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therefore, this year, may be interesting to those who are 

 concerned about the situation of the Polar Expedition. The 

 hedges this autumn are very full of Berries, which" adds much 

 to their picturesque appearance, and contributes to enliven 

 this dreary season of the year. 



DEC. 5th. The following cryptogamious plants are now 

 in fructification: Funaria, hygromctrica, Bryum hornum, 

 B. caespititium, and B. roseum ; Polytrichum commune, P. 

 subrotundum, and P. nanum; Parmelia candelaria, P. 

 ciliaris, P. prunastri, P. farinacea, and P. vitellina ; 

 Baeomyces furcatus, B. pyxidatus, B. jimbricatus, and B. 

 farinaceus ; Peltidea caninus, P. vinosus, and P, horizon- 

 talis. 



Besides the above, many species of Jungermannia and of 

 Hypnum are in perfection, not yet examined as to species. 

 Dlcranlum pulvinalum, D. bryoides, and D. viridulum, and 

 Neckera heleromalla, and N. crisps, were found yesterday in 

 fructification. 



Several Sea Gulls were on the 2d instant seen at Croydon 

 in Surrey ; and the abundance of Fieldfares increases.* 



Many flowers are as yet unblasted by the frosts. Some 

 Periwinkles, Dandelions, and Mallows yet remain. 



Some species of Orchis are appearing above ground. The 

 weather continues very changeable, and, for the most part, 

 cold and windy. Hares are particularly numerous this year, 



* In alluding to different species of birds in the course of this Calen- 

 dar, I shall make use of the generic nomenclature and the arrangement 

 I have adopted in a small paper entitled, " Synoptical Catalogue of British 

 Ornithology," which I lately composed, and which is published by Messrs. 

 Nicholls and Co., &c., London, 1819; the arrangement and division of 

 genera being founded on numerous dissections of the brain, and other parts 

 of the birds, on the form of the cranium, the bill, &c. 



