March 1874 117 1874 March 9 in my side but this members have just increased much since the 3rd N. mulobia have been reported (R. Dean & R. Bailey) as in full joy but not having been out early on the day I have failed to hear them. R. Bailey saw (Mar. ?) a flock of blackbirds in the distance; he thought them A. Phoenicurus, March 12 Cloudy threatening, with occasional snow squalls. Very cold. The 10° at smart. Took a ride in P.M. & saw a flock of 8 Bitalia palis getting about disconsolate & in silence under the lee of a protecting ridge of land: March 16th I saw two 2° for the first time, both already frozen. My knee is rather better though by own means well. Last night arrived two large boxes offalids from Dr. Manan; 24 S. maritima, 4 Loma agulatus (ow immature) & Bombyx trillinus) a Spiz. monticola, By. petreca & Sterula glacialis. To day I skinned a few of the Krinzae we found them like the last very fat, the gizzards filled with fragments of a pink shelled crustacea & the sexual organs but a triple more sankful. For theoretical points I cannot see that they differ at all from our summer Opres; this fish has however a much less rank smell & thus fatness & far thicker