frost. To the end of March, dark, harsh weather, with frequent showers. To April 4, windy, with showers. To the end of May, bright, dry, warm weather, with a few occasional showers. From June 28 to July 17, heavy rains. To August 12, hot dry weather. To the end of September, alternate showers and sunshine. To November 22, dry, cool weather. To the end of the year, hard frost. 1789. To January 13, hard frost. To the end of the month, mild, with showers. To the end of February, frequent rain, with snow-showers and heavy gales of wind. To 13th March, hard frost, with snow. To April 18, heavy rain, with frost and snow and sleet. To the end of April, dark cold weather, with frequent rains. To June 9, warm spring weather, with brisk winds and frequent showers. From June 4 to the end of July, warm with much rain. To August 29, hot, dry, sultry weather. To September 11, mild, with frequent showers. To the end of September, fine autumnal weather, with occasional showers. To November 17, heavy rain, with violent gales of wind. To December 18, mild dry weather, with a few showers. To the end of the year, rain and wind. 1790. To January 16, mild foggy weather, with occasional rains. To January 21, frost. To January 28, dark, with driving rains. To February 14, mild, dry weather. To February 22, hard frost. To April 5, bright cold weather, with a few showers. To April 15, dark and harsh, with a deep snow. To April 21, cold cloudy weather, with ice. To June 6, mild spring weather, with much rain. From July 3, to July 14, cool, with heavy rain. To the end of July, warm, dry weather. To August 6, cold, with wind and rain. To August 24, fine harvest weather. To September 5, strong gales, with driving showers. To November 26, mild autumnal weather, with frequent showers. To December 1, hard frost and snow. To the end of the year, rain and snow, and a few days of frost. 1791. To the end of January, mild, with heavy rains. To the end of February, windy, with much rain and snow. From March to the end of June, mostly dry,especially June. March and April, rather cold and frosty. May and June, hot. July, rainy. Fine harvest weather, and pretty dry, to the end of September. Wet October, and cold towards the end. Very wet and stormy in November. Much frost in December. 1792. Some hard frost in January, but mostly wet and mild. February, some hard frost and a little snow. March, wet and cold. April, great storms on the 13th, then some very warm weather. May and June, cold and dry. indifferent harvest, rather late and wet. wet. October, showery and mild. November, dry and fine. December, mild. July, wet and cool; September, windy and Measure of Rain in Inches and Hundreds. Year. Jan. Feb. Mar. | April May June July Aug. | Sept. | Oct. Nov. Dec. | Total 1782. 4.64 1.98 6.54 4.57 6.34 1.75 7.09 8.28 3.72 1.93 2 51 0.91 50.26 1783. 4.435.54 2.160.882.84 2.82 1.45 2.24 5.52 1.71 3:01 1.10 33.71 1784.3.18 0.773.823.921.523.65 2.40 3.882.51 0.39 4.703.06 33.80 1785. 2.84 1.800.30 0.170.60 1.393.80 3.215.94 5.21 2.274. 231.55 1786. 6.91 1.42 1.62 1.81 2.40 1.20 1.99 4.344.795. 44.38 1787.0.88 3.67 4.28 0.742.60 1.50 6.53 0.831.565. 44. 95. 636.24 1788. 1.60 3.37 1.31 0.61 0.76 1.27 3.58 3.225.710. 00.86 0.23 22.50 1789.4.48 4.112.47 1.81 4. 54.243.690.992.825. 43.67 4.62 42.1790. 1.99 0.490.45 3.644.38 0.13 3.24 2.300.66 2.10 6.95 5.94 32.27 1791. 6.734.64 1.59 1.13 1.33 0.91 5.56 1.73 1.73 6.49 8.164.93 44.93 1792. 6.7. 1.686.70 4.08 3.00 2.785.164.25 5.53 5.55 1.65 2.11 48.56 1793. 3.71 2.323.33 3.191.21 313 A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CALENDAR OF NATURE, AS KEPT BY THE REV. G. WHITE AT SELBORNE IN HAMPSHIRE, AND WILLIAM MARKWICK, ESQ., AT CATSFIELD, NEAR BATTLE IN SUSSEX, FROM 1768 TO 1793. Of the abbreviations used, fl. signifies flowering; l. leafing; and ap. the first appearance; the dates, when more than one, express the earliest and latest times at which the circumstance was observed. Redbreast (erythaca Europaea) sings (motacilla cinerea) ap. wagtail (motacilla domestica) ap. Red dead-nettle (lamium purpureum) fi. Hazel (corylus avellana) fi. Hepatica (anemone hepatica) fl. Hedge dunnock (accentor modularis) sings Common flies (inusca domestica) seen in numbers Greater titmouse (parus hortensis) sings Thrush (merula musica) sings Insects swarm under sunny hedges Primrose (primula vulgaris) fl. Bees (apis mellifica) ap.. Gnats play about Chaffinches, male and female (spiza leucoptera) seen in equal numbers Furze or goose (nlex europæus) fl. Wall flower (cheiranthus cheiri; seu fruticulosus of Smith) fl. WHITE. Jan. 1-12. Jan. 1-18. Jan. 1-14. Jan. 2-11. Jan. 2-14. Jan. 6. April 7. Jan. 6-11. Jan. 8. Feb 1. Jan. 8. April 1. Jan. 9-11. Jan. 10. Feb. 11. Jan. 10. Feb. 5. • Quere, the common snow-flock (plectrophanes nivalis) ?-Ed. MARKWICK. Jan. 3-31, and again Oct. 16. Feb. 9. [Oct. 6. March 3. April 10. Feb. 28. April 17. Jan. 16. May 31. Jan. 24. March 26. Dec. 12. Feb. 23. Feb. 19. April 14. March 1. May 5. Jan. 1. April 9. March 17. April 29. Jan. 2. April 4. Jan. 1. May 10. Jan. 1. April. 5. Feb. 17. March 17. Yellow Wagtail (budytes flavissima) ap. Honeysuckle (lonicera pericly menum) 1. Jan. 23 March 5. Field or procumbent speedwell (veronica agrestis) fl. Jan. 27. March 15. Nettle butterfly (vanessa urticæ) ap. White wagtail (motacilla domestica) chirps Earth-worms engender Barren strawberry (fragaria sterilis) fl. Brown wood-owls hoot Hen (gallus domesticus) sits Jan. 27. April 2. Jan. 28. Jan. 28. Feb. 24. Jan. 30. Feb 7. June 12. Jan 20. March 19. Jan. 12. Feb. 27, sings till Feb. 28. April 17. Jan. 27. March 11. April 13. July 3, last seen March 5. April 24, last Feb. 1. March 26. Jan. 13. March 26. April 27. Feb. 1. Feb. 2. Feb. 3. March 8 hatches. Marsh tit begins his two harsh sharp notes Feb 3. Feb. 4. April 1. Musca tenax, ap. Feb. 4. April 8. Laurustine (viburnum tinus) fl. Feb. 5. Jan. 1. April 5. Butcher's broom (ruscus aculeatus) fl. Feb. 5. Fox (canis vulpes) smells rank Feb. 7. Turkey-cocks strut and gobble Feb. 10. Yellow-bunting (emberiza citrinella) sings Feb. 12. Brimstone butterfly (gonepteryx rhamni) ap. Feb. 13. April 2. Green woodpecker (picus viridis) makes a loud cry Feb. 13. March 23. European thickuee (oedicnemus Europaeus) clamours Feb. 27. April 24. Feb. 27. Feb. 27. April 5. Feb. 28. March 24. Jan. 1. May 10. May 19, young brought [forth. Feb. 18. April 28. Feb. 13. March 8, last seen Jan. 25. March 26. Feb. 26. April 18. June 17. Jan. 25. March 26. Chrysomela Gotting. ap. Black ants (formica nigra) ap. Ephemere bisetæ, ap. Gooseberry (ribes grossularia) 1. Common Stitchwort (stellaria holostea) f. Wood anemone (anemone nemorosa) fl. Raven (corvus corax) sits Wheatear (saxicola oenanthe) ap. Musk wood crowfoot (adoxa moschatellina) fl. Darkfooted pettychaps(sylvia loquax) ap. Fumaria bulbosa, f. Elm (ulmus campestris) fl. Turkey (meleagris gallopavo) lays House pigeons (columba livia) sit Marsh marigold (caltha palustris) fl. Buzz-fly (bombylius medius) ap. Bank swallow (hirundo riparia) ap. Snake (natrix torquatus) ap. Horse ant (formica herculeana) ap. Greenfinch (fringilla chloris) sings Black-cap (ficedula atricapilla) heard Young ducks hatched March 6. April 18. Feb. 23. April 22. March 10-18. Feb. 13. April 20, last [seen Dec. 25. April 29 emerge July 1 has young ones. March 16. April 13. March 12. April 30. April 15. May 22, seen March 12. [Dec. 23. Jan. 26. Feb. 26. March 28. March 13-20. Jan. 24 April 22. March 15. May 21. April 2. May 27. March 15. March 30. May 16, sits Feb. 17. April 25. March 22. April 18. Feb. 4. March 26, last [seen Nov. 12. March 22. April 22 March 6. April 26. March 23. April 14. March 26. May 4. March 27. Golden saxifrage (chrysosplenium oppositifolium) fl. March 27. April 9. Eave swallow (hirundo urbica) ap. Double hyacinth (hyacinthus orientalis) fl. Ring ouzel (merula torquata) seen Barley (hordeum vulgare) sown March 28. May 1. March 29. April 22. March 29. Feb. 16. May 19. March 30. April 22. Feb. 26. April 26. |