418 



NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



WHITE. 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 24 



Aug. 24. Sept. 17 

 Aug. 24. Sept. ~~ 

 Aug. 25 

 Aug. 27. 



Aug. 29 

 Aug. 29 

 Aug. 30. Sept. 

 Aug. 30 



Balsam (impatiens balsamina) fl. 

 Milk thistle (carduus marianus) fl. 

 Hop picking begins 

 Beech (fagus sylvatica) turns yellow 

 Soapwort (saponaria officinalis) fl. 

 Ladies traces (ophrys spiralis) fl. 

 Small golden black-spotted butterfly (papi- 

 lio phlceas) ap. 



Swallow (hirundo rustica) sings 

 Althaea frutex (hibiscus syriacus) fl. 

 Great fritillary (papilio paphia) ap. 

 Willow red under-wing moth (phalsena 



pacta) ap. Aug. 31 



Stone curlew (otis oedicnemus) clamours Sept. 1. Nov. 7 

 Phalaena russula ap. Sept. 1 



Grapes ripen Sept. 4. Oct. 24 



Wood owls hoot Sept. 4. Nov. 9 



Saffron butterfly (papilio hyale) ap. Sept. 4 



King ouzel appears on its autumnal visit Sept. 4 30 

 Flycatcher (muscicapa grisola) last seen Sept, 6 29 

 Beans (vicia faba) cut Sept. 11 



Ivy (hedera helix) fl. Sept. 12. Oct. 2 



Stares congregate Sept. 12. Nov. 1 



Wild honeysuckles fl. a second time Sept. 25 



Woodlark sings Sept. 28. Oct. 24 



Woodcock (scolopax rusticola) returns Sept. 29. Nov. 11 



Strawberry-tree (arbutus unedo) fl. 

 Wheat sown 

 Swallows last seen. (N.B. The house mar- 

 tin the latest.) 

 Eedwing (turdus iliacus) comes 



Fieldfare (turdus pilaris) returns 



Gossamer fills the air 



Chinese holy-oak (alcea rosea) fl. 



Hen chaffinches congregate 



Wood pigeons come 



Eoyston crow (corvus comix) returns 



Snipe (scolopax gallinago) returns 



Tortoise begins to bury himself 



Books (corvus frugilegus) return to their 



nest trees 

 Bucks grunt 



Primrose (primula vulgaris) fl. 

 Green whistling plover ap. 

 Helvella mitra ap. 

 Greenfinches flock 

 Hepatica fl. 



Furze (ulex europseus) fl. 

 Polyanthus (primula polyanthus) fl. 

 Young lambs dropped 

 Moles work in throwing up hillocks 



MARKWICK. 



May 22. July 26 

 April 21. July 18 

 Sept. 115 

 22 Sept. 529 



July 19. Aug. 23 

 Sept. 12 Aug. 18. Sept. 18 



Oct. 1 



Oct. 3. Nov. 9 



Oct. 4. Nov. 5 



Oct. 10. Nov. 10 Oct 



Oct. 12. Nov. 23 

 Oct. 1527 

 Oct. 19 



Oct. 20. Dec. 31 

 Oct. 23. Dec. 27 

 Oct. 23. Nov. 29 Oct 



Oct. 25. Nov. 

 Oct. 27. Nov. 26 



Oct. 31. Dec. 25 June 29 



Nov. 1 



Nov. 10 



Nov. 13, 14 



Nov. 16 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 30. Dec. 29 Feb. 



Dec. 421 



Dec. 716 



Dec. 1127 



Dec. 1223 



April 11. Aug. 20 

 2 July 20. Sept. 28 



June 17 



Aug. 31. Nov. 4 



Aug. 5. Sept. 26 



Sept. 430 

 Aug. 9. Oct. 14 

 Sept. 18. Oct. 28 

 June 4. March 21 



Oct. 1. Nov. 1. 

 young ones April 

 28, last seen April 

 11 



May 21. Dec. 10 

 Sept. 23. Oct. 19 



Nov. 16 



.I.Dec. 18, sings 

 Feb. 10. March 21, 

 last seen April 13. 



Oct.13.Nov. 18, last 

 seen May 1 



July 7. Aug. 21 



20 Se 



13. Nov. 17, 

 [last seen April 15 

 Sept. 29. Nov. 11, 

 [last seen April 14 



. Oct. 20 

 Oct. 7. Dec. SO 



19. 



Dec. Ifi- 

 Dec. 31 

 Dec. 12. Feb. 21 



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