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... NATURE -NOTE . S THE FAIEKNAL iriSTIHCT ni BIBBS . ' 1 MAI'EBNAL instinct ^ m -inEl . ? ; animals has '•' . •' 'been so loudly lauded thai qniie as wonderful a one , tha paternal instinct in birds , has beon rather overlooked , Two wwks ago ft ^ y » jE ...
... THE BLAEBERRY AND ITS VARIETIES . December 10 , 1910 . Sm , —In the Nature Note under this heading in to-day ' B Scotsman I find I have inadvertently classed tho crowborry with tha bramble family . It is an order by iteelf , a heath-like shrub , with ...
... pEcni-mBS or PERCH' . TllO Inch , Liberlon , December 21 , 1910 , 5 lB , — -A 3 , . tho writer of the . nature note on the above , I am much interested in the letter of your correspondent in your issue of the 20 th inst . I am always ansious to acquire ...
... CHAFFINCH GRASS WIDOWERS Oorstorphme , January 2 , 1910 . SIB , —The writer of the interesting , nature note on the . chaffinch grass widowers does not seem aware that as far back as January 22 , 1768 , Gilbert White notes the eame trait . Only , he speaks ...
... , ^ . . : A LUMINOUS ^ INSECT . . ; \ ' • • • ' ' ' • : • North Berwick , November . 5 , 1910 . • SlB , —Yoyr Nature Note on the . firefly reminds me of my discovery . some y ' e&is- ago that we have-in Great Britain other .: . luminous creatures than ...
... SIB , —Some little time ago I had from one of my parishioners an interesting theory , which is now supported . in the nature note of to-day ' s Scotsman , about the fruit prospects tor next year . This spring tho blossom in my garden and orchard , and ...
... SWEET PEAS Edinburgh ; November 5 , 1910 . SIB , —Several letters have appeared in The Scotsman with reference to the Nature Note on the above subject which appeared on the 22 d alt ., and the . writer oi the Note again adverts to it on the 2 d inst ...
... , '&c . ) , the cowberry , and the cranberry , all throe , . belong to the same tribe or order . lionco I hc . ided my Nature Note , in potiular language , The Blaeberry and Its Varieties . I do not agree with B . that Scott ' s knowledge of flowers ...
... bird life very closely during my slay in . Sweden , and I disagree with the • iaturalist quoted ,-just as you did with the Nature Note in The Scotsman , and I found , as vou have done , and as I think any wide observer will find , that though the sexes separated ...
... THREE NATURE NOTES . ; . lul . v 10 , 1 ? 10 . ,, SlB , —In your Nature Notes of the ' twill install ! , A . H . writes on the decrease of the corncruk'J SOUlh of the Tweed , and adds that there does nut appear to bo tlie eamo diminution in its numbers ...
... , 1910 . SIB , — G .. W .. M . probably voiced the general impression regarding . the cuckoo when he wrote in his Nature ' Note of May 14 th that he had never seen and heard a ' cuckoo calling ' when resting , In a later note , 0 . E ., . ...
... ANIMALS EAT THEIB YOUNG ? Halstead , Auehterarder . July 11 ,-1910 . SlB , —This question , asked by T . H . G ., . in his Nature Note of Saturday last , is not BO difficult to anawsr , in mosit of its phases at least , as he would eeem to- suggest . I am ...