JUNE. 149 



Ear, Yellow Rocket (mostly on seed now), Hop Trefoil, Sainfoin, 

 White and Red Clovers, Soft-knotted Trefoil (what a beautiful flower 

 this really is when closely examined), Daisy, Oxeye Daisy, Greater and 

 Lesser Stitchworts, Yellow Dead Nettle, Herb Robert, Woodruff, Bugle, 

 Avens, Goosegrass, Wild Strawberry (the fruit rapidly forming now), 

 Wild Hyacinth (mostly gone to seed, and almost the last time it will 

 be included, I fear), Pink Campion ; Lamb's Tongue, Broom, Scarlet 

 Pimpernel (often called the Shepherd's Weatherglass, because its 

 blossoms only expand in fine weather), Ground Ivy (nearly finished 

 flowering), Bird's Foot Trefoil (how delicate the light and dark golds 

 and coppers of the petals), Bush Vetch, Scentless Mayweed, Red- 

 berried or White Bryony (called by old writers Wild Vine), Common 

 Fumitory, Bramble (the first seen out this season), Bladder Campion, 

 Scarlet Poppy (a good many headed, but few in flower), Red Dead 

 Nettle, a solitary Dog Rose in flower, but the buds only want some 

 warm sunshine before they open their sweet painted petals; Holly (the 

 ground strewn with fallen petals), and Furze. 



Birds singing : Chaffinch (in very strong song now), Skylark, Black- 

 bird, Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit (how interesting to watch the song- 

 flights of this bird), Greater Whitethroat (this seems to be a much 

 commoner species than the Lesser Whitethroat), Redbreast, Common 

 Wren (singing loud and long now), Nightingale (coming through a 

 spinney in the evening I heard over half a dozen singing such continu- 

 ous strains that it seemed as if no other sound was to be heard), 

 Blackcap (the more I listen to this bubbling songster the more I am 

 charmed with it), Song Thrush (does not seem in such good song now, 

 probably because of the nesting season). 



Birds seen or heard: House Sparrow, Rook, Starling, Jackdaw, 

 Yellow Bunting. Ring and Turtle Doves (how gentle the flight of the 

 latter as compared with the noisy flappings of the former), Cuckoo. 

 With regard to this latter, I saw at least half a dozen, males and 

 females, chasing one another in the wood, the males calling 

 continuously. I counted how many times one particular bird 

 uttered its cry without a moment's cessation, and it stopped at 111 

 times, and only then to fly to an adjoining tree-branch and start 

 again! This bird certainly meant to make his voice heard in the 

 woodland choir. Now and then he started the "kook," but did not 

 finish on the "koo," and on two occasions he went ''kook, kook, 

 koo." I did not think that Cuckoos were so plentiful this season, 

 but after to-day's observations I think there are more than ever; 

 Lapwing, Great Titmouse (quite noisy again to what he has been 



