MR. T. SOUTHWELL ON MU. MAUSHAM’s “INDICATIONS OF SPUING.” 2 t'J 
admirable Meteorological Notes communicated each year since 
1882 to tho Society by Mr. A. W. Preston, and printed in our 
‘ Transactions,’ and of which I have largely availed myself in the 
analysis which follows. 
During the period from 1875 to the present time, the following 
phenomena have occurred on the earliest date recorded in tire 
whole series, viz. : — 
1882, three events in the month of March. 
1883, one event in the month of February. 
1884, two events in the month of April. 
1893, two events in the months of March and April. 
1894, one event in the month of February. 
They were as follows: — 
1882. 
Oak leafed on 30th March, earliest of 114 observations. 
Chestnut leafed on 15th March, earliest of 9G observations. 
Wood Anemone llowcred on 4th March, earliest of 9G 
observations. 
1883. 
Sycamore leafed on 25th February, earliest of 108 observations. 
1884. 
Cuckoo heard on 12th April, earliest of 127 observations. 
Nightingale heard on 6th April, earliest of 10G observations. 
1893. 
Beech leafed on 2nd April, earliest of 117 observations. 
Maple leafed on 12th March, earliest of 60 observations. 
1894. 
Frogs and Toads croaked on 22iul February, earliest of 121 
observations. 
Wo will consider each year separately : — 
1882. — From the exceptionally early occurrence of three of the 
phenomena in the month of March we should expect to find that 
the Spring of the year 1882 was a very early one, and such was 
the case, for out of twenty-one occurrences observed, nineteen were 
earlier than usual ; one, the building of the Kooks, a very erratic 
operation, happened precisely on the mean date of the series, and 
one only, the Cuckoo, was four days later than the mean date of 
