CALENDAR OF NATURE, 1888. 



Observers: The Rev. C. F. Thornewii.l & Mr. T. Gibbs, Junr. 



Feb. 4- 



„ 7- 



Mar. 10. 



„ 15- 



„ 24. 



„ 28. 



„ 31- 

 Apl. 10. 



,, 10. 



„ 13 



., 14- 



., 15- 



„ 16. 



„ 18. 



„ 28. 



„ 30. 

 May 4. 



„ 6. 



., 7- 



„ 10. 



,, 12. 



M 13- 



., 14- 



M 19- 



„ 19- 



,, 21. 



,, 21. 



., 24. 



„ 25. 



„ 26. 



„ 28. 



„ 31. 

 June 2.- 



T.G. 

 T.G. 



T.G. 

 T.G. 



T.G. 



— Blackbird singing ... ... ... ... T.G. 



— H. nipicapraria taken ... ... ... ... T.G. 



— H. leucophcearia ... ... ... ... T.G. 



— H. progemmaria seen. 



— T. stabilis em. from pupa. 



— P. pedaria (pilosaria) 



— A. rescularia 



— .\. prodromaria em. from pupa. 



— T. instabilis taken. 



— r. gothica taken. 

 — T. piniperda em. from pupa 

 — Bee seen 

 — Swallows seen 

 — .Swallows first seen. 

 — Cuckoo heard 

 — Yellow Wagtail seen. 



— Sedge-warbler heard. 

 — Cuckoo heard. 

 — Corn-crake heard (Repton) 

 —Ova of P. populi hatched. 

 — T. punctulata em. from pupa 

 — Eup. albipunctata em. from pupa. 

 — Eup. indigata em. from pupa. 

 — A. mendica em. from pupa. 



— P. brassicse seen. 



—A. cardamines, T. biundularia, L. 



— L. hexapterata taken (Repton Shrubs.) 



— O. bidentata em. from pupa. 



— Reed-warbler singing at 1 1 p.m. 



-P. petraria taken (Parson's Brake.) ... ... ... T.G. 



— L. marginata taken. 

 — E. centaureata em. from pupa. 

 —A. alni em. from pupa. 



— L. argiolus, T. biundularia, L. viretata, F. atomaria, M. subtristata taken 

 (Sutton Park.) 



