A COMPARATIVE VIEW 
■ or 
WHITE'S AND MARKWICK'S CALENDARS. 
Of the abbreviations used, fi. signifies flowering ; 1. leafing ; and ap. the first 
appearance. 
WHITE. 
MARKWICK. 
Jan. 
1- 
-12 . 
I 
Jan. 3 — 81, and again 
Oct. 6. 
Larks (alauda arvensis) congregate . . 
Jan. 
1- 
-18 
• 
• 
Oct. 
16, Feb. 9. 
Nuthatch (sitta europsea) heard 
Jan. 
1- 
-14 . 
Mar, 
3, Apr. 10. 
Winter aconite (helleborus hiemalis) fl. 
Jan. 
1, 
Feb. 
18 
Feb. 
28, Apr. 17. 
Shell-less snail or slug (limax) ap. . . 
Jan. 
2 
Jan. 
16, May 31. 
^ MmotaciUaboarula) ) 
Greyand ) ^^^ilP ap. . . t 
Wliite ) ((motacillaalba)ap. j 
Jan. 
2- 
-11 . 
• 
■f 
1 
Jan. 
Dec. 
24, Mar. 26. 
12, Feb. 23. 
Missel thrush (turdus viscivorus) sings . 
Jan. 
2- 
-14 
• 
Feb. 
19, Apr. 14. 
Bearsfoot (helleborus foetidus) fl. . . 
Jan. 
2, 
Feb. 
14 
Mar. 
1, May 5.. 
Polyanthus (primula polyantha) fl. 
Jan. 
2, 
Apr. 
12 
Jan. 
1, Apr. 9. 
Double daisy (bellis perennis plena) fl. . 
Jan. 
2, 
Feb. 
1 
• 
Mar. 
17, Apr. 29. 
Mezereon (daphne mezereum) fl. . 
Jan. 
3, 
Feb. 
16 
Jan. 
2, Apr. 4. 
Pansy (viola tricolor) fl 
Jan. 
3 
• 
Jan. 
1, May 10. 
Eed dead-nettle (lamium purpureum) fl. 
Jan. 
8- 
-21 
Jan. 
1, Apr. 5. 
Groundsel (senecio vulgaris) fl. 
Jan. 
3- 
-15 . 
Jan. 
1, Apr. 9. 
Hazel (corylus avellana) fl. . . . 
Jan. 
3, 
Feb. 
28 
• 
Jan. 
21, Mar. 11. 
Hepatica (anemone hepatica) fl. 
Jan. 
4, 
Feb. 
18 
Jan. 
17, Apr. 9. 
Hedge-sparrow (sylvia modularis) sings 
Jan. 
5- 
-12 
Jan. 
16, Mar. 13. 
Common flies (musca domestica) seen ) 
in numbers . . . . . j 
Jan. 
5, 
Feb. 
3 
May 
15. 
Greater titmouse (parus major) sings . 
Jan. 
6, 
Feb! 
6 
Feb. 
17, Mar. 17. 
Thrush (turdus musicus) sings 
Jan. 
6- 
-22 . 
Jan. 
15, Apr. 4. 
Insects svv^arm under sunny hedges . .. 
Jan. 
6 
Primrose (primula vulgaris) fl. 
Jan. 
6, 
Apr. 
7* 
Jan. 
3, Mar. 22. 
Bees (apis mellifica) ap 
Jan. 
6, 
Mar. 
19 
Jan. 
31, Apr. 11 ; last 
Gnats play about 
Jan. 
6, 
Feb. 
3 
[seen Dec. 30. 
Chafiinches, male and female (fringilla ) 
ccelebs) seen in equal numbers . ) 
Jan. 
6—11 
• 
Dec. 
2, Feb. 3. 
Furze or gorse (ulex europseus) fl. . 
Jan. 
8- 
-Feb 
. 1 
• 
Jan, 
1, Mar. 27. 
Wall-flower (cheiranthus cheiri; sen) 
fruticulosus of Smith) fl. . . j" 
Jan. 
8, 
Apr. 
1 
• 
Feb. 
21, May 9. 
Stock (cheiranthus incanus) fl. 
Jan. 
■8- 
-12 . 
• 
Feb. 
1, Junes. 
Emberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks 
Jan. 
9 
Linnets (fringilla linota) congregate . . 
Jan. 
9 
• 
Jan. 
11. 
Lambs begin to fall .... 
Jan. 
9- 
-11 
• 
• 
Jan. 
6, Feb. 21. 
