... not partake so much of the nature of the American mocking-bird, l he sky- lark, even after it has become peifect in its natural note, will catch that of any other bird that hangs nesr it. Few persons that keep canaries are aware that they sing chiefly ...

... An inhabitant of Stourbridge possesses a canary which, having been kept in a cage bung in a yard, mingles with its natural notes the call of young chickens, tbe clucking of bens, and the chirping of sparrows. The yearly meeting of the British Association ...

... Flora weeps o er weak returning lifts:— The sun, in clouds enshrouded, hides his And Spring with Winter still holding Does Nature note the bent of human wrong, And answer prodon with a tearful blight? Mid wail of woe and death, refrain from song, And veil ...

... recklessly strain it by attetnpting to sing in 1 large hall. Straining a voice means the beginning of the end. One pure, natural note is a joy forever, but a falsetto note is the ghost of departed I can explain what I MOM brirOr by making a rather trite ...

... courage which possesses her. She is young and handsome, gases with limpid bine eyes, and speaks in of gentle Her obeerrer naturally notes her beautiful hair. It wary aad black; and, with true artistic sense. Mrs. Tweedie arranges it what has been described ...

... Sir,---Will you kindly insert the following in the STAR. I have taken it from the Woman'. Signal. Mrs Brightwen in Nature Notes tells ones more the story of the Aigrette in the hope that sonic ignorant ladies will receive thetruction and some ...

... HOME RULE IN THE NEST. Mr. H. J. Ormerod, in Nature Notes, refers to the jatural pugnaciousness of the young jackdaw. Watching a family of jackdaws, be found the young mm taming oat the parent, seising him by the throat shaking him with indignation because ...

... of the skull and entered the brain. A verdict of Accidental death waa returned. A SPIDER SWALLOWING ITS WEB. A writes to Nature Notes”:— Earl September some friends of mine saw garden spider (one with white marks on its back) make a web large enough to ...

... LARKS OR SPARROWS? larks are now often in the ninu. They make, in (ruth, a delicate meat. but. asks Nature Note*, is it agreeable with Selbornian feeling to eat them ? They are being consumed by tens of thousands, and are rapidly diminishing in numbers ...

... non-euphoniously termed M gutter-shows,** of the busy streets of London and our large prorincial towns, few, says a writer in Nature Notes, hare had greater popularity in their day than the so-called Happy Family.’’ At the present time, the once familiar spectacle ...

... Astwood Beak, Worcestershire, is is the habit of providing gems curious homes for the birds in his neighbourhood. Be tells in Nature Notes that last spring be accommodated three pain of robins with ordinary empty tomato tins to build in, which he placed in various ...

... Atwood Bank, Worcestershire, is in the habit of providing some curious homes for the birds in him neighbourhood. He tells in Nature Notes that last spring he accommodated three pairs of robins with ordinary tomato tins to build in, which he placed in various ...