388 THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR 



Jan. 9 Linnets congregate in vast flocks. 



9-11 Lambs begin to fall. 



10. Feb. ii Rooks resort to their nest trees. 

 10 Helleborus niger fl. 



10. Feb. 5 Galanthus nivalis (snow-drop) fl. 

 13 Lamium alb. (white dead nettle) fl. 



13 Trumpet honey-suckle fl. 



13 Ranunculus repens (creeping crow- 



foot) fl. 



14 House-sparrows chirp. 



1 6. Mar. n Leontodon taraxacum (dandelion) fl. 



1 6. Mar. 24 Bat ap. 



1 6 Spiders shoot their webs. 



1 6 Butterfly ap. 



1 6 Brambling ap. 



17 Black-bird whistles. 

 17 Wren sings 



1 8. Feb. 8 Earth-worms lie out 



13. Mar. 1 8 Crocuses fl. 



2 1 Sky-lark sings. 



22 Ivy casts its leaves. 

 22-24 Helleborus hiemalis fl. 



23 Scarabaeus stercorarius (common dor 



or clock) ap. 



23 Peziza acetabulum ap. 



23. Mar. 5 Helleborus virid. fl. 



23. Feb. i Hazel show their female blossoms. 



24. Feb. 21 Woodlark sings. 



24. Feb. 1 5 Chaffinch sings. 



25. Mar. 4 Jack-daws begin to come to churches. 

 25. April 14 Yellow wagtail ap. 



25 Lonicera periclymenum (honey- 



suckle) 1. 



27. Mar. 15 Veronica agrestis fl. 



27. April 2 Papilio urticae (small tortoise-shell 



butterfly) ap. 

 28 White wagtail sings. 



28. Feb, 24 Shell-snails ap. 



30 Earth-worms engender. 



