Art. VI. — Natural History Observations, made at several 

 Stations in Nova Scotia during the Yeak 

 1892. — Compiled by A. H. Mackay, B. A., 

 B. Sc, Ll. D., F. R. S. C. 



( Read 9th January, 1893. ) 



The observations of the earliest dates of flowering, &c., and of 

 the appearance of migratory birds, &c., compiled in the following- 

 table, altliougli not very complete, seem to be worth preserving 

 in some such accessible form, not alone on account of their value,, 

 but as a stimulus to more complete, extensive and systematic 

 observations each year in future. I have converted the ordinary 

 form of the dates into a form which lends itself readily to- 

 arithmetical averaging — namely, the da}^ of the year. For ease 

 of conversion, I re])eat here the day of the year corresponding 

 to the last day of each month: — January 31, February (1892)- 

 60, March 91, April 121, May 152, June 182, July 213, August 

 244, September 274, October 305, November 335, December 366.. 



The observers were, at Yarmouth, Miss Antoinette Forbes,, 

 B. A.; at Malione Bay, Dr. Hamilton; at Windsor, Harry Piers, 

 Esq. ; at Wolfville, Professor A. E. Coldwell, M. A,, associated 

 with Watson Bishop and others at other stations in King's Co. ;: 

 at Springhill, Principal N. D. MacTavish ; at Amherst, Principal 

 E. J. Lay. 



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