... NATURE NOTE THE MIGRATIONS OP THE SONG THRESH . Ik a recent Nature Note a correspondent raised the question of the migration of the thrush , stating that only a few of the . species remain in winter in Aberdeenshiro , ' while the blackbirds make no ...

... NATURE NOTE FAvoumns nesting tbees . The two main factors which influence a [ tth nesting bird in tho selection of a site for its dm are suitablo staging and adequate- conceal ^ Few trees provide both of these requisites , a J it 'is natural , therefore ...

... NATURE NOTE A TAJIE ROBIN AND HIS FATE . I send 'tho following notes about the tameneas of a robin that has been a constant visitor at mv homo , for tho past two winters . / ' In S eptember 1912 this little bird began to feed on crumbs pm cut on our ...

... NATURE NOTE ! OWLS AXD DAYLIGHT . AsipNG the many -baseless fancies popularl y cherished is the notion that owls are , exclusivel y nocturnal in their habits , and that they 1 never emerge from their shady retreats during the hour ., of daylight . That ...

... NATURE NOTE KITTENS BROUGHT UP ON THE BUTTLE . It . has been my experience that kittens , if left without maternal care at too tender an age , before they are-able to feed themselves , have to be destroyed . But there arc two kittens living at our house ...

... NATURE' NOTE . .- B 1 UD 9 AMJ TBZ SNOWBTOliai . THE -recent hea , vy snowfall . and sevcro frost had a markod .-effect on our birds along tho seashore , and . resulted in quite a number of interesting epocies being recorded . Tho day following tho snowfall ...

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... NATURE NOTE • THE SMALLEST BBITISH BEE . -The sight of my . roso-bush leaves the other d tinged b y tho leaf-cutting bee , a great hairy tMl that sometimes blunders into tho houso , rcmjjj n ™ by some subtlo allusion of contrast that Ik tiniest of all ...

... NATURE NOTE PAEOQTJET IN AN EDINST 3 EGH GABDES . It lias long been supposed , that paroquets are toe hereditarily tropical to stand any groat degree of severity of weather ( more . especially the trying climatic changes which . are our lot during a ...

... NATURE NOTE : J THE HARDEN HEDGE . We use it very badly . Caged bohind iron railings and wiro netting , wo forco it to seo lifo through prison bars . It stands , tho kuifo well ,- bo we cut it into the somblance of a green wall with , a Hat top . 11 stands ...

... NATURE- NOTE .. Kcms nsoii-thb BASS BOCK . The bustl . o . and . activity of returning bitd lif inoreaso daily ¦ diir hbai arrivals being th « pufc ., ¦ which , with customary punctuality ( puj jn « j , . poaraiicoon ~ tho 24 th , -thus completing ...

... NATURE NOTE BIllU LIFE OS TJiE WESTERN FRONT , Some birds seem little perturbed by tho noiso and commotiorrof war . Hc-ro in the vicinity of Arras , in a pond leading into the courtyard o ! an old block of buildings now used as a bath-house for the troops ...