A COMPARATIVE VIEW 



WHITE'S AND MARKWICK'S CALI^NDARS. 



Of the abbreviations used, fl. signifies flowering ; I. leajing ; and ap. the first 

 appearance. 



REDBREAST (Sylvia Rubecula) whis- 

 tles 



Larks (Alauda arvensis) congregate 

 Nuthatch ( Sitta Europcea) chatters 

 Winter aconite (Helleborus hiemalis) 



fl. 



Shelless snail or slug (Limax) ap. 

 Gray wagtail (Motacilla Boarula)} 



ap. 



White wagtail (Motacilla alba) ap.) 

 Missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus) 



sings 



Bearsfoot ( Helleborus fcetidus ) fl. 

 Polyanthus (Primula polyantha) fl. 

 Double daisy (Bellisperennis plena )i\. 

 Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum) fl. 

 Pansie (Viola tricolor) fl. 

 Red dead-nettle ( Lamium purpureum) 



fl. 



Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) fl. 

 Hazel (Corylus Avellana) catkins 



open 



Hepatica (Anemone hepatica) fl. 

 Hedge sparrow (Sylvia modularis) 



whistles 

 Common flies (Musca domestica) seen 



in windows 

 Greater titmouse (Parus major) makes 



its spring note 



Thrush (Tvrdus musicus) sings 

 Insects swarm under sunny hedges 

 Primrose (Primula vulgaris) fl. 

 Bees (Apis mellifica) corne out of their 



hives 



Gnats play about 

 Hen chaffinches (Fringilla Calebs) 



flock 



Jan. 214 Feb. 19. Apr. 14 



Jan. 2. Feb. 14 Mar. 1. May 5 

 Jan. 2. Apr. 12 Jan. 1. Apr. 9 

 Jan. 2. Feb. 1 I Mar. 17. Apr. 29 

 Jan. 3. Feb. 16 Jan. 2. Apr. 4 

 Jan. 3. I Jan. 1. May 10 



WHITE. 



Jan. 112 

 Jan. 118 

 Jan. 114 



Jan. 1. 

 Jan. 2 



Feb. 18 



Jan. 211 



MARKWICK. 



[Oct. 6 



Jan. 331 : and again 

 Oct. 16. Feb. 9 

 Mar. 3. Apr. 10 



Feb. 28. Apr. 17 

 Jan. 16. May 31 



Jan. 24. Mar. 26 

 Dec. 12. Feb. 23 



Jan, 321 

 Jan. 315 



Jan. 1. Apr. 5 

 Jan. 1. Apr. 9 



Jan. 3. Feb. 28 Jan. 21. Mar. 11, fl. 

 Jan. 4. Feb. 18 Jan. 17. Apr. 9 



