... Oiled Sea Birds Monifieth, Angus, Sgptember 20, 1952 Sir,—On reading the Nature Note in your issue to-day on the treatment of oiled sea birds, I was rather distressed to see that a recovery of 12 per cent. had merited the heading “ Success of Bathing ...

... Marking Grey Seals Oban.‘Argyll. January 10.“1953 Sir.—l was much interested in the Nature Note in your isssue to-day on the above subject, because 1 was flatly contradicted when 1 stated in my book, “Highland Naturalist Again,” that grey seals are constantly ...

... Foxes within Edinburgh City boundary 95 Spottiswoode Street. Edinburgh, July 22, 1957 o . Sir—l read “S. K’'s” interesting Nature Note in your issue last Saturday. Some time ago, knowing that foxes were f{requenting a southern district of the city and suspecting ...

... Flowering of Gentian 26 Gladstone Place. Aberdeen, May 24, 1953 Sir,—On May 23 your corresponden! “A. M.,” contributing a Nature Note on “Moray Flower and Feather,” made reference to a member of the genus Gentiana at present in bloom. I quote: “ A path of ...

... the intelligent visitor, and is also very useful as a work of reference, The Lord Provost writes a eulogistic foreword. Nature Note If the good news has not already reached you (writes a reade.), you may be interested to hear that the two swans on the ...

... NATURE NOTES WOOD-NOTES WILD FROM THE TUNEFUL BILACKBIRD T}H’-Z blackbird calls set down in a recent Nature Note are interesting, but are by no means outstanding examples of the blackbird's musical skill. This summer at Innerleithen I have noted down ...

... eagles in the th of Scotland is at least partly due to birds spreading from the Highlands, My reason for criticising his Nature Note was that it appeared to indicate that it was only after 1951-52, when he found eagles so numerous in Mull, that the birds ...

... Freak flowers in Perthshire Perth Road, Dunning, Perthshire. July 2, 1957 Sir—With regard to M. J. W'’s imeresttng Nature Note on freak flowers in Perthshire, may I offer the following suggestions? Albino or white-flowered forms of otherwise tyglcal specimens ...

... Jack Snipe and Nightjar “Glenview.” Selkirk, May 25, 1955 Sir —With reference to the Nature Note by “C. R. W.” in your issue of 21st May, I should like to point out that he is mistaken in !demi?ln( the snipe whose drumming he describes. This undoubtedly ...

... Pine-apple Wecd Dalbllly.—G—len Isla, by Alyth, December 15, 1954 Sir,~Further to “J. S. M.'s” Nature Note in last Saturday's issue on pineapple weed,” that dowdy, inconspicuously übiquitous plant of the mayweed family, it would seem to have spread ...

... coloured species are w to Australia and to be seen in the windows of most where 100 feet high city florists. Oiled birds NATURE NOTE 08 a fine calm day in late worse plight, one having all its December we went over the underparts congletely plastered. Churchill ...

... to-day to be proud of a great son, who has served a great country and her peoples in the finest tradition of his race. Nature Note At lunch-time yesterday we saw two young lady shop assistants, with a roodle dog in attendance, stretched out n the sunshine ...