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Natural History Notes. — I heard, for the first time about here this 

 year, the Cuckoo on the 30th of April, and the Corncrake on the 2nd of 

 May. The Oaks are all pretty well in leaf now, very few Ashes show 

 even any signs of coming out. As far as my observation goes, the Oaks 

 always do come out first. I should like to know if anyone has known 

 any year in which the Ashes (taking the general average) have beaten 

 the Oaks. — Oswald W. Feilden, Frankton Rectory, Oswestry. 



Phenolooical Observations, 1880 : — 



Name. 

 Saxifraga tridactylites 

 Sisymbrium Alliaria . , 



Ulex Europaeus 



Primus insititia ? .... 

 Prunus domestica 

 Stellaria Holostea 



Scilla nutans 



Pyrus Malus , 



Plantago lanceolata . , 

 Arum maculatum 

 Veronica chamaedrys . . 



Paris quadrifolia , 



Primula elatior 



Equisetum arvense. . . , 

 Viburnum lantana 



Carex sylvatica , 



Ranunculus aquatilis . . 



Orchis mascula 



Veronica serpyllifolia . . 

 Cerastium glomeratum 



Fragaria vesca 



Ranunculus bulbosus . . 

 Doronicum pardalianches 

 Crataegus monogyna .... 

 Geranium Robertianum . . 



Ranunculus acris 



Geranium molle 



Ajuga reptans 



Barbarea vulgaris 



Ranunculus repens 



Potentilla Tormentilla . . 



Arenaria trinervis 



Myosotis sylvatica 



Trifolium pratense 



Sanguisorba officinalis . . 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum 



Situation, &c. 

 On wall. 

 Hedge bank 

 Side of hill 

 On hedges. 

 On hedges. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Hedge bank. 

 On tree in hedge 

 On clay bank. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Hedge bank. 

 In wood. 

 Edge of wood. 

 In cornfield. 

 On hedge. 

 In spinney. 

 In pond. 

 In wood. 

 In sandpits. 

 In sandpits. 

 In wood. 

 In pasture. 

 Hedge bank. 

 In hedge. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Damp pasture. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Damp pasture. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Side of pond. 

 In wood. 

 Side of hedge. 

 Hedge bank. 

 In pasture. 

 In pasture. 

 In pasture. 



Cuckoo first heard April 23rd. 

 House Martins first seen May 3rd. 



R. R., Castle Ashby. 



Phenological Observations, taken in the vicinity of Farley, near 

 Cheadle, Staffordshire, during April, 1880: — April 2nd, Plover's eggs 

 found, probably the first. Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) in first stage of 

 young leaf on the moorlands adjacent. 3rd, Mercurialis perennis, a fine 

 plant in point of growth, but even now chiefly in bud and only a few 

 solitary flowers ; plants of Anemone nemorom in full flower, others partly 

 in flower, and some specimens bursting ; Wood Violets also out, and the 



Swallows first seen, April 21st. 

 Nightingale first heai'd, April 22nd. 



