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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Lambs begin to fall 



Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) resort to their 



nest trees 



Black hellebore (Helleborus niger) fl. 

 Snowdrop (Oalanthus nivalis) fl. 

 White dead nettle (Lamium album) fl. 

 Trumpet honeysuckle fl. 

 Common creeping crow-foot (Ranuncu- 

 lus repens) fl. 

 House sparrow (Fringilla domestica) 



chirps 



Dandelion (Leontodon taraxacum) fl. 

 Bat (Vespertilio) ap. 

 Spiders shoot their webs 

 Butterfly ap. 



Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) ap 

 Blackbird (Turdus nierula) whistles 

 Wren (Sylvia troglodytes) sings 

 Earthworms lie out 

 Crocus (Crocus vernus) fl. 

 Skylark (Alauda arvensis) sings 

 Ivy casts its leaves 

 Helleborus hiemalis fl. 

 Common dor or clock (Scarabceus stereo- 



rarius) 



Peziza acetabulum ap. 

 Helleborus viridi* fl. 

 Hazel (Corylus avellana) fl. 

 Woodlark (Alauda arbor ea) sings 

 Chaffinch (Fringilla ccelebs) sings 

 Jackdaws begin to come to churches 

 Yellow wagtail (Motacillajlava) ap. 

 Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) 1. 

 Field or procumbent speedwell (Veronica 



agrestis) fl. 



Nettle butterfly (Papilio Urticce) ap. 

 White wagtail (Motacilla alba) chirps 

 Shell snail (Helix nemoralis) ap. 

 Earthworms engender 

 Barren strawberry (Fragaria sterilis) fl. 

 Blue titmouse (Parsus coeruleus) chirps 

 Brown wood owls hoot 

 Hen (Phasianus gallus) sits 

 Marsh titmouse begins his two harsh 



sharp notes 

 Gossamer floats 

 Musca tenax ap. 

 Larustine (Viburnum tinus) fl. 

 Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) fl. 

 Fox (Cants vulpes) smells rank 

 Turkey-cocks strut and gobble 

 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) 



sings 



Brimstone butterfly (Papilio Rhamnifap. 

 Green woodpecker (Pious viridis) makes 



a loud cry 



Raven (Corvus Corax) builds 

 Yew treQ(Taxus baccata) fl. 

 Colesfoot (Tussilago farfara) fl. 



