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Page 57
William Howitt. In March and April before pairing - time , star- lings may be seen in the fields , in large dense ... come before the swallow dares , and take The winds of March with beauty . RURAL OCCUPATIONS . Cattle still require ...
William Howitt. In March and April before pairing - time , star- lings may be seen in the fields , in large dense ... come before the swallow dares , and take The winds of March with beauty . RURAL OCCUPATIONS . Cattle still require ...
Page 66
... comes with a freshness of beauty which charms us at once with novelty , and a recognition of old delights . Symptoms of spring now crowd thickly upon us : however regular may be our walks , we are daily surprised at the rapid march of ...
... comes with a freshness of beauty which charms us at once with novelty , and a recognition of old delights . Symptoms of spring now crowd thickly upon us : however regular may be our walks , we are daily surprised at the rapid march of ...
Page 90
... 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 lob- worm , minnow , or other small fish . The tench is a lively prey , this month ...
... 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 lob- worm , minnow , or other small fish . The tench is a lively prey , this month ...
Page 91
... April and May , and in the hot months . " Flies : - all those of March ; also small bright brown ; dark brown ; from ... comes April , goes August . Haunts , Sea shore . Columba Turtur , Turtle Dove , goes Sept. Woods in Kent . Grassy ...
... April and May , and in the hot months . " Flies : - all those of March ; also small bright brown ; dark brown ; from ... comes April , goes August . Haunts , Sea shore . Columba Turtur , Turtle Dove , goes Sept. Woods in Kent . Grassy ...
Page 92
... comes April 10 , goes Oct. 29 . marshes . Salt Totanus Hypoleucos , Common Sandpiper , goes Oct. Pebbly mar- gins of ... comes early in April , goes June , Aug. Orchards and hollow trees . DEPARTURES . Larus nævius , Grey Gull , goes ...
... comes April 10 , goes Oct. 29 . marshes . Salt Totanus Hypoleucos , Common Sandpiper , goes Oct. Pebbly mar- gins of ... comes early in April , goes June , Aug. Orchards and hollow trees . DEPARTURES . Larus nævius , Grey Gull , goes ...
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aliis Alpine amongst autumn Azalea banks beauty bees behold birds blue bogs boughs Broad-leaved Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH Chalky Cnicus coast comes April comes Aug comes Dec comes Nov comes Oct Common corn Corn-fields creatures cum mult Curruca delightful Ditches earth eggs Eringo Fieldfare fields flowers forest fresh Fritillary frost Fumitory Gardens Globe-flower goes Feb goes Sept Goosander grass green Haunts Hawkweed heart Hipparchia Hornbeam insects John's-wort larvæ leaves Marsh MARY HOWITT Meadows and pastures Moist month Moth mountains mult Nature nest numbers Orchis Phlox plants pleasant poets Polyommatus pools Primula Purple Rest-Harrow Rhododendron rivers rocks Sandy places Saxifrage Scotland Sea-shore season SELECT CALENDAR snow species Spiræa spirit spring Star of Bethlehem streams summer sweet thou trees tures Viburnum vulgaris Waste ground Watery places White wild Willow winter Woods and hedges Yellow young Zinnia