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NOTES FEOM A NATUEALISTS' CALEi^DAE, KEPT IN THE 

 SOUTH OF ENGLAND, DUEING THE YEAR 1865, 



By Anthonys. Bradby, 



January 1st — Robin, Sylvia ruhecula, sings.. 



9tli — Starling, Stumua vulgaris. Seen in flocks, and are often heard 

 uttering their whistling note, whilst perched on the leafless trees. I have 

 ohserved that in this neighbourhood the Starlings are to he seen in flocks 

 nearly all the year round ; even in the breeding season I have seen large 

 flocks retire to roost in the willow beds near the river's side, at Stratford St 

 Anthony in Wiltshire. 



15th — Fa^^ a DoYi^, Oolumha palumhus, G008, 



16th — Chaefinch, Fringilla coelebs^ sings, 



20th — Partridges, FerdAx cinerea, pair, 



March 1st — Rooks, Corvus frugilegus, return to their breeding places 

 to roost. The rooks leave us every evening all through the winter months 

 to roost in larger or more sheltered rookeries, they are generally here at 

 dawn every morning and do not leave till late in the afternoon or evening. 

 About building time they always return here to roost at night. 



3rd — Stock Dove, Co?Mm&« cej^as, heard. The Stock Doves frequent 

 the rookery trees here °, I hear them nearly every morning all through the 

 spring and summer. 



4th — Rooks, Corvus frugilegu.% build. 



18th — Peacock Butterfly, Vanessa lo. seen. 



18th — Sweet Violet, Viola odorata, in flower. 



April 1st — Gooseberry leaves unfold. 



1st — Small Bat, ScotopMlus murinus, appears. 



5th — Chimney Swallow, Hirundo rustica^ appears. Wheatear, Saxi- 

 cola mnantliG appears. I saw lots of Wheatears at Stratford St. Anthony, 

 near Salisbury on the 5th ; on the 6th however, I saw but two or three. 



6th — Blackbird, Turdus 7nerula, lays. 



6th —Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus, lays. 



7th — Young Rooks hatched (Wiltshire.) 



9th— Cowslip, Primula veris, in flower. 

 No. 4-3, February 1, ^' 



