TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introductory Chapter • • • xiii 



January. Characteristics of the Season — Prevalence of 

 darkness — Snows — Intense frost — Snow-storms in the 

 Mountains — Pleasures of the British fireside — Miseries 

 of the Poor — Continued frost — Immense destruction of 

 Vermin, Birds, etc. at this season — Bird-moping — 

 Walking in frosty weather — Glazed Frost, its dangerous 

 effects — The Hoar Frost, its beauty — Winter flowers — 

 Occasional intervals of mild weather, its effect — January, 

 why so called by the Latins ; its Saxon name — Physical 

 defence of Plants from frost— The Throstle, the Nut- 

 hatch — Reappearance of worms and slugs — Hedge-spar- 

 rows, Thrush, and Blackbird sing — Hens lay — Early 

 Lambs — Habits of various birds — Rural Occupations — 

 Angling — Migration of Birds — The Garden — Calendar of 

 Garden Flowers — Entomological Calendars . 1 



February. Characteristics — Wet — Great Thaw — Damps 

 — Winds — S*orm on the Coast — Symptoms of Spring — 

 February, its name — Habits of Birds, etc. — Budding of 

 Trees — Dissected Leaves — Moles, and Mole-catchers — 

 Rural Occupations — Angling — Migration of Birds — Ca- 

 lendar of Garden Flowers — Botanical and Entomological 

 Calendars . . . . .31 



