... demolished in 1817 , this door was removed to Abbotsford . It is with reference to the lock of this door that Scott has left a nature note . In the 1830 edition of his works he writes : — Last year , to complete the change a tom-tit was pleased to build her ...

... NATURE NOTES EAGLES 4 EARLY FLIGHT In a previous Nature Note ( July 11 ) ] described a visit to an eyrie in the earlj days of July , when the two golden eaglets were preparing themselves for their firsi flight . On July 13 I again climbed tc the eyrie ...

... the interests of accuracy , but more especially ; on account ' oE & 6 gt ^ ii importance of the tree , * I think the Nature Note under the above heading in Saturday ' s Scotsman \ requires some notice . . . ; , .-. ¦; . _ . . -j . ,., ,- ' r .. .. ...

... SOABCITy OF CORNCRAKES . - '' : : i ^ - Httddirigtori , ; Jtdy • 2 o ,: ' l 91 S . ' Sib , —With reference to 4 the . Nature Note in your iesuo of 24 th , on'this subject , so far as one can hear for wfe seldom sbe them—corncrakes have not come to us ...

... in them in choice of food ,, and one 'can hardly deny volition to a plant that moves . 1 Further , in this interesting' Nature Note , pea and bean roots escaping through a wire net bottom are said to return to the wot sawdust . finding too littlo moisture ...

... , the Treasury were unwarrantably interfering xnih the freedom of the Scottish Universities . ( P- 12 . ) IJxder ' ¦ ' Nature Note . ? will be found short articles entitled ! i Duration of Life . Late Flowering . A Rare Hybrid , A Late Xest ...

... 1924 . Sir , —I am not quite sure whether your corre spondent K . asks a question or attempts fl correction of my Nature Note of the 9 th inst . In any case , his ideas on , or his information about , hy brids seem a littl- vague . His sentence— ...

... The Swift in 1926 In a previous Nature Note I remarked upon the scarcit y of swifts in some parts of Scotland during the present year . • -From a correspondent in Franco I have lately received an interesting letter on this subject . My correspondent writes ...

... NATURE NOTES NESTING GOLDEN EAGLE During the last days of June I visited the eagle's eyrie which I have described in an earlier Nature Note in The Scotsman . When I reached the ridge from which the eyrie is visible I could see the eaglet through my telescope ...

... sings near tho shores as well as inland— e . g ., Hampshire and Sussex—where the conditions are favourable . He says his Nature Note described Keats ' s ornithology merely as ' questionable , ' but it did more than this . Here are the well-known lines ...

... OF ] YEWj LETTERS FROM READERS Rabbit Farming Oaklea , Kilcreggan , September 14 , 1935 Sir , —With regard to the Nature Note ' on Rabbits and Trees in to-day ' s issue o ; The ScotsmanI have often wondered whj rabbit and hare farms have never ...

... over Teturncd to tell the tale , so great battalions continue to Bet forth on their fatal emigration . This interesting : nature note is appended to the programmo of Tho Rats of Norway , tlie new play by Mr Keith Wintor , which was staged at tho Playhouse ...