... NATURE NOTES. Migratory Bird*. good many people are interesting themselves in the migratory possibilities of birds. It » usually believed that all birds go the Smith France or thereabouts, but various authorities have proved that some travel far Central ...

... NATURE NOTES. Late Flowers. Though during the last few days we have had a taste of winter's chilling blasts, one occasionally comes across things of beauty in a country walk. The berries we shall have with us through the winter, and it is fortunate ...

... NATURE NOTES. Winter is undoubtedly still with us, but with the lengthening days we see many signs of the caning springtime. Rooks are regular visitors at their old rookeries-and, in their less amatory intervals, clamorously assert their right to 01l ...

... NATURE NOTES. A Pleasant May Morning, While cycling in the early hours of the morning this week, I was pleased and surprised the contrast that part of the day afforded to the dull, drab afternoons experienced lately. Up to a late hour on the previous ...

... NATURE NOTES. Amateur Gardeners. protect plants from frosts they require be warmly covered at the top and over the roots. The sides are not so important. Halfhardy plants, such as camelias and shrubs, can be protected by placing a three inch covering ...

... NATURE NOTES. Among the many signs of the season that are to be seen in the country just now none is more pleasing to lovers of birds than the large flocks of lapwings that are following the meadows and pasture fields in search of grubs. In the early ...

... nature‘ notes v and woman’ in the shape of a pair of ‘spars’ who are very successful in ambushing any of the smaller birds that come to feed - especially in ...

... NATURE NOTES FOR AUGUST. The Passing of Summer. To birds the sunumr is now over sail the sand martin colonies in river bank ant quarry are deserted and the late owners with their grown-up families dock and Hy to new roosting places. The swifts have gone ...

... NATURE NOTES. 3.—COMMON SNIPE. (** Gallinago Gallinago Linn). The common snipe breeds over large areas in Europe, Asia and North Africa. It is a bird of moor and marsh, perhaps most remarkable for its very long, sensitive bill. Its shot-battered corpse ...

... NATURE NOTES. Do Grasshoppers Steer? If you study the movements of the grasshopper you will come to the conclusion that he a highly superior individual. Though he seldom more than an inch long, he covers in one stride about forty inches of space, or forty ...

... nature notes ing of suspicion to the claim and ornithological experts decided that any cuckoo heard before April was either a boyish prank, a distant barking dog or hallucination! Most people have heard the cuckoo but how many would recognise the bird ...

... NATURE NOTES. Term. It was bitterly cold, and it was only habit which led when had reached the city to take a rather longer way than was necessary. The seller of flowers sat hivering but cheerful. None of your kind of violets, sir. The fact is they ...