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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR.
| WHITE. | MARKWICK. | |
| Rooks (corvus frugilegus) resort to their nest trees | Jan. 10, Feb. 11 | Jan. 23. |
| Black hellebore (helleborus niger) fl. | Jan. 10 | Apr. 27. |
| Snowdrop (galanthus nivalis) fl. | Jan. 10, Feb. 5 | Jan. 18. Mar. 1. |
| White dead-nettle (lamium album) fl. | Jan. 13 | Mar. 23, May 10. |
| Trumpet honeysuckle, fl | Jan, 13 | |
| Common creeping crowfoot (ranunculus repens) fl. | Jan. 13 | Apr. 10, May 12. |
| House-sparrow (fringilla domestica) chirps | Jan. 14 | Feb. 17, May 9. |
| Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum) fl. | Jan. 16, Mar. 11 | Feb. 1, Apr. 17. |
| Bat (vespertilio) ap. | Jan. 16, Mar. 24 | Feb. 6, June 1; last seen Nov. 20. |
| Spiders shoot their webs | Jan. 16 | |
| Butterfly ap. | Jan. 16 | Feb. 21, May 8; last seen Dec. 22. |
| Brambling (fringilla montifringilla) ap. | Jan. 16 | Jan. 10–31. |
| Blackbird (turdus merula) whistles | Jan. 17 | Feb. 15, May 13. |
| Wren (sylvia troglodytes) sings | Jan. 17 | Feb. 7, June 12. |
| Earthworms lie out | Jan. 18, Feb. 8 | |
| Crocus (crocus vernus) fl. | Jan. 13, Mar. 18 | Jan. 20, Mar. 19. |
| Skylark (alauda arvensis) sings | Jan. 21 | Jan. 12, Feb. 27; sings till Nov. 13. |
| Ivy casts its leaves | Jan. 22 | |
| Helleborus hiemalis fl. | Jan. 22-24 | Feb. 28, Apr. 17. |
| Common dor or clock (scarabæus stercorarius) | Jan. 23 | Feb. 12, Apr. 12; last seen Nov. 24. |
| Peziza acetabulum ap. | Jan. 23 | |
| Helleborus virid, fl. | Jan. 23, Mar. 5 | |
| Hazel (corylus avellana) fl. | Jan. 23, Feb. 1 | Jan. 27, Mar. 11. |
| Woodlark (alauda arborea) sings | Jan. 24, Feb. 21 | Jan. 28, June 5. |
| Chaffinch (fringilla cœlebs) sings | Jan. 24, Feb. 15 | Jan. 21, Feb. 26. |
| Jack-daws begin to come to churches | Jan. 25, Mar. 4 | |
| Yellow wagtail (motacilla flava) ap. | Jan. 25, Apr. 14 | Apr. 13, July 3; last seen Sept. 8. |
| Honeysuckle (lonicera periclymenum) l. Jan. 25 | Jan. 1, Apr. 9. | |
| Field or procumbent speedwell (veronica agrestis) fl. | Jan. 27, Mar. 15 | Feb. 12, Mar. 29. |
| Nettle butterfly (papilio urticæ) ap. | Jan. 27, Apr. 2 | Mar. 5, Apr. 24; last seen June 6. |
| White wagtail (motacilla alba) chirps | Jan. 28 | Mar. 16. |
| Shell-snail (helix nemoralis) ap. | Jan. 28, Feb. 24 | Apr. 2, June 11. |
| Earthworms engender | Jan. 30 | |
| Barren strawberry (fragaria sterilis) fl. | Feb. 1, Mar. 26 | Jan. 13, Mar. 26. |
| Blue titmouse (parus cæruleus) chirps | Feb. 1 | Apr. 27. |
| Brown wood-owls hoot | Feb. 2 | |
| Hen (phasianus gallus) sits | Feb. 3 | March 8, hatches. |
| Marsh titmouse begins his two harsh sharp notes | Feb. 3 | |
| Gossamer floats | Feb. 4, Apr. 1 | |
| Musca tenax, ap. | Feb. 4, Apr. 8 | |
| Laurustine (viburnum tinus) fl. | Feb. 5 | Jan. 1, Apr. 5. |
| Butcher's broom (ruscus aculeatus) fl. | Feb. 5 | Jan. 1, May 10. |
| Fox (canis vulpes) smells rank | Feb. 7 | May 19, young brought forth. |
| Turkey-cocks strut and gobble | Feb. 10 | |
| Yellow-hammer (emberiza citrinella) sings | Feb. 12 | Feb. 18, Apr. 28. |
| Brimstone butterfly (papilio rhamni) ap. | Feb. 13, Apr. 2 | Feb. 13, Mar. 8; last seen Dec. 24. |
| Green-woodpecker (picus viridis) makes a loud cry | Feb. 13, Mar. 23 | Jan. 1, Apr. 17. |
| Raven (corvus corax) builds | Feb. 14–17 | Apr. 1, has young ones June 1. |
| Yew-tree (taxus baccata) fl. | Feb. 14, Mar. 27 | Feb. 2, Apr. 11. |
| Coltsfoot (tussilago farfara) fl. | Feb. 15, Mar. 23 | Feb. 18, Apr. 13. |
| Rooks (corvus frugilegus) build | Feb. 16, Mar. 6 | Feb. 28, Mar. 5. |
