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CALENDAR OF NATURE. 
Nightingale (philomeia Inscinia) sings 
Ash (fraxinus excelsior) fl. 
Spider's webs on the surface of the ground 
Chequered daffodil (fritillaria meleagris) fl. 
Julus ttrrestris, ap. 
Cowslip (primula vulgaris, varO fl. 
Ground-ivy (glecoma hederacea) fl. 
Snipe pipes 
Box-tree (buxus sempervivens) fl. 
Elm (ulmus campestris) 1. 
Gooseberry (ribes grossularia) fl. 
Current (ribes hortensis) fl. 
Pear-tree (pyrus communis) fl. 
Triton punetatus (newt or eft) ap. 
Dogs mercury (mercurialis perennis) fl, 
Wyoh elm (ulmus glabra sen montana of Smith) fl 
Ladysmock ^cardamine pratensis) fl. 
Cuckoo (cuculus canorus) heard 
Blatk-thorn (prunus spinosa) ft. 
Decith-vvatch (termes pulatorius) beato 
Gudgeon spawns 
Redstart (phoenicura albifrons) ap. 
Crown imperial (fritillaria imperialis) fl. 
Tree pipit (anthus arboreus) sings 
Beech (fagus sylvatica) 1. 
Shell-snail (helix nemoralis) comes out in troops 
Song pettychaps, ap. 
Swift (oypselus murarins) ap. 
Stinging-fly (conops calcitrans) ap. 
Whitlow grass (draba verna) fl. 
Larch-tree (pinus-larix rubra) 1, 
Whitethroat (ficedula cinerea) ap. 
Red ant (formica rubra) ap. 
Mole cricket (gryllotalpa vulgaris) churs 
Red rattle (pedicularis sylvatica) fl. 
Common flesh-fly (musca carnaria) ap 
Lady cow (coccinella bipunctata) ap. 
Ray's locustelle (locustella Raii) ap. 
Song pettychaps, its shivering note heard 
Wild cherry (prunus cerasus) fl. 
Garden cherry (prunus cerasus) fl 
Plum (prunus domestica) fl. 
Harebell (hyacinthus non-scriptus seu scilla nutans 
of Smith) fl. 
Turtle (columba turtur) cooes 
Hawthorn (Crataegus seu mespilus oxycantha of 
Smith) fl. 
Male fool's orchis (orchis mascula) fl. 
Blue flesh-fly (musca vomitoria) ap. 
Black snail or slug (Umax ater) abounds 
Apple-tree (pyrus-malus sativus) 
Large bat (vespetilio noctula) ap. 
Strawl)erry, wild wood (fragaria vesca sylv.) fl, 
Sauce alone (erysimum alliaria) fl. 
W^ild or bird cherry (prunus avium) fl. 
Apis hypnorum, ap. 
Musca meridiana, ap. 
Wolf-fly (asilus) ap. 
Cabbage butterfly (pontia brassicae) ap. 
Dragon-fly (libellula) ap. 
Sycamore (acer pseudoplatanus) fl. 
Bombylius minor, ap. 
Giow-worm (lampyris noctilnca) shines 
WHITE . 
April 1. May L 
April 1. May 4. 
April 1. 
April 2—24. 
April 2. 
April 3—24. 
April 3—15. 
April 3. 
April 3. 
April 3. 
April 3—14. 
April 3—5. 
April 3. May 21. 
April 4. 
April 5—19. 
April 5. 
April 6—20, 
April 7—26. 
April 7. May 10. 
April 7. 
April 7. 
April 8—28. 
April 8—24. 
April 9—19. 
April 10. May 8. 
April 11. May 9. 
April 11. 
April 13. May 7- 
April 14. May 17. 
April 14. 
April 14. 
April 14. May 14. 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
April 1 
. May 7. 
. May 12. 
. Maj 11. 
. May 5. 
April 1 
April S 
April 2 
April 2 
April 2 
April 2 
April 2 
April 2 
April 2 
April S 
April 2 
April 
April 24. May 28. 
April ~" 
April 
April 
June 11. 
May 23. 
May 25. 
June 11. 
124. 
. May 20. 
. May 21. 
April 30. June 6. 
May 1. 
May 1. June 11. 
MARKWICK. 
April 5. Julj' 4, last seen 
• [Aug. 29 
March 16. May 8. 
April 15. May 1. 
March 3. May 17. 
March 2. April 16. 
March 27. May 8. 
April 2 May 19. 
March 21. May 1. 
March 24. April 28. 
March 30. April 30. 
Feb. 17. April. 15, last 
[seen Oct. 9. 
Jan. 20. April 16. , 
April 19. May 10 1. 
Feb. 21. April 26. 
April 15. May 3, last 
[heard June 28. 
March 16. May 8. 
March 28. May 28. 
April 5, sings April 25, 
[last seen Sept. 30- 
April 1. May 13. 
April 14 — 29, sits June 
[16-27 
April 24. May 25. 
May 17. June 11 ap. 
April 28. May 19. 
Jan. 15. March 24. 
April 1. iMay 9. 
Apiill4. May5, sings May . 
[.i— 10, last seen Sept. 23. 
April 9. June 26. 
April 10. June 4. 
April 28. May. 
March 30. May 10. 
March 25. May 6. 
March 24. May 6. 
March 27. May 8. 
May 14. Aug. 10 seen. 
April 19. May 26. 
March 29. May 13. 
Feb. 1. Oct. 24 ap. 
April 11. May 26. 
April 8—9 
March 31. May 8. 
March 30. May 10, 
April 29. June 15. 
April 18. May 13, last 
[seen Nov. L • 
April 10. June 4 
June 19. Sept. 28. 
