... NATURE NOTES During a walk the other day of from three to four miles from the Devil's Bridge road, through the Nanteos Woods and home along the middle or Crosswood road, most of the buds of the countryside were ,seen. The walk was taken just after the ...

... Nature Notes Before we are half through the month of April, those of our resident birds which breed early begin to hatch. The Hedge Sparrow has converted her blue eggs into callow nest:ings whali raise orange-red gapes for food as we part the twigs to ...

... Nature Notes Of the owls which occur in this disiri..t the two most familiar are the Brown and the White or Barn Owl; little is seen of the Long eared and still less of the Shorteared Owl. The - ears, in the case of these last two, are merely tufts of ...

... NATURE NOTES. Tbe year that has jivit ended will not he ll 'Anguished for any reinarkable eve:it discovery in connectiem with British natural history, apart. perhmee, from the publication of Kr. Millais' book on ltri'ish In ortober • greater nightingale ...

... Nature Notes The frosts of last month have left their mark upon the numbers of such of our birds as remained here to brave their severity. Very many Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes and Redwings perished, and these appear to have been the chief sufferers ...

... Nature Notes The National Trust makes an appeal for Lts,ooo to save from spoliation a to-mile stretch of the Pembrokeshire coast, rich on beauty and historical interest. What ought to be the nation's business of protecting, for the enjoyment of posterity ...

... Nature Notes Evidently one must not be in too great a hurry to record the passing of the last sea-- low for a few further stragglers were notierd at intervals up to Saturday, 26th, and one on Sunday, 27th. Most Seaßows which huge'..l , after their kindred ...

... NATURE NOTES A few days ago I was informed by telephon e that a small gull-like bird about the size of a Thrush had been watched for some time on the Ystwyth river just before it joins the Rheidol at the entrance of Aberystwyth Harbour. I was surprised ...

... Nature Notes %Vali fish scarce and dear, it is considered that the requirements of the Cormorant in the matter of a fish diet are excessive, and it is recommended that steps should be taken to reduce the numbers of this voracious bird. It is stated that ...

... NATURE NOTES In last week's Nature Notes it was stated that Starlings were scarce in the neighbourhood this winter, and that the two migrant Scandinavian thrushes, Fieldfares and Redwings were also scarce. Since the end of the mild weather and the arrival ...

... NATURE NOTES. The two wild species of pansy are the common heart's-ease and the mountain pansf. The former is abundantly met with almost throughout Britain, while the latter, though common on the bills of dcotland and Wales, and the northern parts of ...

... Nature Notes. Amongst what Shakespeare arms rats and mice and such small deer we may include one of the lommonest deniwns of the country-side, the Shrew. Often called Shrewmouse it has, MS a matter of fact, no relationship to the mice. as examination ...