does not weary them by her wanderings, or tread upon them, which she is very apt to do; that they are not overtaken by rain, or get into other dangers, not the least of which is being carried off by weasels, or polecats, which often lurk about farm-yards for the purpose of seizing eggs and young poultry. A white terrier of mine, on one occasion, drew from its burrow, which it had made under some wood in a stable, a large polecat, and fifteen young ducklings which it had carried off from the adjoining farmyard within the course of a day or two, to the great marvel of the farmer's wife, who missed the ducklings one after another, but could not perceive how they went.-Such are the cares of hatching-time.

ANGLING.

Grayling, perch, dace, are not in best season, nor chub, till the middle of the month: nor barbel during the latter half of it. Salmon is improving; and trout comes in and may be sought in his beautiful clear streams with a minnow, or palmer-worm, or with the fly. The chub takes the worm, and the pike the lobworm, minnow, or other small fish. The tench is a lively prey, this month, bating with a good Cotton says the grayling is never out of season, and reckons him yet a winter fish. Wal

worm.

ton declares him to be "a pleasant fish and a jolly in mid April and May, and in the hot months." Flies: - all those of March; also small bright brown; dark brown; from the 6th to the 10th, the violet fly; about the 12th, the little wheeling dun, yellow dun, little brown; about the 20th, the horse-fly to the end of the month.

MIGRATION OF BIRDS.

ARRIVALS.

Charadrius Hiaticula, Ring Dottrel, comes April, goes August. Haunts, Sea shore.

Columba Turtur, Turtle Dove, goes Sept.

Woods in Kent.
Grassy fields.

Coturnix vulgaris, Quail, goes Aug. Sept.
Cuculus canorus, Cuckoo, comes early in April, goes July, Aug.
Fields, generally.

Curruca luscinia, Nightingale, comes April 15, goes Aug. Woods and copses.

Curruca sylvia, Whitethroat, goes Sept. Hedges and bushes. Curruca sylviella, Lesser Whitethroat, goes Sept. Hedges and bushes.

Curruca atricapilla, Black-cap, comes April 13, goes September. Gardens.

Curruca locustella, Grasshopper Lark, goes Sept. Brakes and bushes.

Curruca hortensis, Pettychaps, goes Sept. Shrubberies in Southern

counties.

Curruca sibillatrix, Wood Wren, goes Sept. Beech and oak woods.

Cypselus Apus, Swift, comes April 24, goes Aug. 15. Eaves and

towers.

Fratercula arctica, Puffin, goes Aug. North coasts.

Hirundo rustica, Swallow, comes April 13, goes Sept. Nov. Chimneys.

Hirundo riparia, Sand Martin, goes Oct. Sand cliffs near water. Hirundo urbica, Martin, goes Oct. Eaves.

Motacilla flava, Yellow Wagtail, goes Sept. Green corn.

Muscicapa atricapilla, Pied Flycatcher, goes Sept. Woods.
Rallus aquaticus, Water Rail, goes Oct. Sedgy waters.

Saxicola rubetra, Whinchat, comes April 13, goes Sept. Grassy meadows.

Sterna Hirundo, Common Tern, goes Sept. Sea-shores.

Sterna minuta, Lesser Tern, goes Sept. Sea-shores.
Sterna Boysii, Sandwich Tern, goes Sept.

and Kent.

Sea-shores of Suffolk

Sterna Dugalli, Roseate Tern, goes Sept. Scottish sea-shores. Sterna nigra, Black Tern, goes Sept. Fens, lakes, and rivers. Sylvia Phoenicurus, Redstart, goes Oct. Orchards and old walls.

Totanus calidris, Redshank, comes April 10, goes Oct. 29.

marshes.

Salt

Totanus Hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper, goes Oct. Pebbly margins of streams.

Tringa pugnax, Ruff, goes Sept. Fens.

Turdus torquatus, Ring Ousel, goes Sept. Mountainous parts. Vanellus cristatus, Lapwing, goes Aug. Barren fields and heaths. Yunx Torquilla, Wryneck, comes early in April, goes June, Aug. Orchards and hollow trees.

DEPARTURES.

Larus nævius, Grey Gull, goes April 10, comes Aug. 4. Haunts, Beach.

Larus argentatus, Blue, or Herring Gull, goes April 10, comes August. Beach.

Loxia curvirostra, Crossbill, comes Aug. Orchards.

Otus brachyotus, Short-eared Owl, comes Oct. Woods and hilly

tracts.

Spathulea clypeata, Common Shoveler, comes Oct. Fresh-water lakes.

Totanus fuscus, Cambridge Godwit, comes Aug. Sea-shore.
Totanus ochropus, Green Sandpiper, comes Sept. Sea-shore.
Totanus striata, Purple Sandpiper, comes Aug. Sea-shore.

MIGRATION OF SWALLOWS. The subject of the migration of the swallow tribe has been agitated by naturalists from remote antiquity. Many foolish notions upon it have been advanced, which are now very properly abandoned; and the inquiry may be said to be set at rest. One would wonder, indeed, when we consider that, by the lightness of their bodies, and their length and speed of wing, they are, of all birds, the best calculated for migration,

how a doubt could have arisen on the subject. But they come, it is said, with great secrecy, and go with great secrecy! So does the heavy woodcock;-and yet no one ever doubted of the migration of that plethoric bird, whose usual flight is not many hundred yards. A few are sometimes seen after the rest have departed, on the breaking out of a few fine days; and a few, which in spring appear first, as suddenly disappear on the return of cold. Can this be any wonder in birds of such velocity? Some however have been found in a dormant state here. This is a fact ;-but a fact only of a few, and of rare occurrence; and proves no more than that, when accident prevents their departure, nature has given them the power of so existing. But of all the absurd hypotheses broached on this head, that of their remaining at the bottom of pools and marshes under water, during winter, is the most preposterous. Dissection has proved that they have no organic provision for such a state, and could not live half an hour in submersion; so that we are obliged to sacrifice our love of the marvellous and mysterious, and to let the poor birds go, as Nature has given them power, to the southern lands of summer.

The whinchat and yellow wagtail are said to remain in the southern counties through the winter, but they disappear from the northern

and midland ones. The ring-ousel merely passes through this country on its spring and autumnal journeys, staying a few days in some particular spots. In the north of England and Scotland, they too remain all the year.

CALENDAR OF THE FLOWER-GARDEN.

Class II. Order 1. Syringa vulgaris, Blue Lilac. 5.
III. 1. Iris pumila, Dwarf Iris.

IV. 1. Cornus florida, Great-flowering Dogwood. 5.
V. 1. Lonicera Tartarica, Tartarian Honeysuckle. 5.

Rhamnus Alaternus, cum var. Common Alaturnus, with va

rieties. 6.

Pulmonaria angustifolia, Narrow-leaved Lungwort.
Polemonium reptans, Creeping Greek Valerian. 5.

Primula villosa, Hairy Primula. 5.
Primula nivea, Snowy Primula. 5.

Primula marginata, Margined Primula. 5.

Primula Auricula, cum aliis.

others. 5.

Common Yellow Auricula, with

Dodecatheon media, American Cowslip. 6.
Soldanella Alpina, Soldanella Alpine.
Cyclamen Europæum, European Cyclamen.
Phlox subulata, Awl-leaved Lychnidea. 5.
Phlox setacea, Bristly Lychnidea. 5.
Violæ, mult. Violets, various. 5.

V. 2. Gentiana acaulis, Gentianella. 5.

Gentiana verna, Spring Gentian.

V. 3. Staphylea pinnata, Fine-leaved Bladdernut. 6.
VI. 1. Fritillaria Meleagris, Chequered Fritillary.

Fritillaria latifolia, Broad-leaved Fritillary.

Fritillaria Persica, Persian Fritillary.

Berberes, mult. Barberries, various.

Narcissus majalis, Large-flowered Narcissus. 5.

Narcissus incomparabilis, Peerless Daffodil. 5.

Narcissus Jonquilla, Jonquil. 5.

Narcissus Hispanicus, cum aliis. Spanish White Narcissus, with

others. 5.

Tulipa sylvestris, Italian yellow Tulip. 5.

Tulipa Gesneriana, Common Garden Tulip.

Ornithogalum nutans, Nodding Star of Bethlehem. 5.

Ornithogalum umbellatum, Umbellate Star of Bethlehem. 5.

Scilla Italica, Italian Squill. 7.

Hyacinthus muscari, Musk Hyacinth. 5.