... his garden to jee his feathered friends. Among- friends sa privileged was Mr James Siartin, who tells the ■eader.s of Nature Notes that the blackbirds, ;h: ushes, tits, sparrows, pigeons, &c., would hover bout the kind old gentleman, perch OIL his hat ...

... associate hot with the peacock, the bird especially dedicated to the queen of heaven. The absence of snob indications was naturally noted and commented upon but a dramatic journal explained that tbt omission was not accidental, but designed, theatrical people ...

... in our copses on summer evenings. Mrs Brightwen, a lady who has bad pets among all manner of wild creatures, writes in Nature Notes about a tame bulbul which has become very much at borne with her. He came from Egypt, and is rather bigger than a robin ...

... another musical pussy, who must have been a descendant of the Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle cat have b!>n told in Nature Notes. This was Imp, a big bltxck- r-nd white bom, nine months old. Imp was very partial to the violin performances of an ...

... Why, that's baby s hell, says mather, run and see what is the matter with him. Who's that Knocking? A correspondent of Nature Notes has a funny anecdote to tell of a cloverpoa, Tne other day when we were having lunch we heard a strange scratching sound ...

... interesting case of a wild rabbit living in an almost tame condition is recorded by Helen J. Murray in the current number of Nature Notes, the Selborne Society's magazine. Mrs Paul, a fisherman's wife, livmg in a hut between Ardna- hem Farm and the mouth of ...