April 14. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Large flocks of cranes passing north ; robins 

 arrrived to-day. 



April 15. — Slielbnrne, New Hampshire. — Grass just starting. 



April 18. — Westfield, Massachusetts. — Found the trailing arbutus (Epigea 

 repens) in blossom, and heard frogs to-day. 



April 19. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — The brants are passing north in large flocks 

 to-night ; it is not uncommon to see one or two hundred in a flock. - 



April 20. — Embarrass, Wisconsin. — Wild geese going north to-day ; golden- 

 winged woodpeckers seen. 



April 20. — Weyauwega, Wisconsin. — The common house martin arrived this 

 morning. 



April 20! — Elkhorn City, Nebraska. — Box elder (pepperidge) putting out leaf. 



April 20. — Fox Creek, Missouri. — Very large flocks of cranes going north- 

 west. First strawberry bloom open. 



April 21. — Lisbon, Maine. — Frogs heard for the first time. 



April 21. — North Littleton, New Hampshire. — Heard the frogs for the first 

 time this season. 



April 21. — Craftsbury, Vermont — Frogs first heard this evening. 



April 22. — Skaneateles, New York. — Antwerp and floweiing currants broken 

 bud. 



April 22. — Pontiac Michigan. — Martins appeared ; currant leaf buds open- 

 ing ; 26th, horse-chestnut leafing. 



April 24. — Shelburne, New Hampshire. — Woodchucks out ; lilacs leafing. 



April 24. — Lunenburg, Vermont. — Martins returned. 



April 24. — Silver Spring, Pennsylvania. — Peach trees in bloom. 



April 25. — Fleming, Pennsylvania.-:— Heard the first whippoorwill of this 

 season. 



April 26. — ilount Pleasant, Iowa. — Saw the first house martins to-day. 



April 27. — Mendon, Massachusetts. — An unusual quantity of wild geese have 

 passed the present spring. 



Aptril 27. — South Hartford, New York. — The adder tongue and wood violet 

 first observed ; 28th, 29th, the common willow is in blossom, and the maple 

 buds are opening. 



April 27. — Augusta, Illinois. — Pear tree buds just putting out ; ajjple tree 

 beginning to leaf out. 



April 21. — Fort Madison, Iowa. — Serviceberry and crab apple leaf expand. 



Ajjril 29. — Green Bay, Wisconsin. — Buds of the common red currant bushes 

 began to start vigorously, 



April 30. — Shelburne, New Hampshire. — A large black bear crossed the 

 pasture, some fifty rods back of the house, this morning. 



April 30. — Fleming, Pennsylvania. — Peach blossoms beginning to open in 

 favorable localities. 



April 30. — Hillsborough, Ohio. — Some pear, apple, and cherry blossoms are 

 out, but not fully. 



April 30. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Spring wheat and oftts have come up 

 finely. Hyacinths have been in bloom nearly a week. Currants and goose- 

 berries have begun to show their bloom. Apple trees, cherry, plum, and pears, 

 are showing abundance of buds, but none have opened as yet. Peaches are all 

 killed. Stock is beginning to live on the grass of the prairies ; those pastures 

 afford grass iia abundance. 



New Bedford, Massachusetts. — April 14, frogs begin to be heard; 15th, 

 house martins arrived ; 16th, robins quite numerous; 22d, lilacs begin to 

 show the green of their leaflets ; 24th, blossoms of the white poplar falling ; 

 2oth, some lawns show a bright green, and horse-chestnut buds begin to open ; 

 27th, willows and early shrubs begin to have a tinge of green in the distance; 

 28th, early flowering magnolias in the warmest exposures begin to show their 



