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February 8. — New Castle, Indiana. — At 9 p. m., two meteors ten degrees 

 north of Pleiades, the first faint, the other bright; direction of both to north- 

 west; a few seconds interval. 



February 9. — Muscatine, Iowa. — Meteor in the west at 9 p. m; direction 

 of flight from south to north. 



February 13. — Progress, New Jersey. — Two meteors passed from south- 

 east to northwest; the light of one as it passed was brightly reflected from 

 the clouds; out of sight at 40°. 



February 13. — Waverly, Illinois. — A bright meteor noticed at 8 p. m. 

 about 1° north of the constellation Leo. Its course nearly on a line verti- 

 cal to the horizon; it was visible about five or six seconds, and disappeared 

 about 4" above the horizon. 



February 15. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Meteor in the southwest, 10 p. m. 



February 16. — Passaic Valley, New Jersey. — A brilliant meteor at 8.14 p. 

 m. The apparent right ascension was 11/i. 12m. ; declination 38° when itfirst 

 appeared ; right ascension 13/i. 6m.; declination 55®, when it disappeared; 

 color white; a gale from the northwest at the time. 



February 18. — South Hartford, New York. — A small meteor observed in 

 the east. 



February 23. — Waverly, Illinois. — A large meteor observed at 4 a. m. 

 passing between the observer and the moon. It made a rushing sound like 

 a gigantic rocket, and left a brilliant array of sparks in its track. 



February 27. — South Hartford, New York. — A meteor observed falling at 

 ten degrees above the horizon, at 8 p. m., to the south southeast; quite 

 large, about the apparent size of Venus. 



February 29. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — At thirty-five minutes past eight 

 p. m. observed two shooting stars within a fourth of a minute of each other, 

 both seeming to originate near the star Capella, The first passed to the 

 southeast, nearly directly across the Pleiades. The second passed to the 

 northwest and disappeared in Cassiopeia. 



APPEARANCE OF BIRDS, BLOOMING OF TREES, &0. 



February 2. — New Albany, Indiana. — Birds singing this morning as if it 

 were spring time; saw the song sparrow for the first time this year. 



February 7. — Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. — Crows arrived. 



February 8. — Elkhorn City, Nebraska. — Wild geese seen. 



February 10. — Elkhorn City, Nebraska. — Crows seen. 



February 11. — Bellevue, Nebraska. — Wild geese going north on the 11th, 

 and occasionally a few since. 



February 13. — Galesburg, Illinois. — Wild geese pass to the north. 



February 15. — Haddonfield, New Jersey. — Forsythia viridessima in bloom 

 in sheltered places. 



February 15. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Saw the first geese flying to the 

 southeast. Sugar maple running very rapidly from some maples in my 

 yard. 



February 20. — Bristol, Wisconsin. — Quite a number of flocks of wild 

 ducks were seen to-day, course north, flying very high. 



February 20 — Augusta, Illinois. — Wild geese go north. 



February 22. — Oshtemo, Michigan. — Saw a large flock of cedar birds here 

 to-day. 



February 22-24 — Pleasant Plain, Iowa. — Wild geese flying north. 



February 22. — Welshfield, Ohio — Ducks began to arrive and pass on to 

 the north. 23d, 25th, wild geese seen. 



February 22. — Algona, Iowa. — Wild geese appear. 23d, more geese. 

 25th, first appearance of wild ducks. 



