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March 9. — Fort Riley, Kansas. — Wild geese flying north. 



March 10. — South Hartford, New York. — Blue bird first seen ; 13th, robin 

 first seen ; 15th, wild geese passing north. 



March 10. — Skaneateles, New York. — Robins noticed for the first time. 



March 10. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Robins and blue birds made their appear- 

 ance; 11th, wild geese flying north; 15th, redwings and ground birds came 

 this morning. 



March. — Pekin, Illinois. — Mallard ducks have arrived ; they are very plenti- 

 ful. 



March 10. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Observed fii'st meadow larks, robins, 

 and other spring birds. 



March 11. — Cornish ville, Maine. — Robins made their first appearance. 



March 11. — Mendon, Massachusetts. — Wild geese flew north. 



March 11. — New Bedford, Massachusetts. — Crocuses bloom in the warmest 

 exposures. 13th, blossom buds of the silver poplar protruding; 20th, catkins 

 developing; 25th, grass starting in warm situations; 31st, blossoms of the 

 white or silver poplar considerably developed. 



March 11. — Nev/castle, Indiana— Frogs heard for the first time. 



March 11. — New Albany, Indiana. — Found to-day the "little harbinger of 

 spring" (Erigenise bulbosa) in bloom; spring beauties (Claytonia virginica) 

 and spring cress (Caixlamine rhomboidea?) beginning to show the col ired petal 

 buds. The liverworts (Ilepatica triloba) have been in bloom for several days 

 along the ledges and rocky hillsides with a southern exposure, but not near 

 New Albany. 12th, found to-day in bloom the tooth worth (Dentaria lacimata) 

 along warm hillsides with southern exposure. 



March 12, 13. — Fleming, Pennsylvania. — Wild geese flying north. 



March 12. — Austinburg, Ohio. — Wild geese flew northward. 



March 13. — Lisbon, Maine. — Crows made their appearance ; 17th, wild geese 

 appeared ; 26th, robins appeared. 



March 13. — Brandon, Vermont. — Black birds first seen ; 14th, blue bird first 

 seen ; 27th, robins have been in forests for more than a week. 



March 13. — Greenwich, New Jersey. — Violets blooming in sheltered places. 



March 13. — Sykesville, Maryland. — Crocuses in bloom. 



March 13. — Welshfield, Ohio. — A large flock of white swans going north at 

 9 a. m. 



March 13. — East Fairfield, Ohio. — Between 8 and 9 a. m., during a snow- 

 storm, heard a very noisy flock of wild geese, or swans, slowly wending their 

 way northward. 



March 14. — Stratford, New Hampshire. — Wild geese went north. 



March 14. — Sandwich, Massachusetts. — Wild geese flying north iu large 

 numbers. 



March 15 — Galesburg, Illinois. — Robins appear. 



March 16. — Lyons, Iowa. — Bluebirds came. 



March 16. — Fort Madison, Iowa. — Woodcock came. 



March 17. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Geese observed flying south during the 

 day. 



March 17, 18. — Williamsburg, Maine. — Wild geese went north. 



March 18. — New Bedford, Massachusetts. — A large flock of wild geese flew 

 over. 



March 19. — New Albany, Indiana. — Found the spring beauty in bloom. 

 26th, the rue anemone (Thalictrum anemonoides) in warm moist woods in 

 bloom. 



March 19 — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Large flocks of geese going south yesterday 

 and to-day. 



March 21. — Cornishville, Maine. — A large flock of wild geese passed over 

 to the north. 



