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the seaboard, but this is, I think, the first record of its being found away from the 

 coast range, and to straggle so far inland it must surely have been crazed or be- 

 wildered. 



LIST OF THE BIRDS POUND BREEDING. 



Thryomanes bewicki leucogaster: Texan Bewick's Wren. 



Troglodytes iedon parkmanni: Western House Wren. 



Icteria virens longicauda: Long-tailed Chat. 



Vireo atricapillus: Black-capped Vireo. 



Ammodromus caudacutus nelsoni: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Finch. 



Passerina ciris: Painted Bunting — Nonpareil. 



Pica rustica hudsonica: Black-billed Magpie. 



Aquila chrysa?tus canadensis: Golden Eagle. 



Rallus virginianus: Virginian Rail. 



Porzana noveboracensis: Little Yellow Rail. 



Gallinula galeata: Florida Gallinule. 



Spatula clypeata: Shoveller. 



Sterna antillarum: Least Tern. 



Hydrochelidon lariformis surinamensis: Black Tern. 



Podilymbus podiceps: Thick-billed Grebe. 



METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1885. 



PREPARED BY PROP. F. H. SNOW, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, PROM OBSERVA- 

 TIONS TAKEN AT LAWRENCE. 



The chief meteorological peculiarities of the year 1885 were the low temperature 

 of all its months except November and December; the ample and remarkably well- 

 distributed rainfall; the low aggregate velocity of the wind for every month but Au- 

 gust; and the most extraordinary wind velocity on our record (December 4th). 



TEMPEEATUEE. 



Mean temperature of the year, 51.01°, which is 2.28° below the mean of the 17 

 preceding years. The highest temperature was 96°, on July 16th; the lowest was 

 14.5° below zero, on the 10th of February, giving a range of 110.5°. Mean at 7 a. m., 

 45.24°; at 2 p.m. 59.23°; at 9 p.m. 49.79°. 



Mean temperature of the winter months, 24.04°, which is 5.47°, below the average 

 winter temperature; of the spring, 52.41°, which is 1.27° below the average; of the 

 summer, 74.28°, which is 1.64° below the average; of the autumn, 53.33°, which is 

 .43° below the average. 



The coldest month of the year was January, with mean temperature 18.74°; the 

 coldest week was January 15th to 21st, mean temperature 1.68° above zero; the cold- 

 est day was February 10th, mean temperature 4.12° below zero. The mercury fell 

 below zero on twenty-one days, of which thirteen were in January, seven in Febru- 

 ary, and one in December. 



The warmest month was July, with mean temperature 77.06°; the warmest week 

 was July 18th to 24th, mean 81.66°; the warmest day was July 15th, mean 84.75°. 

 The mercury reached or exceeded 90° on 27 days, (14 less than the average number,) 

 viz.: three in June, seventeen in July, and seven in August. 



The last hoar frost of spring was on May 8th; the first hoar frost of autumn was 

 on October 4th; giving an interval of 149 days, or nearly five months, entirely with- 

 out frost. The average interval is 155 days. 



