332 Stone, Bird Migration Records of William Bartram, [july 



esculent vines such as cucumbers, mellons, squashes etc 

 that have come up arc mostly destroyed by the cool rains 

 and chilling air and all other kitchen Garden vegetables 

 much injured by the Coald. 



21. The lightning By sparkles in the night (Cantharus — ) 



22. Ardea virescens, Green bittern, Muscicapa rapax wood 

 pewit arrived. Wheat just begining to car appears to 

 ho blasted in many instances, young birds drownded 

 in their nest on the ground by the heavy rains. 



'27. Cool. Tito fire-side is agreable morning and evening. 



31. Early cherries and strawberries begining to ripen 

 young birds leave their nests such as blue birds, robins, 

 crow blackbirds. 

 June 22. Warmest day that we have had this summer 



29 A male bird ot' l.oxia Oryxivora found dead under a 

 tree about five mile from Philadelphia, supposed to have 

 escaped from a cage Grain harvest has begun 



30. A luminous Northern light this evening. (Aurora 

 borealis) 

 July 9. Morning clear and cool, evening cool enough to sit com- 

 fortably by the fireside 



21. Apples ripe. Oat harvest. Some cases of yellow fever 

 in the city. 



23. I. ilium superbum in Bower we have a plant now in the 

 Garden the stem of which is upwards of eleven feer 

 high terminating in a pyramed, at top composed of 32 

 perfect Flowers and exhibits a truly superb spectacle. 



25. Sow buckwheat. Whistling Cricket (Tetigonia) in the 



Evening and Night. Cicada. 

 28 biro Flies abundant. 

 August 7. Malignous Fever rages in Philadelphia and Baltimore. 

 The inhabitants on recommendation of the Hoard 

 of Health are moving out onto the Country. 

 September 6. Whip-or-will crys this evening they are now on 

 their pas-age to the South. 

 [lapse until Pee. 1.] 

 December 2. MockingBird yet with us feeding on Smilax berries 

 4. Heavy white frost some lee Moekbird. 



