A COMPARATIVE VIEW 



THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR, 



As KEPT AT SELBORNE, IN HAMPSHIRE, BY THE LATE REV. GILBERT WHITE, 

 M.A. ; AND AT CATSPIELD, NEAR BATTLE, IN SUSSEX, BY WILLIAM MARKWICK. 



ESQ., F.L.S., FROM THE YEAR 1768 TO THE YEAR 1793, 



N.B. The dates in the following Calendars, when more than one, express the earliest 

 and latest times in which the circumstance noted was observed. 



Of the abbreviations used, fl. signifies flowering ; I. leafing ; and ap. the first 



appearance. 



REDBREAST (Sylvia rubecula) sings 

 Larks (Alauda arvenris) congregate 

 Nuthatch (Sitta Europoea) heard 

 Winter aconite (Helleborus hiemalis) fl. 

 Shelless snail or slug (Limax) ap. 

 Gray wagtail (Motacilla boarula) ap. [ 

 White wagtail (Motacilla alba) ap. j 

 Missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus) sings 

 Bearsfoot (Helleborus fcetidus) fl. 

 Polyanthus (Primula Polyantha) fl. 

 Double daisy (Bellis perennis plena) fl. 

 Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) fl. 

 Pansie ( Viola tricolor) fl. 

 Red dead-nettle (Lamiumpurpureum) fl. 

 Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) fl. 

 Hazel (Corylus avelana) fl. 

 Hepatica (Anemone hepatica) fl. 

 Hedge sparrow (Sylvia modularis) sings 

 Common flies (Musca domestica) seen in 



numbers 



Greater titmouse (Parus major) sings 

 Thrush (Turdus musicus) sings 

 Insects swarm under sunny hedges 

 Primrose (Primula vulgaris) fl. 

 Bees (Apis mellifica) ap. 

 Gnats play about 

 Chaffinches, male and female (Fringilla 



ccelebs), seen in equal numbers 

 Furze or gorse (Ulex Europozus) fl. 

 Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri ; seufru- 



ticuloxus of Smith) fl. 

 Stock (Cheiranthus incanus) fl. 

 fimberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks 

 Linnets (Fringilla linota) congregate 



