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January 19, — New York city. — Meteor from west to east, at 7 p. m; small. 



January 22 — Embarrass, Wisconsin. — Bright meteor in the east at 9 p. m. 



January 23. — Welshfield, Ohio. — A large meteor was seen at 9 p. m., a 

 little north of east, at an altitude of about 45°. It shot rapidly to the south- 

 west and disappeared in about three seconds, leaving a bright trail behind it. 



January 23. — Fort Riley, Kansas. — Shooting stars in the southeast at 

 10 p. m. 



January 26. — North Littleton, New Hampshire. — At Y p. m. a shooting 

 star between Ursa Minor and tail of Draco ; course northwest. 



January 28. — North Littleton, New Hampshire. — Several shooting stars, 

 from 6 to 9 p. m.; course northwest. 



January 30. — Fort Eiley, Kansas. — Shooting stars in the southeast at 

 9 p. m. 



APPEARANCE OF BIRDS, BUDDING OF TREES, &c. 



January 25. — Sykesville, Maryland. — Bluebirds very merry. 



January 27. — Upper Alton, Illinois. — Geese in numbers flying north. 



January 21. — Canton, Missouri. — Bluebottle flies about. 28th. — Honey 

 bees out every day since the 23d. 



January 28. — Lunenburg, Vermont. — A robin was seen. 



January 28. — Portsmouth, Ohio. — Some lilac, cherry, and peach trees are 

 considerably swelled. 



January 29. — Waverly, Illinois. — First flight of wild geese noticed going 

 northward. 30th. — Wild geese returning southward again. 



January 29. — St. Louis, Missouri. — A flock of wild geese flying towards 

 N.NW. 



January 30. — Byberry, Pennsylvania. — For nearly a week past the weather 

 has been quite warm near the middle of the day, but freezing a little at night, 

 causing wheat and clover roots to heave out. Birds hopping about quite 

 briskly; numbers of goldfinches (fringilla tristis) and black-capped titmouse 

 (parus atricapillus) about, A few plants in flower, some of them rarely 

 found so early in the season : witch hazel, Hamamelis virginiana, Jasminum 

 fruticans, Stellaria media, Capsella bursapastoris, Poa annua, and Veronica 

 peregrina. 



January 30. — New Albany, Indiana. — This afternoon closed a cycle of re- 

 markably fine winter weather. It was as spring time ; the birds were sing- 

 ing as in May— red birds, wrens, and even the song sparrows. A soft or 

 swamp maple (acer rubrum) was observed in full flower to-da3\ During the 

 afternoon the thermometer began to fall, dropping down from 61° to 45°, 

 and at 9 p. m. to 39°. The Ohio river, which had been gorged with ice at 

 several points, has become entirely free of it. The snow which covered the 

 hills has disappeared. 



MISCELLANEOUS AND SUMMARIES. 



January 4. — Progress, New Jersey. — First snow of the winter ; ground 

 partially covered at daylight. 



January 19, 20. — Mirador, Mexico. — Hoar-frost in the moist valleys, and 

 at a height of 4,500 feet frost which destroyed the whole harvest of tobacco. 



January 21. — Fort Ann, New York — Hail-storm in the southeast ; width 

 of path, two and a quarter miles ; the size of stones about as large as buck- 

 shot ; quite a large quantity fell. It continued about fifteen minutes, and 

 did no damaece. 



