A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR, AS KEPT AT SELBORNE, IN HAMPSHIRE, BY THE LATE REV. GILBERT WHITE, M.A.; AND AT CATSFIELD, NEAR BATTLE, IN SUSSEX, BY WILLIAM MARKWICK. Esq., F.L.S., FROM THE YEAR 1768 TO THE YEAR 1793. 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. Of the abbreviations used, f. signifies flowering; l. leafing; and ap. the first REDBREAST (Sylvia rubecula) sings Jan. 2. Gray wagtail (Motacilla boarula) ap. Jan. 2—11 Apr. 17 Jan. 16. May 31 Jan. 24. Mar. 23 Missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus) sings Jan. 2-14 Bearsfoot (Helleborus foetidus) fl. Mar. 1. May 5 Polyanthus (Primula Polyantha) fi. Apr. 9 Double daisy (Bellis perennis plena) fl. Jan. 2. Feb. 1 Mar. 17. Apr. 29 Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) fl. Jan. 3. Feb. 16 Jan. 2. Apr. 4 Pansie (Viola tricolor) fl. May 10 Red dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) fl. Jan. 3-21 Jan. 1. Apr. 5 Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) ff. Jan. 3-15 Jan. 1. Apr. 9 Hazel (Corylus avelana) fl. Mar. 11 Hepatica (Anemone hepatica) fl. Apr. 9 Hedge sparrow (Sylvia modularis) sings Mar. 13 Common flies (Musca domestica) seen in numbers Greater titmouse (Parus major) sings Jan. 6. Feb. 6 Feb. 17. Mar. 17 Thrush (Turdus musicus) sings Insects swarm under sunny hedges Jan. 6. Primrose (Primula vulgaris) fl. Bees (Apis mellifica) ap. Jan. 6. Mar. 19 Jan. 31. Apr. 11; last Gnats play about Jan. 6. Feb. 3 [seen Dec. 30 Chaffinches, male and female (Fringilla cœlebs), seen in equal numbers Furze or gorse (Ulex Europaeus) fl. Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri; seu fruticulosus of Smith) fl. Stock (Cheiranthus incanus) fl. Emberiza alba (bunting) in great flocks |