... carefully observed, the number and marking of the eggs noted, there is more real pleasure (says Mr. F. W. Ashley, writing in Nature Notes) in leaving everything as you found it, and listening to the happy chirruping of the little owners you retire, than can ...

... London birds bass sometimes fall back curious material for the building of their nests. Mr. A. Holt Mscpherson tell Nature Notes sotno spotted »y--oatebers which nested Hyde Perk end Kensington Hardens test eanuner. One aaet which bad wntnked ewe ...

... BITS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. JACKDAWS TAMED BY JACKDAW. A curious thing, which may interest some of the readers of Nature Notes (writes G. C. Green in the' paper named) happened with regard to a pair of jackdaws which we had here about 20 years ago. We had ...

... the welfare of her realm. GOOD NEWS FOR WILD BIRDS. Under the beading Good News for Wild Birds, Mr. John Pedder writes to Nature Notes to point out the means by which the Home Secretary can act for the protection of wild birds when applied to by the County ...

... HOME RULE IN THE NEST. Mr. H. J. Ormerod, in Nature Notes, refers to the natural pugnacioueness of the young jackdaw. Watching a family of jackdaws, he found the young one turning out the parent, seizing him by the throat and shaking him with indignation ...

... Willits the recollection of living people nightingales have been heard in Hyde-park. The Rev. Leonard Blomfield, who, says Nature Notes, has probably observed British birds for a longer time than any living English naturalist, sends our coati temporary the ...

... GILBERT WHITE IN SUSSEX. In this month's number of Nature Notes, the journal of the Selborne Society, Mr. W. Heneage Legge has an interesting article under this head. lie says that readers of Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne are, of course ...

... cost—£6so complete—and low working expenses enables the company to adopt very low fares. Me. G. A. Oxman , contributes to Nature Notes a chatty account of forestry in Germany, where more than 2.1 per cent. of the land is covered with trees. In Prussia per ...

... an aviary in his garden, and allowed them to remain there until the spring. It appears from this gentleman's letter in Nature Notes that his aviary is made of thick wire and is placed against a wall, the roof only being partially covers I, and the outer ...

... as may be designated, or they may commute this by a money payment based on the actual value of their time. A muesli in Nature Notes, calling attention to the iniquity of rooting up wild flowers to sell them to English dealers, says he could name a ...

... materials care( thg number, apd marking of the en noted, there More real p leasure (says ) ir. F. W.Ashley, writing in Nature. Notes) in leaving everything as you found it, sod listening to the happy shirrnimtg of the little owners es you retire, than ...

... the ceremony; and, of course, had the credit of saving the sun. sheep are much more rare. Here is one from this mouth'. Nature Notes, the journal of the Selborne Society : Many years ago it came under the notice of the writer to observe a mother with ...