CALENDAR, 1809. ,V. 7 



22d. Many varieties of garden Poppy P. somnifcrnm in blow. 



JULY 1st. Sonchus coenileiis in flower : the brittle stalk 

 of this plant this year as well as last, is broke, yet it bears 

 perfect flowers. 



3d The Wryneck still heard. 



4th. I noticed to-day the Swift flying during a hard 

 storm: Fringilla linaria has a nest near a pool called the 

 Bog at Clapton. 



5th. The Cuckoo still heard.* 



AUG. 13th. The last Swift seen at Tunbridge Wells. 



SEP. 10th. The Sunflower in full blow. The Red Poppy 

 still flowers. 



12th. Agaricus Jascicularis springs up at the base of the 

 door post. 



18th. Frogs still very abundant in the bog. 



21st. Swallows and Martins still very numerous, as I 

 had occasion to notice to-day, in consequence of a great 

 quantity of them being assembled to persecute a bird of the 

 hawk kind. 



23d. Swallows seen in St. Helen's Place, London. The 

 garden Convolvtili still in flower. 



OCT. 1st. Martins fly high : Bat seen. 3d. Last Swal- 

 low. 5th. Spiders come out on the walls of the house por- 

 tending rain, 



16th. Martins last seen at Hackney. 



22d. Wild Ducks in flocks in the marshes. 



* An old Norfolk proverb says : 



" In April the Cuckoo show his bill, 

 In May he sing night and day, 

 In June he change his tune, 

 In July away he fly, 

 In August away he must." 



