NATURALIST S CALENDAR. 



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Less Venus looking 1 . glass (campanula 

 hybrida) it. 



Carthamus tinctor, fl. 



Goldfinch (fringilla carduelis) young- 

 broods ap. 



Lapwing-s (tringa vanellus) congregate 



Black-eyed marble butterfly (papilio 

 semele) ap. 



Birds reasume their spring notes 



Devil's bit (scabiosa succisa) fl. 



Thistle down floats 



Ploughman's spikenard (conyza squar- 

 rosa) fl. 



Autumnal dandelion (leontodon autum- 

 nale) fl. 



Flies abound in windows 



Linnets (fringilla linpta) congregate 



Bulls make their shrill autumnal noise 



Aster amellus, fl. 



Balsam (impatiens balsamina) fl. 



Milk thistle (carduus marianus) fl. 



Hop-picking begins 



Beech (fagus sylvatica) turns yellow 



Soapwort (saponaria officinalis) fl. 



Ladies' traces (ophrys spiralis) fl. 



Small golden black-spotted butterfly (papi- 

 lio phlaeas) ap. 



Swallow (hirundo rustica) sings 



Althaea frutex (hibiscus syriacus) fl. 



Great fritillary (papilio paphia) ap. 



Willow red under-wing moth (phalaena 

 pacta) ap. 



Stone curlew (otis oedicnemus) clamours 



Phalaena russula, ap. 



Grapes ripen 



Wood owls hoot 



Saffron butterfly (papilio hyale) ap. 



Ringousel appears on its autumnal visit 



Flycatcher (rauscicapa grisola) last seen 



Beans (vicia faba) cut 



Ivy (hedera helix) fl. 



Stares congregate 



Wild honeysuckles fl. a second time 



Woodlark sings 



Woodcock (scolopax rusticola) returns 



Strawberry-tree (arbutus unedo) fl. 



Wheat sown 



Swallows last seen. (N.B. The house 



marten the latest) 

 Redwing- (turdus iliacus) comes 



Fieldfare (turdus pilaris) returns 



Gossamer fills the air 



Chinese holly-oak (alcea rosea) fl. 



Hen chaffinches congregate 



Wood pigeons come 



Royston crow (corvus cornix) returns 



Snipe (scolopax gallinago) returns 



MARKWICK. 



Aug. 15 

 Aug. 15 



May 14 



Aug. 15 June 15 



Aug. 15, Sept. 12 Sept 25, Feb. 4 



Aug. 15 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 17 

 Aug. 17, Sept. 10 



Aug. 18 



Aug. 18 



Aug. 18 



Aug. 18, Nov. 1 



Aug. 20 



Aug. 22 



Aug. 23 



Aug. 24 



Aug. 24, Sept. 17 



Aug. 24, Sept. 22 



Aug. 25 



Aug. 27, Sept. 12 



June 22, Aug. 23 



July 25 



Aug. 22, Nov. 8 



May 22, July 26 

 April 21, July 18 

 Sept. 1 15 

 Sept. 5 29 

 July 19, Aug. 23 

 Aug. 18, Sept 18 



Aug. 29 



Aug. 29 April 11, Anig. 20 



Aug. 30, Sept 2 July 20, Sept. 28 

 Aug. 30 



