POOLE — ON METEOROLOGY. 91 



Other phenomena noted at this station : 



January 27th. — A two year old seal shot at Big Glace Bay. 



February 3rd. — Sleighs travelled over Big Glace Bay Lake. 

 5th. — First drift ice passing southward. 



March 17th. — Wild ojeese at Linoran. 



April 1st. — Great numbers of lobsters driven on shore at Little 

 Glace Bay. 2nd. — Grey birds seen. 3rd. — Kobins. 5th — ^Whis- 

 tling duck heard. 10th. — A large moth seen. Herrings caught on 

 the 12th. 21st. — Codfish thrown ashore. 23rd. — Mayflowers in 

 bloom. 26th. — Heard yellowhammer, woodpecker, picres auratus? 

 27th. — Gaspereaux caught in Big Glace Bay ; and frogs piping. 

 30th. — Saw four humble bees, butterfly, *' Camberwell Beauty;" 

 heard a partridge drumming. 



May 7th. — Saw a small hawk ; blue herons, '*Ardea Herodias," 

 and yellow-legs, " Totanus flavipes." 10th. — A porpoise came on 

 shore at Glace Bay. 21st. — Wild strawberries, white violets and 

 coltsfort, ** Nardosinia palmata," bloom. 24th. — Alder catkins 

 blossom. 28th — Swallows seen. 29th. — Dandelions bloom. 

 31st. — Musquito hawk seen. 



June 4th. — Swallow-tailed butterfly (^PapiUo tu^mus,) seen.. 

 5th. — White and Sulphur butterflies, (^Pontia olerace et Colzas 

 Philodice), 11th. — ^AYasps. 12th. — ^Apples in blossom. 17th. — 

 Caplin " mallotus villosus," struck in at Mire. 24th. — Caplin at 

 Big Glace Bay. 29th. — Gathered ripe strawberries. 



July 6th. — Fireflies seen. 14th. — Dragon fly. 16th. — Pota- 

 toes and wild roses in blossom. 21st. — Mowed hay. 26th. — Saw 

 a bat. 29th. — Gathered peas and dug potatoes. 



August 16th. — Golden plover arrived. 



September 20th. — Sword fish seven feet long thrown on shore 

 at Big Glace Bay. 21st. — Six wild geese in the Bay. 



October 9th. — A lunar halo with paraselene from 8 to 10 P.M. 

 27th.— First frost. 



December 31st. — A flock of wild geese in Big Glace Bay. 



