FEBRUARY. 69 



Limosa aegocephala, Godwit, comes Aug. Marshes. 



Limosa rufa, Bar-tailed Godwit, comes Aug. Sea-shore. 



Mergus Merganser, Goosander, goes Feb. 4, comes Dec. 18. Pools 

 and fens. 



Mergus Albellus, White-headed Smew, comes Dec. 18. Sea-shore. 



Nurnenius arquata, Sea Curlew, goes Feb. 6, comes Sept. 4. Moors in 

 summer. 



Nyroca Marila, Scaup Duck, comes Dec. Coasts in severe winters. 



Oidemia fusca, Velvet Duck, comes Dec. Sea-shore. 



Oidemia nigra, Black Duck or Diver, comes Dec. Coasts in severe 

 winters. 



Podiceps minor, Lesser Guillimot, comes Oct. Sea-shore. 



Somateria mollissima, Eider Duck, comes Dec. Tarn Island, North- 

 umberland, 



Totanus Glottis, Green-shanked Godwit, comes Aug. Sea-shore. 



Tringa Canutis, Knot, goes Feb. 3, comes Aug. 28. Sea-shore. 



Tringa Alpina, Purre, comes Aug. 28. Sea-shore. 



These, it will be seen at a glance, are birds of 

 more northern climates, which have merely sought 

 to escape the wintry rigours of their native regions, 

 and are now returning to prepare for the cares and 

 enjoyments of the summer in the Orkneys, Shet- 

 lands, Iceland, Greenland, and about Hudson's Bay, 

 etc. Several of them, however, only partially mi- 

 grate, as the godwit, purre, sanderling, sea-curlew, 

 etc. ; resorting to the fens and moors in the interior 

 in summer, and returning to the coast in winter. 



CALENDAR OF THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 



Crocus vernus, Class III. Order 1. Spring crocus. 3. 



Cornus mascula, IV. 1. Cornelian Cherry. 3. 



Bulbocodium vernum. Spring Bulbocodium. 3. 



Andromeda angustifolia, X. 1. Narrow-leaved Andromeda. 4. 



Cydonia Japonica (Pyrus Japonica), XII. 2. Japan Quince. 10. 



Helleborus lividus, XIII 7. Spot-leaved Hellebore. 



Tussilago fragrans, XIX. 2. Fragrant Coltsfoot. 3 



