exhibited to the 
members of the Midland Union during their visit to Peterborough. 
Microscopical General Meeting, June 17th, 1884.—Mr. W. R. Hughes 
presented, on behalf of Mr. F. W. Sharpus, of London, six slides 
illustrating the larval stages in the development of the Echinodermata 
(Echinopoedium, etc.) prepared by the students of the Zoological Station 
at the Naples Aquarium. Mr. J. E. Bagnall exhibited Callitriche 
stagnalis in fruit, and a moss, Sphagnum squarrosum, in fruit—the 
first time this has been recorded in fruit from Warwickshire— 
Potamogeton polygonifolius, Myriophyllum spicatum, and Ranunculus 
circhiatus, all from near Meriden. Mr. T. Bolton exhibited a new rotifer 
Notommata spicata, also another rotifer supposed by Dr. Hudson to 
be Ptygura melicerta of Ehrenberg, both from Sutton Park, and a 
worm, Nais hamata, a species described as new last year in a German 
