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THE NATURALIST. 



9th. — -Hawtliom leaves unfold. 



13tli — Common Elm, Dog Rose and Sweetbriar leaves unfold. 

 Mth. — ^Whitethroat, Sylvia cineira, appears. 

 14tJi — Sedge Warbler, Sylria phragmitis, appears. 

 1 6tli — Blackthorn in flower. 



16tli — Yellow Bunting, Emberiza citrinella^ builds. 



17tli — Cuckoo, CuguIus canorus, heard. 



18th — Fear Tree in flower. 



21st — House Martin, Hirundo urhica, appears; 



21st — Stone Curlew, (Edicnemus crepitans, heard. 



22nd — Whinchat, 8axicola rubetra, appears. 



22nd — Beech leaves unfold. 



25th — Corn Crake, Crex pratensis, heard. 



26th — Turtle Dove, Columha turtur, appears. 



26th — Cow Parsley, Mskmipyrum-pmiense. in flower. 



28th — Swift, Cypselus apus, appears. 



28th — Lilac, Syringa vulgaris, in flower. 



28th — Orange Tip Butterfly appears. 



28th — Common Sandpiper, Totanus hypoleucos, appears. 



May 8th — Woodpigeon, Columha Palmnhus, hatches. 



8th — Whitethroat, Sylvia clnerea, sitting. 



8th — Whitethorn in flower. 



28th — Young Pied Wagtails fledged. 



June 1st — Small Heath Batterfly appears. 



1st— Bedford Blue Butterfly appears. Polyomatus alsus, was un- 

 usually plentiful in Wiltshire this season, I think I never observed so many 

 before. 



Ttli — Meadow Brown Butterfly appears. 



October 6th — Landrail, Grex pratensis, last seen. 



7th — Rooks leave Moundsmere and resort to larger rookeries to roost. 



13th — Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Golias edusa, last seen. I saw several 

 butterflies of this species about here this season, as late as September and 

 October. I only caught two specimens that would do for the cabinet. 



I^^oveniber 14th — Chimney Swallow, Hirundo rustica, last seen. I saw 

 a single Chimney Swallow to-day, it was flying across a field within a quarter 

 of a mile of the place where I have more than once seen the Swallow for the 

 first time in spring. 



December 10th — Blackheaded Bunting, Emberiza eclioeniclus, first 



