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At the end of March vegetation remarkably forward. March 
27tlij li63.rcl fl, Willow Wren. 
April 4th, heard a Wryneck: 5th, Oak-bark peels: 12th first 
Swallow : 26tli, lieard a Nightingale. 
1810. 
lobruary 9th, the thermometer this morning at seven o’clock 
Avas at 0 on the thermometer Avith a metal scale. February 
10th, this morning the thermometer, with a metal scale, Avas 8“ 
below 0 ; that with ivory scale 1« above 0 ; that with a wooden 
scale 3" above 0, at quarter past seven in the morning. Tho 
barometer Avas at 29i*o in. 
Tho last Avinter had frequent frosts. Early in December there 
Avas ICO hard enough to bear. Tho end of December and January 
mild till tho end, and tho ice again bore. Tho roads near London 
very dusty from tho frost. Tho latter part of February and 
beginning of March very Avet. 
On tho lOtb of March ground covered with snoAv : March 7tb, 
Woodcocks returning : IMarch lltli. Primrose, F. : 13tb, Hazel, F. i 
WitloAV-grass, f. : 16tb, Daisy, F. The last week in March very 
dry, with hard frost ; ice strong enough to bear a Goose. 
April 3rd, Ileart’s-easo, F. : 4th, Pilewort, F.; Whitlow-grass, F.; 
pricot, f. . 6th, Sweet "V iolet, F. ; Dog’s Mercury, f. ; caught a 
^iper. There have been very white frosts every morning for 
several days past. Weather still very cold and dry. April 7tb, 
8th, 9th, some cold shoAvers with hail : 11th, Daffodils, F. ; Heart’s- 
ease, F. : 12th, a heavy cold rain: 13th, 14th, hard frost, ground 
covered with suoav on tho morning of the 14th: 17th, Chiff-chaff 
sings: 18th, Wryneck appears; Yellow Wren appears: 19tli, 
Swallow ditto; Cuckoo ditto: 21st, Eedstart appears: 23rd, 
White-throat, A. The sun during the last week has been very 
poAverful, and vegetation has come forAvard apace. 27th, Night- 
ingale sings : April 29th, Oak-bark peels. 
^lay 6th, House Martin appears.* The beginning of May was 
Apart from the inclement character of the spring of 1816, this late 
appearance of the House Martin is by no means without a parallel, as will 
bo seen by the following records extracted from the Register kept by my 
brother and m)-solf at Elveden j j 
“ 1860. 20th April, one doubtfully seen ; 6th May, six (at Icklingham) ; 
