NOVA SCOTIA AND CANADA, 1903. — MACK AY. 



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PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA, 1903. 

 Observation Stations. 



Day of the year 1903 corres- 

 ponding to the last day 

 of each month. 



'Z. 



77a 



77b 



78a 



78b 



79a 



79b 



81a 



81b 



82a 



82b 



83 



84 



85 



89 

 90 

 91 

 92 

 93 

 91 

 95 

 96 

 97 

 98 

 99 

 100 



Jan . ... 31 

 Feb ..... 59 

 March 90 

 April . ..1-20 

 May .. 151 

 June ...181 



July ....212 

 Aug ....24' 

 Sept . . 273 

 Oct ...304 

 Nov ... 334 

 Dec ...365 



First autumn frost— hoar 



" " —hard.. 



First ssnow to fly in air . . 

 " whiten ground 



Closing of lakes 



" rivers 



Wild Ducks migrating, N. 



S. 

 Wild Gec.^e migrating, N. 



S. 

 Melospiza fasciata. North. 

 Turdus migratorius " 

 Junco hiemalis '" 



Actitis macularia " 

 Sturnella magna " 



Ceryle Alcyon " 



Dendroeca coronata 

 D. ffistiva " 



Zonotrichia alba " 



Trochilus colubris " 

 Tyranus Carolinensis " 

 Dolyehonyx oryzivorus " 

 Spinis tristis " 



Setophaga ruticilla " 

 Ampelis cedrorum 

 ChordeilcsVirginianus' ' 



First piping of frogs 



First appearance of snakes 



'J 



t 

 25' 



284 



29(1 



3'0 



339 

 I 

 344 351 



I 

 85 



302 



351 



C? 



90 



128 

 141 

 146 

 126 

 151 

 140 

 147 

 145 

 148 

 159 

 152 

 111 



54 



115 



109 



281' 

 330 



299 



138 137 



82 



86 



63 



70 



Res 



127 



76 



99 



122 



124 



109 



140 



121 



128 



Res 



129 



130 



140 



73 



71 



131 



129 



a 

 Cii 



100 



103 



93 



110 



119 



112 



t The phenochrons for Nova Scotia are the averages of over 300 selected schedules, 

 the fractions being omitted. In some of the schedules from the Western Provinces of 

 Canada, the cognate western species are taken as indicated exactly in previous reports. 



