392 THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR 



April 4 Lacerta vulg. (newt or eft) ap. 



5-19 Mercurialis perenn. (dog's mercury) fl. 



5 Ulmus glabra fl. 



6-20 Cardamine pratensis (ladies-smock) fl. 



7-26 Cuckoo heard. 



7. May lo Prunus spinosa (black-thorn) fl. 



7 Termes pulsatorius beats. 



7 Gudgeon spawns. 



8-28 Ruticilla (red-start) ap. 



8-24 Fritillaria imper. (crown imperial) fl. 



9-19 Tit-lark sings. 



[O. May 8 Fagus sylv. (beech-tree) 1. 



I. May 9 Shell-snails come out in troops. 



I Middle yellow wren ap. 



3. May 7 Swift ap. 



:4. May 17 Conops calcitrans (stinging-fly) ap. 



[4 Draba verna (whitlow grass) fl. 



[4 Larch 1. 



[4. May 14 Whitethroat ap. 



:4 Red-ant ap. 



[4 Gryllus gryllotalpa (mole cricket) 



churs. 



[4-19-23 Second willow or laughing wren ap. 



5-19 Pedicularis sylv. (red rattle) fl. 



5 Musca carnaria (common flesh-fly) ap. 



6 Coccinella bipunctata (lady cow) ap. 

 6-30 Alauda locustae vocae (grasshopper- 

 lark) ap. 



7. May 7 Large shivering willow wren ap. 



;7-27 Middle willow wren (regulus non 

 cristatus medius) ap. 



, May 12 Prunus cerasus (wild cherry) fl. 



, May 1 1 Garden cherry fl. 



, May 5 Prunus domest. (plum) fl. 



:9-2 5 Hyacinthus non-scriptus (harebell) fl. 



20-17 Turtle cooes. 



20. June 1 1 Crataegus oxyacanthus (hawthorn or 



May) fl. 



21 Orchis mascula fl. 



