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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Bat (vespertilio) ap. 

 Spiders shoot their webs 

 Butterfly ap. 



Brambling (fringilla montifringilla) ap. 



Black-bird (turdus merula) whistles 



Wren (sylvia troglodytes) sings 



Earth-worms lie out 



Crocus (crocus vernus) fl. 



Sky-lark (alauda arvensis) sings 



Ivy casts its leaves 



Helleborus hiemalis, fl. 



Common dor or clock (scarabeeus sterco- 



rarius) 



Peziza acetabulum ap. 

 Helleborus viridis fl. 

 Hazel (corylus avellana) fl. 

 Woodlark (alauda arborea) sings 

 Chaffinch (fringilla caelebs) sings 

 Jack-daws begin to come to churches 

 Yellow wagtail (motacilla flava) ap. 



Honeysuckle (lonicera periclymenum) 1. 

 Field or procumbent speedwell (veronica 



agrestis) fl. 

 Nettle butterfly (papilio urticse) ap. 



White wagtail (motacilla alba) chirps 



Shell-snail (helix nemoralis) ap. 



Earth-worms engender 



Barren strawberry (fragaria sterilis) fl. 



Blue titmouse (parus caeruleus) chirps 



Brown wood-owls hoot 



Hen (phasianus gallus) sits 



Marsh titmouse begins his two harsh sharp 



notes 



Gossamer floats 

 Musca tenax ap. 

 Laurustine (viburnum tinus) fl 

 Butcher's broom (ruscus aculeatus) fl. 

 Fox (canis vulpes) smells rank 

 Turkey-cocks strut and gobble 

 Yellow-hammer (emberiza citrinella) sings 

 Brimstone butterfly (papilio rhamni) ap. 

 Green woodpecker (picus viridis) makes a 



loud cry 

 Raven (corvus corax) builds 



Yew tree (taxus baccata) fl. 



Coltsfoot (tussilago farfara) fl. 



Rooks (corvus frugilegus) build 



Partridges (perdix cinerea) pair 



Peas (pisum sativum) sown 



House pigeon (columba domestica) has 



young ones 



Field crickets open their holes 

 Common flea (pulex irritans) ap. 



WHITE. MARKWICK. 



Jan. 16. Mar. 24 Feb. 6. June 1, last 

 Jan. 16 [seen Nov. 20 



Jan. 16 Feb. 21. May 8, 



last seen Dec. 22 

 Jan. 16 Jan. 1031 



Jan. 17 Feb. 15. May 13 



Jan. 17 Feb. 7. June 12 



Jan. 18. Feb. 8 i 



Jan. 13. Mar. 18 Jan. 20. March 19 

 Jan. 21 Jan. 12. Feb. 27, 



Jan. 22 [sings till Nov. 13 



Jan. 2224 Feb. 28, April 17 



Jan. 23 Feb. 12, April 19, 



Jan. 23 j [last seen Nov. 24 



Jan. 23. Mar. 5 j 



Jan. 23. Feb. 1 Jan. 27. March 11 

 Jan. 24. Feb. 21 Jan 28. June 5 

 Jan. 24. Feb. 15 Jan. 21. Feb. 26 

 Jan. 25. Mar. 4 j 



Jan. 25. Apr. 14 April 13. July 3, 

 last seen Sept. 8 

 Jan. 25 Jan. 1. April 9 



