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Fauna. — Rooks and jackdaws build on the , redbreast on the 



. , chit-chat, or middle willow wren, heard on the , frogs croak 



, peacock screams , owls hoot , green woodpecker laughs 



, spiders appear , bees come forth , whinchat arrives , 



smallest willow wren arrives , stone curlew calls , nuthatch 



chatters , blackbird sings , missel or storm-thrush in full song 



, geese lay , wasps and humble bees appear , bats fly 



, and great argus and peacock butterflies are seen on the 

 Meteorology. — As before, adding equinoctial gales commenced , con- 

 tinued days. 



Flora for April. — Guelder rose on the , corn poppy , 



elder , yellow flag , common pink , hedge-nettle , 



fraxinella , wood sorrel , buttercup , wallflower , 



tulip , hyacinth , jonquille , archangel , crown im- 



perial , grape hyacinth , blackthorn , great saxifrage 



, dog's-tooth violet , stitchwort , cowslip , stock 



, and male orchis ; in leaf, the gooseberry , horsechest- 



nut , larch , sycamore , and lilac . Fruit trees 



came into flower, the cherry on the , the apple , pear , 



and the raspberry on the 



Fauna. — Arrived the smallest willow wren on the , black-cap 



, redstart , swallow , house marten , black marten, 



or swift , sand marten , field lark , nightingale , 



white-throat , lesser white-throat , Dartford warbler , 



cuckoo , wryneck , grasshopper lark , turtle-dove , 



orange-tip butterfly , tortoise-shell butterfly , black May fly 



; young pigeons on the , goslings , and young redbreasts 



, and vipers bask on the . 



Meteorology. — As before. 



Flora for May. — Field hyacinth, or blue-bell, flowered on the 

 , gentianella , oxlip , globeflower , yellow rattle 



, red azalea , thrift , yellow azalea , herb Robert 



, laburnum , Guelder rose , mock orange , peony 



, hawthorn , Solomon's seal , germander speedwell 



, lilac , columbine , lily of the valley , and horse- 



chestnut on the . Trees came in leaf, viz. poplar on the , 



willow , alder , elm , oak , ash , and mul- 



berry on the . Early peas gathered on the , and cauliflowers 



on the 



Fauna. — Land rail heard on the , cockchaffer, or May beetle, 



appears , dragon-fly , glowworm , golden rosechaffer 



, white angler's fly , gad-fly , stag-beetle , goat- 



sucker , ring ouzel , fly-catcher , turtle-dove , 



nightingale , and stone-curlew 



Meteorology. — As before. 



Flora for June. — The elder on the , corn poppy , Guelder 



rose , yellow flag , common pink , hedge-nettle , 



fraxinella , larkspur , white orchis , spiderwort , 



lady's slipper , moss rose , red centaury , hop , 



sweetwilliam , sword lily , spiked speedwell , woodroof 



, pyramidal campanula , flos Jovis , foxglove , 



scarlet lychnis , white lily , evening primrose , lilac , 



laburnum , sunflower , and American cowslip on the 



Trees in leaf, viz. the mulberry on the , and the platanus not till the 



. Fruits ripe: the strawberry on the , cherry , and 



gooseberry on the . Hay-harvest begins : saintfoin on the , 



clover , meadow on the 



