as compared "joith that of 1829. 



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**Bombylius major appeared 



Blackcap sung 



Vanessa urticae appeared 



**J^pis muscorum appeared 



Pear tree flowered 



Fiola canina flowered 



**Redstart sung 



Fieldfares and redwings last seen 



Plum tree flowered (full flower) 



Lesser petty chaps (Sylvia hippolais) sung "1 



Pontia napi appeared J 



Swallows -{- (H. rustica) appeared"! 



ikfelitta fulva appeared >■ 



Blackthorn flowered (full flower) J 



Nightingale sung 



Caltha palustris flowered 



Stellaria i/olostea flowered 



Cardamine pratensis flowered 



Wild cowslip flowered 



J^espa communis appeared 



Pontia cardamines appeared 



Apple tree flowered 



Hipparchi« iEgeria appeared 



Cuckoo sung:}: 



Polyommatus Argiolu* appeared in a faded 



state § 

 SciWa, nutans flowered 

 Veronica ChamaeMrys flowered 

 **Libellula virgo (least dragon-fly) appeared \ 

 (Spartium scoparium flowered J 



Hawthorn flowered 1 



Pontia brassicae appeared |- 



Georaetra crataegata appeared J 



} 



1830. 

 March 29 



30 



31 



April 1* 

 4 



8 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 23 



25 



26 



27 



28 

 May 3 



1829. 

 April 17 

 11 

 May 11 



April 21 

 8 

 7 



6 

 15 



May 10 

 April 17 



19 

 30 

 21 



May 4 



April 18 



May 11 

 10 



April 26 



21 

 May 12 



9 



SO 



* I failed to notice the last appearance of these birds in the spring of 

 1829 ; but it may be stated, that they usually stay with us till towards the 

 end of April, and occasionally some are seen the beginning of May, and 

 even later. 



+ Four appeared at the same time. 



4: I did not myself hear the cuckoo till this day, but an intelligent 

 countryman assured me that he was positive he heard it on the 29th of 

 March, and again, most distinctly, on the 12th of April. The cuckoo, it 

 should seem, when it first commences its song in the spring, usually sings 

 very early in the morning ; and accordingly is likely to be first heard by 

 labouring people who are stirring betimes about their occupations. I should 

 have doubted the accuracy of the information of the cuckoo having been 

 heard so early as the 29th of March, were it not that my informant is in 

 the habit of attending to the notes and appearances of our summer birds ; 

 and I generally find that the cuckoo has been first heard by him, when he 

 has been up early shepherding, a considerable time before I have heard it 

 myself. 



§ The faded condition in which I observed this little butterfly on the 

 25th of April, with its wings battered and torn, shows that even at this 

 early period the insect must have been out on the wing a considerable 

 time. 



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