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SOtlj, blue jay seen. 31st, Populus tremuloides, Saxifraga virginiensis, and 

 Salix Luinilis flowering; belted kingfisber seen. 

 Winnebago, Illinois. — First appearailce of birds : 



THUNDEE-STOKMS AND DISTANT LIGHTNING. 



March 5. — At Progress, New Jersey ; Algona, Iowa. 



March 7. — At Newcastle, Indiana ; Harrisonville, Missouri. 



March 8. — At Ottowa, Illinois ; Harrisonville, Missouri ; Bloomlield, Wis- 

 consin ; Fort Riley, Kansas. 



March 9.- — In Illinois, Missouri. Iowa. 



March 10. — At South Hartford, New York; Beaufort, South Carolina; 

 Urbana, Ohio ; Newcastle, Indiana. 



March 11. — Throughout New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio. 



March 12. — At Cornishville, Maine. 



March 13. — In New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware. 



Ilarch 21. — At Kingston, Ohio. 



March 27. — At Manhattan, Fort Riley, Kans^is ; Pleasant Plain, Iowa. 



March 28. — At Welchiield, Ohio ; New Harmony, Indiana ; Milwaukee, 

 Manitowoc, Wisconsin. 



MISCELLAZiHEOUS. 



March 7. — Rutland, Vermont. — In the storm commencing on the 6th and 

 ending on the 7th, more snow fell than the oldest inhabitants ever knew to 

 fall -at one time; depth fifteen inches. 



March 7. — Brandon, Vermont. — Greatest snow-storm this winter ; snow ex- 

 tremely moist and some drifted ; depth thirteen and a half inches. 



March 17. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — There are still remaining some snow 

 drifts that were formed on the first of January ; observed one where the snow 

 must be two and a half feet deep. 



March 23. — Lisbon, Maine. — The storm of 23d and 24th March, reported as 

 a severe snow-storm at Washington and vicinity, also at Halifax, and other 

 places east and south, was unaccompanied by snow or rain here. The wind, 

 however, was very strong from the northeast on the 23d, and from the north- 

 west on the 24th. 



March 26. — Fox Creek, Missouri. — A whirlwind at 1.15 p. m., lifting water 

 from a small pond four feet high, and carrying it away in mist ; course from 

 southwest to northeast. 



March 28. — Rochester, New York. — A very dense fog came over the city 

 from the northeast about 3 p. m., and continued until nearly night ; a very 

 rare occurrence. 



March 28. — Fort Riley, Kansas. — Strongest wind for two years. It came 

 from the northwest, and did some damage to property. 



March 28. — Onawa, Iowa. — The barometer Avas lower this morning than at 

 any time during the four years that I have taken observations. 



March 28. — Montgomery, Colorado. — Violent gale [all day from the west. 

 The roofs were blown from three houses in this town. 



