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... NATURE NOTES. AM INSECT PLAGUE. As a result of the excessive wet weather of last year we are destined to suffer a plague of gnats. Midges and such-like insects spend the earlier stages of their lives in the water; and, as a general rule, they do not multiply ...
... NATURE NOTES. Among the many signs of the season that are to be seen in the country just now none is more pleasing to lovers of birds than the large flocks of lapwings that are following the meadows and pasture fields in search of grubs. In the early ...
... NATURE NOTES FOR AUGUST. The Passing of Summer. To birds the sunumr is now over sail the sand martin colonies in river bank ant quarry are deserted and the late owners with their grown-up families dock and Hy to new roosting places. The swifts have gone ...
... NATURE NOTES. THE GENTLE DEW. The dew that is annually deposited on as nip face of Eugland is equal to Sin. of rain. ItCHDROUB FLIGHT. An albatross has been known to follow a ship for two months without ever having been seen to alight. WHERE THE WEATHER ...
... Nature Notes. At the hesinntor ..f th. ph we haat a forrtwete of Smolt. Th.. non. I het has, lot* h,14.,, lomorlf from not oti+.. world. n h.. loth,. ore thr ne.lted earth. the sto. r row tan.. day will brina 4. attract the rya and cheer 11w laawrt ...
... NATURE NOTES. rA SPLENDID SNARE, In the reptile house at the Londmi Zoological Gardens there is now to be seen a reokrlcably large erantpity of the Australian -carpet-python. I Its length is estimated at Wt., which is said to exceed that of the largest ...
... NATURE NOTES. COWARD SHARKS. The cowardice of sharks is well-known among men who have been much to sea in Southern waters. The fieroest shark will get out of the way of a swimmer if the latter seta up a noisy splashing. Among the South Sea Islands (says ...
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... NATURE NOTES. ENGLISH CRAYFISH. Schemes for the restoration of crayfish to tributaries of the Thames. from which they have totally disappeared, owing to the crayfish disease, are, the Zounty Gentleman underatands,eotertaiaed by some of the proprietors ...
... NATURE NOTES. During the last few days there has been n great inprovement in the weather, and it is to be hoped that farmers will now be able to secure the remainder of the corn that iF still out in the fields. There are also a good many potatoes to take ...
... NATURE NOTES. As I commence these notes the autumnal equinox is fast approaching, when day anu night will again be equal. During the week-end we have had a taste of wintry weather with storms of wind and rain, which, although typical of the season. has ...
... NATURE NOTES. On Thursday, 2nd November, I had a lung natural history ramble through a very attractive part of Lakeland. My intention was to visit once more the Watermilluck district, and see the country in its autumn dress, and also look out for feathered ...