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pedata, Anamone nemorosa. Least wood Thrush 

 (Turdua trogladitus) 



20 White frost tin's morning. Sasafrass in flower. Yel- 

 low Butterfly (Pappillio) 



21. A little white frost this morning. Warm pleasant 

 Day Garden Ren (Motasilla familiaris), Summer 

 Yellow Bird Motasilla estivalis. Plumbs, Currens, 

 Rasberrys full in Bloom. Aplles beginning to flower. 

 Sweet firn, Liquidamber perigrinum in bloom and 

 swarming with bees sucking honey from the flowers 



22. Cat Bird. (Lucar.) 



25 Wippoor will (Caprimulgus Yirginica) arrived. 



26 Maryland Yellow-throat, (Motasilla—) the little 

 olive Coloured warbler (Motasilla olivacia). Tree 

 frog Rana — . 



28 Hanging bird, (Oryolus Baltimora) & 0. spuria hum- 

 mingbird (Trochilus colubris). Lylac (Syringa co- 

 munis) Water leaf(Orontium aquaticum) 

 29. Elm seed ripe 

 May 2. Redstart (Motasilla rutasilla). 



The Apple tree in full flower. The borer Bee out visiting 

 thee flowers. 



3. Read head (Picus eriocephalus), Chimney Swallow (Hir- 

 undo pelagia), May Bird (Alauda calandra), Marsh Spar- 

 row ( Fringilla palustris) Arrived. Rye in ears, Dogwood 

 (Cornus florida). Tumble turf (Scarabius) and Several 

 species of Butterflies 



4. Yellow-breasted chat (Motesilla trochilus). A great 

 variety of small birds of the genus of Motacilla and 

 Parus. Nearly all the Summer passinger birds Arrived. 



5. A Bull frog swallowed a large mole instantly 

 ('). Male rice bird (Emberiza oryzivora) arived 



7. Blew linnet (Emberiza cyanea) Arrived. Various 

 species of the Dragonfly (Libellula). Wasp begin to 

 build their nests. 



9. Crested flycatcher (Muscicapa Crinita) 

 20 ( 'ool for the season, this has been heat lierto the coolest 

 spring, the work of vegetation almost suspended, 



