FEBRUARY. 43 



Mergus Merganser, Goosander, goes Feb. 4, comes Dec. IS. 

 Pools and tens. 



Mergns Albellus, White-headed Smew, comes Dec. IS. Sea- 

 shore. 



Nnmenius arquals, Sea Curlew, goes Feb. 6, comes Sept. 4. 

 Moors in summer. 



Nyroca Marila, Scaup Duck, comes Dec. Coasts in severe 

 winters. 



Oidemia fusca, Velvet Duck, comes Dec. Sea-shore. 



Oidemia nigra, Black Duck or Diver, comes Dec. Coasts in 

 severe winters. 



Podiceps minor, Les9er Guillimot, comes Oct. Sea-shore. 



Somateria mollissima, Eider Duck, comes Dec. Tarn Island, 

 Northumberland. 



Totanus Glottis, Green-shanked Godwit, comes Aug. Sea-short. 



Tringa Caniuns, Knot, goes Feb. 3, comes Aug. -28. Sea shore. 



Tringa Alpina, Purre, comes Aug. 28. Sea-shore. 



These, it will be seen at a glance, are birds 

 of more northern climates, which have merely 

 sought to escape the wintry rigours of their 

 native regions, and are now returning to pre- 

 pare for the cares and enjoyments of the sum- 

 mer in the Orkneys, Shetlands, Iceland, Green- 

 land, and about Hudson's Bay, etc. Several of 

 them, however, only partially migrate, as the 

 godwit, purre, sanderling, sea curlew, etc. re- 

 sorting to the fens and moors in the interior in 

 summer, and returning to the coast in winter. 



CALENDAR OF THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



Crocus vermis, Class III. Order 1. Spring Crocus. 3. 

 Cornus mascula, IV. 1. Cornelian Cherry. 3. 

 Bulbocodium vermis. Spring Bulbocodium. 3. 

 Andromeda angnstifolia, X. 1. Narrow-leaved Andromeda. 4. 

 Helleborus lividos, XIII. 7. Spot-leaved Hellebore. 

 Tussilago fragrans, XIX. 2. Fragrant Coltsfoot. 3. 



