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May 19. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Apple, cterry and plum trees are in full 

 bloom, and extra full. 



May 23. — Williamsburg, Maine. — Wild cherries blossoming ; wliite-ash 

 leaves partly out; birch, maple, beach, &c., in leaf; 30th, apple and pear trees 

 in blossom in favorable situations. 



May 23. — Strafford, New Hampshire. — Apple trees beginning to bloom ; 

 29tb, apple trees in full bloom ; 31, lilacs in bloom. 



May 23. — Brandon, Vermont. — Apple trees in blossom. 



May 2\. — Cornishville, Maine. — Cuckoo first appeared; 31st, grass very- 

 forward and promising. 



May 24. — New Bedford, Massachusetts. — The calix of the cornus florida 

 assumes its snowy whiteness ; 26th, lilacs, horse-chestnuts, and apple orchard 

 in full bloom ; 29th, altheas burst the bud ; 30th, leaves of forest trees gener- 

 ally developed. 



May 25. — Nazareth, Pennsylvania. — A number of night herons {Nyctiardce 

 gardeni) were seen several miles south of this station. 



May 29. — Canton, Missouri. — Strawberries begin to'get ripe. 



May 29. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Black locust in full bloom ; 31st, white 

 clover beginning to blossom ; have had no rain till to-day, since the ninth of 

 the month. 



May 30. — South Hartford, New York. — Mountain ash in bloom. 



May 31. — Lisbon, Maine. — Grass is looking finely in this section; was not 

 winter-killed, and promises a large crop. Black flies and mosquitoes are very 

 plentiful, (unusual at this period of the season.) 



May 31. — Newbury, Massachusetts. — Apple trees in full blossom. 



Note. — Mr. Abell, of Welshfield, Ohio, has furnished very full lists of the 

 dates of arrival, departure and nesting, of birds in March, April and May, which 

 we have combined in one table, and reserve for subsequent additions and inser- 

 tion in a future number. A list of all the known species of birds of North 

 America, giving both the English and scientific name, has been published by 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and may be obtained on application to the 

 Secretary. 



