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Horse ant (Formica herculanea) ap. 



Greenfinch (Loxia Chloris) sings 

 Ivy (Hedera Helix) berries ripe 

 Periwinkle (Vinca minor) fl. 

 Spurge laurel (Daphne Laureola) fl. 

 Swallow (Hirundo rustica) ap. 



Blackcap (Sylvia Atricapilla) whis- 

 tles 3 



Ducks ( Anas Boschas) hatched 



Golden saxifrage ( Chrysosplenium op- 

 posit if olium) fl. 



House martin (Hirundo urbica) ap. 



Chimney swallow (Hirundo rustica) 

 ap. 4 



Dou ble hyacinth (Hyacinthus Orienta- 

 lis) fl. 



Young geese (Anas Anser) 



Wood sorrel ( Oxalis Acetosella) fl. 



Ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) ap. 



Barley (Hordeum sativum) sown 



Nightingale (Sylvia Luscinia) sings 



Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) fl. 

 Spiders' webs on the surface of the 



ground 

 Chequered daffodil ( Fritillaria Me- 



leagris) fl. 

 Julus terrestris ap. 

 Cowslip (Primula veris) fl. 

 Ground ivy (Glechoma hcderacea) fl. 

 Snipe (Scolopax Gallinago) pipes 

 Box tree (Buxus sempcrvirens} fl. 

 Elm ( Ulmus campestris) 1. 

 Gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia) fl. 

 Currant (Ribes hortensis) fl. 

 Pear tree (Pyrus communis) fl. 

 Newt or eft (Lacerta vulgaris) ap. 

 Dogs' mercury (Mercurialis perennis) 



fl. 

 Wych elm ( Ulmus glabra seu montana 



of Smith) fl. 

 Ladies smock (Cardamine pratensisj 



fl. 

 Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) heard 5 



Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) fl. 

 Deathwatch (Termes pulsatorius) 

 beats 



3 At Spofforth, May 10, 1817. May 1, 1818. Apr. 19, 1829. Apr. 9, 1831. Apr. 6, 1832. Apr. 

 19, 1833. Apr. 7, 1834. May 4, 1835. Sang for a few moments, Sept. 11, 1831. W. H. 



* At Spofforth, Apr. 11, 1830. Apr. 23, 1831. Two had been seen a week before and went 

 away. Apr. 26, 1834. Apr. 27, 1835. W. H. 



* Heard at Spofforth, May 8, 1817. Apr. 27, 1818. Apr. 27, 1831. May 1, 1834. W. H. 



