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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Beech (Fagus sylvaticd) turns yellow 

 Soapwort (Saponaria ojficinalis) fl. 

 Ladies' traces (Ophrys spiralis) fl. 

 Small golden black-spotted butterfly 



(Papuio phlceas) ap. 

 Swallow (Hirundo rustica) sings 

 Althcea frutex (Hibiscus syriacus) fl. 

 Great frittilary (Papilio paphia) ap. 

 Willow red under- wing moth (Phalcena 



pacta) ap. 



Stone-curlew (Otis cedicnemus) clamours 

 Phcelana russula ap. 

 Grapes ripen 

 Wood owls hoot 



Saffron butterfly (Papilio hyale) ap. 

 Ring ouzel appears on its autumnal visit 

 Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) last seen 

 Beans ( Vicia faba) cut 

 Ivy (Bedera 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 



martin the latest) 

 Eedwing (Turdus iliacus) comes 



Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) returns 



Gossamer fills the air 



Chinese holyoak (Alcea rosca) fl. 



Hen chaffinches congregate 



Wood pigeons come 



Royston crow (Corvus cornix) returns 



Snipe (Scolopax gallinago) returns 



Tortoise begins to bury himself 



Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) return to their 



nest trees 

 Bucks grunt 



Primrose (Primula vulgar is) fl. 

 Green whistling plover ap. 

 Helvetia mitra ap. 

 Greenfinches flock 

 Eepatica fl. 



Furze (Ulex europceus) fl. 

 Polyanthus (Primula polyantha) fl. 

 Young lambs dropped 

 Moles work in throwing up hillocks 

 Helleborus fcetidus fl. 

 Daisy (Bellis perennis) fl. 

 Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri sen fruti- 



culosus of Smith) fl. 

 Mezereon fl. 

 Snowdrop fl. 



IN SESE VERTITUR ANNUS. 



