... NATURE NOTES. Many of our Young Citizens will have been to the seaside during the. last few and will. 1 am certain, have been delighted to see the wonderful movements of the seabirds as they alighted on the shore or rested on the sea waves. Perhaps. some ...

... NATURE NOTES In the Riw.on and Wavertou locality by there was a rather unusual sigh: one dull morning in the third week September, when a flock of some forty or fifty small birds were seen feeding cn an cal s:ubb!c near ta. They were cn the shy side, ...

... NATURE NOTES. I was delighted to Pee • whc! of willow catkins the otber day. a wandered round a little ati.aia is the haunt of wild fere. All ti willow were making a tia%a show of their catkins and to add beauty the by the broiliside all bright green ...

... Nature Notes. {By MaARY OAKDEN.} This drop of ink in my pen, I think I may claim, has been drawn from the most ancient inkwell that ever was used. Since any vessel which may be made to contain ink is, ipso facto, an inkwell, at any rate for the time being ...

... NATURE NOTES. Child Gardeners. Since gardening is an engrossing and a civili ing occupation, it is a pity more people do ne admit children to their councils while preparim for the season's show. The youngsters delight wheji indoors on dull day make chart ...

... NATURE NOTES. Some peorle to whom I s m last week said to 1 sums% to live in the country% Yes I have. Ak well, its all right in summer but it in winter, theres . or bean Poor folks I thought. they .14.10 . much about the countrypidr. I • . eeen ...

... NATURE NOTES. As I walked through the last night, I found the wild roses in bud with those 'ovely pink petals that belongs to no other 'lower. They looked like great pearl 6 get in green and gave the hedgerow a very Pretty effort. In a brook by the wayside ...

... Nature Notes. [BY MARY OAKDEN.] 'fhe chaffinch. which came every day in early spring to my back garden for crumbs, was but the forerunner of many more that were to cross my path. He was a shy bird, and his lively call of. ‘pink, -pink, pink,” prightened ...

... NATURE NOTES. FLORA OF SLAG HEAPS: FERTILISA. TION OF THE PRIMROSE: RING OUSELL AND NESTING SWANS. (From a Special Correspondent.) The old lead mines and refuse heaps in this county have a peculiar flora of their own, the Procumbent Pearlwort is one of ...

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... NATURE NOTES. I walking round the lane. nights ago looking for hlackberross when I acmes a wild rose buish with lovely fluffy balls of greets and crimes. hair. Some of the oountry children en them ragged robins, but the real name •• galls. They have really ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mountain Spectres. It would be interesting to learn if any nature lovers have come across a spectre like that of the Brocken in course travels in England. The phenomenon seems quite simple when you have discovered site where you may play ...