A COMPARATIVE VittW 



OP THE 



NATURALIST'S CAL'ENDAR, 



AS KEPT AT SELBORNE, IN HAMPSHIRE, BY THE LATE 

 REV. GILBERT WHITE, M. A. 



AND AT CATSFIELD, NEAR BATTLE, IN SUSSEX, BY 

 WILLIAM MAHKWICK, ESQ. F. L. S. 



FROM THE YEAR 1768, TO THE YEAR 1793. 



rv B. - The dates, in the following calendars, when more than one, express the earliest and the 

 latest times in which the circumstance noted was observed. 



Of the abbreviations used, fl. signifies flowering ; 1. leafing ; and ap. the first appearance- 



WHITE. MARK WICK. 



Redbreast (syl via rubecula) sings Jan. 1 12 Jan. 3 31, and 



again Oct. 6 



Larks (alauda arvensis) congregate Jan. 1 18 Oct. 16, Feb. 9 



Nuthatch (sitta europsea) heard Jan. 1 14 March 3, April 10 



Winter aconite (helleborus hiemalis) fl. Jan. 1, Feb. 18 Feb. 28, April 17 

 Shelless snail or slug (limax) ap. Jan. 2 Jan. 16, May 31 



" Jan. 24, March 26 



' Feb . 33 



. Feb. 19, April 14 



Bearsfoot (helleborus fcetidus) fl. Jan. 2, Feb. 14 March 1, May 5 



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Gray &"? _, . ., f(motacilla boarula) ap.7 T ,, CJan. 24, 



White jwafftail Hmotadllaalba)ap. F j j an.2-ll J Dec ig', 

 Missel thrush (turdus viscivorus) sings Jan. 214 Feb. 19, 



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Polyanthus (primula polyantha) fl. Jan. 2, April 12 Jan. 1, April 9 



Double daisy (bellis perennis plena) A. Jan. 2, Feb. 1 Mar. 17, April 29 



Mezereon (daphne mezereum) fl. Jan. 3, Feb. 16 Jan. 2, April 4 



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Pansie (viola tricolor) fl. Jan. 3 Jan. 1, May 10 



Red dead-nettle (lamium purpureum) fl. Jan. 3 21 Jan. 1, April 5 



Groundsel (senecio vulgaris) fl. Jan. 3 15 Jan. 1, April 9 



Hazel (corylus avellana) fl. Jan. 3, Feb. 28 Jan. 21, March 1 1 



Hepatica (anemone hepatica) fl. Jan. 4, Feb. 18 Jan. 17, April 9 



Hedge sparrow (sylvia modularis) sings Jan. 5 12 Jan. 16, March 13 

 Common flies (musca domestica) seen in 



numbers Jan. 5, Feb. 3 May 15 



Greater titmouse (par us major) sings Jan. 6, Feb. 6 Feb. 17, March 17 



Thrush (turdus musicus) sings Jan. 6 22 Jan. 15, April 4 



Insects swarm under sunny hedges Jan. 6 



Primrose (primula vulgaris) fl. Jan. 6, April 7 Jan. 3, March 22 



Bees (apis mellifica) ap. Jan. 6, Mar. 19 Jan. 31, April 11 j 



last seen Dec. 30 



Gnats play about Jan. 6, Feb. 3 

 Chaffinches, male and female, (fringilla 



cuilebs) seen in equal numbers Jan. 611 Dec. 2, Feb. 3 



Furze or gorse (ulex europoeiis) fl. Jan. 8, Feb. 1 Jan. 1, March 27 



