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
Larks (Alauda arvensis) congregate
Nuthatch (Sitta Europaea) heard
Winter aconite (Helleborus hiemalis) fl.
Shelless snail or slug (Limax) ap.

Jan. 2.

Gray wagtail (Motacilla boarula) ap. Jan. 2—11
White wagtail (Motacilla alba) ap.

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
Linnets (Fringilla linota) congregate