MARCH 



IS drawn in Tawny, with a fierce aspect, a Helmet 

 upon his head, and leaning on a Spade, and a 

 Basket of Garden Seeds in his Left hand, and in his 

 Right hand the Sign of Aries : and Winged. 



MARCH MARRIAGES 



EACH day brings its own new token of Spring, some 

 fresh flower-face, or the sight of new 

 Dazes in courtiers among birds, like that of a pair 

 Love of jackdaws soaring high into the air, quite 



in the way of an eagle. Some daws of a 

 manorial park are happily employed to-day in pro- 

 specting for nest-sites, though they well know all the 

 suitable places. They most favour old walnut-trees 

 with holes, and two walnuts will give nesting sanctuary 

 to a dozen pairs. Nesting later than rooks, they enjoy 

 long courtships, favouring May for egg-laying. 



No birds have proved more susceptible to the blandish- 

 ments of a precocious Spring than the wood-pigeons. 



