292 



NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Lambs begin to fall 



Rooks {Corviu frugilegua) resort to their 



nest trees 

 Black hellebore (JSeUeborus niger) fl. 

 Snowdrop (Qalanthxis nivalis) fl. 

 White deaa nettle (Lamium album) fl. 

 Trumpet honeysuckle fl. 

 Common creeping crow-foot (Ranuncu- 



liu repens) n. 

 House sparrow {Fringilla domestica) 



chirps 

 Dandelion (Leontodon taraxacum) fl. 

 Bat (Veapertilio) ap. 

 Spiders shoot their webs 

 Butterfly ap. 



Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) ap. 

 Blackbird (^urdua merula^ whistles 

 Wren (Sylvia troglodytes) sings 

 Earthworms lie out 

 Crocus (Crocus vernua) fl. 

 Skylark (Alauda arvensis) sings 

 Ivy casts its leaves 

 Helleborus hiemalis fl. 

 Common dor or clock (Scarabceus sterco- 



raritts) 

 Peziza acetabulum ap. 

 Eelleborus viridis fl. 

 Hazel (Corylus avellana) fl. 

 Woodlark (Alauda arborea) sings 

 Chaffinch (Fringilla ccelebs) sings 

 Jackdaws begin to come to churches 

 Yellow waetall (Motacilla Jlava) ap. 

 Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)! 

 Field or procumbent speedwell (Feronfca 



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 cairuleus) chirps 

 Brown wood owls hoot 

 Hen (Phasianu^ gallus) sits 

 Marsh titmouse begins his two harsh 



sharp notes 

 Gossamer floats 

 Musca tenax ap. 

 Larustine (Viburnum tinus) fl. 

 Butcher's broom (Rttscus aculeatus) fl. 

 Fox (Canis vulpes) smells rank 

 Turkey-cocks strut and gobble 

 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) 



sings 

 Brimstone butterfly (Pajn'Ko Rhamni\8Lp. 

 Green woodpecker (Piciw viridis) makes 



a loud cry 

 Raven (Corvus Corax) builds 

 Yew tree (Taxus baccata) fl. 

 Colesfoot (Tussilago farfara) fl. 



