spring arid summer. Iris Germanica, June 3. Papauer 

 orientale, the monkshood poppy, 7th. Sdlla peruuiana, 

 and Iris lurida, 10th. Iris pseudacorus, 14th. Papa- 

 vera dubium, Rhoeas, hybridum et drgernune, 25th. 

 Helianthus annum, July 28. 



LATEST APPEARANCE OF MIGRATORY BIRDS IN 1808. 



Hirundo apus, August 14. Sparrows, fringil/ae do- 

 mesticae, have begun to congregate some time past, and 

 to fly about in flocks. Martins begin to congregate. 



Hirundo rustica, seen till middle of October. 



Hirundo vrbica disappeared shortly after. 



FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1809. 



Hirundo rustica. On the 29th of January, during the 

 great floods in the marshes, by which even the bridge 

 at Hackney brook was inundated, a single swallow ap- 

 peared. The bird did not appear again till April 24. 



Hirundo vrbica, seen by me May 9. I believe, by 

 Other people, a few days sooner. Both species became 

 numerous on the 13th. Early in May I saw numbers of 

 torpid bats in Wokie Hole, near Wells. The papauer 

 orientale flowered this spring, May 17, and scilla 

 Peruuiana, and tragopogon porrifolium, J une 1 1 . Pa- 

 pauer somniferum, many coloured varieties, June 22. 



On the 4th July I saw the swift, hit undo apus, flying 

 aloft during a hard thunderstorm. Last appearance 

 unnoticed. 



LATEST APPEARANCE IN 1809. 



Hirundo rustica, October 3; a straggler on the llth. 



