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NATURALIST S CALENDAR. 
Rooks (corvus frugilegus) resort to their 
nest trees 
Black hellebore (helleborus niger) fl. 
Snowdrop (galanthus nivalis) 11. 
White dead-nettle (lamium album) fl. 
Trumpet honeysuckle, fl. 
Common creeping crowfoot (ranuncu- 
lus repens) fl. . . . . 
House-sparrow (fringilla domestica) ) 
chirps ) 
Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum) fl. 
Bat (vespertilio) ap. . * . . 
Spiders shoot their webs . . . . 
Butterfly, ap . 
Brambling (fringilla montifringilla) ap. 
Blackbird (turdus merula) whistles 
Wren (sylvia troglodytes) sings 
Earthworms lie out 
Crocus (crocus vernus) fl. . . 
Skylark (alauda arvensis) sings . 
Ivy casts its leaves .... 
Helleborus hiemalis, fl. 
Common dor or clock (scarabseus ster- 
corarius) 
Peziza acetabulum, ap. . • 
Helleborus virid. fl. . * . 
Hazel (corylus avellana) fl. 
Woodlark (alauda arborea) sings . 
Chafl&nch (fringilla coelebs) sings 
Jack-daws begin to come to churches 
Yellow wagtail (motacilla flava) ap. 
Honeysuckle (lonicera periclymenum) 1 
Field or procumbent speedwell (vero- ) 
nica agrestis) fl. . . . * ) 
Nettle butterfly (papilio urticse) ap. 
White wagtail (motacilla alba) chirps . 
Shell-snail (helix nemoralis) ap. . 
Earthworms engender . . . . 
Barren strawberry (fragaria sterilis) fl. . 
Blue titmouse (parus cseruleus) chirps . 
Brown wood-owls hoot .... 
Hen (phasianus gallus) sits . . . 
Marsh titmouse begins his two harsh \ 
sharp notes \ 
Gossamer floats . . . * . . 
Musca tenax, ap 
Laurustine (viburnum tinus) fl. . . 
Butcher's broom (ruscus aculeatus) fl. . 
Fox (canis vulpes) smells rank . . . 
Turkey-cocks strut and gobble 
Yellow-hammer (emberiza citrinella) | 
sings ) 
Brimstone butterfly (papilio rhamni) ap. 
Green-woodpecker(picus viridis) makes ) 
a loud cry j 
Raven (corvus corax) builds , . . 
Yew-tree (taxus baccata) fl. . . 
Coltsfoot (tussilago farfara) fl. . < . 
Rooks (corvus frugilegus) build 
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MARKWICK. 
Jan. 10, Feb. 11 . 
Jan. 10 
Jan. 10, Feb. 5 . 
Jan. 13 « . . 
Jan. 13 * 
Jan. 13 • • . 
Jan. 14: 
Jan. 
Jan, 
Jan, 
16, Mar. 11 . 
1(), Mar. 24 . 
16 . 
Jan. 16 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
16 . 
ir 
17 . 
18, Feb. 8 
13, Mar. 18 
21 
22 . 
22 — 24 
Jan. 23 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan, 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 3 
23 
23, Mar. 5 . 
23, Feb. 1 . 
24, Feb. 21 . 
24, Feb. 15 . 
25, Mar. 4 . 
25, Apr. 14 . 
25 
27, Mar. 15 . 
27, Apr. 2 I 
28 
28, Feb. 24 . 
30 
Mar. 26 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
4, Apr. 1 
4, Apr. 8 
5 . 
5. 
7 . 
10 
12 . 
13, Apr. 2 I 
13, Mar. 23 . 
Feb. 14—17 . 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
14, Mar. 27 . 
15, Mar. 23 . 
16, Mar. 6 . 
Jan. 23. 
Apr. 27. 
Jan. 18, Mar. 1. 
Mar. 23, May 10. 
Apr. 10, May 12. 
Feb. 17, May 9. 
Feb. 1, Apr. 17. 
Feb. 6, June 1; last 
[seen Nov. 20. 
Feb. 21, May 8 ; last 
seen Dec. 22. 
Jan. 10—31. 
Feb. 15, May 13. 
Feb. 7, June 12. 
Jan. 20, Mar. 19. 
Jan. 12. Feb. 27 ; sings 
[till Nov. 13. 
Feb. 28, Apr. 17. 
Feb. 12, Apr. 12; last 
seen Nov. 24. 
Jan. 27, Mar. 11. 
Jan. 28, June 5. 
Jan. 21, Feb. 26, 
[seen Sept. 8. 
Apr. 13, July 3 ; last 
Jan. 1, Apr. 9. 
Feb. 12, Mar. 29. 
Mar. 5, Apr. 24; last 
seen J ime 6. 
Mar. 16. 
Apr. 2, June 11. 
Jan. 13, Mar. 26. 
Apr. 27. 
March 8, hatches. 
Jan. 1, Apr. 5. 
Jan. 1, May 10. 
May 19, young 
[brought forth. 
Feb. 18, Apr. 28. 
Feb. 13, Mar. 8 ; last 
seen Dec. 24. 
Jan. 1, Apr. 17. 
Apr. 1, has young 
ones June 1. 
Feb. 2, Apr. 11. 
Feb. 18, Apr. 13. 
Feb. 28, Mar. 5. 
