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remarks subjoined by him, in numerous instances, to our author's Observations on various Parts of Nature, shew him to have been a sensible as well as a diligent observer. He communicated to the Linnean Society various essays on subjects of interest to the British zoologist, which were published in the earlier volumes of the Transactions of that body: the first of them, On the Migration of certain Birds, and on other Matters relating to the Feathered Tribes, included a Table of the annual appearance and disappearance of certain birds, which was continued to the end of 1794 in a subsequent communication, entitled Aves Sussexienses; or, a Catalogue of Birds found in the County of Sussex, with Remarks. His last paper consisted of Observations on the Clover Weevil, and was published in 1801. His death took place in 1813.—E. T. B.

A COMPARATIVE VIEW

OF

WHITE'S AND MARKWICK'S CALENDARS.

Of the abbreviations used, A. signifies flowering; l. leafing; and ap. the first

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Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) ap. Jan. 25. Apr. 14 Apr. 13.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera Periclyme-
num) 1.

Field or procumbent speedwell (Ve-
ronica agrestis) fl.

Small tortoise-shell butterfly (Papi.
lio Urtica) ap.
White wagtail (Motacilla alba) sings
Shell snail (Helix nemoralis) ap.
Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris)
engender

Barren strawberry (Fragaria sterilis)
A.

Tomtit (Parus cæruleus) makes its
spring note

July 3: last [seen Sept. 8

Jan. 25

Jan. 1.

Apr. 9

Jan. 27. Mar. 15 Feb. 12. Mar. 29

Mar. 5.
Mar. 16.
Apr. 2. June 11

[seen June 6 Apr. 24: last

Jan. 27. Apr. 2
Jan. 28
Jan. 28. Feb. 24

Jan. 30

Feb. 1. Mar. 26 Jan. 13. Mar. 26

Feb. 1

Apr. 27

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Podura fimetaria ap.
Aranea scenica saliens ap.
Scolopendra forficata ap.

Wryneck (Yunx Torquilla) returns
Goose (Anas Anser) lays
Duck (Anas Boschas) lays
Dog violet (Viola canina) fl.
Peacock butterfly (Papilio Io) ap.
Trouts (Salmo Fario) begin to rise
Beans (Vicia Faba) planted
Bloodworms appear in the water
Crow (Corvus Corone) builds
Oats (Avena sativa) sown

Golden crested wren (Sylvia Regu-
lus) sings

Aspen (Populus tremula) fl.

Common elder (Sambucus nigra) 1.
Laurel (Prunus Laurocerasus ) fl.
Chrysomela Gottingensis ap.
Black ant (Formica nigra) ap.
Ephemera biseta ap.

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Gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia) 1.

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Common stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) fl.

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Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) fl.

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Blackbird (Turdus Merula) sits

Raven (Corrus Corax) sits
Wheatear (Sylvia Enanthe) returns'
Muskwood crowfoot (Adoxa Moscha-
tellina) fl.

Small uncrested willow wren2 ap.

Fumaria bulbosa Al.

Elm (Ulmus campestris) fl.
Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo ) lays
House pigeon (Columba domestica)|
sits

Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
fl.

Buzz-fly (Bombylius medius) ap.
Sand martin (Hirundo riparia) ap.

Snake (Coluber Natrix) ap.

Mar. 19

Mar. 19. Apr. 4

[ones May 19

Apr. 1, builds
Mar. 13. May 23: last
[seen Oct. 26

Feb. 23. Apr. 28
Willow wren (Sylvia
Trochilus) Mar. 30.
May 16: sits May 27:
last seen Oct. 23

Feb. 17. Apr. 25

Mar. 19. Apr. 7|Mar. 18-25: sits Apr.

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1 Seen at Spofforth, Apr. 5, 1833.-W. H. 2 There is strange confusion in the entries respecting the willow wrens in the Calendar published from Mr. White's papers after his death. Three sorts were known to him, as he distinctly says in a former passage: the Sylvia Trochilus, or yellow wren; the Sylv. sylvicola, or wood wren; and the Sylv. loquar, or chiffchaff: but there are five entries of such wrens in the Calendar. By reference to what he has said in other places, it should seem that the chiffchaff appears the first. Therefore, in the entry, March 19th, we must read, instead of Small uncrested willow wren, Chiffchaff, Sylo, loquar. In a subsequent page, Mr. White states this bird to be the chiffchaff, and to be usually heard about the 20th of March.-W. H.

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