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N.B.-The dates in the following Calendars, when more than one, express the earliest and latest times in which the circumstance noted was observed.

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A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF WHITE'S AND MARKWICK'S CALENDARS.

Of the abbreviations used, fl. signifies flowering; 1. leafing; and ap. the first appearance.

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WHITE.

MARKWICK.

Greater titmouse (parus major) sings

Thrush (turdus musicus) sings

Insects swarm under sunny hedges
Primrose (primula vulgaris) fl.

Bees (apis mellifica) ap.

Gnats play about

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Chaffinches, male and female (fringilla coelebs) seen

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Furze or gorse (ulex europeus) fl.

Wall-flower (cheiranthus cheiri; seu fruticulosus of

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Linnets (fringilla linota) congregate

Rooks (corvus frugilegus) resort to their nest trees

Black hellebore (helleborus niger) fl.

Jan. 9.
Jan.

Jan. 9-11

Jan. 10, Feb. 11

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Stock (cheiranthus incanus) fl.

Emberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks

Lambs begin to fall

Snow-drop (galanthus nivalis) fl.

White dead-nettle (lamium album) fl.

Trumpet honey-suckle, fl.

Common creeping crow-foot (ranunculus repens) fl.

House-sparrow (fringilla domestica) chirps

Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum) fl.

Bat (vespertilio) ap.

Spiders shoot their webs

Jan. 13

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Jan. 16, March 11

Jan. 16, March 24
Jan. 16.

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Field or procumbent speedwell (veronica agrestis) fl.

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Jan. 23, March 5.
Jan. 23, Feb. 1
Jan. 24, Feb. 21
Jan. 24, Feb. 15
Jan. 25, March 4.
Jan. 25, April 14
Jan. 25

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Feb. 21, May 8; last seen Dec. 22.
Jan. 10-31.

Feb. 15, May 13.

Feb. 7, June 12.

Jan 20, March 19.

Jan 12, Feb. 27; sings till Nov. 13.

Feb. 28, April 17.

Feb. 12, April 12; last seen Nov. 24.

Jan. 27, March 11.

Jan. 28, June 5.

Jan. 21, Feb. 26.

April, 13, July 3; last seen Sept. 8.
Jan. 1, April 9.

Feb. 12, March 29.

March 5, April 24; last seen June 6.
March 16.

April 2, June 11.

Jan. 13, March 26.
April 27.

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Brimstone butterfly (papilio rhamni) ap.

Green woodpecker (picus viridis) makes a loud cry

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Partridges (perdix cinerea) pair

Peas (pisum sativum) sown

House-pigeon (columba domestica) has young ones

Field-crickets open their holes

Common flea (pulex irritans) ap.

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Feb. 2

Feb. 3.

Feb. 3.

Feb. 4, April 1.

Feb. 4, April 8.

Feb.

Feb. 5

Feb. 7.

Feb. 10

Feb. 12

Feb. 13, April 2
Feb. 13, March 23
Feb. 14-17.
Feb. 14, March 27
Feb. 15, March 23
Feb. 16, March 6
Feb. 17

Feb. 17, March 8
Feb. 18

Feb. 20, March 30
Feb. 21-26

Feb. 21, April 13
Feb. 21, April 5
Feb. 22, March 26
Feb. 23, April 1

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March 8, hatches.

Jan 1, April 5.

Jan. 1, May 10.

May 19, young brought forth.

Feb. 18, April 28..

Feb. 13, March 8; last seen Dec. 24.
Jan. 1, April 17.

April 1, has young ones June 1.
Feb. 2, April 11..
Feb. 18, April 13.
Feb. 28, March 5.
Feb. 16, March 20.
Feb. 8, March 31.
Feb. 8.

Jan. 25, March 26.
Feb. 28, May 5.

Feb. 23, May 6; last seen Oct. 28.
April 27, June 17.

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