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sing all night on the trees near the house. An electrical 

 change in the air to-day produced headache and nervous 

 complaints in many persons here. Swifts not common yet. 



JUNE 2d The Blue Dragonfly Libellula puella first seen 

 about the pond to-day. The following birds have now nests 

 in the particular places subjoined : 



Muscicapa grisola, under the cover of the porch among 

 the Woodbines. 



Fringilla carduclis in the Apple Tree. 

 Fringilla coelebs in the same. 

 Passer domesticus in the roof of the house. 

 Hirundo rustica in the chimneys. 

 Sturmis vulgaris in the trees numerously. 

 4th. Iris Germanica alba var. in flower. 

 9th. The weather begins to be very hot,, the thermometer* 

 74. the whole remainder of the summer continued hot, the 

 thermometer being generally about 80. of Farenheit's scale. 



JULY 15th. Ficedula sylvicola the Wood Wren seen and 

 become common. 



21st. Falco tinnunculus has fledged young ones, two of 

 which I brought up from the nest and liberated. 

 25th. Cyprinus phoxinus caught in the stream. 

 Alcedo ispida the Kingfisher or Halcyon seen about the 

 great pond. 



27th. The following fishes were to-day caught in the 

 river : 



Cyprinus gobio the Gudgeon. 



Cyprinus rutilus the Roach. 



Cyprinus alburnus the Bleak. 



Cyprinus phoxinus the Minnow- a sprinkling of rain 



* Farenheit's scale is used. 



