THE NOVA SCOTIAN PHENOLOGICAL SCHEDULE. 



169 



(Migration of Birds, etc.) 



81. Wild Duck migrating 



82. Wild Geese migrating 



83. Song Sparrow (Melospiza fasciata). . . 



84. American Robin (Turdus migratorius 



99. Piping of Frogs 



100. Appearance of Snakes 



[Day of year corresponding to the last day of 

 each month.] 

 Jan. 31. April 120. July 212. 



Feb. 59. May 151. Aug. 243. 



Mar. 90. June 181. Sept. 273. 



(For Leap years increase each number except that 

 for January by 1.) 



Oct. 304. 

 Nov. 334. 

 Dec. 365. 



In reporting the dates, the day of the year is preferred to 

 the day of the month. 



To the forms, Dr. McKay, Superintendent, prefixed the 

 following notes : — 



" What is desired is to have recorded in these forms, the dates of the 

 first leafing, flowering and fruiting of plants and trees ; the first appear- 

 ance in the locality of birds migrating north in spring or south in 

 autumn, etc. While the objects specified here are given so as to enable 

 comparison to be made between the different sections of the Province, 

 it is very desirable that all other local phenomena of a similar kind be 

 recorded. Each locality has a flora, fauna, climate, etc., more or less 

 distinctly its own ; and the more common trees, shrubs, plants, crops, 

 etc., are those which will be most valuable from a local point of view in 

 comparing the characters of a series of seasons. 



