... 'NATURE NOTE Redwings that Pass in the Night AT the going down of the for home while yet Wilt sun there Is sometimes was good and coats hung dry a lull In the wind and a upon their shoulders But not break lii the clouds us. A wring morn. warn summer afternoon ...

... Nature Note * * * Scapegoats ONE of the unpleasantries of modern life is that many people nave to pay almost as much in rates as they do in income tax, a situation that should be expected to lead to much more interest in local government than has been ...

... NATURE NOTE Wasps AT part of summer those detested Insects, the yellowand-black (landed wasps are much In evidence. Few people love them most fear them; everybody *w'*ts them. They arc destroyed wholesale, hnt some naturalists and gardeners ask: “Should ...

... NATURE NOTE DAISIES IN JANUARY CIE abnormal mildness of this month so far has brought many surprises out of doors. There are flowers on the blackberry bushes, odd blossoms lingering from last autumn, and the ragwort still bears a few yellow flowers These ...

... Nature Note Wild Rose Time Garlands of wild do* rosea drape the umbraoeous bowers with tholr delicate blu«h-ttnted flowers, gleamlnf onion* the brljht »reen sprays leaflets that trail In sheer abandon over the tall, luxuriant hed*erowo. One conld never ...

... NATURE NOTE A WAYSIDE POOL THEOctober sun was setting behind the distant trees as I came to the wayside pool. Mist was rising over the fields and on every hand was the sadness of autumn. On the far side of the pool stood four silver birches. now almost ...

... Nature Note Green and Crimson *haft belated «In'er sunshine touches the knotted boughs of the ancient tree Mantling like on outpost beyond the wood, green woodpecker becomes jester with Ills fluting call of pine, pliif, reminds one of sprint. At this ...

... NATURE NOTE THE CUCKOO'S MATE THE cowman repeatedly on to the lank lush grass below. nodded his grizzled head And high above them all. hollowand emphatically asserted that hearted and worm-riddled. there was a stranger fluttering towered the lanky ungainly ...

... NATURE NOTE The Pheasants' Delicacy THUNDER rain fell almost lets. running ditches, and tiny incessantly until evening. squeaks and gurgles as it By then the lane was swimming drained from the squelchy, with water and few folks in the peaty soil. village ...

... NATURE NOTE A SNAKE GOES SWIMMING BUSILY nibbling at the rushes sat a dainty little watervole. Cautiously to avoid upsetting him. we peered over the vegetation and stood quiet as mice Neat and trim. in close. dark fur he made his water-rat nickname seem ...

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... NATURE NOTE Nightingales the put few weeks WrA-lover* la various parts of NottißJjuuasklre have had the plcaaare at bcarlaf the nidiUerale, always a treat la district not to as more soalbern Oenerally, the alchllacale's soar erases after the appear. Perhaps ...