372 CALENDAR, 1819. 



Bat was flying about in the evening. The yellow and brown 

 Butterflies first appeared ; and the Auricula, Hyacinth, and 

 Narcissi odori in blow. 



4th. Phocnicurus rujicilla the Redstart first appeared 

 Anchusa sempervirens in bloom in the garden.* 

 6th. Cold East Wind ; but fine day. 

 7th. Anemone nemorosa, Erisemum barburca, and Oxalis 

 Acetosa in flower on Hainhault Forest. The Pettychaps be- 

 came frequent on the Larch and Pine Trees in the garden. 

 Various species of Staphilynus come forth. 



8th. Rainy day. The lesser Pettychaps already frequent 

 the Larches. 



9th. The female Redstart seen. 

 10th. Jynx torquilla heard at Walthamstow. 

 llth. Cuculus canorus the Cuckoo at North Minis. 

 Plants in flower, Populus nigra, Primula elatior, Ribes alpina, 

 Vince major, and V. minor. Scilla nutans and S. italicits in 

 the garden. Luzula pilosus, L. forsteri, and L. campeslris. 

 Pulmonaria qfftcinalis, and P. longifolia, Narcissus poeticus, 

 N. pseudonarcissus, N. major, N. odorns, N. incomparabilis, 

 JV. tennis, and N. Italicus, in open ground in the garden, 

 Caltha radicans, Ranunculus aquatilis, Lamium Garganicwn, 

 and Anemone ranunculoides. 



Vegetation rapidly advances ; the fields begin to be spangled 

 every where with Pilewort, Daisies, and Dandelions. A few 

 instances are still afforded of the production of unseasonable 

 phaenomena, with which these last two years have abounded; 



* The flowers of Veronica chamaedris, when growing wild, are of a lively 

 blue colour, and so like those of Anchusa sompervirens, that only the 

 slightest shade of difference can in general be found by comparison ; there 

 is a slight dash of green in one of them. The Cynoglossum omphalodes 

 and the Borayo officinalis afford examples of the finest and purest blue. 



