... NATURE NOTES M . HENBI FABRE ON THE MASON-BEES . Another charming volume ( The 3 Iasori-Bees . 6 s . neU London : Hodder & Stoughtoh ) . has been added to the English edition of M . I ' abrq's works . Of all contemporary writers ; on natural , -tutor ...

... NATURE NOTES BIO . VI 8 AND . THHR PEE 7 . ¦ The house where this note is written stands at tho point of junction- of a narrow glen with a wido extensive dalo . Shrubberies and trees surround it on every side , but outside thoso it opens directly to fields ...

... NATURE NOTES A SUMMJ 5 B BAB&L& . On a bank sloping south to the Forth estuary tho erythrea' ( centaury ) was growing , and near its clustered rosy stars tho blood geranium ' -fras showing her largo singlo red-purple flowon in profusion . Both these plants ...

... NATURE . NOTES .. IOADS FBOM THE TEENCHZS . There have just been received at ' the Zoological Park , Corstorphino ,. six little toads captured at the front , and sent by Captain Duncan M . Morrison , , R . A . M . C , of Edinburgh . Packed in- damp moss ...

... NATURE : NOTES FROM THE WESTERN FRONT . ' — ONCEmore tho mud reigns supreme , and the tha \» and sunshine hard waked the birds to thought of spring-time and mating . ' ¦ The sun shines gloriounl , brigMi , and the edges of craters and shell holy glint ...

... NATURE NOTES , , TBE cnjftFff-B' « Un : / On this part of the West Coast ol ScoSand cu , lews are with us a ! l the year round , fteque nKav in winterHhe shores of tlie sea lochs and in suam ^ being , met with on the high lands . . On fine days jj wiftte ...

... nature ; . notes WILrjFOWli IN THE FIBTH OP FORTH . Last Saturday afternoon a g-ajfg-le of pink-footed geeso numbcriug fourteen put in an appearance it the Firth of Forth opposite Portobello , and oe the day following their ? numbers wore augmented by ...

... NATURE NOTES WILD UTE IN TEE WESTERN , HIGHLANDS IN NOVEMBER . - Wb are in tho last month of the year , and as yet no really wintry conditions ¦ have , visited , us along thO West « MS fseiLoard . Early in the month the glass . stood very low . On the ...

... NATURE NOTES . BIRDS IN THE EDINBUBGH DI 8 TBICT . Ok the last day oftha year iu the course of s short walk not far from our doors in the South Side of Edinburgh I both saw and heard the wag . tail , chaffinch , greenfinch , gull , rook , jackdaw , starling ...

... NATURE ¦ NOTE'S si « c r r \ ' ] ; . . BD 3 DS ON THE WESTERN ^ FHONT .. ' Never has the indifference of birds to war con . diti gns been more full y exemplified than by the behaviour of the partridges that throng the country around ire , r Thoy are ...

... NATURE ' NOTES / nrE'coMEir It -would bo interesting to know how , or when , tho comet comos by its unenviable repnta , tio n , Iiigh * ly or wrongly , it i lookc ...

... NATURE NOTES WILDFOWL IN THE FIBTH OF FOBTH . OOKSIDEBAElE numbers of oyster-catchers are ami in ovidencr f during the early mornings flighting ia north-westerly direction . These are comDosed o ) flocks numbering from a few birds to -as man ? ae thirty ...