PROCEEDINGS FOR 1896. LV 



28. WHEAT (WINTER). First sowing. 



29. 



30. 



31. 

 32. 

 :33. 



" Flowei'ing. . . . 



" Harvest. . . . 



(SPRING). Fir.st sowing. 



Flowering. 

 Harvest. . . 



Météorologie AI- 



34. LAST SPRING FROST, date, with note explaining particulars 



35. FIRST AUTUMN FROST, " " " 



36. OPENING OF LAKES DEVOID OF CURRENT IN SPRING, date. . 



37. CLOSING •' " " " FALL, " .. 



38. OPENING OF RIVERS IN SPRING, date 



39. CLOSING OF RIVERS IN FALL, date 



40. NUMBER OF THUNDER-STORMS IN YEAR (with dates of each) 



•Jan Feb Mar Apr 



May .June July 



Aug Sept 



Oct Nov Dec 



41. DATES AND DURATIONS OF DROUGHTS AFFECTING VEGE- 



TATION 



Zoological. 



42. Song Sparrow {Melos2nzafasciata). First appearance. (E & C) 



43. Sparrow {M. montana, guttata and rufina). First appearance. (W) 



44. Robin {Merida migratorius). (E & C) 



45. " {M. projiinqun). ( W) 



46. Blue Bird (Sia^ia sia^is). (E&C) 



47. " (S. artica and Mex.) (C & W) 



48. Junco (./. hiemalis). (E&C) 



49. " (./. annectens and Oregonus). ( W) 



.50. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD {Agelaius Phœniceus) 



.51. SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Act if is macularia) 



.52. SWALLOW {TACHYCIXETA BICOLOR) 



53. Meadowlark (Sturnella magna). (E) 



.54. KINGFISHER [Cet-yle Alcyon) 



.5.5. Hummingbird {Trochilus coluhris). (E&C) 



56, " ( T. riifus and Calliope. (W) 



.57. Nighthawk {Chordeiles Virginianus). (E & C) 



58. " (C. Henry i). (W) 



59. WILD DUCKS— Fir.st birds 



60. " " First fiock 



61. " " Flocks migrating south 



62. " " Last birds 



63. WILD GEESE— First birds , 



64. " " First flocks .' 



65. " " Flocks migrating southward 



66. " " Last birds 



67. FIRST DATE AT WHICH "FROGS" ARE HEARD WHISTLING. 



