The Natural History of Selborne

Began to cut grass for the horses.  The side-fly on horses.  Mole-cricket churs in the moist meadows.

Hanger in leaf this day yesterday but a few trees were green.  Trees & hedges in general begin to leaf.

Vines begin to sprout, & shew leaves.  Distant thunder, & showers about.

Swallows & martins collect dirt for building.  Regulus non crist: major cantat voce stridula locustae.  Usually a late bird of passage.  The horizon looks dark & louring.

Ground very moist.  Barley, & all spring-corn come up well.  Vast Aurora in the N.E. and S.W. & all round.

Cherry-trees begin to blossom.  The sedge bird, Passer arundinaceus minor, of the Brit: zool sings about waters: variety of notes; but the manner is hurrying.

Fly-catcher.  This bird is usually the last of the summer birds of passage.

Summer-like weather.  Some beeches begin to leaf.

Asparagus begins to sprout.

Grass & corn grow very fast.