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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
Anoclonta anatina .—I have seen great quantities of this shell 
at a large pool at Langley (2J miles from Sutton), belonging to 
a friend of mine. Some of the specimens are of an unusual 
size. 
Birds that nest earliest in these parts :— 
Name. 
Rook 
Redbreast 
Long-eared Owl ... 
House Sparrow ... 
Starling ... 
Carrion Crow 
H awfincli 
Heron 
Common Wren ... 
Mistletoe Thrush 
Song Thrush 
Blackbird... 
Hedge Accentor ... 
Wild Duck 
Teal 
Lapwing ... 
Snipe 
Ringdove... 
Green Woodpecker 
Lesser spotted ditto 
Jackdaw ... 
Date. 
February 19tli—March 1st. 
February 29th—March 14th. 
End of February and beginning 
of March. 
Beginning of March. 
Ditto. 
March 14tli—19th. 
Middle of March. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
End of March. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto, 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
(To be continued.) 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. —February, 1885. 
Barometric pressure was decidedly unsteady this month, and the 
changes numerous and rapid. The height of the mercurial column 
was about 29 inches at the commencement of the month ; about 
30 inches at its close. The weather was generally unsettled. The 
mean temperature was about 2 degrees above the average, although a 
short “spell” of frost occurred about the 21st, when the readings were 
lower than those in February since 1879. The range of temperature 
was unusually wide. The highest maxima occurred on the 24th, and 
were—59 , 2° at Loughborough, 59-0° at Henley-in-Arden, 57'9° at 
Hodsock, 57*4° at Strelley, and 57T° at Coston Rectory. In the rays 
of the sun, 99T° was registered at Hodsock on the 28tli, 97T° at 
Loughborough on the 12th, and 93-0° at Strelley on the 28th. The 
lowest minima were on the 21st, and were lS’S 0 at Hodsock, 20-3° at 
Coston Rectory, 21-0° at Loughborough and Henley-in-Arden, and 
22-3° at Strelley; 13-3° was registered on the grass at Strelley and 
