THE CALENDAR OF FLORA. 315 
O&ober 
2. *CROW, ROYSTON, 39. 4. Corvus 
cornix , returns . 
5. Catkins of fallows formed, 
6 . Leaves of afp almojl all off— of chef nut y 
yellow— of birch , gold-coloured. 
Lhermom. 26.50. Higheft this month. 
7. BLACK BIRD, 65.1. Turdus merula, 
fmgs. 
Wind high ; rooks fport and dafh about as 
in play , and repair their nefis , 
9. Spindle tree, 468.1. Euvonymus Eu- 
ropxus, F. R. 
Some afh trees quite ftripped of their leaves . 
Leaves of marfh elder of a beautiful red , or 
rather pink colour . 
io. WOOD LARK fmgs. 
+ RING DOVE cooes. 
j 4 . WOOD LARK 
Several plants fill in flower , pcmfy, 
white behn , black nonefuch , hawkweed, 
buglofs , gentian, fmall Jlitchwort , &V. 
grounds not broken up. 
A great mift and perfeSl calm \ not fo much 
as a leaf falls. Spiders webs innu- 
merable appear every where . Woodlark 
fmgs. Rooks do not ftir but ft quietly 
on their neft trees. 
36. GEESE, WILD, 1364. Anas, anfer, 
leave the fens and go to the rye lands . 
* Linnaeus obferves in the Syftema Naturae, and the Fauna Suecica, * 
that this bird is ufeful to the hufbandman, tho’ ill treated by him. 
t Ariftotle fays, this bird does not cooe in the winter, unlefs the 
weather happens to be mild. 
