The first of March the region overhead is occupied by the very faint constellation Lynx. South of it, and astride the ecliptic, appear the constellations Gemini, the Twins, and Cancer, the Crab. These, like Taurus, belong to the zodiac. The Twins are westward from Cancer, and are marked by two nearly equal stars, about five degrees apart. The more westerly and northerly one is Castor and the other is Pollux. Cancer is marked by a small cluster of faint stars called Præsepe, the Manger (also sometimes the Beehive). Directly south of the Twins, is the bright lone star Procyon, in the constellation Canis Minor, the Little Dog. Sirius and the other stars of Canis Major, which make a striking figure, are seen south-west of Procyon.