30 A Naturalist's Calendar. 



March. I have seen them on the beds in October, but it is not 

 usual." (P. A. Pasley-Dirom, in lift. 7, ix. 09.) The close-time for 

 salmon (Salmo Salar) on the River Annan is now (1910) November 

 16th to February 24th. 



51 Christmas Rose. " Rather an early date for the old form 

 of H. Niyer." (R. Service, in litt. 28, ix. 1909.) 



52 Primrose ; very early. 

 55 Early. 



54 Common Hepatica ; earlj'. 



55 Early. 



56 A name commonly given by old-time fowlers and naturalists 

 to the females and immature males of the Golden-Eye: Clangula 

 Glavcion. " The mistake no doubt originated in, and is partly 

 excused by, the facts that the birds called Morillons were often of 

 opposite sexes, and differed greatly from the adult male Golden- 

 Eye, whose full and beautiful plumage is not assumed until the 

 second year." (Newton, Alfred: Did. Birds, 1893-1896, p. 593.) 



57 Bastard Box; early. 



58 2651 feet. 16 miles N. of Jardine Hall. 



59 2285 feet. 10 miles N.-W. of Jardine Hall. 



60 About 1000 feet. 



61 Dinwiddle Hill, 740 feet. 



62 Clangula Glaucion. (See Note 56.) 



63 Alcedu Ispida. 



64 "An unusual marking of barometer." (J. Rutherford, 

 in Hit. 16, ix. 1909.) 



65 Gallinago Ccelestis. 



66 Tardus Filaris. (See Notes 178 and 183.) 



67 Jardine Hall. Lat., 55 deg. 10 min. 30 sec. N. ; Long., 

 3 deg. 25 min. W. ; Alt., 190 feet above sea level. 



68 The Tree-Creeper {Cerihta Familiaris) is heard irregularly 

 during the winter months. 



69 Fringilla Ccelehs. 



70 " Owing to a partial and temporary separation of the sexes 

 [in winter] the name Coelebs, or bachelor, was used by Linnaeus in 

 reference to the deserted males." (Howard Saunders: Man. Brit. 

 Birds, 1899, p. 183.) Sir W. J.'s observation is therefore of in- 

 terest. 



71 The Brambling: Fringilla Montifringilla. 



72 5i miles W.N.-W. of Jardine Hall. The highest point on 

 the Applegirth Estate, overlooking the Vale of the Annan, and 

 also part of the Dryfe Valley. 



73 TIelianthus Tuberosus: Jerusalem Artichoke, a winter vege- 

 table. 



74 Sir W. J. writes in 1843: "The Goosander, Mergus 

 Merganser . . . Goosander male. Dun Diver, female, of 

 British Authors. . . . The plumage of the sexes for the first 

 year is nearly similar, but the males and females were long by 



