Calendar of Natural Phenomena. 4725 



Calendar of Natural Phenomena observed at Purley Park, Berkshire. 

 By Cuthbert Collingwood, Esq., M.B., &c, &c. 



January, 1855. 



1. Robin Redbreast {Sylvia rubecula) in full song. 

 Starling {Sturnus vulgaris) sings. 

 Furze {Ulex europams) flowers. 

 Shepherd's Purse {Capsella bursa-pastoris) flowers. 

 Snowdrop {Galanthus nivalis), leaves appear. 



3. Song Thrush {Tardus musicus), song commences. 



4. Daisy {Bellis perennis) flowers. 



Celandine {Ranunculus ficaria), leaves appear. 



5. Nuthatch {Sitta europcea), call heard. 



Blue Tit {Par us cceruleus), note commences. 

 Marsh Tit {Parus palustris), note commences. 

 Missel Thrush {Turdus viscivorus), song commences. 



6. House-fly {Musca domestica) appears, in a room with a fire. 



8. Witches' Butter {Tremella mesenterica) appears. 

 Creeper {Certhia familiar is), spring note commences. 

 Laurustinus {Viburnum tinus) flowers. 



9. Great Tit {Parus major), note commences. 



10. Longtailed Tit {Parus caudatus), note commences. 



12. Nipplewort {Lapsana communis) flowers. 



13. Groundsel {Senecio vulgaris) flowers. 



14. Fish begin to rise. 



15. Up to this time the weather has been remarkably mild and 



spring-like : to-day it changed to frost. 



16. Lark {Alauda arvensis), song commences. 

 Dandelion {Leontodon taraxacum) flowers. 



17. Green Field Speedwell {Veronica agrestis) flowers. 

 Buxbaum's Speedwell {Veronica Buxbaumii) flowers. 

 White Dead-nettle {Lamium album) flowers. 

 Chickweed {Stellaria media) flowers. 



18. Hazel {Corylus avellana) flowers. 

 Annual Meadow-grass {Poa annua) flowers. 

 Banded Snail {Helix fasciata) comes abroad. 

 Pied Wagtail {Motacilla Yarrellii) first seen. 



(During the night there was a heavy fall of snow, the effects of 

 which were immediately visible, as follows.) 

 xiii. 2 c 



