NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



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Gudgeon spawns 



Redstart (Sylvia Phcenicurus) ap. 



Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialist fl. 

 Titlark (Alauda pratensis) sings 

 Beech (Fagus syloatica) 1. 

 Shellsnail (Helix nemoralis) comes out 



in troops 



Middle yellow wren ap. 

 Swift (Hirundo apus) ap. 

 Stinging fly (Conops calcitrans) ap. 

 Whitlow grass (Draba verna) fl. 

 Larch tree (Pinus-larix rubra) 1. 

 White-throat (Sylvia cinerea) ap. 



Red ant (Formica rubra) ap. 

 Mole cricket (Gryllus gryUotalpa) churs 

 Second willow or laughing wren ap. 

 Red rattle (Pedicularis sylvatica) fl. 

 Common flesh-fly (Musca carnaria) ap. 

 Ladycow (Coccinella bipunctata) ap. 

 Grasshopper lark (Alauda locustce roce) 



Willow wren, its shivering note heard 

 Middle willow wren (Regulus non crista- 



tus medius) ap. 



Wild cherry (Prunus cerasus) fl. 

 Garden cherry (Prunus cerasus) fl. 

 Plum (Prunus domestica) fl. 

 Harebell (Hyacinthus non-scriptus seu 



Scilla nutans of Smith) fl. 

 Turtle (Columba turtur) coos 

 Hawthorn (Cratcegus seu Mespilus oxy- 



cantha of Smith) fl. 

 Male fool's orchis (Orchis mascula) fl. 

 Blue flesh fly (Musca vomitorid) ap. 

 Black snail or slug (Limax ater) abounds 

 Apple tree (Pyrus-malus sativus) fl. 

 Large bat ap. 

 Strawberry wild wood (Fragaria vesca 



sylv.) fl. 



Sauce alone (Erysimum alliaria) fl. 

 Wild or bird cherry (Prunus avium) fl. 

 Apis Hypnorum ap. 

 Musca meridiana ap. 

 Wolf fly (Asilus) ap. 

 Cabbage butterfly (Papilio Brassicce) 



ap. 



Dragon fly (Libellula) ap. 

 Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) fl. 

 Bombylius minor ap. 

 Glowworm (Lampyris noctilucd) shines 

 Fern-owl or goatsucker (Caprimulgus 



Europceus) ap. 



Common bugle (Ajuga reptans) fl. 

 Field crickets (Gryllus campestris) crink 

 Chafer or maybug (Scarabceus melolon- 



tha) ap. 

 Honeysuckle (Lonicerapericlymenum) fl. 



