THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Jan. I -1 2 Redbreast whistles. 



Larks congregate. 

 Nuthatch chatters. 

 Winter aconite fl. 

 Shelless snail or slug ap. 

 Grey and white wagtail ap. 

 Missel thrush sings. 

 Helleborus foetidus (bearsfoot) fl. 

 Polyanthus fl. 

 Double daisy fl. 

 Mezereon fl. 

 Viola tricolor (pansie) fl, 

 Lamium rubrum (red dead-nettle) fl. 

 Senecio vulg. (groundsel) fl. 

 Hazel calkins open. 

 Hepatica fl. 



Hedge sparrow whistles. 

 Flies in windows. 



Large titmouse makes its spring note. 

 Song thrush or throstle sings. 

 Lisects swarm under sunny hedges. 

 Primula vulga. (primrose) fl. 

 Bees come out of their hives. 

 Gnats play about. 

 Hen chaffinches flock, 

 Ulex europ, (gorse) fl. 

 Cheiranthus cheiri (wall-flower) fl. 

 Stocks fl. 



Emberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks. 

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