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A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF WHITE'S AND 

 MARK WICK'S CALENDARS. 



Of the abbreviationa used, fl. signifies flowering; 1. leafing; and ap. the first appearance. 



Redbreast (sylvia rubecula) sings 



Larks (alauda arvensis) congregate 

 Nuthatch (sitta europte i) haard 

 Winter aconite (helleboruc hiemalis) fl. 

 Sholless suail or slug (liinax) ap. 



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thrush (turd us viscivorus) sings 

 Bearsfoot (helleborus fcetidus) fl. 

 Polyanthus (primula polyantha) fl. 

 Double daisy (bellis perennis plena) fl. 

 Mezereon (daphne mezereum) fl. 

 Pansie (viola tricolor) fl. 

 Red dead-nettle (lauiium purpureum) fl. 

 Groundsel (senecio vulgaris) fl. 

 Hnzel (corylus avellana) fl. 

 Hepatica (anemone hepatica) fl. 

 Hedge sparrow (sylvia modularis) sings 

 Common flies (musca domestica) seen in 



numbers 



Greater titmouse (parus major) sings 

 Thrush (turdus musicus) sings 

 Insects swarm under sunny hedges 

 Primrose (primula vulgaris) fl. 

 Bees (apis mellifica) ap. 

 Gnats play about 

 Chaffinches, mile and female, (fringilla 



caelebs) seen in equal numbers 

 Furze or gorse (ulex europjeus) fl. 

 Wall-flower (cheiranthus cheiri ; seu fruti- 



culosus of Smith) fl. 

 Stock (cheiranthus incanus) fl. 

 Eraberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks 

 Linnets (fringilla linota) congregate 

 Lambs begin to fall 

 Rooks (corvus frugilegus) resort to their 



nest trees 



Black hellebore (helleborus niger) fl. 

 Snow-drop (galanthus nivalis) fl. 

 White dead nettle (lamium album) fl. 

 Trumpet honey-suckle, fl. 

 Common creeping crowfoot (ranunculus 



repens) fl. 



House sparrow (fringilla domeetica) chirps' Jan. 

 Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum) fl. 



