REGISTRY OF PERIODICAL PHENOMENA. 



BIRDS 



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REPTILES -first appearance, cries, and general peculiarities of 



habits. 



Bnfo americanus, and other species of toads. 

 Rana, the various kinds of frogs. 

 Hyla and Hylodes, the several kinds of tree-frogs. 

 Turtles, lizards, snakes. 



FISHES -first appearance and spawning. 



Salmo salar, L., salmon. 

 Alosa, shad. 

 Clupea, herring. 

 Anguilla, eel. 

 Acipenser, sturgeon. 



INSECTS their first appearance and cries. 



Platyphyllum concavum, Harr., catydid. 

 Cicada, locusts the several kinds 

 (Ecanthus niveus, Harr., tree-crickets 

 Grasshoppers, in their variety. 

 Fire-flies. 



