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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) fl 

 Mirysomcla Getting, ap. 

 Black ants ( Formica nigra) ap. 

 Ephemerae bisetce ap. 

 Gooseberry (Sibes groisularia) 1. 

 Common stitchworl (Stellaria holos 



tea) fl. 



Woodanemone(X(tmo?ie nemorosd)fl. 

 Blackbird (T unfits Mem-la) luys 

 Raven (Corma Corax) sits 

 Wheatear (Sylvia (Enanthe) ap. 

 Musk-wood crowfoot (A ~ 



chattcllina) fl. 



Willow wren * (Sylvia trochilus) ap. 

 Fumaria bulbosa ft. 

 Elm (lllmus campcslris) fl. 

 Turkey (Meleagris gnllopavo) lays 

 House pigeons (Colitmba domestica) 



sit 



Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) fl. 

 Buzz-fly (Hombylius mcdius) ap. 

 Sand martin (Hirundo riparia) ap. 



Snake (Coluber natrix) ap. 



Horse ant (Formica hfrculcana) ap. 



Greenfinch (Loxia chloris) sings 

 I vy (Hedera helix) berries ripe 

 Periwinkle ( Viwca minor) fl. 

 Spurge laurel (Daphne laurcola) fl. 

 Swallow (Sir undo rustica) ap. 



Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) heard 



Young ducks hatched 



Golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium op- 

 positifolium) fl. 



Martin (Hirundo urbica) ap. 



Double hyacinth (Hyacinthus orienta- 

 te) fl. 



Young geese (Anas anscr) 



Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) fl. 



King ouzel ( Turdus torquatus) seen 



Barley (Hordcum satimim) sown 



Nightingale (Sylvia luscinia) sings 

 .Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) fl. 



Spiders' webs on the surface of the 

 ground 



Cheequered daffodil (Fritillaria mc- 

 leagris) fl. 



* Willow Wren. Mr. White has made strange confusion in the entries respecting the wrens 

 in his calendar. Three sorts were known to him, as he distinctly says in a former passage : the 

 Sylvia trochilvs, a yellow wren ; the Sylvia sibilatrix, or wood wren; the Si/h-iu hi)>p"ltti.<, .1 

 fluff-chaff ; but he enters the separate appearance of four such wrens in the Calendar, although 

 there were not four species known in this country, nor did he ever fancy that thi*n- wen- t'mir 

 By reference to what he hns said in other places, it should seem that the rhiff-chntf iipprnrx tin- 

 first. Therefore, in the entry. March 19th, we must read, instead of willow wrvn, >///??<< /c 

 chilus, chiff-chaff, Sylvia hippolais. In pape 230, Mr. White states this bird to be the cniff-Hiaff. 

 and to be usually heard on the 25th of March. W. H 



