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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Less Venus looking-glass (Campa- 

 nula hybrida) fl. 



Carthamus tinctorius fl. 



Goldfinch (Fringilla Carduelis) young 

 broods ap. 



Lapwings (Tringa Vanellus) congre- 

 gate 



Black-eyed marble butterfly (Papilio 

 Semele) ap. 



Birds reassume their spring notes 



Devil's bit (Scabiosa succisa) fl. 



Thistle down floats 



Ploughman's spikenard (Conyza 

 squarrosa) fl. 



Autumnal dandelion (Leontodon au- 

 tumnale) fl. 



Flies abound in windows 



Linnets (Fringilla Linota) congre- 

 gate 



Bulls make their shrill autumnal 

 noise 



Aster Amellus fl. 



Balsam ( Impatiens Balsamina) fl. 



Milk thistle (Carduus Marianus) fl. 



Hop-picking begins 



Beeches (Fagus sylvatica} begin to 

 be tinged with yellow 



Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) fl. 



Ladies traces ( Ophrys spiralis) fl. 



Small golden black-spotted butterfly 

 (Papilio Phleeas) ap. 



Swallow (Hirundo rustica) sings 



Althaafrutex (Hibiscus Syriacus) fl. 



Great fritillary (Papilio Paphia) ap. 



Willow red under-wing moth (Plia- 

 Uena pacta) ap. 



Stone curlew (Otis (Edicnemus) 

 clamours 



rhnltiiiti russula ap. 



Grapes ripen 



Wood owls (Strix Aluco) hoot 



Saffron butterfly (Papilio Hyale) ap. 



Ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) ap- 

 pears on its autumnal visit 



Flycatcher (Muscicapa Grisola) with- 

 draws 



Beans ( Vicia Faba) cut 



Ivy (Hedera Helix) fl. 



Stares (Sturnus vulgaris) congregate 



Wild honeysuckles (Lonicera Peri- 

 clymenum) fl. a second time 



Woodlark (Alauda arborea) sings 



Woodcock (ScolapaxRusticolaJ) comes 



Strawberry tree (Arbutus Unedo) fl. 

 Wheat sown 



Swallows last seen. (N. B. The 

 house martin the latest.) 



