94 
J. HOPKINSON-PHENOLOGICAL PHENOMENA 
Eaeliest Dates of Obseevations of Insects, Bieds, etc., in 1885, 
with the Mean Date foe 1876-85. 
No. 
Phenomena. 
1885. 
Mean. 
Insects. 
80. 
Melolontha vulgaris (cock-chafer) appears . 
June 1 
May 26 
81 
June 23 
June 12 
82. 
Timarcha laevigata (bloody-nosed beetle) ap. ..... 
May 22 
June 7 
83. 
Lampyris noctiluca (glow-worm) ap... 
July 3 
May 29 
84. 
Apis mellifica (honey-bee) ap... 
Feb. 5 
Jan. 25 
85. 
Vespa vulgaris (common wasp) ap. 
Apl. 20 
Mar. 28 
86 . 
Pieris Brassicee (large white butterfly) ap.. 
Mar. 29 
Apl. 8 
87. 
P. Papes (small white butterfly) ap. 
Apl. 10 
Mar. 26 
88 . 
Anthocaris cardamines (orange-tip butterfly) ap. 
May 2 
May 8 
89. 
Epinepheie Janira (meadow-brown butterfly) ap. 
June 7 
May 27 
90. 
Bibio Marci (St. Mark’s fly) ap. 
Apl. 27 
Apl. 27 
Birds. 
91. 
Strix Aluco (brown-owl) hoots. 
Mar. 18 
92. 
Muscicapa grisola (flycatcher) arrives . 
Apl. 19 
May 12 
- nests . 
. 
May 30 
■ ■■ hatehes 
June 30 
- departs (last seen). 
Aug. 30 
93. 
Turdus musicus (song-thrush) sings.... 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 12 
- nests ... 
Mar. 20 
Mar. 18 
- hatches ... 
Apl. 25 
Apl. 7 
94. 
T. Pilaris (field-fare) arrives. 
Oct. 4 
Oct. 20 
95. 
Daulias Luscinia (nightingale) sings . 
Apl. 15 
Apl. 13 
96. 
Saxicola (Enanthe (wheatear) arrives . 
Feb. 22 
Mar. 12 
97. 
Phylloscopus Trochilus (willow-wren) sings. 
Mar. 20 
Mar. 26 
98. 
P. collybita (chiff-chaff) sings . 
Mar. 25 
Mar. 23 
99. 
Alauda arvensis (sky-lark) sg.. 
Jan. 27 
Jan. 16 
100 . 
Fringilla ccelebs (chaffinch) sg. 
Feb. 4 
101 . 
Gorvus frugilegus (rook) builds. 
Feb!" 19 
Feb. 20 
- hatches .. 
Apl. 19 
Apl. 10 
.102. 
Cuculus canorus (cuckoo) calls ... 
Apl. 14 
Apl. 10 
- changes its note. 
May 30 
103. 
Hirundo rustica (swallow) arrives. 
Apl. 12 
Apl. 11 
—- flocks.. 
Aug. 7 
- departs (last seen).7... 
Oct. 27 
Oct. 26 
104. 
H. urbiea (house-martin) arrives. 
Apl. 17 
Apl. 16 
105. 
H. riparia (sand-martin) arr..... 
Apl. 27 
Apl. 19 
106. 
Cypselus Apus (swift) arr.. 
Apl. 27 
May 5 
—-* departs (last seen)... 
Aug. 19 
Sept. 7 
107. 
Caprimulgus europeeus (goatsucker) arrives. 
108. 
Turtur communis (turtle-dove) coos. 
May 10 
May 4 
109. 
Perdix cinerea (partridge) pairs. 
Jan. 29 
Jan. 24 
- hatches .... 
June 15 
110 . 
Scolopax Rusticola (woodcock) arrives. 
Oct. 21 
Oct. 12 
111. 
Crexpratensis (corn-crake) arr.. 
Apl. 26 
Apl. 23 
Amphibian. 
112 . 
Pana temporaria (common frog) spawns. 
Feb. 28 
Mar. 9 
