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CALENDAR OF NATURE, 1884. 



Feb 



Jan. I. — Thrush singing 

 ,, 6.— Hazel, fl. (Bretby Park) ... 

 ,, 6. — Honeysuckle, If. (Repton Shrubs) 

 ,, 8. — Bat seen (Burton) 

 ,, 9. — Wallflower, fl. 

 ,, 12.- -Blackbird singing (Bretby Park) 



-Pyrus japonica. If. 



-Daphne mezereon, fl. 



-Aconite, fl. 



-Lark singing 



-Snowdrop, fl. in garden 



-Very cold wind, rain, hail, thunder and lightning 



-Wren singing (Derby Street) 

 Dog's Mercury, fl. (Hoofie's Wood) 



-Lesser Celandine, fl. (Bretby), Crocus, fl. in garden 



-H. leucophacaria taken, (Repton Shrubs) 



-Coltsfoot, fl. . . 



-H. rupicapraria seen (Winshill) 



-Hawthorn, If. (Bretby) 



-P. pilosaria taken 



-Alder, fl. 



-Sallow, fl. 



-Primrose, .fl. 

 Mar. 2, — Wood Pigeon cooing (Bretby) 



-Barren Strawberry, fl. (Bretby) 



-Daisy, fl. (Shenton, Leicestershire) 



-Wood Anemone, fl. (Bretby) 



-Lesser spotted Woodpecker seen in Repton Shrubs 



-Vanessa urticae seen 



-T. instabilis seen 



-Damson, fl. (Tutbury) 



-Moschatel, fl. (Brizlincote) 



-H. oleracea emerged from pupa 



-House Martins seen 



-Horse Chestnut, If. 



-B. parthcnias taken (Swynnerton, near Stafford) 



-Marsh Marigold, fl. 



-Blackthorn, fl. (Tatenhill)... 



-Thrushes nest with five young (Bretby) 



-T. stabilis, instabilis, gothica, pojuileti, and .S. sa 

 at .Sallows 



-Red Campion and Wild Hyacinth, fl. (Bretby) 



April 



14.- 

 I7-- 

 19.- 



19- 



25-- 

 26.- 

 26. 

 26. 

 . 9- 

 9- 

 10.- 

 14.- 



17- 

 20.- 



25-- 

 26.- 

 29.- 



7-- 

 9-- 



15- 



15- 



!6.- 



22.- 



23.-1 



23- 



24. 

 24. 

 27. 



itell 



itia taken 



C.F.T. 



T.G. 



T.G. 



T.G. 

 F.W.A. 



T.G. 



F.W.A. 



F.W.A. 



C.F.T. 



T.G. 



T.G. 

 C.F.T. 

 F.W.A. 



T.G. 



T.G. 



T.G. 

 F.W.A. 

 C.F.T. 



T.G. 

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 C F.T. 

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T.G. 



T.G. 

 C.F.T. 



T.G. 



T.G. 



T.G. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 C.F.T. 

 F.E.L. 



T.G. 



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