Jard^oe^ )^\\\\ar/^ ^ Sr. 



Reprinted from the Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway 

 Natural Hietory and Antiquarian Society.— 21st February, 1919. 



A N_aturalist's Calendar, kept by Sir 

 William Jardine, Bart., LL.D., F.H.S., 

 F.R.S E., &c., AT Jardine Hall, Dum- 

 friesshire, FROM 1st January to :I1st 

 May, 1829. 



Edited by Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S., F.R.S.E. 



Introduction. 



In iqio my friend J. A. Harvie-Brown of Dunipace lent 

 me a booklet in which Sir WilHam Jardine had made a 

 " Callendar " of natural history notes as recorded by him ar 

 Jardine Hall. I carefully transcribed these notes at the tira:j 

 and added such observations as appeared to be of interest. I 

 then submitted my observations to several friends and incor- 

 porated the remarks with which they favoured me. It was 

 my intention to publish Sir William's " Callendar " immedi- 

 ately, but for various reasons I was prohibited from so doing- 

 Eight years are not a long span in the life of man, but the 

 years 1910 to iqi8 have, I regret to say, robbed me of many 

 a valued friend and adviser. During this period there have 

 been many changes in the nomenclature of plants and birds ; 

 I have, however, adhered in my notes to the nomenclature in 

 vogue in 1910. 



Sir William was a man of twenty-nine years of age at the 

 time of writing his " Callendar," the idea of which may well 

 have been inspired by the example of Gilbert White's 



