112 THE WEATHER OF MARCH. 



Natdbal Hibtoby Notes by Obsebvebs. — Cheltenham. — March 6th, 

 Viola canina in flower ; 8th, frogspawn deposited ; 9th, Apricot in bloom, 

 (wall S.W. ;) 10th, Peach blossom and Nectarine ditto ; 13th, Bombus 

 terrestris flying ; 14th, Gooseberry in fair leaf ; 17th ; Currant ditto ; 

 18th, Walnut budding, Robins pairing; 19th, Bats (large and small) 

 flying seven p.m., (calm and cloudless ;) 21st, Apis mellifica on flowers, 

 Salix (palm willow) in full flower ; 28th, Vanessa urticce on Peach blossom ; 

 29th, Pieris rapae or napi flying. Shifnal. — Gooseberry buds burst on 

 3rd ; Willows blossom on 23rd ; Lesser Celandine flowers,Hawthorn bursts, 

 and Coltsfoot flowers on 28th ; yellow-tipped humble bee out 8th ; Stock 

 Dove heard on 14th ; Chiffchaff on 26th ; and firs* white Butterfly on 

 30th. More Rectory. — Blackbird, Thrush, Skylark, and Hedge Sparrow 

 have been in full song throughout month. Coventry. — Chiffchaff and 

 Wryneck heard on 14th. This is at least a week or ten days before their 

 usual time of arrival. Burton-on-Trent. —White Hawthorn If. on 19th ; 

 27th, Swallows reported at Bretby ; 28th, Wasp in open air ; T. 

 instabilis emerged from pupa March 27th ; T. stabilis emerged from pupa 

 April 3rd ; Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) Bretby, March 29th ; four 

 Swallows seen, Newton, near Burton-on-Trent, 27th ; Larvae of N. 

 xanthographa 19th. Waltham. — Snowdrop in bloom on March 7th ; Aconite 

 on 13th ; Draba muralis, 14th; Viola odorata, 21st; Anemone nemorosa, 

 27th. Stratford-on-Avon. — Saw " Common Cabbage " Butterfly on March 

 25th ; and " Small Tortoise-shell " April 3rd. Stroud. — April 3rd, 

 Celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria) ; 10th, Viola odorata, Cinquefoil, Viola 

 canina; 14th, Saxifraga oppositifolia ; 18th, Daffodil, Anemone nemorosa, 

 Wood Sorrel; 23rd, Caltha Palustris ; 25th, Adoxa moschatellina, Saxifraga 

 alternifolia, Carex precox; 27th, Lamium album, Viola hirta, Common 

 Bugle, Ranunculus bulbosus. 



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The Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain. By A. C. Ramsay, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., &o. Fifth Edition. 639 pp., 114 woodcuts, and 

 coloured map. Price 15s. E. Stanford, publisher. 



This is a new edition of Professor Ramsay's well-known book. It has 

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 account of the British Formations, originally written for Black's 

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 worthy of note by those geologists whose peace of mind is seriously 

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 it is considered to characterise : — 



