A COMPARATIVE VIEW 



THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR, 



As KEPT AT SBLBORNE, IN HaMPSHIBB, BY THE LATE REV. GILBERT WHITE, 



M.A. ; AND AT Catsfield, 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, Jl. signifies Jlowering 



appearance. 



I. leafing ; and ap. the first 



Redbreast (Sylvia rubecula) sings 

 Larks (Alauaa arvensis) congregate 

 Nuthatch {Sitta Europoea) heard 

 Winter aconite (Helleborus hiemalis) ti. 

 Shelless snail or slug (Limax) ap. 

 Gray wagtail (Motacilla boarula) ap. I 

 White wagtail (Motacilla alba) ap. j 



Missel thrush (Turdm viscivorus) sings 

 Bearsfoot {Helleborus fcetidm) 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 {Corylv^ 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 mtisicus) sings 

 Insects swarm under sunny hedges 

 Primrose {Primula vulgaris) fl. 

 Bees {Apis melliflca) ap. 

 Gnats play about 

 Chaffinches, male and female {Fringilla 



coelebs), seen in equal numbers 

 Furze or gorse {Ulex Europoeus) fl. 

 Wallflower (Cheiranthu^ cheiri; seu/rtt- 



ticulosus of Smith) fl. 

 Stock {Cheiranthus mcanus) fl. 

 Emberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks 

 Linnets {Fringilla linota) congregate 



