OBSERVED IN HERTS IN' 1887 AND 1888 . 
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Earliest Dates of Observations of Insects, Birds, etc., in 1887 
AND 1888, WITH THE MEAN DATE FOR 1876-86. 
No. 
Phenomena. 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
Insects. 
Melolontha vulgaris (cock-chafer) ap. 
Rhizotrogus solstitialis (fern-chafer) ap. 
Timarcha laevigata (bloody-nosed beetle) ap. 
Lampyris noctiluca (glow-worm) ap... 
,Apis mellijica (honey-bee) ap. 
Vespa vulgaris (common waspl ap. .. 
Pier is Brassicce (large white butterfly) ap. 
P. Rapce (small white butterfly) ap. 
Anthocaris cardamines (orange-tip) ap. 
Epinephele Janira (meadow-brown) ap. 
Bibio Marci (St. Mark's fly) ap. 
Birds. 
Syrniwn Aluco (tawny owl) hoots. 
Muscicapa Grisola (flycatcher) arr. 
-eggs seen. 
- hatched ..... 
• -- departs (last seen) . 
Turdus musicus (song-thrush) sg. 
- eggs seen. 
- hatched . 
T . Pilaris (fieldfare) arr... 
- departs (last seen) . 
Baulias Luscinia (nightingale) sg. 
Saxicola (Enanthe (wheatear) arr. 
Phylloscopus trochilus (willow-wren) sg. 
P. rufus (chiff-chaff) sg..... 
Alauda arvensis (skv-lark) sg*. 
- hatches . 
Fringilla ccelebs (chaffinch) sg. 
Corvus frugilegus (rook) builds . 
-hatches . 
Cuculus canorus (cuckoo) calls . 
-changes its note . 
Hirundo rustica (swallow) arr... 
- flocks ... 
- departs (last seen) ... 
Chelidon urbica (house-martin) arr. 
Cotile riparia (sand -martin) arr. 
Cypselus Apus (swift) arr. 
• -departs (last seen) . 
Caprimulgus europceus (goat sucker) arr. 
Turtur communis (turtle-dove) coos ... 
Perdix cinerea (partridge) pairs ... 
-hatches ...... 
Scolopax Rusticola (woodcock) arr. 
Crex pratensis (corncrake) arr... 
Amphibian. 
Rana temporaria (common frog) spawns . 
1887. 
1888. 
Mean. 
May 28 
May 27 
June 12 
A pi. 13 
Apl. 17 
Apl. 9 
June 22 
July 8 
May 29 
Jan. 19 
Jan. 9 
Jan. 30 
Apl. 18 
May 8 
Mar. 16 
Apl. 11 
Apl. 30 
Apl. 7 
Apl. 4 
Apl. 13 
Mar. 27 
Mar. 31 
June 1 
May 7 
May 8 
Apl. 16 
May 28 
June 11 
Apl. 27 
Mar. 14 
Apl. 10 
Apl. 28 
May 16 
May 12 
May 30 
June 21 
June 30 
Sept. 16 
Aug. 30 
Jan. 22 
Jan. 7 
Jan. 11 
Mar. 31 
Mar. 20 
May 8 
Apl. 9 
Dec. 24 
Dec. 2 
Oct. 24 
Mar. 5 
Mar. 2 
Apl. 10 
Apl. 18 
Apl. 14 
Apl. 6 
Apl. 10 
Mar. 13 
Apl. 18 
Apl. 14 
Mar. 25 
Mar. 26 
Apl. 2 
Mar. 23 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 7 
Jan. 18 
May 29 
Feb. 4 
Feb. 22 
Mar. 3 
Feb. 21 
Apl. 10 
Apl. 11 
Apl. 12 
Apl. 13 
Apl. 20 
Apl. 10 
June 4 
May 30 
Apl. 11 
Apl. 15 
Apl. 10 
Sept. 4 
Aug. 7 
Oct. 11 
Oct. 24 
Apl. 18 
Apl. 24 
Apl. 17 
May 8 
Apl. 15 
Apl. 16 
May 3 
May 10 
May 5 
Aug. 17 
Sept. 7 
May 8 
May 15 
May 7 
May 4 
May 3 
Jan. 29 
Feb. 4 
Jan. 24 
June 15 
Oct. 11 
Oct. 14 
Apl. 16 
May 12 
Apl. 24 
Mar. 17 
Mar. 27 
Mar. 10 
ap.—first appears, arr.—arrives, sg.—song commences. 
