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CALENDAR OF NATURE. 
White dead-nettle (lamium album) fl. 
Trnmpet honey-suckle, fl. 
Common creeping crowfoot (ranunculus repens) fl. 
House sparrow (passer domesticus) chirps 
Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum) fl. 
Bat (vespertilio) ap. 
Spiders shoot their webs 
Butterfly, ap. 
Brambling (spiza variegata) ap. 
Black-bird (merula nigra) whistles 
Wren (troglodytes Europoeus) sings 
Earth-worms lie out 
Crocus (crocus vernus) fl. 
Sky-lark (alauda arvensis) sings 
Ivy casts its leaves 
Helleborus hiemalis, fl. 
Common dor or clock (geotrupe* stercorarius) 
Peziza acetabulum, ap. 
Helleborus viridis, fl. 
Hazel (corylus avellana) fl. 
Woodlark (ala«da arborea) sings 
Chaffinch (spiza leucoptera) sings 
Jack-daws begin to come to churches 
Yellow Wagtail (budytes flavissima) ap. 
Honeysuckle (lonicera periclymenum) 1. 
Field or procumbent speedwell (veronica agrestis) fl. 
Nettle butterfly (vanessa urticae) ap. 
White wagtail (motacilla domestica) chirps 
Shell-fnail (helix nemoralis) ap. 
Earth-worms engender 
Barren strawberry (fragaria sterilis) fl. 
Blue tit (parus cseruleus) chirps 
Brown wood-owls hoot 
Hen (gallus domesticus) sits 
Marsh tit 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-bunting (emberiza citrinella) sings 
Brimstone butterfly (gouepteryx rhamni) ap. 
Green woodpecker (pious viridis) makes a loud cry 
Raven (corvus corax) builds 
Yew-tree (taxus baccata) fl. 
Coltsfoot (tussilago farfara) fl. 
Rooks (corvus frugilegus) build 
Partridges (perdix cinerea) pair 
Peas (pisum sativum) sown 
House pigeon (columba livia) has young ones 
Field crickets open their holes 
Common flea (pulex irritans) ap. 
Pilewort (ficaria verna) fl. 
Goldfinch (carduelis elegans) singa 
Viper (vipera vulgaris) ap. 
Wood-louse (oniscus asellus) ap 
Missel thrushes pair 
Daffbdil (narcissus pseudonarcissus) fl. 
Willow (salix alba) fl. 
Frogs (rana temporaria) croak 
Sweet violet (viola odorata) fl. 
Tinea vestianella, ap. 
European thicknee(oedicnemus Europoeus) clamours 
Filbert (corylus sativus) fl 
Ring-dove cooes 
Apricot-tree (prunus armeniaca) fl. 
Toad (rana bufo) ap. 
Frogs (rana temporaria) spawn 
Jan. 13. 
Jan. 13. 
. 13. 
Jan. 14. 
Jan. 16. March 11. 
Jan. 16. March 24. 
Jan. 16. 
Jan 16. 
Jan. 16. 
•Jan. 17. 
Jan ];. 
Jan. 18. Feb. 8. 
Jan. 13. March 18. 
Jan. 21. 
Jan. 22. 
Jan. 22—24. 
Jan. 23. 
Jan. 23. 
Jan. 23 March 5. 
Jan. 23. Feb. 1. 
Jan. 24. Feb. 21. 
Jan. 24. Feb. 15. 
Jan. 25. March 4. 
Jan. 25. April 14. 
Jan. 25. 
Jan. 27. March 15. 
Jan. 27. April 2. 
Jan. 28. 
Jan. 28. Feb. 24. 
Jan. 30. 
Feb. 1. March 26. 
Feb. 1. 
Feb. 2. 
Feb. 3. 
Feb 3. 
Feb. 4. April 1. 
Feb. 4. April 8 
Feb 5 
Feb. 5. 
Feb. 7. 
Feb. 10. 
Feb. 12. 
Feb. 13. April 2. 
Feb. 13. March 23. 
Feb. 14—17. 
Feb. 14. March 2?. 
Feb. 15. March 26. 
Feb. 16 March 6. 
Feb. 17. 
Feb. 17. March 8. 
Feb. 18. 
Feb. 20. March 30. 
Feb. 21—26. 
Feb. 21. April 13. 
Feb. 21. April 5. 
Feb. 22. March 26. 
Feb. 23. April 1. 
Feb. 24. 
Feb 24. April 7- 
Feb 24. April 2. 
Feb 25. 
Feb. 26. March 31. 
Feb. 26. 
Feb. 27. April 24. 
Feb. 27. 
Feb. 27. April 5. 
February. 
Feb. 28. March 24. 
Feb. 28. March 22. 
MARKWICK. 
March 23. May 10. 
April 10. May 12. 
Feb. 17. May 9. 
Feb. 1. April 17. 
Feb. 6. June 1, last seen 
[Nov. 20. 
Feb. 21. Mays, last seen 
Jan. 10—31. [Dec. 22. 
Feb. 15. May 13. 
Feb 7. June 12- 
Jan 20. March 19. 
Jan. 12. Feb. 27, sings till 
[Nov. 13. 
Feb, 28. April 17. 
Feb. 12. April 19, last seen 
[Nov. 24. 
Jan. 27. March 11. 
Jan. 28. June 5. 
Jan, 21. Feb. 26. 
April 13. July 3, last seen 
Jan. 1. April 9. [Sept. 8. 
Feb, 12. March 29. 
March 5. April 24, last 
March 16. [seen June 6 
April 2. June 11. 
Jan. 13. March 26. 
April 27. 
March 8 hatches 
Jan 1. April 5. 
Jan. 1. May 10. 
May 19, young brought 
[forth. 
Feb. 18. April 28. 
Feb. 13. March 8, last seen 
Jan.l April 17. [Dec. 24. 
April 1, has young ones. 
Feb. 2. April 11. [June 1. 
Feb. 18. April 13. 
Feb. 28. March 5. 
Feb. 16. March 20. 
Feb. 8. March 31. 
February 8. 
Jan. 25. March 26. 
Feb. 28. May 5. 
Feb. 23. May 6, last seen 
[Oct. 28. 
April 27. June 17. 
Feb. 26. April 18. 
Feb. 27. April 11. 
March 9. April 20. 
Feb. 7. April 5. 
June 17. 
Jan. 25. March 26. 
March 2. August 10. 
Feb. 28. April 5. 
March 15. July 1. 
Feb. 9. April 10, tadpoles 
[March 19. 
