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. A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF WHITE'S AND MARKWICK'S CALENDARS. Of the abbreviations used, fl. signifies flowering; 1. leafing; and ap. the first appearance. { Mar. 5, Apr. 24, last seen June 6. Mar. 16. Nettle butterfly (papilio urticæ) ap. Jan. 27, Apr. 2 White wagtail (motacilla alba)} Jan. 28 chirps Shell-snail (helix nemoralis) ap. Barren strawberry (fragaria sterilis) fl. Blue titmouse (parus cæruleus)} Feb. 1 chirps Brown wood-owls hoot Hen (phasianus gallus) sits Marsh titmouse begins his two harsh sharp notes Gossamer floats Musca tenax ap. Laurustine (viburnum tinus) fl. Apr. 2, June 11. Jan. 13, Mar. 26. Butcher's broom (ruscus aculeatus) fl. Feb. 5 Fox (canis vulpes) smells rank Feb. 7 Feb. 10. Jan. 1, Apr. 5 |